Disney’s 2017 Beauty and the Beast live-action remake is one of the most critical and commercial hits by the House of the Mouse. The Emma Watson film holds the record of being the second-highest-grossing Disney live-action remake. However, the initial casting of the film was much different with Ryan Gosling in the role of Beast.
A still from Beauty and the Beast
The 2017 Bill Condon directorial had Emma Watson and Dan Stevens leading the film. Stevens played the Beast through motion capture opposite Watson’s Belle. While the current scenario of Disney live-action remakes is not going well, Beauty and the Beast was praised for being faithful to the source material and offering a fresh retelling at the same time.
Why did Ryan Gosling pass on Beauty and the Beast? Ryan Gosling as Ken
It was reported in 2015, that Ryan Gosling may play the prince turned beast in Disney’s...
A still from Beauty and the Beast
The 2017 Bill Condon directorial had Emma Watson and Dan Stevens leading the film. Stevens played the Beast through motion capture opposite Watson’s Belle. While the current scenario of Disney live-action remakes is not going well, Beauty and the Beast was praised for being faithful to the source material and offering a fresh retelling at the same time.
Why did Ryan Gosling pass on Beauty and the Beast? Ryan Gosling as Ken
It was reported in 2015, that Ryan Gosling may play the prince turned beast in Disney’s...
- 5/3/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
Disney+ has already proven itself as an industry-altering streaming distribution pipeline for the monolithic Mouse House’s myriad properties, and it appears that 2017’s live-action $1.2 billion worldwide-grossing hit, Beauty and the Beast, is set to be the next example of this notion, proving that shows can be mined from the most unlikely of places.
Luke Evans and Josh Gad are locked in to reprise their roles – as Gaston and LeFou, respectively – in an untitled live-action limited-run prequel television series that’s set for a Disney+ streaming run, as THR reports. The series, set at ABC Signature Studios, will manifest as a six-episode offering under the purview of appointed showrunners Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, a duo best known as the creators of ABC’s (Disney property-brandishing) Once Upon a Time.
The prequel nature of the series is implied in its very existence, since Evans’s role as Gaston – the primary...
Luke Evans and Josh Gad are locked in to reprise their roles – as Gaston and LeFou, respectively – in an untitled live-action limited-run prequel television series that’s set for a Disney+ streaming run, as THR reports. The series, set at ABC Signature Studios, will manifest as a six-episode offering under the purview of appointed showrunners Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, a duo best known as the creators of ABC’s (Disney property-brandishing) Once Upon a Time.
The prequel nature of the series is implied in its very existence, since Evans’s role as Gaston – the primary...
- 3/6/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Tackling their first musical with Disney’s live-action take on Beauty and the Beast, costume designer Jacqueline Durran, production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer were met with no small share of challenges, beginning with conceptualizing how this new take would look. Based on a French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont previously adapted into a 1991 Disney animated classic, this “tale as old as time” follows a burgeoning romance…...
- 11/2/2017
- Deadline
A "tale as old as time"—based on an 18th century fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont that was previously adapted into a '90s Disney animated classic—Bill Condon's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast marked the sole presentation for Walt Disney Studios on Friday at Deadline's inaugural Contenders London event. For those few unfamiliar with Beauty and the Beast, the title sets up the broad strokes of the narrative. The musical depicts the unlikely…...
- 10/8/2017
- Deadline
Emma Watson won the award for best actor in a movie at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in La on Sunday night, and her acceptance speech was truly wonderful. After nonbinary actor Asia Kate Dillon presented Emma with the award for her role as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, the English star took the stage to talk to the audience and her fans around the world about inclusion, love, and gender issues. Read her speech below. RelatedDrop What You're Doing and Watch MTV's Hilarious Beauty and the Beast Spoof "The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience. MTV's move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone. But to me, it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. And that doesn't...
- 5/8/2017
- by Caitlin Hacker
- Popsugar.com
Forget Disney’s recent reiteration of the classic fairy tale and instead look back at where the tale’s magic began on film, with Jean Cocteau.
