Nine Lives, a French-produced comedy about a shitheel billionaire (Kevin Spacey) trapped in the body of cat, could have been a comedic cross between Charles Dickens‘ “A Christmas Carol” and Franz Kafka‘s “The Metamorphosis” — a moral-redemption tale flavored with sharp, socially-resonant humor. Instead, to go by this Europa Corp. trailer, it’s been made into a coarse, low-rent Barry Sonnenfeld family comedy in the vein of those Look Who’s Talking? comedies. The Eurocorp production costars Christopher Walken, Jennifer Garner, Talitha Bateman, Mark Consuelos and Robbie Amell. Christophe Lambert and Luc Besson are listed as producers. Pic was going to open in April but was bumped to August 5th.
