Cats (2019) Trailer: Reanimated

Animation Accumulation presents Cats (2019) Trailer: Reanimated! Shots of the 2019 Cats film trailer were broken down to be reimagined by the talented artists of Animation Accumulation (a Discord server dedicated to bringing together animation students all over the country and world. If interested in joining get in contact with us on Instagram @animationaccumulation, or with Danielle Windram at [e-mail])
Artists as they appear:
00:00:00 - 00:06:21- Ben Meyer
00:06:21 - 00:10:00- Ella Cesari ( @drawnwithoutref )
00:12:17 - 00:16:18- Mac Rosenberg (@buffchicken)
00:16:18 - 00:20:12- Lovisa Andersson
00:23:01 - 00:27:17- Danielle Windram (@deedledraws)
00:27:17 - 00:30:04- Joahie (@jo_ahie)
00:30:04 - 00:32:18- (@koresart)
00:35:10 - 00:36:20- Jaren Tigani, Dani Birbal
00:36:20 - 00:39:16- Theo Babbitt (@theo.babbitt)
00:39:16 - 00:43:11- Rhya Voskuil
00:43:11 - 00:45:20- Izzy Boyce-Blanchard
00:45:20 - 00:48:07- Lucy Geronime (@waffle_tallest)
00:48:07 00:51:06 Brigid Slevin (@brigidslevin)
00:51:06 - 00:53:07- Elizabeth Oakley (@oakleycraft)
00:53:07 - 00:55:12- Ava Roenisch (@aquatically_)
00:55:12 - 00:56:18- Ava Roenisch (@aquatically_)
00:56:18 - 00:59:07- Chloe Sauer (@goodknightmylove )
00:59:07 - 01:01:19- Bisoro - @bisoromikuma
01:01:19 - 01:04:07- Conner Hagan (@DoodleConner)
01:04:07 - 01:06:20- Allison Chew (@ariacheri)
01:06:20 - 01:09:08- Elizabeth Oakley (@oakleycraft)
01:09:09 - 01:11:21- Ben Meyer
01:11:21 - 01:14:11- Miranda Schneider
01:14:11 - 01:17:07- Nicole Otaola (@nicoleotaola)
01:17:07 - 01:20:04- Karma (@milk.curdles)
01:20:04 - 01:21:23- Emily Curran (@fishyfrog)
01:21:23 - 01:24:14- Speedus Hiatus (@amypinx)
01:26:16 - 01:30:20- Senna Church
01:30:20 - 01:33:13- Michelle Alvia & Nicole Otaola, (@Abominableyetis, @nicoleotaola)
01:35:09 - 01:37:03- Senna Church
01:37:03 - 01:38:15- Lovisa Andersson
01:38:15 - 01:40:06- Nat (@_noruoki)
01:40:06 - 01:41:00- Miranda Schneider
01:41:00 - 01:42:21- Rory McBrady
01:44:11 - 01:45:22- Mariana Pacheco González (@mariananananap)
01:45:22 - 01:46:22- Bisoro - @bisoromikuma
01:46:22 - 01:48:19- teeeext
01:48:19 - 01:51:01- Rhya Voskuil
01:51:01 - 01:52:19- King Kar(z)s
01:52:19 - 01:54:15- Gavin Laird
01:54:15 - 01:55:21- Soup (@SOUP_TO_GO)
01:55:21 - 01:57:05- Mac Rosenberg (@buffchicken)
01:57:05 - 01:58:15- Izzy Boyce-Blanchard
01:58:15 - 02:01:21- Adie Valavanis (@lunchmonger)
02:01:21 - 02:05:07- Hailey Mdorritie (@haileymdorritie)
02:05:07 - 02:07:21- Lucy Geronime (@waffle_tallest)
02:07:21 - 02:10:08- Christian Brzozowski @hachoseven
02:10:08 - 02:13:01- Conner Hagan (@DoodleConner)
End credits song: • Memory-Cats-Piano inst...

[@jocoserious17]

i love how half of it is making fun of the original and the other half is legitimately fantastic animation that i'd watch on the big screen

[@matthewmoran5297]

Same here!

