Half a decade after turning in her final performance in the “Harry Potter” franchise, Emma Watson is going blockbuster again, and she couldn’t have picked a more winning team. Disney hasn’t missed with their live action adaptations of their animated hits and fairy tales, and “Beauty And The Beast” is sure to be another winner.
Directed by Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Twilight: Breaking Dawn“), co-written by Disney video veteran Evan Spiliotopoulos (“The Jungle Book 2,” “The Lion King 3,” “Tarzan 2“) and Stephen Chbosky (“The Perks Of Being A Wallflower“), and co-starring Luke Evans, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emma Thompson and Ian McKellen, Disney is making sure they have all their bases covered for this one. Scoff all you want at remaking a childhood classic, but audiences seem to love these movies. Here’s the official synopsis:
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.
“Beauty And The Beast” opens on March 17, 2017.
