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Source.We’re starting to shoot Beauty and the Beast for Disney and Allegiant on the same day, May 18th. Beauty and the Beast we’re wildly excited about. That’s shooting in London. We’ve got Emma Watson, we’ve got Bill Condon directing, and Stephen Chbosky wrote our script. It’s really fun, and we couldn’t be happier about that. And we have Allegiant.
I really hope Emma Thompson will be cast as Mrs. PottsSource: http://collider.com/allegiant-movie-end ... lieberman/"We’re starting to shoot Beauty and the Beast for Disney and Allegiant on the same day, May 18th. Beauty and the Beast we’re wildly excited about. That’s shooting in London. We've got Emma Watson, we've got Bill Condon directing, and Stephen Chbosky wrote our script. It’s really fun, and we couldn't be happier about that."
On the Beauty and the Beast update, Lieberman also said the film sticks to a “classic” approach to the material, but will introduce “new elements” and new characters.
Is there? I get no such feeling. It looks like every other remake Disney is doing. I guess the only difference is that this is a musical but then again the live-action Jungle Book remake is a musical too.Semaj wrote:Unlike the other remakes, there's more of a feeling here that there was something "wrong" with the animated version that must now be corrected in a live-action version.
Is it? I had no idea! How interesting! Can you give us a source for that, Sotiris?Sotiris wrote:I guess the only difference is that this is a musical but then again the live-action Jungle Book remake is a musical too.
It has more to do with how Beauty and the Beast was made about 24 years ago. This is relatively modern compared to Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, which were each made 50-65 years ago.Sotiris wrote:Is there? I get no such feeling. It looks like every other remake Disney is doing. I guess the only difference is that this is a musical but then again the live-action Jungle Book remake is a musical too.Semaj wrote:Unlike the other remakes, there's more of a feeling here that there was something "wrong" with the animated version that must now be corrected in a live-action version.
Well, the director said that it's technically not a musical but it's been confirmed that Bill Murray will be singing in it and that Richard Sherman is writing new songs for the movie, so if it quacks like a duck...Old Fish Tale wrote:Is it? I had no idea! How interesting! Can you give us a source for that?
I don't think it's supposed to. Have any other of Disney's remakes matched or topped the original? No.Semaj wrote:How will this remake even begin to top it?
I agree, I don't really get that feeling either. But I do wonder why they decided to re-create the musical (and film, by extension) when Cinderella was a new adaptation, Alice in Wonderland was sequel-ish, and Maleficent was a flipside of SB.Sotiris wrote:Is there? I get no such feeling. It looks like every other remake Disney is doing. I guess the only difference is that this is a musical but then again the live-action Jungle Book remake is a musical too.Semaj wrote:Unlike the other remakes, there's more of a feeling here that there was something "wrong" with the animated version that must now be corrected in a live-action version.
Josh Gad would be perfect as Lefou. (Has this been confirmed? If so, this cast is looking flawless. The only other characters to really worry about are Cogsworth and Lumiere.)Lady Cluck wrote:Josh Gad as Lefou is good casting.
Disney's Divinity wrote:Josh Gad would be perfect as Lefou. (Has this been confirmed? If so, this cast is looking flawless. The only other characters to really worry about are Cogsworth and Lumiere.)Lady Cluck wrote:Josh Gad as Lefou is good casting.
LeFou had a very American accent in the original movie, even compared to the other characters. Other characters had American accents, I suppose, but LeFou's was particularly crass compared to everyone else. Not sure it'd be necessary to give him a British accent, because his character is already comic relief, and Gad's voice is funny enough as it is. But who knows. Whatever they decide, I'm sure it'll work.Old Fish Tale wrote:Is he good with accents?
If they kept the French setting, I've wouldn't mind if the cast had a French accent. It may sound cheesy, but hey, it would have a semi-authenticity. However, I guess they most likely will have a British accent, as they do with most grand, fantasy films.Oh I do hope that they will not talk with British accents in this movie. Belle, Beast, Gaston etc should sound American. Mrs Potts and Clocksworth British.