The Walt Disney Studios Japan has released a trailer for director Bill
Condon's upcoming live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Starring Emma Watson as Belle, and Dan Stevens as Beast, this new telling
of the 1991 award winning animation 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.
Opening in theaters on March 17, 2017, Beauty and the Beast also stars 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 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.
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