Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)

Beauty and the Beast is an upcoming American live-action fantasy, musical film directed by Bill Condon, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a remake of the 1991 hand-drawn animated film and will be written by Evan Spiliotopoulos and produced by Mandeville Films. Condon also has plans to include most of the Menken/Rice songs from the Broadway musical as well as to draw inspiration from the original animated film.

The script will be rewritten by Stephen Chbosky. The film will star Emma Watson as Belle. and Dan Stevens as the Prince/Beast. It is scheduled for release on March 17, 2017.

Cast

 * Emma Watson as Belle
 * Dan Stevens as the Beast
 * Luke Evans as Gaston
 * Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts
 * Ewan McGregor as Lumière
 * Ian McKellen as Cogsworth
 * Kevin Kline as Maurice
 * Josh Gad as LeFou
 * Stanley Tucci as Cadenza
 * Audra McDonald as Garderobe
 * Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette
 * Nathan Mack as Chip
 * Hattie Morahan as the Enchantress
 * Adrian Schiller as Monsieur D'Arque

Trivia

 * This is the first live-action adaptation of a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie that is from the Disney Renaissance.
 * Emma Watson (Belle) was offered to play the lead role in Cinderella but she declined.
 * Cadenza is a new character created for this remake.
 * Emma Watson, Luke Evans and Emma Thompson share the same birth date of April 15.
 * Filming was completed by August 27, 2015.
 * Bill Condon had actors sing The Lion King 's "Hakuna Matata" at the auditions to measure their singing voices. This was how he chose the final cast for this film.
 * This is only the eighth of many live-action re-imaginings of Disney animated films released in the 20th and 21st centuries, following Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Cinderella and The Jungle Book. Many others are in development.