The self-titled Belle and her captor-turned-prince Beast have returned to cinema screens around the world. In Disney’s latest live-action reiteration of one of their much-loved animated fairytales, Bill Condon’s live-action Beauty and the Beast has reintroduced contemporary audiences to the pair. With their return has come explorations of Disney’s representations of gayness, the question of modern viewing habits, and record-breaking box office success (the film has broken the March record for best opening with a $175m domestic gross).
This multiplicity of films on the same tale has been seen before, with the reintroduction of Snow White in 2012 arriving in the form of three very different films. 2012 brought the strong and defiant rebel ‘Snow’ in Snow White and the Huntsman, while Mirror Mirror restyled the classic tale. Pablo Berger...
The self-titled Belle and her captor-turned-prince Beast have returned to cinema screens around the world. In Disney’s latest live-action reiteration of one of their much-loved animated fairytales, Bill Condon’s live-action Beauty and the Beast has reintroduced contemporary audiences to the pair. With their return has come explorations of Disney’s representations of gayness, the question of modern viewing habits, and record-breaking box office success (the film has broken the March record for best opening with a $175m domestic gross).
This multiplicity of films on the same tale has been seen before, with the reintroduction of Snow White in 2012 arriving in the form of three very different films. 2012 brought the strong and defiant rebel ‘Snow’ in Snow White and the Huntsman, while Mirror Mirror restyled the classic tale. Pablo Berger...
- 3/23/2017
- by Sinéad McCausland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Chicago – Do not doubt the power of live action to create a new atmosphere of joy and…dare I say it…beauty. The re-imagining of the animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” is everything that the previous was and much more. It packs a true and emotional wallop that follows through to the end.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Basically the same narrative/song formula is used, but a live action Broadway feel is given to this film version – directed by Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Chicago”) – that adds more soul and more resonance to the staging, story and iconic songs. It may feel that you’ve seen it before – especially if you’re in the generation that wore out the videotape/DVD – but to me this version reaches for something beyond the cartoon. It’s narrative and motivations are richer, and the arc of the connection between Belle and the Beast is more mature and...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Basically the same narrative/song formula is used, but a live action Broadway feel is given to this film version – directed by Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Chicago”) – that adds more soul and more resonance to the staging, story and iconic songs. It may feel that you’ve seen it before – especially if you’re in the generation that wore out the videotape/DVD – but to me this version reaches for something beyond the cartoon. It’s narrative and motivations are richer, and the arc of the connection between Belle and the Beast is more mature and...
- 3/16/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A tale as old as time it may be, but the new live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast borrows from an 18th-century text that only slightly resembles the new and animated versions of the romance.
The story — written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and later slightly changed and released again by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont — has undergone several iterations. But as the 1991 animated classic, the live-action remake and the original fairytale largely stay on the theme of "learning to love," they do differ on a few big fairytale moments (sorry, Gaston fans).
See the 7 major differences below.
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The story — written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and later slightly changed and released again by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont — has undergone several iterations. But as the 1991 animated classic, the live-action remake and the original fairytale largely stay on the theme of "learning to love," they do differ on a few big fairytale moments (sorry, Gaston fans).
See the 7 major differences below.
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- 3/10/2017
- by Jennifer Konerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The near-ubiquitous familiarity with the majority of Disney animations make the financial proposition of a live-action remake a no-brainer greenlight. In aiming to appeal to those experiencing these stories for the first time, the generation prior, and the generation that brought that generation to the theater, it can also be as creatively risk-averse as one might imagine. As these cultural touchstones get dusted off and literally brought to life, one wishes the experience amounted to more than waiting for that next sugar rush of nostalgia to arrive. The latest in the long assembly line of Disney live-action remakes, Beauty and the Beast, has its fair share of these moments, occasionally well-handled, but there’s an emotional detachment at its core that renders it an innocuously serviceable live-action remake.
