The Catastrophic Failure of Cats

Isenhart Productions November 5, 2025
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In this video essay I reexamine 2019's Cats to explore the production hell, the fallout after it was released, and offer up some of my personal thoughts on it. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Chapters: Intro: 0:00 Behind the Film: 0:30 The Fallout: 6:33 My Thoughts: 10:48 Conclusion: 15:17 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/5NDWn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isenhart_productions/ Isenhart Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8kYJIHepR1AARuSiVs0p4g/featured/featured –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music Attribution: "Vibin Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Backbeat Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Smooth Loving" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Apero Hour" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Sincerely" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Sources: Box Office Poison by Tim Robey https://www.thewrap.com/cats-movie-may-happen-andrew-lloyd-webber-says/ https://variety.com/2016/film/news/cats-movie-tom-hooper-1201767798/ https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022238/http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2018/06/13/exclusive-anne-hathaway-in-talks-to-star-in-universals-cats/ https://ew.com/movies/hugh-jackman-turned-down-role-cats-movie/ https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/taylor-swift-andrew-lloyd-webber-on-cats-musical https://deadline.com/2018/12/universal-working-titles-feature-adaptation-of-andrew-lloyd-webbers-cats-rolls-cameras-1202518943/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-edited-the-buttholes-out-of-cats-it-was-a-total-nightmare/ https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/cats-mistake-judi-dench-hand-wedding-ring-universal-tom-hooper-idris-elba-trailer-a9256941.html https://www.film-news.co.uk/news/UK/86896/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-warned-Universal-bosses-Cats-movie-would-be-a-car-crash https://www.businessinsider.com/jason-derulo-thought-cats-would-change-the-would-2020-8 https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a30271415/jason-derulo-cats-cgi-dick-bulge/ https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/cats-movie-box-office-bomb-tom-hooper-digital-fur-technology-1203450672/ https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/cats-box-office-losses-flop-1203453171/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/12/30/cats-is-a-box-office-bomb-that-on-paper-looked-like-a-pretty-safe-bet/

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