{"id":84819,"date":"2018-10-16T19:01:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T19:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/10\/16\/idris-elba-joins-jennifer-hudson-taylor-swift-in-cats-movie-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:30:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:30:11","slug":"idris-elba-joins-jennifer-hudson-taylor-swift-in-cats-movie-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-joins-jennifer-hudson-taylor-swift-in-cats-movie-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba Joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift in \u2018Cats\u2019 Movie Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Idris Elba Joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift in \u2018Cats\u2019 Movie Adaptation<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>October 16 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Idris-Elba-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-19255\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 225'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Idris-Elba-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Idris Elba is in final negotiations to join the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber smash musical \u201cCats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This marks Elba\u2019s second feline role following his take on Shere Khan in 2016\u2019s \u201cThe Jungle Book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Hooper<\/strong>, the Oscar-winning director of \u201cThe King\u2019s Speech,\u201d will direct the star-studded movie, also starring <strong>Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden <\/strong>and <strong>Ian McKellen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The screenplay by <strong>Lee Hall<\/strong> (\u201cBilly Elliot\u201d) is based on Lloyd Webber\u2019s musical, which was itself adapted from a book of children\u2019s poems by T.S. Eliot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Jennifer-Hudson-Taylor-Swift-James-Corden-and-Ian-McKellen-Cats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-112060\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 240'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Jennifer-Hudson-Taylor-Swift-James-Corden-and-Ian-McKellen-Cats-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCats\u201d is one of the most successful musicals in history, enjoying long runs both in London\u2019s West End and on Broadway. The possibility of a movie version has long been bandied about.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson, who won an Oscar in 2007 for her breakout role in \u201cDreamgirls,\u201d will play Grizabella, the former \u201cglamour cat\u201d who falls on hard times and gets to sing about it in showstopper \u201cMemory.\u201d It\u2019s unclear which roles will be played by Swift, Corden and McKellen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cats-The-Musical-Movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-112061\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Cats-The-Musical-Movie-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eliot\u2019s \u201cOld Possum\u2019s Book of Practical Cats,\u201d which was published in 1939, is a collection of poems about creatures known as \u201cJellicle cats\u201d and their secret world, but lacks an overarching story line. Lloyd Webber\u2019s musical stitches the poems together into a tale of cats seeking some sort of feline redemption in the made-up \u201cHeaviside layer\u201d above London, \u201cup, up, up past the Russell Hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elba is currently filming \u201cHobbs &amp; Shaw\u201d with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, and can next be seen in the Netflix comedy series \u201cTurn Up Charlie,\u201d which he also co-created and executive produced. He returns next year to his starring role in the hit BBC series \u201cLuther,\u201d which he also executive produces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idris Elba Joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift in \u2018Cats\u2019 Movie AdaptationPosted by Wilson Morales October 16 2018 Idris Elba is in final negotiations to join the film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber smash musical \u201cCats.\u201d This marks Elba\u2019s second feline role following his take on Shere Khan in 2016\u2019s \u201cThe Jungle Book.\u201d Tom Hooper, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" 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