Coming from director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Breaking Dawn), who is no stranger to the lavish musical, there’s little shortage of picturesque landscapes,...
Coming from director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Breaking Dawn), who is no stranger to the lavish musical, there’s little shortage of picturesque landscapes,...
- 3/3/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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Entertainment Weekly has peeled back the velvet curtain on Beauty and the Beast to unveil five all-new images for Disney’s fairytale epic, while there’s also a brief interview with Emma Watson reflecting on her time spent in “Belle boot camp.”
From the cavernous halls of Beast’s castle to an action shot of Watson’s Belle riding through the enchanted forest, this latest batch of pictures for Bill Condon’s remake is truly something to behold, and previous trailers have showcased just how seamless Belle and the Beast’s (Dan Stevens) interactions can be. It’s a credit to Disney’s VFX team, essentially, but as Emma Watson reveals to EW, the actors had to go endure preparations of their own before the cameras started rolling.
“I kind of went into this boot camp for three months before we started shooting, which was singing four times a week,...
Entertainment Weekly has peeled back the velvet curtain on Beauty and the Beast to unveil five all-new images for Disney’s fairytale epic, while there’s also a brief interview with Emma Watson reflecting on her time spent in “Belle boot camp.”
From the cavernous halls of Beast’s castle to an action shot of Watson’s Belle riding through the enchanted forest, this latest batch of pictures for Bill Condon’s remake is truly something to behold, and previous trailers have showcased just how seamless Belle and the Beast’s (Dan Stevens) interactions can be. It’s a credit to Disney’s VFX team, essentially, but as Emma Watson reveals to EW, the actors had to go endure preparations of their own before the cameras started rolling.
“I kind of went into this boot camp for three months before we started shooting, which was singing four times a week,...
- 2/17/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Ever since Disney peeled back the velvet curtain on its enchanting first teaser for Bill Condon’s Beauty and the Beast – a promo that would go on to smash records left, right and center – the Mouse House described its fantastical yarn as a tale as old as time.
The beloved 1991 original may stand as the primary source of inspiration – watch the two versions side by side and you’ll discover that, in some sequences, Condon’s reimagining is essentially a shot-for-shot remake – but Beauty and the Beast can be traced all the way back to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s iconic fairytale from the late 18th century. Few properties can hold a candle (a Lumière?) to its historic legacy, but on March 17th, Disney and Bill Condon will introduce Beauty and the Beast like we’ve never seen them before.
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The beloved 1991 original may stand as the primary source of inspiration – watch the two versions side by side and you’ll discover that, in some sequences, Condon’s reimagining is essentially a shot-for-shot remake – but Beauty and the Beast can be traced all the way back to Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s iconic fairytale from the late 18th century. Few properties can hold a candle (a Lumière?) to its historic legacy, but on March 17th, Disney and Bill Condon will introduce Beauty and the Beast like we’ve never seen them before.
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- 2/14/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
In 1991, Disney released an animated adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy tale “The Beauty and the Beast,” a critical and commercial success upon release, and is considered one of Disney’s greatest animated films. Now, 26 years later, Disney will release a live-action remake of the 1991 film starring Emma Watson (“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”) as Belle and Dan Stevens (“High Maintenance”) as the Beast. In the film, Belle is taken prison by a Beast in his castle in exchange for her father’s freedom, and despite her fears, soon learns to befriend the castle’s enchanted staff and find the true heart and soul of the Beast. Watch an extended trailer for the film below, featuring new scenes of the Beast in action.
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- 12/26/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Ahead of Disney’s live-action version next year, this month a new French adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont‘s classic tale, Beauty and the Beast, will arrive. Helmed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill) and featuring a cast including Vincent Cassel as the titular Beast and Léa Seydoux as the Beauty, we’re pleased to exclusively premiere a clip today.
