Cats New Featurette Taylor Swift Is All ‘Beautiful Ghosts’

No one can deny the world class reputation for Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s popular stage show Cats. Like many things that are adapted in another format, it will be greeted with scepticism. Same can be said about the film version of Cats and a mediocre reaction to the first trailer didn’t help matters. When it comes to musicals to film adaptations the track record is pretty good so there is hope this one will deliver.

Pop Singer/Actress Taylor Swift is one of the film’s main cast. Today Universal Pictures have released a new behind the scenes Featurette called ‘Beautiful Ghosts‘. The promo documents the creation and recording of the song and including an interview with Swift, Lloyd Webber and Tom Hooper.

In the film, the song is performed by Hayward, who stars in the role of Victoria. The version of the song performed by Swift, who plays Bombalurina in the film, will play over the end titles.

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Featuring Lloyd Webber’s iconic music and a world-class cast of dancers under the guidance of Tony-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton, In the Heights), the film reimagines the musical for a new generation with spectacular production design, state-of-the-art technology, and dance styles ranging from ballet to contemporary, hip-hop to jazz, street to tap.

Universal Pictures presents a Working Title Films and Amblin Entertainment production, in association with Monumental Pictures and The Really Useful Group. Cats is produced by Debra Hayward, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Tom Hooper. The screenplay is by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, Rocketman) and Hooper, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot and the stage musical by Lloyd Webber. Cats is executive produced by Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Angela Morrison and Jo Burn.

One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, the stage musical “Cats” received its world premiere at the New London Theatre in 1981, where it played for 21 years and earned the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Musical. In 1983, the Broadway production became the recipient of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and ran for an extraordinary 18 years. Since opening in London in 1981, “Cats” has continuously appeared on stage around the globe, to date having played to 81 million people in more than fifty countries and in nineteen languages. It is regarded as one of the most successful musicals of all time.

Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and Francesca Hayward. You can catch this film in UK and Irish Cinemas from 20th December.