Disney Planning A Live Action Remake Of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Disney Planning A Live Action Remake Of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Disney is now moving ahead with a live action remake of yet another classic fairy tale. Joining Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella is Beauty and the Beast from Trance scribe, Joe Ahearne.

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By JoshWilding - Mar 11, 2013 05:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: Deadline

Deadline reports that Disney are moving ahead with The Beast, a live action retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. The studio has chosen Joe Ahearne to pen the script, with the most recent credit on his resume being the brilliant looking Trance from director Danny Boyle. The site adds that the movie will more than likely be 3D (hardly a surprise), while it will apparently be produced by Mandeville’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with Disney's LouAnne Brickhouse steering the project. This remake joins Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella. The last we heard about that project was the news that Emma Watson is in talks to star. Stay tuned for further details!

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MotionPictureFilms
MotionPictureFilms - 3/11/2013, 6:03 PM
HUGH JACKMAN FOR GASTON!!!!!!
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 3/11/2013, 6:14 PM
I'm in!!! lol Loved the 90's flick!!

jessepostal
jessepostal - 3/11/2013, 6:17 PM
della, because a lighter toned will make much more money
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/11/2013, 6:20 PM
Now this is one Disney movie I will look forward to.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/11/2013, 6:20 PM
....If done right
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 3/11/2013, 6:22 PM
@dellamorte1872

Strongly agreed my brotha! I would love to see Del Toro's actual make-up costuming for the character and not just some giant CGI motion captured Beast.

Del Toro's costume make-up is by far some of the best!!
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 3/11/2013, 6:28 PM
Lion King next?
-_-
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/11/2013, 6:52 PM
Go Del Toro with it ... if not, then ... meh
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/11/2013, 7:04 PM
They should really be trying to do an Alladin movie, but whatever.
PsyGuy
PsyGuy - 3/11/2013, 7:09 PM
Make a Mulan movie!
jerryblake
jerryblake - 3/11/2013, 7:14 PM
@PsyBoy

No, the next one will be The Little Mermaid, for sure
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 3/11/2013, 7:17 PM
@PsyBoy

Agreed, at 19 years old the trailer and it's theme still gives me chills! lol
DCjohnny
DCjohnny - 3/11/2013, 7:24 PM
intact there was one called beastly , that movie sucked.
Super12
Super12 - 3/11/2013, 7:25 PM
Such a good movie. I have high hopes for this remake. Emma Watson would be perfect for Belle, but the tone has to be right.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/11/2013, 7:32 PM
Mulan is by far the best disney chick flick. So deserving of a live action film
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 3/11/2013, 7:35 PM
Live action Lion King would be amazing lol
angus666
angus666 - 3/11/2013, 7:42 PM
I love that movie... I'm excited.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 3/11/2013, 7:43 PM
This will succeed because it has a built in audience and its gaining a good cast. I really want to see this since Beauty and the Beast is my 2nd favorite Disney movie.
XavierLehnsherr
XavierLehnsherr - 3/11/2013, 8:08 PM
But there already is one. It's called RuumBelle.

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Superman8
Superman8 - 3/11/2013, 8:12 PM
of course they are.
superotherside
superotherside - 3/11/2013, 8:26 PM
This could be really great.
EdgyOutsider
EdgyOutsider - 3/11/2013, 8:37 PM
I absolutely dislike the 90's Disney version. Hopefully, this one is much much better. I enjoyed Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, I though Oz was pretty good, had potential to be better. Hell of a lot better than The Wizard of Oz.
NoJobBOB
NoJobBOB - 3/11/2013, 8:43 PM
Live action LION KING alredy exists. It's called National Geographic.

Depending on the cast and the effects, I wouldn't mind seeing this at all.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/11/2013, 8:43 PM
It's not a remake, it's a live action adaptation. The story is over 100 years old for crissakes.
mikesinuman
mikesinuman - 3/11/2013, 8:46 PM
why not make Thumbelina live action!
xRelentlessx
xRelentlessx - 3/11/2013, 8:55 PM
What the hell? I love fairy tales but this is ridiculous! We need new shit.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 3/11/2013, 10:15 PM
This could be pretty cool. I would love it if Disney made it more dark like the book. I could see it being really great if Disney gave the go ahead for it being PG-13. That sadly won't happen.

I so want to see a beautiful Beast. One that looks like an awesome Beast. I loved this movie when I was a kid in the 90s. Same with many of Disney's other movies like Aladdin & Lion King.

I would like to see after this movie comes out Disney to look at the awesome Beast & see that Gargoyles should be next.









You can't say that would not be awesome. Let Guillermo del Toro do it. Disney can sit back & collect the cash. It would be their own movie like the Lord of the Rings.
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 3/12/2013, 2:14 AM
Emma Watson as Belle. And who would play Gaston? Remember, "noooo onnne's slick as Gaston..."
MotionPictureFilms
MotionPictureFilms - 3/12/2013, 2:19 AM
not gonna lie would've loved to see Anne Hatheway as belle, chris hemsworth as beast and Hugh jackman for gaston!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/12/2013, 4:14 AM
Agree with BlackIceJoe

It would be so [frick]ing awesome if Del Toro would direct this film and Disney gives him free hands.
Movie version closer to the original tale would be my way to go. :)
Disney produced Pirates of the Caribbean so the movie ending up little bit dark could happen.

And Gargoyles... That needs to [frick]ing happen too Disney!
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/12/2013, 6:19 AM
I have been asking for a gargoyles movie for years. The theme music aloneis epic on that show
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 3/12/2013, 6:56 AM
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 3/12/2013, 9:27 AM
Wow I guess Disney not only bought the Star Wars Universe but also George Lucas's milking the cow dry attitude!
CorronZenith30
CorronZenith30 - 3/12/2013, 10:02 AM
@blackicejo - damn i loved that gargoyles show when i was in my younger days!
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