K.T Simpson
Long-running Broadway musical “Cats” is getting adapted to a movie, and Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Ian McKellen have been cast to star in the Tom Hooper-directed flick.
The Andrew Lloyd musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
Reports from THR say that Hudson will play Grizabella, a former “glamour cat” ostracised by the Jellicles, McKellan will play Old Deuteronomy, the elderly Jellicle Leader, and Swift is being eyed for Bombalurina, a flirtatious red cat.
Production on “Cats” is set to take place later this year in the U.K., with more cast due to be announced.
