The Walt Disney Studios has released the first full trailer for director Bill
Condon's upcoming live-action adaptation Beauty and the Beast.
Starring Emma Watson as Belle, and Dan Stevens as Beast, this re-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.
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. “Beauty and the Beast” will be
released in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2017.
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