Beauty and the Beast (2017)

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***Beauty and the Beast*** is an upcoming American fantasy film. Directed by Bill Condon with a script by Stephen Chbosky, the film stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.

## Development and Production

In April 2014, it was reported that Disney began developing a new live-action version of Beauty and the Beast after making other live-action fantasy films such as *Maleficent*, *Cinderella*, and *The Jungle Book*. On June 4, 2014, Bill Condon signed on to direct the remake of Beauty and the Beast for Walt Disney Pictures with Evan Spiliotopoulos writing the script. Condon originally planned on not only drawing inspiration from the original film, but he also planned to include most, if not all, of the Menken/Rice songs from the Broadway musical, with the intention of making the film as a "straight-forward, live-action, large-budget movie musical". In September 2014, it was announced that Stephen Chbosky (*The Perks of Being a Wallflower*) will re-write the script. Composer Alan Menken will return to score the film's music, with songs from the original film and new material written by Menken and Tim Rice. In June 2015, Menken said the film will not include songs that were written for the Broadway musical.

On January 26, 2015, Emma Watson announced that she would be starring as Belle, a lead role in the film. Luke Evans was in talks to play the villain role as Gaston on March 4, 2015, which was confirmed by Watson's tweet on March 5, 2015. Dan Stevens was also in negotiations to play the Beast/Prince in the film on March 4, 2015. Stevens was also confirmed by Watson on March 5, 2015. Josh Gad was added to the cast on March 13, 2015 to play Gaston's sidekick, Le Fou. Emma Thompson joined the cast on March 16, 2015 to play Mrs. Potts and Kevin Kline to play Belle's father, Maurice. Audra McDonald was cast as Garderobe, the wardrobe, on March 27, 2015. Ian McKellen was cast on April 10, 2015 to play Cogsworth, the Beast's loyal butler, who was cursed into a clock and overtook the castle. On April 13, 2015, Gugu Mbatha-Raw was set to play Plumette, the feather duster. On April 21, it was announced that Ewan McGregor had joined the cast as Lumière, the candelabra, and later that same day, that Stanley Tucci would be playing Cadenza, an original character created for the film.

Principal photography on the film began at Shepperton Studios in London on May 18, 2015, and ended on July 29, 2015.

## Cast

* Emma Watson as Belle
* Dan Stevens as the Beast
* Luke Evans as Gaston
* Ewan McGregor as Lumière
* Ian McKellen as Cogsworth
* Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts
* Kevin Kline as Maurice
* Josh Gad as LeFou
* Audra McDonald as Garderobe
* Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette
* Stanley Tucci as Cadenza

## References

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1. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-live-action-movie-emma-watson/
2. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-live-action-movie-writer/
3. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-release-date-2017-songs-casting/
4. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-live-action-movie-emma-watson/
5. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-live-action-casting-dan-stevens/
6. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-live-action-casting-gaston-luke-evans/
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-2017-casting-lumiere-ewan-mcgregor/
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-ian-mckellen-cogsworth/
9. ↑ http://screenrant.com/beauty-beast-disney-remake-live-action-casting-josh-gad-lefou/