Taylor Swift cast in movie version of 'Cats'?

Singer Taylor Swift performs during her Reputation tour at MetLife Stadium on Friday, July 20, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Singer Taylor Swift performs during her Reputation tour at MetLife Stadium on Friday, July 20, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Published Jul 22, 2018

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Los Angeles- Taylor Swift has been cast

in a big screen version of the stage musical "Cats," in what

will be the pop singer's biggest movie role so far,

entertainment publications Variety and the Hollywood Reporter

said on Friday.

The 28-year-old "Look What You Made Me Do" singer will join

Oscar-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, talk show host

James Corden and veteran British actor Ian McKellen in the

movie, the publications said.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats," based on a book of

poems by T.S. Eliot, was first staged in London in 1981 and has

been produced around the world. The movie version is a

production of Working Title Films, which did not return requests

for comment on the reports.

Swift, a 10-time Grammy winner whose "Reputation" album was

the biggest seller of 2017 in the United States, made her film

acting debut in the 2010 romantic comedy "Valentine's Day."

The Hollywood Reporter, citing sources close to the

production, said Hudson was expected to play Grizabella, whose

character sings the show's famous "Memory" ballad.

Swift is being eyed as the flirtatious red cat Bombalurina,

while McKellen will play the elderly feline leader Old

Deuteronomy, the Hollywood Reporter said.

Britain's Tom Hooper, whose past credits include Oscar best

picture "The King's Speech" and musical "Les Miserables," will

direct the movie, which is due to begin shooting in Britain in

November, Variety said.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant

Editing by Leslie Adler)

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