[@theotherjared9824]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@jokerlyzermedia6603]

Original as in 2019 edition, not 1998 original

[@Tusskie]

I need this so badly

[@eldritchexploited5462]

The best way to make fun of something is to do the same thing but better in every sense

[@AschKris]

2:07 lost it here lmfao

[@wonghongweng]

Gordon Freeman and friends!

[@therobomeep6930]

Proof cats should have been 2d animated.

[@HimeRoseChibiChan]

Yes!

[@despinasgarden.4100]

True

[@therobomeep6930]

@@klaramcmenamin4754 cool to know, i wonder what happened though.

[@jokerlyzermedia6603]

@@therobomeep6930 not sure, but it fell through. And elliot banned Disney from touching CATS

[@therobomeep6930]

@@jokerlyzermedia6603 Interesting, thanks for telling me.

[@cyanity1017]

1:20 this is it, this is the moment that fucking murders me from laughter

[@M00nqueen]

IM WHEEZING

[@myishamcmiller9]

LMAO

[@anothergamer112]

He was in so much pain his assets glitched.

[@extrapathos]

LMFAO SAME

[@vance6970]

IM CACKLING

[@gabe_s_videos]

1:26 I burst into tears. That's the version of this movie that I see in my head and someone made it. That acting is EXQUISITE.

[@003mohamud]

100% best part

[@liquidcatt8247]

I agree

[@_LemnZ]

Yes

[@scoutart1508]

how about a hand drawn animation test based faithfully on grizabella´s previous look from amblimation?

[@Dr.Arescet]

Oh how I wish they made animated movie of cats in that style.

[@panthera9151]

What we wanted: 1:26 What we got: [insert nightmare fuel here]

[@jamesgizasson]

The reason it flopped is because it didn't look like this. That 4 seconds of animation has more soul than anything Disney had done in the last decade.

[@extrapathos]

@@jamesgizasson But keep in mind that's only 4 seconds, Disney has to do that a thousand times over.

[@jamesgizasson]

@@extrapathos I agree. But it's not that they can't... It's that they won't. Maybe in the future??

[@stuarthutzler6670]

@@extrapathos Counterpoint, those four seconds were presumably done entirely by one person, probably in their spare time. Disney has an effectively infinite supply of money and access to any animator(s) in the world that they ask for. I think it's a fair assumption that if they had wanted a feature-length movie that looked like that, it could have been done.

[@extrapathos]

@@stuarthutzler6670 touche

[@Dilaughosaurus]

Awesome! I love how some parts are fully embracing the horror that is Cats (2019) and others are focused on making it into something that looks cool and good.

[@dogocatostudios8719]

Yep

[@RANima71498]

Still better than the actual product no matter what lol, even if they’re ironically embracing the horror show look of the original

[@catharine3667]

100 times this

[@kioku119]

@@zucchini3857 It's basically only a year ago. It was the end of 2019 too so like a year and 2 months. That's pretty recent.

[@professionalnerd4055]

1:26 THIS is what the actual movie should have been. that's beautiful

[@clownman9184]

1:26 why couldn’t the film be this?

[@Chad_Darwin]

Yes and give a story and it will amizing

[@AlabasterTen]

@@Chad_Darwin A strange mix of laziness and arrogance

[@redlight4739]

Because Andrew Lloyd better doesn’t want real cats because the story is about humanity and cats

[@redlight4739]

So we need to see them as humans as well as cats because cats deals with abusive relationships, cults and religion

[@chloesummer_wolf13]

I would actually love this film if it was like that

[@theeveningcallsforfairies5246]

1:26 This right here convinced me the Cats movie would’ve been better if it’d been animated

[@ernovincze2900]

Oh, I just realized the brilliance of the gorilla statue at 2:07. Because a lion statue for a cat is like a gorilla statue for a human!

[@timtam3730]

When I saw this scene I knew that that animators didn't give a sh*t anymore.

[@trixie7759]

As a avid Cats fan who absolutely despises Cats 2019 this was wonderful, I love the person who drew the lads in the og designs, the gang was back together

[@noodlearg9745]

pfp does not check oyt

[@l0newolfgang]

Which part?

