Cats

Andrew Lloyd Webber calls movie version of Cats “ridiculous”

Posted 6 years ago

I think at this point we can all agree that Tom Hooper's adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical, CATS, will go down as one of the biggest, most ridiculed flops of all time. It joins the ranks of other...

Hugh Jackman turned down a role in Tom Hooper’s Cats

Posted 6 years ago

In 2012, Tom Hooper brought Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" to life as an epic musical feature-film starring Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. The film was a box-office success and was even nominated for eight Academy Awards! The success of LES...

Cats VFX artist describes work on film as almost slavery

Posted 6 years ago

I hate to kick a film when it's down but 2019's CATS has pretty much been the disaster that keeps on giving. From the reaction to its polarizing first trailer to its scathing reviews to its poor box office to...

Fan-video brings Cats: The Butthole Cut to life and it’s horrifying

Posted 6 years ago

Some people are using the COVID-19 quarantine as an opportunity to better themselves physically and mentally, while others have seen fit to bring our nightmares to life. Rumours emerged several weeks ago that there existed a secret cut of CATS,...

So it’s come to this – fans freak out over rumors of a Butthole Cut of Cats

Posted 6 years ago

Who would have thought that CATS would be the thing to bring us together in these troubled times. Tom Hooper's feature-film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical was released to scathing reviews and a disastrous box-office in December, but...

Surprising no one, Cats sweeps the 2020 Razzie Awards

Posted 6 years ago

Over the weekend, the 40th Golden Raspberry Awards were slated to take place and would have been televised for the first time ever, but the coronavirus crisis meant that the planned show, which would have featured an "opening parody number,...

Judi Dench hasn’t seen Cats but seems delighted by her Razzie nomination

Posted 6 years ago

Sure, society may be collectively freaking out as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, but if we all just took a step back and relaxed, we'd realize that there's one thing which unites us – Digital Fur Technology. Tom Hooper's...

VFX society chastises Oscars for cheap Cats joke

Posted 6 years ago

So at this point I think we are all fully aware that the Academy Awards doesn't necessarily award the "best" films of the year. That's not to say that it doesn't occasionally happen, but I lost most of my faith...

The Visual Effects Society snaps back at Cats insult during Academy Awards

Posted 6 years ago

Oh, Digital Fur Technology, what sweet madness have you unleashed upon the world? From the moment the very first trailer for CATS was released, all anyone could talk about were the rather disturbing visuals of these human/cat hybrids. During Sunday's...

Hilarious new video imagines John Boyega as every feline in Cats

Posted 6 years ago

If you went solely by his previous work, you may have rightly suspected that director Tom Hooper's CATS was destined for greatness. After all his sophomore effort THE KING'S SPEECH won him an Academy Award for Best Director and his...

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