The first official trailer for the Cats movie adaptation [1] is here, and whew, it's a doozy. While the trailer is filled with breathtaking sets and flashy numbers, it's the actual stars dressed up as cats thing that is really throwing us off. Unlike the live-action Lion King [2], where actors lend their voices to actual animals, the film will follow in the footsteps — or should we say paw-steps? — of the original Broadway musical as Taylor Swift [3], Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson [4] and more cast members [5] sing and dance in human form, but with pointy ears and fur all over their bodies.
Needless to say, a few of us POPSUGAR editors had a LOT of thoughts about the trailer. Here are just a few headlines we almost wrote, but didn't make the cut.
- On a Scale From 1 to the FaceApp, Where Does the Cats Trailer Fall?
- No, This Cats Trailer is Not from a Special Summer SNL Episode
- The Cats Trailer Is Officially Here, and . . . What Did We Just Watch?
- I'm So Glad the Cats Trailer Has Arrived to Unite the Nation
- Why Does the Cats Trailer Look Like Those Old Quiznos Spongmonkey Commercials? An Investigation
- Why Are There No Litter Boxes in the Cats Trailer? Seems Weird
- I Just Watched the Cats Trailer, and No, I Can't Shake It Off
- WhY IsN't ThEre a DoGs MoViE?
- No, You Aren't Having a Bad Trip, This Is Really the Cats Movie Trailer
- I Love Horror Movies, but the Cats Trailer Is a Bit Much For Me
- The Cats Trailer Is Here And There's No Doing Anything Abou-ooo-owt It
- I'm Either Too High or Not High Enough For This Cats Trailer
- The Cats Trailer Has Arrived, and, Uh, What's Up With Their Teeth?
- I'm Allergic to the Cats Trailer
- So You Thought Animated Cats Needed to Emote? You Deserve the Cats Trailer
- The Cats Trailer Is the One We Don't Need Right Now, but the One We Deserve
- There's No Coming Back After You've Seen the Cats Trailer
- We Just Want to Talk to Whoever Put Together the Cats Trailer
- The Cats Trailer Is Why I Have My Therapist on Speed-Dial
- We Watched the Cats Trailer and . . . We're Gonna Need More Catnip