‘Cats’ updated by Universal with improved visual effects

The recently released movie based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Cats opened to the tune of $6.5 million domestically and $4.4 million internationally. Despite the celebrated star cast and one of the most talked and viewed trailers in recent times, the movie did not gross well on the big-screens. However, according to an international entertainment daily, even before the grosses were announced, Universal notified distributors that they’d be sending an updated print of the film with improved visual effects.

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According to other news reports, the digital and updated prints of Cats were received by the distributors on December 22 with reels arriving in cinemas on December 24, just in time for the holiday. Reportedly, the studio issued a memo to theatres saying the new digital prints would include some improved visual effects.

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The star, in an interview, said that Cats was completed too late to screen for most critics and awards groups, though it did receive a Golden Globe nomination for Taylor Swift’s Beautiful Ghosts. It was finished just hours before the premiere on Dec 16 in New York. Hooper said that he finished it at 8 a.m yesterday, after 36 hours in a row. He was also seen being happy, post they finished the movie. 

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Cats is a musical fantasy movie drama of 2019. The plot of the movie is based on a tribe of cats called the Jellicles who must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. The movie is directed by Tom Hooper and bankrolled by Tim Bevan. Cats feature Taylor Swift, Francesca Hayward and Edris Elba in pivotal roles. 

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