The Walt Disney
Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Bill Condon's live-action
adaptation of the studio's two-time Academy Award winning animation, Beauty and
the Beast.
Starring Emma Watson
as Belle, and Dan Stevens as Beast, this re-telling of the 1991 classic stays
true to the original music while updating the score for a contemporary
audience.
Opening in theaters
on March 17, 2017, Beauty and the Beast also stars Luke Evans as Gaston, Ewan
McGregor as Lumiere, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Josh Gad as Le Fou, Kevin Kline
as Maurice, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, and
Stanley Tucci as Maurice.
Disney’s “Beauty and
the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which
refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a
contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the
score with several new songs. “Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey
of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner
by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s
enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and
realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma
Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome,
but shallow villager who woos Belle; Oscar® winner Kevin Kline as Maurice,
Belle’s eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston’s
long-suffering aide-de-camp; Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor as Lumiere,
the candelabra; Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the
harpsichord; Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, the feather duster; six-time Tony
Award® winner Audra McDonald as Madame Garderobe, the wardrobe; Oscar nominee
Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two-time Academy Award® winner
Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.
Directed by Oscar®
winner Bill Condon from a screenplay by TBD based on the 1991 animated film,
the film is produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman
with eight-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards®
(Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the
score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken
and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and
three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice. “Beauty and the Beast” will be released in
U.S. theaters on March 17, 2017.
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