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The last wide entries of 2019 hit tracking today with projections for the 5-day Christmas holiday as follows: 20th Century Fox/Blue Sky’s animated feature Spies in Disguise ($23M-$30M), Sony’s Greta Gerwig directed Little Women ($19M-$35M), and A24’s Adam Sandler crime thriller Uncut Gems ($15M). Distribution sources…

Universal bookended its CineEurope presentation today with looks at new installments in two multi-billion dollar grossing franchises. The first was an introduction to Illumination’s upcoming 2020 sequel Minions: The Rise Of Gru, and the closer an exclusive trailer for next month's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs…

CinemaCon, the big annual exhibitors confab in Vegas, isn’t exactly where you go to with Oscars on your mind. It is a place where the biggest applause lines are usually about how many billions of dollars studios are making for theater owners and themselves. Nevertheless, in recent years, amidst all the various summer…

Universal Studios Boss Donna Langley didn’t have any trailers for Cats, the studio’s feature take on the hit Andrew Lloyd Weber musical because as actor James Corden said in the reel “it’s a level of technology which hasn’t been used before.” So they tickled attendees this morning with a BTS look showing the dancers…

Universal and Working Title’s feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Cats has started filming with the studios announcing the official parts to many of the castmembers who have already been announced, i.e. Taylor Swift who will play Bombalurina, James Corden as Bustopher Jones, and as many have…

EXCLUSIVE: Hamilton‘s Andy Blankenbuehler has been set to choreograph Universal Pictures and Working Title’s big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. The three-time Tony Award winner was already part of the extended Cats family, having choreographed the recent Broadway revival. I understand he boards…

EXCLUSIVE: Count Rebel Wilson in as part of Tom Hooper’s upcoming feature adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats for Universal and Working Title. Wilson will portray the old Gumbie cat Jennyanydots, who has a reputation for being lazy. In Cats lore she’s known to spend her days seeking out the warm and sunny…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven McRae, Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, has joined the cast of Universal Pictures and Working Title’s Cats in the role of Skimbleshanks. In the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical, Skimbleshanks is an older ginger tabby cat who considers himself very important within the tribe. His main role is to…

Francesca Hayward, the Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, has boarded Universal Pictures/Working Title’s Cats based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit musical. We hear she will play a new pivotal role in the feature film version of the musical, a white kitten named Victoria, which was not in the original production…

EXCLUSIVE: Judi Dench, the seven-time Oscar nominee and winner for Shakespeare In Love, is set to play Deuteronomy in Tom Hooper’s Universal-Working Title adaptation of the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Interesting fact: Dench was originally set to play Grizabella in the original West End production in 1981…

Idris Elba is in final talks to join Tom Hooper’s movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Cats. We hear Elba is playing famed feline Macavity. The Golden Globe and two-time SAG Award winner will join a cast that already includes Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Laurie Davidson…

EXCLUSIVE: Mette Towley, who is best known for her choreography work with Pharrell, will be making her big screen debut in Universal/Working Title’s growing cast of Cats.  She joins previously announced Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Ian McKellen and Laurie Davidson in the feature adaptation of Andrew…