Filled with haunting imagery as we follow Cassel’s Beast encounters the father of Belle, who has stolen his precious rose for his daughter. In turn, he vows to kill his family, setting up quite a darker fable than what we imagine Disney will offer next year. Ahead of a release later this month, check out the exclusive clip below.
1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (Andre Dussollier) exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle (Lea Seydoux), his youngest daughter,...
Filled with haunting imagery as we follow Cassel’s Beast encounters the father of Belle, who has stolen his precious rose for his daughter. In turn, he vows to kill his family, setting up quite a darker fable than what we imagine Disney will offer next year. Ahead of a release later this month, check out the exclusive clip below.
1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (Andre Dussollier) exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Belle (Lea Seydoux), his youngest daughter,...
- 9/6/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” remake is due next year, and thus far fans of the animated 1991 version have only been afforded brief glimpses of this new film’s look. (Jean Cocteau diehards more enamored with his 1946 adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy tale are, presumably, less curious about the whole thing.) That remains true today, though producer Jack Morrissey has posted concept art on his Facebook page featuring two fan favorites: Lumière and Cogsworth.
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The image does come with a caveat, however, as Morrissey notes that “these designs are close but may not be final.” Even so, one imagines that the beloved candlestick (voiced by Ewan McGregor) and clock (Ian McKellen) will end up looking fairly similar to these renderings.
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The image does come with a caveat, however, as Morrissey notes that “these designs are close but may not be final.” Even so, one imagines that the beloved candlestick (voiced by Ewan McGregor) and clock (Ian McKellen) will end up looking fairly similar to these renderings.
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- 8/28/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
An undeniable trend in Hollywood is taking a classic fantasy story — more often than not by Disney — and turning them into live-action, darker blockbusters. It’s been going… alright. So here’s an idea: take the trend out of Hollywood, too. Volià! The first U.S. trailer has arrived for a version hailing from the roots of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont‘s tale, Beauty and the Beast, and — can you guess it? — it’s live-action, darker version of the classic fable.
Again, this is not the one with Emma Watson slated for next year, rather this one is helmed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill) and features a cast including Vincent Cassel as the titular Beast and Léa Seydoux as the Beauty. Ahead of a fall release here in the United States, check out the trailer below.
1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (Andre...
Again, this is not the one with Emma Watson slated for next year, rather this one is helmed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill) and features a cast including Vincent Cassel as the titular Beast and Léa Seydoux as the Beauty. Ahead of a fall release here in the United States, check out the trailer below.
1810. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant (Andre...
- 7/28/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Chicago – The Chicago Film Critics Association (Ccfa) has announced the first wave of films that will be presented at the 4th Annual Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff). The fest dates are May 20th to the 26th, 2016, will it will take place at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago.
The 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 through May 26, 2016.
Photo credit: Cfca
The Ccff is the first film festival curated by film critics, and features a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites and as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers. Passes are now on sale (information below), and the following seven films are just a sampling of over 25 films that will screen during the festival.
Beauty and the Beast: Christophe Gans, the director of such films as “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Silent Hill,” unites two of France’s biggest stars, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux,...
The 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 through May 26, 2016.
Photo credit: Cfca
The Ccff is the first film festival curated by film critics, and features a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites and as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers. Passes are now on sale (information below), and the following seven films are just a sampling of over 25 films that will screen during the festival.
Beauty and the Beast: Christophe Gans, the director of such films as “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Silent Hill,” unites two of France’s biggest stars, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux,...
- 3/9/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Welcome to another look at Hollywood remakes, where we dissect a cinematic re-do and determine whether it’s a gem or a joke. We’ll be tackling Disney again for this entry in our series. This week, Cinelinx looks at Beauty and the Beast (1991).
Disney had been trying to make a film version of Beauty and the Beast since the 1940s but for various reasons, it took 50 years for it to finally hit the screen. The well-known story was based on the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast”, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. It was published in 1757 as part of the fairy tale anthology Le Magasin des Enfants.
