The trailer for the highly anticipated film Cats, an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, dropped on July 18. But excitement quickly turned into chaos as fans lost their minds over the “nightmare” footage. Viewers were baffled by the film’s “digital fur technology,” which turned Taylor Swift, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen into cat-human hybrids.
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One person
called the CGI cats, “Pure, straight-up nightmare fuel.”
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“I've seen the face of death, and it's Taylor Swift as a cat,” another joked. The 29-year-old pop star is
a noted cat lover; she has three.
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“Sleep paralysis but it's cat Rebel Wilson in the corner of your room,” one viewer
tweeted.
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“James Corden as a human-like cat has genuinely ruined Christmas already,” another person
wrote about the film, which comes out this December.
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One person
said, “Idris Elba as a sexy cat just really fried my brain. Like I don't even have a joke that broke me.”
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“This s**t looks TERRIFYING. Why do the cats have human noses??? Why is Jason Derulo in this??!?” a worried person
asked.
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“WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO JENNIFER HUDSON SHOULD BE ILLEGAL,” one person
said about the Oscar winner’s appearance in the trailer.
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“Who let Ian McKellen & Judi Dench be a part of this horror. Why do the cats have human boobs?” another
asked.
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Cats is based on the stage musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Weber. The inspiration for the show was the poems by T.S. Eliot. The musical previously held the records for being the longest running show on both Broadway and the West End.
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The film is directed by
Tom Hooper, who also led 2012’s
Les Misérables.
Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for her work in that film.
Cats will be released on December 20.
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Will you see Cats? Sound off in the comments!
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One person
called the CGI cats, “Pure, straight-up nightmare fuel.”
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“I've seen the face of death, and it's Taylor Swift as a cat,” another joked. The 29-year-old pop star is
a noted cat lover; she has three.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“Sleep paralysis but it's cat Rebel Wilson in the corner of your room,” one viewer
tweeted.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“James Corden as a human-like cat has genuinely ruined Christmas already,” another person
wrote about the film, which comes out this December.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
One person
said, “Idris Elba as a sexy cat just really fried my brain. Like I don't even have a joke that broke me.”
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“This s**t looks TERRIFYING. Why do the cats have human noses??? Why is Jason Derulo in this??!?” a worried person
asked.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO JENNIFER HUDSON SHOULD BE ILLEGAL,” one person
said about the Oscar winner’s appearance in the trailer.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
“Who let Ian McKellen & Judi Dench be a part of this horror. Why do the cats have human boobs?” another
asked.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
Cats is based on the stage musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Weber. The inspiration for the show was the poems by T.S. Eliot. The musical previously held the records for being the longest running show on both Broadway and the West End.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
The film is directed by
Tom Hooper, who also led 2012’s
Les Misérables.
Anne Hathaway won an Oscar for her work in that film.
Cats will be released on December 20.
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
Will you see Cats? Sound off in the comments!
Photo credit: Universal Pictures
