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'Beauty and the Beast' trailer is finally released
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The magazine cover shot obtained by Entertainment Weekly features one of the most classic scenes of “Beauty and the Beast". (www.instagram.com/entertainmentweekly//File)
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he live-action movie Beauty and the Beast, set for release on March 17, 2017, premiered its first full-length trailer on Nov 14.
Starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens (of Downton Abbey fame, in case you were wondering) as the “odd” Disney couple, Beauty And the Beast is just one of the many upcoming live-action films adapted from Disney’s large catalogue of animated feature hits.
Beauty and the Beast is directed by Bill Condon, who directed Chicago.
(Read also: All eyes on Belle, Beast in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ mag pics)
The trailer pretty much gives us a summary of the classic tale. It starts with the imprisonment of Belle’s father Maurice and goes on to introduce viewers to the Beast and his magical staff at the castle, to the eventual romance between Belle and Beast.
It also features iconic music from the original cartoon, released in 1991.
Luke Evans, star of The Girl on the Train, plays the narcissistic villain Gaston, who eats five dozen eggs and is roughly the size of a barge. The movie also features Kevin Kline as Maurice (Belle’s dad) and Josh Gad as LeFou, while Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor and Emma Thompson play the voices of Cogsworth, Lumiere and Mrs Potts, respectively.
This article appeared on The Star newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