[@trixie7759]

@@l0newolfgang 1:38

[@jokerlyzermedia6603]

SAME

[@Anuyushi]

I haven't watched the movie but I listened to a review from someone that took theatre and participated in a play back in their school. The idea of cats was just amazing and I don't even wanna watch the movie out of fear that it'll butcher the original concept for me.

[@ikeohno9767]

1:38 if everyone looked like that I’d watch in a heartbeat omg

[@teddycat7218]

Like the stage play ir

[@bikewheeleater]

watch the 1998 version they look exactly like that

[@SnazzyRazz]

1:20 become S Q U A R E

[@dramaproductions9007]

Cat: EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHH

[@mechdinos3264]

1:05 This is what Mcavity should have looked like. His description was even in his song. Instead we got a buch of film producers forgetting to turn their racism filters off.

[@Nawnii]

i love this

[@Vcxnt_dracxlaV]

Heya Nawnii! Hope you're well :D I was wondering,, might you have a favourite Jellicle Cat?

[@Makoharu-io4zd]

Hi nawnii

[@finnick4957]

I without a single doubt, would watch this entire movie multiple times in a row, if it were animated by all these talented people and then some. Amazing stuff by everyone!!!

[@bluesolace9052]

I agree

[@MaisyJaeCarr]

I just been watching for life

[@danofsteel785]

Fun fact: a hand-drawn animated adaptation was originally going to be released in the 1990s under Amblimation. But due to the poor box-office performances of We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story and Balto, the film was scrapped and the studio shut down in 1997, eventually becoming DreamWorks Animation. There's a ton of concept art for this film on Google. Could've been something worthwhile.

[@sky-sx5gt]

Same

[@hayleyhellbound9513]

@@danofsteel785 wow. cats by the same guys as we’re back? ugh I’m in the wrong timeline.

[@spacecadetkaito]

every animation style here is worthy of a whole movie. especially 2:07

[@Chad_Darwin]

The best part

[@kendra_t]

I cackled. That took me off guard.

[@foxtatertot]

I love this.. so much. I love how half of the animators were having fun and making fun of CATS, while the other half was taking this actually pretty seriously and have some really beautiful animation.

[@fallenheartbeat8743]

Honestly, a 2D animated or a fully animated 3D version of this would at least make it less painful. It wouldn't save to movie, but it would be way easier to watch.

[@mrcritical6751]

Spielberg pitched a 2D animated version back in the 90’s that was meant to be set during WW2

[@doctorwholover1012]

Yea, I really don't get why they made a 'live action' movie where they had to CGI 90% of it. At that point, just animate it for fcks sake 🙄

[@theweirdpersonagent3005]

Both 0:39 and 1:26 were amazing! I love 0:39 especially since the animator made the characters actual cats instead of making cat/people hybrids.

[@M00nqueen]

They are kinda hybrids in the actual musical, you know?

[@v.v365]

I really think the Warrior Cats fandom could’ve made a map of the entirety of Cats and it would have been better than both the stage show and the movie

[@agame._.]

This right here....facts

[@emotionalpunchingbag2469]

I would genuinely rather watch that than the actual movie

[@mistysudios9855]

Not just warrior cats- every single fandom’s animators are pretty talented

[@lordfelidae4505]

@@mistysudios9855 yeah, but warrior cats animators are frighteningly good at animation cats.

[@mothfeatherofriverclan439]

Lord Felidae Hey, when the animation part of the fandom has been around for 14 years, those animators are specialized in drawing dramatic battle kitties!

[@arisien7296]

Everyone talking about 1:26 ( which is gorgeous btw) But I’m in love with 1:35 , the character designs, the framing, just *chefs kiss*

[@Jackie-McCann]

If I remember correctly, both those moments were by the same animator.

[@Dr.Arescet]

The mix of the joke animations mocking it and the serious animations is so well done and such a weird juxtaposition that you dont knks what's coming next. My personal favorites were at 0:27 , 1:01 1:22 and 1:26 all of them were well done and some of the mocking ones made me laugh but I like the serious adaptations better:)

[@Bibblemansaves]

I like the 1:34 as well

[@BIRDWITCHE]

1:25 I HAD CHILLS! Props to whoever animated that bit.