Everyone loves Disney’s animated musical version of Beauty and the Beast. It was not only a huge hit, it was also the first animated film in America to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. It’s beloved by fans...
Disney had been trying to make a film version of Beauty and the Beast since the 1940s but for various reasons, it took 50 years for it to finally hit the screen. The well-known story was based on the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast”, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. It was published in 1757 as part of the fairy tale anthology Le Magasin des Enfants.
Everyone loves Disney’s animated musical version of Beauty and the Beast. It was not only a huge hit, it was also the first animated film in America to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. It’s beloved by fans...
- 2/15/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
On Twitter Watch, Josh Gad wrote ' that stage veteran and film star Ian McKellen has joined Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty And The Beast as 'Cogsworth'.Set for a release on March 17, 2017, the beloved tale will be retold for the big screen with a modern live-action lens and the help of transformative CG magic. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Emma Watson and Dan Stevens will star as Belle and the BeastPrince respectively, and Luke Evans will play the role of Gaston. Emma Thompson has joined the cast as Mrs. Potts and Kevin Kline as Belle's father, Maurice. As Bww announced previously, Josh Gad will reportedly take on the role of Le Fou, with six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald playing Garderobe.Eight-time Oscar-winner Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards for the 1991 animated classic, will score the new Beauty And The Beast, which will feature new recordings of the original...
- 4/14/2015
- by BWW Staff
- BroadwayWorld.com
In case you haven.t noticed, we.re starting to see a flood of epic live-action film versions of famous children.s tales popularly adapted by Disney. Just in the past year, we.ve seen Angelina Jolie star as the flawed fairy antagonist in Sleeping Beauty adaptation, Maleficent and hitting theaters today, the fantastical feature of Cinderella seems poised to shove a glass slipper in the faces of its box-office competition with exquisite starlet, Lilly James as the titular high society dilettante. However, next year promises a possibly more intriguing iteration with Beauty and the Beast. The more we learn about this live action "interpretation" of the 1756 French tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the more intriguing it.s beginning to sound. While not much is specifically revealed regarding how director, Bill Condon, who directed the last two Twilight films, will approach the classic tale, we do know that the...
- 3/13/2015
- cinemablend.com
Another name has been added to the cast of Bill Condon's live-action adaptation of the Disney classic "Beauty and the Beast".
Josh Gad has signed on to play LeFou, the sidekick of the villainous Gaston (Luke Evans) in the upcoming film. Jesse Corti voiced the character in the original 1991 film.
LeFou was a creation of the film, not Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's original fairy tale, so his inclusion reaffirms rumors that the film is expected to be a musical and fairly close adaptation of the Disney cartoon. That has not yet been confirmed by the studio.
The actor, who recently worked with Disney as the voice of Olaf in "Frozen," joins a growing cast that also includes Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (The Beast).
Condon directs from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Stephen Chbosky. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing with filming to begin in the UK later this year.
Josh Gad has signed on to play LeFou, the sidekick of the villainous Gaston (Luke Evans) in the upcoming film. Jesse Corti voiced the character in the original 1991 film.
LeFou was a creation of the film, not Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's original fairy tale, so his inclusion reaffirms rumors that the film is expected to be a musical and fairly close adaptation of the Disney cartoon. That has not yet been confirmed by the studio.
The actor, who recently worked with Disney as the voice of Olaf in "Frozen," joins a growing cast that also includes Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (The Beast).
Condon directs from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Stephen Chbosky. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing with filming to begin in the UK later this year.
- 3/13/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Qui aime les films français ?
If you do and you live in St. Louis, you’re in luck! The Seventh Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-presented by Cinema St. Louis and the Webster University Film Series begins March 13th. The Classic French Film Festival celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. The featured films span the decades from the 1930s through the early 1990s, offering a comprehensive overview of French cinema. The fest is annually highlighted by significant restorations.
