NINE LIVES (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Jennifer Garner (Juno), Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter), Robbie Amell (The DUFF), Malina Weissman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Cheryl Hines (Life After Beth), Mark Consuelos (Cop Out), Teddy Sears (A Single Man), Talitha Bateman (The 5th Wave)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), director; Matt Allen (Four Christmases), Dan Antoniazzi (film debut), Gwyn Lurie (The Music Never Stopped), Ben Shiffrin (film debut) and Caleb Wilson (Soul Surfer), writers; Lisa Ellzey (In Her Shoes) and Christophe Lambert (It Boy), producers; Evgueni Galperine (The Family) and Sacha Galperine (Eva), composers; Karl Walter Lindenlaub (Independence Day), cinematographer; David Zimmerman (film debut) and Don Zimmerman (Liar Liar), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Major business tycoon Tom Brand (Spacey) has distanced himself from his wife Lara (Garner) and daughter Rebecca (Weissman) in favour of his work. As a last-minute gift for Rebecca’s birthday, Tom purchases a cat from a mysterious shop run by the kooky Felix Grant (Walken), but on the way home he gets into an accident – and finds himself in the body of the cat! Now, he has one week to fix his relationship with his family, or else remain a cat forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Once you’ve spared a moment of silence for Kevin Spacey’s career (seriously, you’re Kevin Spacey, why would you sign on for this?!), this could be an innocent and fun little comedy about family and all that good stuff.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016

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