CATS (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

James Corden (Into The Woods), Judi Dench (Skyfall), Jason Derulo (film debut), Idris Elba (Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Ian McKellen (The Good Liar), Taylor Swift (Valentine’s Day), Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect), Francesca Hayward (film debut), Jaih Betote (film debut), Les Twins (Men In Black International), Jonadette Carpio (film debut), Danny Collins (film debut), Laurie Davidson (Vampire Academy), Robert Fairchild (The Chaperone), Melissa Madden Gray (Risk), Steven McRae (Stealing Las Vegas), Naoimh Morgan (film debut), Daniela Norman (film debut), Bluey Robinson (Dirty God), Freya Rowley (film debut), Ida Saki (film debut), Zizi Strallen (film debut), Mette Towley (Hustlers), Eric Underwood (film debut), Ray Winstone (Nil By Mouth), Cory English (The Conjuring 2), Po-Lin Tung (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), director, writer, producer; Lee Hall (Rocketman), writer; Tim Bevan (Love Actually), Eric Fellner (Hot Fuzz) and Debra Hayward (Les Misérables), producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita), composer; Christopher Ross (Yesterday), cinematographer; Melanie Oliver (The Danish Girl), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On one night of every year, a tribe of cats known as the Jellicles come together to decide which one of them shall ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back in a new life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved musical is brought to the big screen by Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper, who uses breakthrough CG technology to transform the ensemble of actors, singers and dancers into the numerous felines that author T.S. Eliot originally created.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER 2019

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