Concept art by Patrick Tatopoulos:
Initial rough out by Steve Wang:
Hair and eye designs:
Proof of concept:
Beast reference head, design by Patrick Tatopoulos, sculpture and paint design by Steve Wang, hair by Denise Leibee Baer and eyes by Mike Pack:
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Trailer #2:
Clip:
Making-of video on the Beast:
1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Beauty, his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace. One day, during an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles across the magical domain of the Beast, who sentences him to death for stealing a rose.
Feeling responsible for the terrible fate which has befallen her family, Beauty decides to sacrifice herself and take her father’s place. At the Beast’s castle, it is not death that awaits Beauty, but a strange life in which fantastical moments mingle with gaiety and melancholy. Every night, at dinner, Beauty and the Beast sit down together.
They learn about each other, taming one another like two strangers who are total opposites. When she has to repulse his amorous advances, Beauty tries to pierce the mysteries of the Beast and his domain. And when night falls, the Beast’s past is revealed to her bit by bit in her dreams. It is a tragic story, which tells her that this solitary and fearsome being was once a majestic prince. Armed with her courage, ignoring every danger, and opening her heart, Beauty manages to release the Beast from his curse. And in doing so, she discovers true love.
Directed and co-written by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill), Beauty and the Beast stars Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) as the beast and Léa Seydoux (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Blue Is the Warmest Colour) as the beautiful girl, Belle. It was released wide in France on February 12th 2014.