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Pardon for repeating myself (and my ignorance), but has the new edition of Total Film Magazine come out yet?

DisneyFan09 wrote:Pardon for repeating myself (and my ignorance), but has the new edition of Total Film Magazine come out yet?

It will be available on January 17th, according to this article (last line).

OK, thanks

I read on Instagram that co-producer Jack Morrissey revealed that Belle was born in Paris in this version of the tale.

Mmmadelon wrote:I read on Instagram that co-producer Jack Morrissey revealed that Belle was born in Paris in this version of the tale.

Because Emma was born in Paris I'm guessing?

New concept art.

That concept art is stunning.

Here's the whole Total Film article scanned:

http://watsonuncensored.blogspot.com.es ... y-and.html

That concept art is absolutely freaking AMAZING and unbelievably GORGEOUS. Wow. I hope the movie looks like that.

Emma was offered the role of Cinderella in Disney's live-action adaptation but turned it down.

Emma Watson Declares Once and for All That Belle Is a Better Disney Princess Than Cinderella
http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/emma-wat ... model.html

D82 wrote:Here's the whole Total Film article scanned:

http://watsonuncensored.blogspot.com.es ... y-and.html

Aaaaw, thanks!

Sotiris wrote:Emma was offered the role of Cinderella in Disney's live-action adaptation but turned it down.

Emma Watson Declares Once and for All That Belle Is a Better Disney Princess Than Cinderella
http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/emma-wat ... model.html

I don't know if you knew this, but Emma turning down the role was already known and put in the thread about Disney's Cinderella (2015). The article you linked to is rather misleading though. It takes the words from the already scanned and linked-to article about this Beauty and the Beast, and in those words Emma never once says Belle is a better role model than Cinderella, she just says Belle spoke to her more and she identified with her more and was, in her words, "the kind of woman [she] would want to embody as a role model, given the choice." It was very classy of her not to say anything against Cinderella, though perhaps Disney wouldn't have allowed such a thing. Hm. Would Emma dare sign on to be Belle if she knew she couldn't say such things? Could she have been trapped in a contract with small print about that? The answer to both is probably "no", though, lol.

I got an email this morning from Disney Store: The merchandise is out:
https://www.disneystore.com/disney-prin ... MP=EMC-eml

I’m glad Emma didn’t waste time on Cinderella, having seen the finished product, although doubtless she would’ve given a better performance than Lily James. Besides, a more empowered character like Belle suits her, tbh. I can only imagine if she'd been wasted on Cinderella, we could've been stuck with Kristen Stewart here. *shudder*

That concept art is certainly magnificent.

DisneyFan09 wrote:

D82 wrote:Here's the whole Total Film article scanned:

http://watsonuncensored.blogspot.com.es ... y-and.html

Aaaaw, thanks!

I'm glad you liked it.


Here's a new triptych poster:

http://l.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/170117/ ... er__1_.jpg (Source)

D82 wrote:

DisneyFan09 wrote: Aaaaw, thanks!

I'm glad you liked it.


Here's a new triptych poster:

http://l.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/170117/ ... er__1_.jpg (Source)

Love that triptych poster!

Interestingly enough, the article cites that Pocahontas was Emma's favorite Disney movie growing up.

Disney's Divinity wrote:I’m glad Emma didn’t waste time on Cinderella, having seen the finished product, although doubtless she would’ve given a better performance than Lily James. Besides, a more empowered character like Belle suits her, tbh. I can only imagine if she'd been wasted on Cinderella, we could've been stuck with Kristen Stewart here. *shudder*

That concept art is certainly magnificent.

Thankfully, your opinion is the minority. I, too, am glad Emma Watson didn't do Cinderella (and La La Land as well since she was considered for the lead role), otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten the lovely Lily James. Plus it would have sucked if Lavender's Blue and A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes were both autotuned.

Anyway, we're less than two months away! I got to see Cinderella and La La Land a month early. Hopefully i'll be able to do the same for this movie.

DisneyFan09 wrote:Interestingly enough, the article cites that Pocahontas was Emma's favorite Disney movie growing up.

That would explain why she wouldn’t really see Cinderella as that empowered of a character, lol. And assuming they could have sent her a script at the time of offering the role to her—if they had a script at that time—finding out the adaptation would have one of the *most* passive versions of the character would’ve only maximized the issue.

The concept art is indeed gorgeous. I think they are selling lithographs of it in the Disney Store. I'm really intrigued by the picture in the snow...it almost looks like the ice is forming a gate of some sort. Maybe it's a gate to the castle or it conjures up to prevent Belle from entering/leaving?

Belle suits Emma Watson more than Cinderella anyway imo but I might be too stuck on Harry Potter. If she had played the role of Cinderella, I wonder if she would have turned her into a more active character, at least for the climax of the film.

I do find it odd that Cinderella's character was actually even more passive than her animated version despite more than a 50 year difference between when the two films came out. Yet Beauty and the Beast is just about half of that, and the makers of the film feel that the animated Belle, despite being a feminist figure of her time, is not feminist enough for contemporary audiences and thus must be further revamped.

PatrickvD wrote:

Mmmadelon wrote:I read on Instagram that co-producer Jack Morrissey revealed that Belle was born in Paris in this version of the tale.

Because Emma was born in Paris I'm guessing?

Maybe it's a homage to the original fairy tale where Belle's family was wealthy until her father lost his wealth. Paris would make sense as her birth city then. We already know from the trailer that they are retaining elements such as Belle's father trying to pick a rose for Belle.

DisneyFan09 wrote:Interestingly enough, the article cites that Pocahontas was Emma's favorite Disney movie growing up.

That makes me feel a little bit better about liking this film considering all the hate it gets, not just from Disney fans, but also people who feel the film is offensive to the legacy of the real Pocahontas.