The Internet Reacts to the Cats Trailer in a Very BIG Way

The first trailer for Cats was released yesterday and the Internet had some major opinions about what it thought about the feline musical’s first trailer.

We finally got our first look at Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the seminal Broadway musical Cats, featuring CG fur-covered actors as titular felines.

Pretty bonkers, right?

The cast includes Dame Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Jason Derulo, Ray Winstone, Ian McKellen, Rebel Wilson, and more.

Hooper, who was behind Les Misérables and The King’s Speech, opted to use motion-capture technology in order to make it look as if the stars really are fur-covered.

Many took to social media to share their distress after watching the trailer.

Jason Derulo in cat fur is far scary than anything in that IT Chapter 2 trailer. #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/PNr9Ux5j3c
— The Usually Non-Douchey Style of Chad (@SuperheroCLH) July 18, 2019

Just watched the CATS trailer and really wish I hadn’t. That is all.
— Amanda Lavergne-Tabb (@lavtabb) July 18, 2019

in a way, i'm glad grumpy cat never had to see this
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 18, 2019

The Cats trailer cursed the next four generations of my bloodline
— Victoria Aveyard (@VictoriaAveyard) July 18, 2019

Pity the poor horror directors who have spent their whole careers trying to make scary movies, and then along comes the CATS trailer and it's 100 times more terrifying without even trying
— Mr. Subtlety (@CursedJoe) July 18, 2019

therapist: judi dench as a cat isn’t real she can’t hurt you
judi dench as a cat: pic.twitter.com/1cLqmS22xO
— raya 🌹 (@wewritelettrs) July 18, 2019

somehow the people in Cats look more nude than if they were actually nude, and it's weird as hell. pic.twitter.com/vw8vtsIAUa
— Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (@Hello_Tailor) July 18, 2019

Cats (2019) #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/VUlESFhfnp
— Clay Black (@claymus) July 18, 2019

terrifying pic.twitter.com/IDmYMoPsgJ
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 18, 2019

"Did I… make this?" – Terry Gilliam watching the CATS trailer
— Richard Lawson (@rilaws) July 18, 2019

seeing reports that cats are filing a class action suit against tom hooper
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) July 18, 2019

This is the shit they're going to find when they raid Area 51, I swear #CatsMovie #Cats pic.twitter.com/aJqWmkmXnD
— Sam (@EltonFtchASpade) July 18, 2019

this was definitely my favorite part of the cats trailer #CatsMovie pic.twitter.com/vm5CdIR1V4
— kathleen (@kathleen_hanley) July 18, 2019

We are the future, Charles, not them. pic.twitter.com/O12oKYp7mg
— Lon Harris (@Lons) July 18, 2019

I don't know what I expected from CATS' "digital fur technology" but the short answer is NOT this.

My brain has melted. My eyes are bleeding. There is no god. pic.twitter.com/HMeM0ixal1
— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) July 18, 2019

Cats is going to be the greatest movie of all time
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) July 18, 2019