Laurie Davidson Joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, and More for Cats Movie | Playbill

Film & TV News Laurie Davidson Joins Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, and More for Cats Movie The Tom Hooper-helmed film will be released in December 2019.
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Laurie Davidson, star of TNT’s short-lived Shakespeare-themed drama Will, has been tapped to appear in the upcoming big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot's Cats.

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Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, and Ian McKellen

According to Deadline, the actor (whose role has yet to be revealed) is the latest to join a roster that includes the previously announced Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, and Ian McKellen.

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The LAMDA grad's additional screen credits include BBC Two movie Diana and I and the upcoming Bill Condon-helmed The Good Liar, starring McKellen, Helen Mirren, and Russell Tovey.

The Universal/Working Title movie, directed by Tom Hooper (Les Misérables, The King’s Speech) is slated to begin production in November, with a release date set for December 20, 2019.

 
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