This year features recent restorations of eight works, including an extended director’s cut of Patrice Chéreau’s historical epic Queen Margot a New York-set film noir (Two Men In Manhattan) by crime-film maestro Jean-Pierre Melville, who also co-stars; a short feature (“A Day in the Country”) by Jean Renoir, on a double bill with the 2006 restoration of his masterpiece, The Rules Of The Game, and the...
If you do and you live in St. Louis, you’re in luck! The Seventh Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-presented by Cinema St. Louis and the Webster University Film Series begins March 13th. The Classic French Film Festival celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. The featured films span the decades from the 1930s through the early 1990s, offering a comprehensive overview of French cinema. The fest is annually highlighted by significant restorations.
This year features recent restorations of eight works, including an extended director’s cut of Patrice Chéreau’s historical epic Queen Margot a New York-set film noir (Two Men In Manhattan) by crime-film maestro Jean-Pierre Melville, who also co-stars; a short feature (“A Day in the Country”) by Jean Renoir, on a double bill with the 2006 restoration of his masterpiece, The Rules Of The Game, and the...
- 3/4/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Update: A couple of new details here. You might be wondering, since the original report doesn't mention any story details, how exactly this thing is going to play out. Sources tell HitFix that Condon won't only be drawing from the 1991 Disney film. In his pitch to the studio, the director said he would also include most, if not all, of the Menken/Rice songs from the Broadway musical that ran for 13 years from 1994 to 2007. It will be a "straight-forward, live action, large-budget movie musical," we're told. See below for the earlier story. Earlier: With "Maleficent" hitting big (though, contextually, not as big as the breathless media seems to think), and an "Alice in Wonderland" sequel on the way, it's clear Disney is interested in testing the stamina of the company's intellectual properties in the live action space. Add one more to the schedule: "Beauty and the Beast." Variety reports that...
- 6/5/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
We all have our favorite Disney film, but for those who belong to a certain generation, the films released during the Disney Renaissance era (1989-1999) hold a special place. This era saw the company produce some of their most commercially and critically successful films in Disney’s history, by injecting its own unique brand of magic into well-known fairy tales and stories.
A key feature from this era is 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. Based on the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, the film sees Belle (voiced by Paige O’Hara), a young woman who becomes imprisoned in an attempt to save her father by the monstrous Beast (Robby Benson), a selfish young prince transformed into a monster by a curse until he can learn how to love.
Beauty and the Beast wasn’t the company’s first attempt to bring the fairy tale to the big screen.
A key feature from this era is 1991’s Beauty and the Beast. Based on the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, the film sees Belle (voiced by Paige O’Hara), a young woman who becomes imprisoned in an attempt to save her father by the monstrous Beast (Robby Benson), a selfish young prince transformed into a monster by a curse until he can learn how to love.
Beauty and the Beast wasn’t the company’s first attempt to bring the fairy tale to the big screen.
- 2/1/2014
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
★★★★☆Cited by numerous contemporary fantasy filmmakers - Mexican maestro Guillermo del Toro included - as a major influence on their own consequent bodies of work, French movie magician Jean Cocteau is commemorated by the BFI once again with the 4K rerelease of his 1946 fairy tale, La Belle et la Bête. Based on the 18th century novelist Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's classic story of corrupting curses and woodland witchcraft, it's Josette Day's eye-catching Belle who eventually falls for the titular Beast - one half of a superb double performance from Jean Marais - following an encroachment by her father.
- 1/6/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Bryan Singer continues to serve as lead publicist for X-Men: Days of Future Past, his grand attempt to knit together the various headache-inducing chronological hiccups of his superhero franchise into one beautiful time-hopping sequel-prequel. Over the weekend, Singer tweeted an image of Nicholas Hoult, back in blue as feral scientist the Beast. Except Beast isn’t just blue now: The image shows that the mutant has developed some Hal Jordan gray hair since last we saw him. Take a look:
“Many a monster wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of...
“Many a monster wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of...
