News Brief: Rebel Wilson Joins Tom Hooper's 'Cats'

Posted on July 14th, 2016

News Brief: Rebel Wilson Joins Tom Hooper's 'Cats'
Cats: The Musical : Rebel Wilson is casted for a key role in the musical Cats: The Musical. Tom Hooper is directing the film, with Andrew Lloyd Webber writing the songs for the film. If things work out, Rebel Wilson is set to play Jennyanydots. Alexandra Daddario and Francesca Hayward had also been casted for the movie.

Halloween: Filmmaker and composer John Carpenter, who is currently touring the world as a musician, says: "Right now, I am interested in my music career. … It's just so much fun to do." As to filmmaking, he says: "I had to stop. I had no life. It [filmmaking] is so stressful." He will serve as executive producer for the upcoming new version of Halloween, however, and says: "Maybe I'll do the music." Carpenter composed the theme music for the original 1978 horror movie.

Darkest Minds: Jennifer Yuh Nelson, an animation veteran who most recently directed Kung Fung Panda 3, will direct the live-action movie Darkest Minds. It's based on the first book in a trilogy by Alexandra Bracken about life after a pandemic kills most children and teenagers. Some young survivors then develop superpowers deemed dangerous and are thus locked up in internment camps.

Pete's Dragon: A charming new clip from Pete's Dragon features young Oona Laurence and Oakes Fegley talking about imaginary friends. Directed by David Lowery, the new version of the tale follows a young man who says he lives in the woods with a dragon named Elliot. Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford also star; look for the movie in theaters on August 12.