[@wafflefalafel9442]

This is a mix between chaotic and beautiful and all together its just very really good

[@despinasgarden.4100]

Just like the musical cats itself

[@Animeartist124]

1:23 is amazing!

[@pricewilson1436]

0:29 is amazing too. As well as the scene right after it. All of the parts were great though.

[@pleasebenice3520]

Jesus, so many people snapped on this, but 1:26 blew me AWAY

[@petscopkid]

And 1:35

[@mastermarkus5307]

1:20 with the cat turning into squares fucking killed me.

[@grayson5000]

I really wish this movie had looked like 1:25 - 1:30, I feel like an animated style like that would’ve fit a lot better than cgi

[@WhyNot-yb9lj]

1:26 is just gorgeous

[@THATGuy5654]

1:48 !! If you're gonna make it into a live action movie with anthro cats, this is how it should have been done! Just add clothes!

[@Pheep5671]

what if slowly over time they did MAPs of every clip of the movie?

[@theshockinglyeloquentdog9945]

or even better the 1998 musical version

[@dragonsarelit5522]

Ma’am where’s the Kickstarter?

[@irongirltoni]

Um yes please I'll pay so much money for that to happen please

[@holyshard530]

Make clips, compile them, BAM! A good adaptation!

[@Bear_Song]

This needs to happen

[@freelancebucket9928]

HOLY CRAP THIS IS SOOOO GOOD

[@Seththeprince]

It really is💜

[@AGreenSquidKid]

Maybe someday Hollywood understand that animation can be just a beautiful as live action

[@WhoTookMyMirr]

Half of these character designs are 1000% better than what we got

[@Keznen]

0:40 Would definitely watch a movie in this style. They actually look like cute little kittycats!

[@BlackieSootfur]

i have ascended

[@channelmoved6918]

Same 😔

[@crimsonmaverick8237]

IF A CATS MOVIE WAS CREATED USING ANATOMICALLY CORRECT CATS I WOULD NEVER STOP WATCHING

[@fuckwit107]

Or even anthropomorphic cats like at 1:26

[@sxatcychan1988]

@@fuckwit107 Clothed anthropomorphic cats to be exact. The internet furry community has kinda turned me off of anthros that go au natural. To all you furries out there, I'm sorry for dunking on your interests.

[@teddycat7218]

The stage play got so terribly ruined

[@Swirl_of_StarFire]

I love how half of the animators took this seriously, and the other half just... made a competition out of who could animate the weirdest thing

[@MoonSarito]

This is much better than the original and nothing will change my mind.

[@dragletsofmakara1120]

The original is the theatre production(1981) with a cinematic remake(1998). Both are elegant and beautiful; and are better than this video. But this video is a million times better than the 2019 CGI remake. Nothing will change my mind.

[@zipzapzop6519]

@@dragletsofmakara1120 I don’t think they meant this 4 minute video is better than the musical, I think they meant it’s better than the other trailer but ok

[@teddycat7218]

No the original is way better. Yea sure this video is good, probably better then the remake. For now nothing can top the play

[@cheesypies]

I wish the movie was re-made by the artists at 1:26 amazing emotion and movement there, there were other good ones too and the funny joke ones were entertaining but that bit there is the shining star imo edit senna church is the one I mean, their artwork is so nice im inspired

[@dreaming_destiny675]

Styles I want the movie to be animated in: 1:22 1:26 1:34 1:47 That's all. Have a nice day.

[@Ari-ij3cz]

Yes! Those time stamps are exactly the same styles I loved!

[@jswatch9270]

I rather from 0:27 this is perfect

[@Bear_Song]

Same! I also liked the style at 5:04 and 1:04

[@mattbutler6228]

How fucking good. 10/10 The fact thaf it wasent animated in the first place is a crime

[@mo0nflowersart]

Or choreographed, with costuming instead of cgi. You can do amazing things with costumes.

[@DarsiPadilla]

@@mo0nflowersart I think the dance can be recorded, and then used as reference for the drawing and animation board.

