On 18 December 2014, an official announcement was made of the musical, with a world premiere on Broadway set for Autumn 2015. This would be the first time since Jesus Christ Superstar in 1971 that a Lloyd Webber musical would premiere on Broadway rather than in the West End. In 1973, a movie was made of Jesus Christ Superstar. In 1996, Evita made its world movie premiere, and in 1998 and 2000, respectively, productions of Cats and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor BYSKsVf.