Cats (2019 film) Cats (2019 film) Cats is an upcoming British–American musical fantasy comedy-drama film based on the musical of the same name, which in turn was based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. It will be directed by Tom Hooper, his second musical film following 2012's "Les Misérables", and stars Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench. The film is scheduled for release on December 20, 2019, by Universal Pictures. Over a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as "the Jellicle choice"
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats the poems is Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats", which was premiered in the West End of London in 1981 and on Broadway in 1982. It became the longest-running Broadway show in history until it was overtaken by another musical by Lloyd Webber, "The Phantom of the Opera", and then by "Chicago". As well as the characters found in the book, "Cats" introduces several additional characters from Eliot's unpublished drafts, most notably Grizabella. A film adaptation of "Cats" is due for release on December 20, 2019. In the film "Logan's Run" Logan and Jessica meet an old man in the ruins