As the countdown continues towards the highly-anticipatedBeauty and the Beast, Disney has released 11 new motion posters for this live-action adaptation, featuring the main cast members. The motion posters featureEmma Watsonas Belle,Dan Stevensas The Beast,Luke Evansas Gaston,Kevin Klineas Maurice,Josh Gadas LeFou,Emma Thompsonas Mrs. Potts,Ewan McGregoras Lumiere,Ian McKellenas Cogsworth,Stanley Tuccias Cadenza,Audra McDonaldas Garderobe andGugu Mbatha-Rawas Plumette. If that wasn’t enough, Disney has also announced that the final trailer forBeauty and the Beastwill debut on Monday, so stay tuned for that new footage.
While it isn’t yet clear what will be included in the footage, this final trailer may just cementBeauty and the Beast’s status as one of 2017’s most anticipated movies, since both of the trailers have broken records. The first teaser trailer was viewed by a whopping 91.8 million people in the first 24 hours, breaking the previous record of 88 million set by the first teaser forStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Then in May, the first fullBeauty and the Beast trailerwas viewed 127.6 million times in the first 24 hours, easily surpassingFifty Shades Darker(114 million views) and the first fullStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer (112 million views). Even if this final trailer doesn’t break another record,Beauty and the Beastcould be 2017’s first box office blockbuster.
Beauty and the Beastwill square off against High Top Releasing’sThe Belko Experimenton March 17, the only other movie in wide release that weekend. A24 had originally planned on releasingFree Fire, starring Oscar winnerBrie Larson, on March 17, but the studio recently pushed it to April 21. Disney is likely hoping to replicate the box office magic ofCinderella, which also opened in mid-March two years ago, earning $545.5 million worldwide from a $95 million budget. WithBeauty and the Beastshatteringtrailer recordsleft and right, there is no doubt that anticipation is very high for this big screen adventure.
Disney’sBeauty and the Beastis a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.Beauty and the Beastis the fantastic journey ofBelle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.
The film starsEmma Watsonas Belle,Dan Stevensas the BeastLuke Evansas Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle, Oscar winnerKevin Klineas Maurice, Belle’s eccentric, but lovable father,Josh Gadas Lefou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp, Golden Globe nomineeEwan McGregoras Lumiere, the candelabra, Oscar nomineeStanley Tuccias Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord, Oscar nomineeIan McKellenas Cogsworth, the mantel clock and two-time Academy Award winnerEmma Thompsonas the teapot, Mrs. Potts,Gugu Mbatha-Rawas the feather duster Plumette,Audra McDonaldas the wardrobe Garderobe. Directed by Oscar winnerBill Condonbased on the 1991 animated film,Beauty and the Beastis produced by Mandeville Films’David HobermanandTodd Liebermanwith eight-time Oscar-winning composerAlan Menken, who won two Academy Awards (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written byMenkenandHoward Ashman, as well as several new songs written byMenkenand three-time Oscar winnerTim Rice. Take a look at these new motion posters below forBeauty and the Beast.
