Little Town

Little Town is an upcoming American television series which is produced by ABC Signature and broadcast on Disney+. The series will be a prequel to the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast.
==Cast==
*Luke Evans as Gaston
*Josh Gad as LeFou
*Brianna Middleton as Tilly
*Fra Fee as Prince Benoit Berlioz
*Jelani Alladin as Jean-Michel
*Rita Ora
*Sharon D. Clarke as Claire Lafayette
==Production==
===Development===
Working on Disney's live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. Shortly after the cancellation of their planned Disney+ series, Muppets Live Another Day. Evans started working on the potential project, they pitched their idea to Disney, who green-lighted the series for Disney+.
In July 2020, composer Alan Menken revealed that the series will be titled The Little Town, a nod to the lyrics of the song "Belle" from the 1991 Beauty and the Beast film. On July 31, 2020, it was confirmed that the series will simply be called Little Town.
On December 10, 2020, the series was confirmed as a prequel and will debut on Disney+.
On February 10, 2022, it was announced the production on the series "will not be moving forward", due to "creative reasons". The series has been put on hold, though no start-up date has been announced.
On August 13, 2024, when asked about the progress of the series, Luke Evans responded "sadly... not on the table," implying that the series was officially dead.
==Trivia==
*This will be the second TV series to be based on Beauty and the Beast after Storytime with Belle
**This also makes Beauty and the Beast the eight Disney franchise/film to have more than one television series based on the films of the franchise itself, the first seven being The Jungle Book (TaleSpin and Jungle Cubs), Lilo & Stitch (which has three of them; Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Stitch!, and Stitch & Ai), The Lion King (Timon & Pumbaa and The Lion Guard), Winnie the Pooh (which has four of them; Welcome to Pooh Corner, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Book of Pooh, and My Friends Tigger & Pooh), 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians (101 Dalmatians: The Series and 101 Dalmatian Street), Alice in Wonderland (Adventures in Wonderland and Alice's Wonderland Bakery) and Big Hero 6 (Big Hero 6: The Series and Baymax!).
==References==
Category:Spin-offs
Category:Live-action series
Category:Disney shows
Category:Beauty and the Beast
Category:Shows based on films
Category:Disney+ Originals
Category:Cancelled projects