Cats
Universal has released a brand - new poke for theCatsmusical movie . WithStar Wars : The raise of Skywalkerarriving on December 20 , it ’s easy to draw a blank about the other titles releasing over the winter holidays this year . One of the largest question scar is the big projection screen adjustment of Andrew Lloyd Webber ’s implausibly popular ( and fabulously weird ) stage musical , Cats . The motion-picture show ’s trailerdropped over the summertime , but it did n’t exactly get the response one would expect to the picture variation of one of the most successful Broadway shows of all clip .
So far , the conversation aroundCatshas focused almost totally on director Tom Hooper ’s decision to apply so - called digital pelt technology to translate his cast into humanoid feline , to ( arguably ) terrific solvent . The CGI is n’t simple either , which is whyCatswill miss several awards deadlinesas its move to finish post - production in meter for its release . Meanwhile , Universal is getting its selling effort up and going again this week .
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The newCatstrailer dropped online this morning , ahead of its release in dramaturgy this weekend . you could check it out in the space below .
Unlike the first trailer , the newCatspromo actually explain the photographic film ’s patch . The account , as was adapted for the screen by Hooper and his co - writer Lee Hall ( Rocketman ) , go around around a tribe of African tea ( known as the Jellicles ) who , one nighttime , must decide which of them should ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn to a firebrand - new lifespan . There ’s not a whole good deal to the story beyond this , so the novel trailer more or less cover the basic principle of thing . On top of that , the previewfeatures fewer songs from the original musicaland more in the mode of cat - related puns and jest . Unsurprisingly , it appears as though James Corden and Rebel Wilson ( both of whom are best - lie with fortheir musical and comedy work ) will care the bulk of the jokes in theCatsmovie .
uncalled-for to say , it will be interesting to see how critic and general audience likewise respond to the actualCatsmovie . The photographic film ’s latest dawdler does a better job than the first of not only deal the musical , but making it seem like the sorting of all - ages appropriate offering that families can feel comfortablechecking out over the wintertime holidays . Its man - computed axial tomography hybrids go along to look fairly gonzo in apparent movement , but they ’re otherwise in keeping with the moving picture ’s whimsical tone and style , judging by the marketing . Who knows : if the pieces all come together in the final film , thenCatsmight justprove to be inspiredly bonkers(or perhaps just bonkers ) in its own right .
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