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Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden to star in movie version of 'Cats'

Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Taylor Swift set to star in upcoming film

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Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden to star in movie version of 'Cats'

Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Taylor Swift set to star in upcoming film

Working Title’s upcoming film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway musical "Cats" has officially been confirmed, and there’s a stellar cast waiting in the wings to don their whiskers, fluffy ears and furry leg warmers.Among the confirmed A-list selection of names taking to the stage is obviously proud cat lady Taylor Swift. Interestingly, James Corden and Sir Ian McKellen have also landed central roles in the production. Although the cast has been announced by the Daily Mail, the only confirmed, named part so far belongs to Jennifer Hudson, who’ll be taking on the central role of former “glamor cat” Grizabella. Her character falls on hard times after a previously luxury life and famously belts out the showstopper track, “Memory," so the world is already quaking at those vocals.The “Cats” movie will be taken on by Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of “The King’s Speech,” and is set to start shooting in in November of this year. The screenplay by Lee Hall is based closely on Lloyd Webber’s original musical, which was itself was first adapted from a book of children’s poems by T.S. Eliot.

Working Title’s upcoming film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway musical "" has officially been confirmed, and there’s a stellar cast waiting in the wings to don their whiskers, fluffy ears and furry leg warmers.

Among the confirmed A-list selection of names taking to the stage is obviously proud cat lady Taylor Swift. Interestingly, James Corden and Sir Ian McKellen have also landed central roles in the production.

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Although the cast has been announced by the , the only confirmed, named part so far belongs to Jennifer Hudson, who’ll be taking on the central role of former “glamor cat” Grizabella. Her character falls on hard times after a previously luxury life and famously belts out the showstopper track, “Memory," so the world is already quaking at those vocals.

The “Cats” movie will be taken on by Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of “The King’s Speech,” and is set to start shooting in in November of this year. The screenplay by Lee Hall is based closely on Lloyd Webber’s original musical, which was itself was first adapted from a book of children’s poems by T.S. Eliot.