“It’s a tale as old as time…”
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Walt Disney Pictures has released the very first trailer for Beauty and the Beast, a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic.
Disney can’t wait for fans to be their guest when Beauty & The Beast returns to the big screen in live action form. Released today via Good Morning America, the short video clip gives fans just a tease of what to expect from this Disney outing.
We get our first look at Emma Watson’s Belle, arriving at Beast’s castle and spotting that iconic rose. Also in the teaser, fans get a snippet of dialog from some fan favorite characters and some lines of the score that longtime Disney fans will instantly recognize.
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; Oscarยฎ winner Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle’s eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp; Golden Globeยฎ 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 Awardยฎ winner Audra McDonald as Madame Garderobe, the wardrobe; Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two-time Academy Awardยฎ winner Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.
Directed by Oscarยฎ 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 Awardsยฎ (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.
