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...

Cats set to lose $100 million at the box office for Universal

Posted 6 years ago

While the days of lucrative box office returns for musicals have mostly gone the way of the dodo, that's not to say they can't be profitable. 2002's CHICAGO made over six times its $45 million budget and won the Academy...

Universal claws Cats from its For Your Consideration Page

Posted 6 years ago

While releasing CATS the same weekend as STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, makes no sense from a box office perspective, it does from an award season perspective. Director Tom Hooper's last three movies (THE KING'S SPEECH, LES MISERABLES, and...

Cats star Jason Derulo claws critics for not knowing art

Posted 6 years ago

I recall the one and only time I saw Cats the musical, and not fondly. In seventh grade I won a contest to watch Cats for free and then had the opportunity to write a review for the local paper....

Taylor Swift attended cat school to prepare for her role in Cats

Posted 6 years ago

Director Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the musical CATS had far from a puurrrfect opening weekend. The film barely scratched together $6.5 million at the box office domestically. Critics were also unimpressed by the cat crotch-shot laden film as it...

Yes! Cats is Being Re-released to Theaters with “Improved” Special F/X!

Posted 6 years ago

Yes! The Cats just keep on comin' and I finally get to do a write-up fur it! Now please understand, I'm not actually excited to be writing about a movie I haven't seen or have any desire to see (despite...

Review: Cats

Posted 6 years ago

PLOT: Honestly I have no idea. According to Universal, “over the course of a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as ‘the Jellicle choice’ and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside...

Tom Hooper comments on the explosive reaction surrounding the Cats trailer

Posted 6 years ago

The first trailer for CATS, the upcoming feature-film based upon the award-winning Musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber, was released this summer and the reactions were…rather hilarious. Witnessing these "cats" brought to life with "digital fur technology" was a terrifying sight,...

Break out the catnip! Another trailer for Cats is on the prowl!

Posted 6 years ago

Universal Pictures has let another trailer for CATS out of the bag, and nothing, I mean nothing, can prepare you for all the feline frivolity that ensues. The upcoming musical based on the award-winning musical from Andrew Lloyd Webber is about...

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