{"id":145082,"date":"2019-07-18T22:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T22:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=145082"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:40:02","slug":"cats-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/cats-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cats’ trailer proves some things should not be filmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cat<\/p>\n

Andrew Lloyd Webber is not for everyone. While capable of the occasional earworm, his musicals are usually long slogs punctuated by one or two moments of enjoyment.<\/p>\n

If that’s your cup of tea, you’re probably overjoyed for the upcoming live-action “Cats” movie. The trailer was released today:<\/p>\n

The entire thing looks like a badly digitally animated video game cutscene run through some sort of face-swap app. The all-star cast features people who will probably regret this very soon.<\/p>\n

Here’s Dame Judi Dench as\u00a0Old Deuteronomy<\/strong>, hoping this will somehow top “The Chronicles of Riddick” as the weirdest film in her resume:<\/p>\n

\"Judi<\/p>\n

Sir Ian McKellen<\/strong> must need a lake house, so he signed on for the paycheck as Gus The Theatre Cat:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ian<\/p>\n

Idris Elba<\/strong> is here as\u00a0Macavity<\/strong>, which should negate any goodwill he built up as Stringer Bell:<\/p>\n

\"Idris<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hudson<\/strong> once scream-sung her way to an Oscar, so maybe she can snag another as\u00a0Grizabella<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jason Derulo<\/strong> looks to kill his acting career before it’s begun as\u00a0Rum Tum Tugger:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"JasonAnd it only gets weirder. Here’s Taylor Swift as\u00a0Bombalurina:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"TaylorLet’s throw in Rebel Wilson as\u00a0Jennyanydots:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"RebelAnd in case this trailer didn’t grate on your nerves enough, we’ll cap it off with James Corden as\u00a0Bustopher Jones:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"BustopherThe film was directed by Tom Hooper, who took the reins of the very hit-or-miss 2012 version of “Les Mis\u00e9rables” with Hugh Jackman (good!), Russell Crowe (bad!), Anne Hathaway (Oscar-winning!), and Amanda Seyfried (should never sing again).<\/p>\n

Maybe we’re wrong and this thing will be a monster success. But right now, it looks like PornHub had a baby with a furry convention. Every actor looks like a fuzzy version of a Brundlefly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Early YouTube reaction harkens back to the disaster of the “Sonic the Hedgehog” trailer:<\/a><\/p>\n

\"YouTube<\/p>\n

The movie looks awful, but the memes will be glorious.<\/p>\n

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