Cats Movie Finds Its Rum Tum Tugger in Jason Derulo | Playbill

Film & TV News Cats Movie Finds Its Rum Tum Tugger in Jason Derulo The R&B and pop star will take on the curious cat in the Tom Hooper-directed film.
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Jason Derulo is the latest to join the upcoming film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the multi-platinum R&B star is set to play Rum Tum Tugger (the curious, if indecisive, feline sex symbol).

Just yesterday marked the addition of Rebel Wilson to the cast; the two join Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, and more.

Read: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CATS MOVIE SO FAR

Among Derulo's hits are "Whatcha Say," "Talk Dirty," "Want to Want Me," "Ridin' Solo," and, with Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign, "Swalla." His latest album, Everything Is 4, was released in 2015; with his fifth, 2Sides, on the way.

Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) will direct the take on the T.S. Eliot-inspired show, adapting the story with Billy Elliot and Network scribe Lee Hall. It is set to arrive in movie theatres December 20, 2019.

 
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