If
you’re looking forward to a trip to the cinema with friends and family members
over the holidays, you’re in luck. As school and work draw to a close for 2019,
we have two huge movies that will be battling for top spot in the box office
charts. With both Cats and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker both
coming to us on Friday, they enjoyed their premieres last night and fans of
both are already getting excited.
Star
Wars 9 on the Way
For
other movie franchises, it would be a struggle to reach nine films. For Star
Wars, the gap between the first and ninth film is 42 years. With this, there
are three generations of fans eagerly anticipating the ending to the trilogy.
Of course, the first ever Star
Wars film
eventually became the fourth episode after the second trilogy actually became a
prequel. Make sense? It will to Star Wars enthusiasts.
Just
last night, the red carpet was out in Los Angeles and all the biggest stars
came together to celebrate the premiere. Directed by JJ Abrams, the movie will
continue the battle between the First Order and the Resistance. Although she
sadly passed away before this project came to fruition, Carrie Fisher will
appear in the film as Princess Leia.
According
to Abrams, the team had footage left over from The Force Awakens and
this will allow the famous character to return yet again. Abrams said, upon
finding the footage, ‘they’re like these gifts…and so, we got to actually
have Carrie in the movie and she’s great in the film. It’s just, it’s so
impossible to think that she’s not here.’
With
Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, John
Boyega,
Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac taking center stage, they were joined by a host
of other stars for the spectacle. When Friday comes, we’re sure the world will
be talking about The Rise of Skywalker.
Cats
Premiere in New York
Meanwhile,
on the other side of the country in New York, fans of a different nature were
gathering for the premier of Cats. In a star-studded cast, Idris Elba
led the way and has been very open and positive about the number of famous
names in the movie. For those who haven’t seen, Elba is joined by Taylor Swift,
Dame Judi Dench, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, James Corden, Ian McKellen,
Rebel Wilson, and Ray Winstone.
Playing
Macavity, Elba noted that this movie has been ‘one of the best film
experiences I’ve had.’ Previously, we’ve covered how Taylor Swift has taken
the cat training seriously (INTERNAL LINK) while also being excited about singing
the soundtrack for the movie, a
song written with Andrew Lloyd Webber (the writer of Cats: The Musical).
Originally, the musical was actually based on T.S. Elliot poetry, so it seems
apt that the cast is a blend of British and American talent.
Which
film are you more excited to see? If you could only see one, which would you
choose?