[@WhiteSwarm]

1:26 How i wanted the cats movie to be

[@2chaskell]

hot damn, that shot at 1:26 that is just breathtaking, thats how the whole damn movie should have looked. whoever did that part needs to get hired by somebody

[@l1s4sp1ts3]

Animated Skimbleshanks at 1:35 looks so good!!! I love it. I mean all of it is great, I just really love the way Skimbleshanks was drawn.

[@nathanforester5993]

This is how I imagine what Spielberg's Cats would have been like.

[@GoldenRiderAtreyu]

Some of the parts where people actually took it seriously to reanimate it with actual cats or properly making cat humanoids that aren't nightmares were actually really good.

[@thewannabegamer9]

What a cry and shame it is to not have an animated Cats musical. I mean take the climax of Memory for example (@ 1:26). This one clip represents everything that could’ve been done for this story. Like my eyes were getting teary from this clip. But of course we had to get the nightmare fuel of a disaster.

[@naebqw1447]

1:34 is definitely my favourite! Love the og musical designs in animated form!

[@bluesolace9052]

This actually has me excited, too bad the original movie couldn’t live up to this.

[@haileydorritie8858]

It was such an honor to work with so many amazing artists - thank you so much for hosting and congratulations to all you super talented jellicles!!

[@alexedits9097]

1:22 and1:26 LIKE- I WOULD HONESTLY LOVE TO WATCH IT THIS WAY

[@celestenunez442]

Omg that 1:26 makes me fall in love with a freaking cat, I need to know who made this

[@emotionalpunchingbag2469]

Senna Church

[@movedtocupowarriors4205]

1:26 Ok but why is this GOOD.

[@invisibleman4827]

1:22 and 1:26. How it should've been. A vast improvement and worth the cast's acting efforts.

[@mykenziewaugh1078]

The perfect blend of trolling and art. I can't wait

[@AlphaTengua]

0:13 literally looks like a bunch of frakened anime bases and that run wtf lol.

[@goshujinsama666]

IKR I LOST IT THERE

[@Bibblemansaves]

Looks like that one Pokémon

[@StarPlatinum7912]

*Disney called. They want their former CEO’s back.* BRUH 1:26 IS KILLING ME THIS IS GORGEOUS

[@speedytrelawny9123]

1:26 This is what we needed for the movie

[@sennachurch2485]

Thanks for letting me be a part of this! I love everyone's work and I'm so happy with how gorgeous the final product looks!

[@jasminelee3935]

Hello 1:26 brought tears to my eyes ty

[@Drawboy66]

Your skit at 1:26 was beautiful!

[@ernovincze2900]

There's a lot of talent in this one. But my personel favorite is anything done by Senna Church - if the full movie was animated in her style, I'd definitely watch that.

[@sennachurch2485]

Gosh thank you so much! 💕

[@fuckwit107]

Absolutely

[@Drawboy66]

@@sennachurch2485 Your skit at 1:26 was beautiful! If the movie was animated like that, it wouldn't have been a bust!

[@unnamed-nova193]

I like how a majority of them are either making fun of the original, or just make the designs so much better. They make them look like walking cats, not humans dressed up as cats lol.

[@lovisaandersson4079]

This was so much fun to be apart of :D And everyone did such an amazing job!!!!

[@pastelcrocodile7398]

i literally love the art style at 1:02 so much

[@GeekInSequins]

1:26 I would have loved to see a Cats movie in this style!

[@phoenixfeather8511]

I would literally watch ANY of these versions a million times before watching the actual one again

[@luca2348]

1:22 actually looks pretty cool, and I liked the original animation.

[@TheSheath63]

Yeah, we’re gonna need a feature length version of this. A la Shrek Reanimated.

[@theamazingimptini]

Gog.. I just love 1:26 so much. Some one pay them to remake the entire movie

[@questionablemotivegirl6054]

Can't we just do this with the whole film?

[@rae-raetheturtledemon.]

It'll probably take a lot of time for it to be a fully reanimated thing.

[@questionablemotivegirl6054]

@@rae-raetheturtledemon. You and I know i'd be worth it.

[@rae-raetheturtledemon.]

@@questionablemotivegirl6054 Yeah. Maybe make them look like actual cats and not just cats with human faces.

