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Universal Pictures faces at least $70-million loss from ‘Cats’ debacle
(Thanks to pharmaross)
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Universal Pictures faces at least $70-million loss from ‘Cats’ debacle
(Thanks to pharmaross)
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Me-Yow!
Posted by: maryqos | December 31, 2019 at 10:46 AM
I am shocked, I tell you, shocked that this bombed.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 31, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Take that, Cats!
Posted by: The Dogs | December 31, 2019 at 11:45 AM
"Cat Fights" to ensue at Universal next year.
Posted by: LeDud | December 31, 2019 at 11:56 AM
Universal Pictures is going to need a bigger litter box.
Posted by: Le Petomane | December 31, 2019 at 11:56 AM
They can cover part of the loss by making whoever green-lighted this movie pay for it.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | December 31, 2019 at 12:21 PM
Cats is only suitable for youth in Asia.
Posted by: pharmaross | December 31, 2019 at 12:31 PM
Jennifer Hudson is no Elaine Paige. If she had played the part of Grizabella I would have gone to see it. Studios need to realize some things don't need to be remade.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 31, 2019 at 01:01 PM
I guess they didn't get the message when I didn't ever see the stage show either.
Posted by: vaporsmith | December 31, 2019 at 01:52 PM
Those responsible have been spayed/neutered.
Posted by: Stixnstonz | December 31, 2019 at 02:03 PM
This article may be right. I just looked to see if Cats is playing at my local movie theater. When I looked up the times the theater sent me a text message asking me what time I could be there.
I still think Sleeping With The Enemy was a good movie.
Posted by: nursecindy | December 31, 2019 at 03:56 PM
I'll wait for the 'remake'. Maybe Uncle Ted is available.
Posted by: man tom | December 31, 2019 at 04:18 PM
nursecindy, I would be willing to fly there to attend the movie with you, provided your theater serves beer. You buy the tickets and I'll buy the beer.
Or we could just sit in the parking lot drinking beer without seeing the movie.
Posted by: MOTW | December 31, 2019 at 05:08 PM
In basketball terms, this was a hair ball
Posted by: JG | December 31, 2019 at 05:51 PM
5* snork to Stixnstonz for the great comment!
Posted by: Le Petomane | December 31, 2019 at 05:55 PM
Take THAT "Heaven's Gate"!!!!
Posted by: Kevin J Meerschaert | December 31, 2019 at 06:43 PM
Since Comca$t owns Universal I'm guessing it's the cable users who will pay for this FUBAR.
Posted by: ImNotDave | December 31, 2019 at 07:02 PM
Felineous assault on the senses.
Posted by: Skeeter Butts | December 31, 2019 at 07:06 PM
ImNotDave - That's probably why my Comcast bill just went up.
Posted by: pogo | December 31, 2019 at 07:24 PM
So far I've resisted the dare to see this film.
From the article: "The studio removed 'Cats' from the list of movies for which it will campaign for awards."
I'm guessing that worthy art doesn't require such a campaign.
Posted by: Jim | January 01, 2020 at 01:11 AM
The loss will be used to avoid paying taxes on any profit. Yeah, the movie smells like an unchanged litter box to you and me, but to accountants it is catnip
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | January 01, 2020 at 02:59 PM
I saw cat's in 1981 when it premiered in Los Angles. I was 10 years old and even then I thought it was torture. It seemed to me that it's target audience is blind and deaf people.
Then someone decided it must be made into a movie. I'm personally offended, as the aftermath of that show left me with PTSD. Sometime when I'm walking down a street and I see a cat, I have flashbacks to the Pantages theater in Hollywood. To this day I hate cats, and it makes me feel bad because I like animals as a rule.
My advice is to gather all the prints of the film and throw them into Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. Though I don't wish to advocate violence it might be a good idea to throw the people responsible for this atrocity monstrosity to be thrown in as well. For the good of our species, and to protect future generations.
I would also suggest changing our constitution's 1st amendment in rearguards to free speech, to specifically outlaw any future production of this nightmare.
God save us all.
Posted by: Harpo Zeppo | January 01, 2020 at 05:34 PM
The benefit concert will include 20 artists, each performing its version of "Memory."
Posted by: wanderer2575 | January 01, 2020 at 11:41 PM
@Harpo Zeppo -"Other than that, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"
Posted by: Stixnstonz | January 02, 2020 at 09:02 AM