The Walt Disney Studios has released (via EW) a series of images from Bill
Condon's upcoming live-action adaptation of the two-time Academy Awards 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 with
several new songs.
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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