- 4/8/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW - Inside Movies
Since 1984, The Criterion Collection has been dedicated to compiling the greatest classic and contemporary films of all time and releasing them in pristine laser disc, DVD and now Blu-Ray editions loaded with extensive supplemental features, extensive essays from an assorted host of acclaimed film critics and, of course, the highest technical picture and audio standards available. Translation? They make the best… and most expensive… DVDs on the market.
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Brett Warner
- Celebsology
Since 1984, The Criterion Collection has been dedicated to compiling the greatest classic and contemporary films of all time and releasing them in pristine laser disc, DVD and now Blu-Ray editions loaded with extensive supplemental features, extensive essays from an assorted host of acclaimed film critics and, of course, the highest technical picture and audio standards available. Translation? They make the best… and most expensive… DVDs on the market.
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Brett Warner
- TVology
Since 1984, The Criterion Collection has been dedicated to compiling the greatest classic and contemporary films of all time and releasing them in pristine laser disc, DVD and now Blu-Ray editions loaded with extensive supplemental features, extensive essays from an assorted host of acclaimed film critics and, of course, the highest technical picture and audio standards available. Translation? They make the best… and most expensive… DVDs on the market.
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
All this month in stores and online, Barnes & Noble is offering every title in the Criterion Collection on DVD and Blu-Ray at 50% off. Where to start? For all you aspiring film scholars out there, here's a list of 10 essential Criterion Collection discs, presented in chronological order. Take a look:
The Rules Of The Game (1939)
Directed by Jean Renoir
One of the greatest (and, initially, most controversial) films of all time, Renoir's The Rules of the Game was destroyed during World War II,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Brett Warner
- Filmology
I wish I could remember the first time I watched Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete). It was certainly no more than only three years ago, after I received it as part of Criterion's Janus Collection, but it must have been before I started my regular What I Watched columns. Nevertheless, it was an absolute stunner and one I have to admit I didn't expect to overwhelm me as much as it did.
This is a film with few imperfections if any. The magic behind the effects may be obvious, but they remain magical nonetheless. I imagine the makeup Jean Marais wears as the Beast will make some modern audience members laugh at first sight, but I have to also believe should those same audience members endure the whole of this film's 93 minutes, by the time it is over they too will yearn for the Beast to return.
This is a film with few imperfections if any. The magic behind the effects may be obvious, but they remain magical nonetheless. I imagine the makeup Jean Marais wears as the Beast will make some modern audience members laugh at first sight, but I have to also believe should those same audience members endure the whole of this film's 93 minutes, by the time it is over they too will yearn for the Beast to return.
- 7/26/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
- 7/18/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Note: I’ll be updating this page as Criterion makes the release dates and final art available. – Ryan 4/15/2011
Well here we are, another mid-month Criterion new release announcement. This time last year, we were treated to the incredible one-two punch announcement of Black Narcissus and the Red Shoes as upgraded DVD/Blu-ray editions. This time around we have even more to be excited about.
First up, a couple of films that we’ve actually already covered on the podcast will finally be getting Blu-ray upgrades. One of our very first episodes was on Mike Leigh’s Naked (a film that I wasn’t too hot on, but I loved Leigh’s Topsy Turvy). Now you’ll finally be able to see this incredibly daring and raw look at England in the early 90s, with David Thewlis as the immortal Johnny. I found the dialogue to be a little too rapid and not very naturalistic,...
Well here we are, another mid-month Criterion new release announcement. This time last year, we were treated to the incredible one-two punch announcement of Black Narcissus and the Red Shoes as upgraded DVD/Blu-ray editions. This time around we have even more to be excited about.
First up, a couple of films that we’ve actually already covered on the podcast will finally be getting Blu-ray upgrades. One of our very first episodes was on Mike Leigh’s Naked (a film that I wasn’t too hot on, but I loved Leigh’s Topsy Turvy). Now you’ll finally be able to see this incredibly daring and raw look at England in the early 90s, with David Thewlis as the immortal Johnny. I found the dialogue to be a little too rapid and not very naturalistic,...
- 4/15/2011
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
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