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Disney Planning A Live Action Remake Of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

As Oz: The Great and Powerful proves itself to be a hit at the box office, Disney are no 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 Josh Wilding - 3/11/2013

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!

Source: Deadline
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dellamorte1872 - 3/11/2013, 6:03 PM
Del toro was doing this I thought
DavisCameron - 3/11/2013, 6:03 PM
HUGH JACKMAN FOR GASTON!!!!!!
TheBlackWolverine - 3/11/2013, 6:14 PM
I'm in!!! lol Loved the 90's flick!!

dellamorte1872 - 3/11/2013, 6:14 PM
Why is the studio on this craze? Jack bombed, Snow White was a success. This is a hit or miss medium at best think of del toro doing a feral beast and a darker toned movie it's much more entertaining of a notion than this but then again I have admittedly seen neither so my opinion may be skewed
jessepostal - 3/11/2013, 6:17 PM
della, because a lighter toned will make much more money
Netman0007 - 3/11/2013, 6:19 PM
Retarded idea
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/11/2013, 6:20 PM
Now this is one Disney movie I will look forward to.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/11/2013, 6:20 PM
....If done right
Khan - 3/11/2013, 6:21 PM
Awesome. I'm actually kinda excited.
I always thought Anne Hathaway looked like the girl.
TheBlackWolverine - 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!!
HellsHammer - 3/11/2013, 6:28 PM
Lion King next?
-_-
jerryblake - 3/11/2013, 6:52 PM
Go Del Toro with it ... if not, then ... meh
StrangerX - 3/11/2013, 7:04 PM
They should really be trying to do an Alladin movie, but whatever.
PsyBoy - 3/11/2013, 7:09 PM
Make a Mulan movie!
jerryblake - 3/11/2013, 7:14 PM
@PsyBoy

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

Agreed, at 19 years old the trailer and it's theme still gives me chills! lol
DCjohnny - 3/11/2013, 7:24 PM
intact there was one called beastly , that movie sucked.
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.
fettastic - 3/11/2013, 7:30 PM
Thank God the story of Beauty and the Beast can finally be told! I've waited my whole life for someone to finally do it!






GROOOOOOOOOOOOOAN!
MisterNiceGuy - 3/11/2013, 7:32 PM
Mulan is by far the best disney chick flick. So deserving of a live action film
JDUKE25 - 3/11/2013, 7:35 PM
Live action Lion King would be amazing lol
angus666 - 3/11/2013, 7:42 PM
I love that movie... I'm excited.
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 - 3/11/2013, 8:08 PM
But there already is one. It's called RuumBelle.

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Superman8 - 3/11/2013, 8:12 PM
of course they are.
Chloefornication - 3/11/2013, 8:25 PM
ENOUGH. WITH. THIS. FAIRY TALE. AND. REMAKE. BULLSHIT.
superotherside - 3/11/2013, 8:26 PM
This could be really great.
Crossbones - 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 - 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 - 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 - 3/11/2013, 8:46 PM
why not make Thumbelina live action!
xRelentlessx - 3/11/2013, 8:55 PM
What the hell? I love fairy tales but this is ridiculous! We need new shit.
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.
l0rdleg0las - 3/11/2013, 11:01 PM
live action Gargoyles would be so [frick]ing awesome! just keep Michael Bay the [frick] away from it.
TheHeat - 3/12/2013, 2:14 AM
Emma Watson as Belle. And who would play Gaston? Remember, "noooo onnne's slick as Gaston..."
DavisCameron - 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 - 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 - 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 - 3/12/2013, 6:56 AM
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 - 3/12/2013, 10:02 AM
@blackicejo - damn i loved that gargoyles show when i was in my younger days!

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