Andrew Lloyd Webber announces 'Cats' Broadway musical is getting a movie adaptation

After the enormous success of Tom Hooper's Les Miserables, another successful Broadway musical could be getting the big-screen adaptation. According to composer and musical theater writer Andrew Lloyd Webber, his hit Cats is on its way to a movie adaptation. This of course brings up a lot of questions in regards to how this would work, but the composer seems determined.

"I haven't seen the [Les Mis] film but it's fantastic for musicals because everybody wants to make them again," he said. "Universal has now got Cats out of the drawer in which they locked it years ago when they bought the rights and suddenly they're talking about a film."

The musicals-to-movies idea has clearly worked in the past. Les Miserables grossed $441 million, won three Oscars, and was nominated for five others including Best Picture. But some other projects have bombed. Cats is one adaptation that we won't really know how it may do until it's released.

If you're not familiar with Cats, it is an over-the-top emotional journey featuring actors in full body suits. They look odd, but the musical is already an iconic Broadway fixture. But putting actors in cat suits for a movie?

Webber spoke about this issue, stating that it was a concern even with the stage show.

"You never know in life," he said. "We never knew whether the public was going to love Cats until the moment we saw a cat go on stage. It could have been the most terrible moment of bathos in musical theatre. I remember sitting backstage waiting for the response. Somehow we got away with it."

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