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

Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Taylor Swift set to star in upcoming film
Working Title鈥檚 upcoming film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway musical "" has officially been confirmed, and there鈥檚 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 , the only confirmed, named part so far belongs to Jennifer Hudson, who鈥檒l be taking on the central role of former 鈥済lamor cat鈥� Grizabella. Her character falls on hard times after a previously luxury life and famously belts out the showstopper track, 鈥淢emory," so the world is already quaking at those vocals.
The 鈥淐ats鈥� movie will be taken on by Tom Hooper, the Oscar-winning director of 鈥淭he King鈥檚 Speech,鈥� and is set to start shooting in in November of this year. The screenplay by Lee Hall is based closely on Lloyd Webber鈥檚 original musical, which was itself was first adapted from a book of children鈥檚 poems by T.S. Eliot.