User blog comment:Robin Turnaround/New CATS movie?/@comment-3182821-20160506203024

The whole thing is entertaining me, given the range of photos being used to illustrate articles! Also, the Variety article made a mistake on the Broadway production dates (like 1987 - 2006 rather than 1982 - 2000) so it's funny how many reports are copying that mistake....

Whether the film will happen or not? well, what the reports are actually saying is they're starting development. How on earth would you make a big Hollywood film of Cats? Would you do it like Les Mis - keep it very live, just with nicer sets than the Video? Would you do it CG - how would you make all the dancing interesting? Would you cut the dance? How would it be Cats without dance?

The thing is, they could spend years and years trying to solve these problems. Films languish in "Development Hell" for ages. And this is a really thorny problem to solve. So I don't think we'll see a film anytime soon.

I think the REAL story here, is the Broadway Revival. They've got everyone talking about Cats now, and if they announce who'll be playing Grizabella on Broadway in the next weeks, a lot more articles will be written. There's a lot of buzz, which will make great advertising.