Tom Hooper to direct movie of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats'

[Gold Samurai]

http://www.broadwayworld.com/articl...bers-CATS-Movie-Eyes-2017-18-Release-20160505

The Daily Mail writes that LES MISERABLES helmer Tom Hooper, who was in talks to direct an adaptation for Universal Studios and Working Title, is officially developing the project, with production aimed for a 2017 or 2018 start.

Hooper's big screen adaptation of LES MISERABLES was a box office smash and went on to win three Oscars and was nominated for five others, including Best Picture.

The director is currently deciding whether CATS should be made using CGI, live action, or a combination of the two, akin to Disney's current JUNGLE BOOK remake.

An executive for the project told the Mail: "Do you somehow use actors, sophisticated puppets, CGI -- or what? That's the point of the exercise. We hope to be able to answer all of those questions, following a long period of research."

They had to go and pick the most pretentious director out there.

 

[David H.]

Eeeeeesh.

And this coming from someone who liked The King's Speech.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Yeeesh, and this is coming from someone who watches the Tony awards every year, owns the musical on DVD and has seen it live three times. Smells like a car crash waiting to happen.

 

[Brother Jack]

Tom Hooper shouldn't do this. It won't get him another Oscar nom.

 

[Boom]

Eddie Redmayne will be cast in this, and will receive an Oscar nomination for his convincing performance as an anthropomorphic cat.

 

[Eddie Dean]

lololololololololololol

 

[Gold Samurai]

Anne Hathaway as the stray cat with the voice of an angel

-Instant Oscar

-9 months studying the movement of actual cats

-Eddie Redmayne as Mr mistoffelees


Shame David Bowie is dead. He could have played Mr mistoffelees

 

[Kyle]

Hell no to live action people in Cat costumes. Hell to the yes doing this in CGI like Jungle Book, that'd rock and be really interesting; that's a reason to do it right there - you can finally tell and imagine this story exactly as intended by the plot and do a lot more visually with it.

 

[Silvermoth]

Is he going to do it like the Jungle Book? I hope so. Oh why the hell not. People like cats after all. And the ones who don't, don't matter

 

[sueb1863]

I don't see how this is going to work. Cats is a dance show, the main appeal is watching the choreography and dancing and you can't pull that off with realistic cats. Take the dancing out, which you'd have to, and what's left is the paper-thin plot, one great song, and a bunch of songs ranging from good to very good.

There's already a filmed version of the stage show that was done I think around 1998. They should just leave it there.

And yeah, Tom Hooper doesn't seem very well suited to this.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

ok im gonna be honest i read that as tobe hooper

 

[David H.]

ok im gonna be honest i read that as tobe hooper

I'd watch the s**t out of that.

 

[CaptainWagner]

.............Of course he is.

 

[David H.]

Whatever happened to his Hester Stanhope biopic? That sounded interesting or, at the very least, watchable.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I don't see how this is going to work. Cats is a dance show, the main appeal is watching the choreography and dancing and you can't pull that off with realistic cats. Take the dancing out, which you'd have to, and what's left is the paper-thin plot, one great song, and a bunch of songs ranging from good to very good.

There's already a filmed version of the stage show that was done I think around 1998. They should just leave it there.

And yeah, Tom Hooper doesn't seem very well suited to this.

This x 100. Perfectly encapsulates my thinking.

 

[Doctor Jones]

This is hilarious. I don't think you can treat this any way without some sense of humor.

This will be Tom Hooper's first real misstep. If he leaves before shooting that tells you what you need to know about this concept. This is a concept that just serves the stage. The only thing that this will succeed in is being a high profile failure.

 

[Alien Anal]

Why would it need to be realistic cats? I dont understand. The very successful show has forever always been humans in cat costumes..why would it not work on film?

 

[Alien Anal]

ok im gonna be honest i read that as tobe hooper

Damn I was going to say the exact same thing. I wish!

Sorry for the double post

 

[Pink Ranger]

Why would it need to be realistic cats? I dont understand. The very successful show has forever always been humans in cat costumes..why would it not work on film?

Because in many ways film is a more literal form of expression than theatre; in theatre, you are basically looking at a wooden platform where actors come out and tell you a story, whereas in most films the expectation is you are viewing something really happening, albeit in a fictional world, through a magical roving eyeball.

Tom Hooper, who appears to be slowly, gradually disappearing up his own arse, doesn't seem to grasp why this show as it is won't work for film. The only way it might work is if they make major changes to the story. And I mean MAJOR, not like cutting out a few things like in Into The Woods, I mean actually changing the entire narrative, like Fosse did in Cabaret.

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/684221-les-miserables-tom-hooper-developing-cats-movie

Tom Hooper looking to take on the classic Broadway musical about...cats. Looking to either make it all CG or a combination of live sets with CG characters, or live actors with CG enhancements.

 

[nite-owl]

They should use real cats.

 

[Boom]

Cast Ferguson from New Girl.

 

[Pink Ranger]

They should use real cats.

Laser cats, no less. Plus guest appearances by Cat Stevens, Kat Dennings and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

 

[Lencho01]

I don't remember, but did people really like the original?

 

[DDS]

Eeeeesh.