[@questionablemotivegirl6054]

@@rae-raetheturtledemon. It seriously should have been have been an animated movie from the beginning.

[@rae-raetheturtledemon.]

@@questionablemotivegirl6054 If only the people behind the movie would've listened to the people after the first trailer.

[@The_Professional_Moron]

I’d really watch the movie if it were in the style of 0:27 or even 0:41.

[@fuckwit107]

What about 1:26?

[@beanbrain6162]

All

[@jswatch9270]

I rather from 0:27 this is perfect

[@thefungiwhisperer2313]

This is some how going to be less cursed than the atcual movie, and that's pretty impression given how cursed animations on youtube can get, I am very excited for this

[@ophelia5240]

The 1:26 animation legit just made me buy Photoshop and start learning how to animate

[@M00nqueen]

I loved how they made Macavity actually Macavity like how he looked from the musical . “Macavity is a GINGER cat”-proseeds to make him brown 🤦‍♀️

[@DarsiPadilla]

And look human-level naked.

[@kyuumons]

sKDJK THE SECOND TO LAST SHOT GOT ME GOOD

[@castallyourspells5330]

Holy crap 1:26 is SO GOOD

[@BingQilin]

1:48-1:50 I'd see the movie ten times over if it looked like that goddamn

[@susanwindiarinirodgers1269]

Oh my God. Each individual section deserves a million views.

[@mljedi]

The more cartoony cat like the design, the better I like. Also, like when they add bits original Broadways sneak in the design.

[@Adannan939]

Be honest you went back and watch 1:26 over and over again now didn’t yoy

[@Drawboy66]

It was honestly the best part

[@bisoro114]

Honored to have been part of this Masterpiece. You guys will always be part of my jellicle 💜

[@w.b.5583]

Amazing 10/10 would watch if the actual Cats movie were like this

[@TheWoostergirl]

This shit would've look so cool as an animation, imagine Furry - the Musical with great voice acting and singing that actually goes on par with music.

[@callum5926]

This musical literally BEGS to be animated and would honestly benefit so much from it so why the hell did they force themselves to work with live action it just feels such a backwards choice

[@Omnywrench]

"Between you and me, Peggy, I smoked this _Juul..._ and it did _unthinkable things_ to my _mind_ and *_B O D Y"_*

[@fuckwit107]

0:51

[@WaffleTallest]

SO HAPPY to have been a part of this!! Thank you so much mods and everyone who worked on it!!!!!!! WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CrazyWarriorCatLady]

Fun fact, CATS was originally supposed to be a 2D animated film. There is even concept art out there of it. Over the years, it changed, and we ended up with what came to the big screen. Personally, I still liked it, but I’m also a huge fan of the musical.

[@justaaveragedoorknob5251]

1:26 this is how cats should have been done, then it would have been a masterpiece.

[@flyingkoifish1011]

id legit learn to animate if there was a MAP for the whole movie

[@vucsanna1136]

Someone should reanimate the entire movie. I would pay money for it

[@simonantonehie6392]

The moment you "furryfie" the designs, they look so much better

[@Raven-sq3mb]

When the video was done I was like “Alright, when’s this coming out?!” Because it looks great!

[@iammemegremlin3893]

PLEASE LET THEIR BE A FULL VERISON OF THE CATS MOVIE RENIMATED I WOULD LOVE THAT

[@abbiehoffman2921]

whoever animated 0:30 perfectly captured the exact facial expression from Grizzabella/Jennifer Hudson in the trailer. i’m so impressed.

[@FakeAnarchist]

Great job guys! Now go remake the entire movie so that it can redeem itself for unleashing the curse that was 2020.

[@vicentehizon6202]

My favorite shots are the ones by Ava Roenisch’s Tugger at the bar, Allison Chew’s Macavity, amypinx’s Victoria, Senna Church’s Grizabella sing _Memory,_ and @_noruoki of Tugger dancing with the others.

[@Grace-ir8er]

Yooo this is so good??? Like, even the jokey scenes were really well animated and the serious scenes??? _HOLY FLIP,_ they were gorgeous! Honestly, this is how the movie should have looked.