Beauty and the Beast (Live-Action)

[Disney Duster]

Yes Atlantica, I hope they have real sets, but they probably will. Cinderella had both real sets and effects.

Robster16, you created quite amazing pictures! And you made Dan Stevens as the Beast so cute.

Thank you for the info Escapay.

[Matt]

I created two pieces of fan art, one for Emma as Belle and one where I used a picture of Dan Stevens and gave him the basic look and facial structure of the beast in the animated feature. Hope you like them:

These are beautiful and breath taking!

[Sotiris]

From Disney's presentation at CinemaCon this year.

The studio’s presentation to movie theater owners lacked any big announcements but offered a few interesting tidbits about their upcoming slate. For example, they revealed that they’ve been conducting test screenings of their live-action Beauty and the Beast, described as a “breathtaking reimagining,” and said the reception from audiences has been “nothing short of extraordinary.”

Source: http://www.hypable.com/disney-cinemacon ... civil-war/

[Sotiris]

Newest (and probably final) logo.


Source: https://advancedgraphics.com/ag-newsletter/


It's definitely the best of the three. What do you think?


Source: http://bellaybestiason.blogspot.com/201 ... -real.html

[Disney's Divinity]

I don't know, it's okay. Not a big fan of any of them. *shrug* The logo's not that important to me in the scheme of things.

[DisneyFan09]

What a generic and underwhelming logo. It's not the worst, but it's not particularly splendid either.

Btw, your drawings were good, Robster16.

[Atlantica]

Agreed, not a big fan of any have to say.

I best logo, in my opinion, is the title card of the animated film. Don't think that can be beaten.

[D82]

At least Beauty and the Beast is getting a new logo, unlike Cinderella, The Jungle Book and Pete’s Dragon which got a recycled one.

[Sotiris]

Dan Stevens talks about the movie.

Q: You’ve worked with Bill Condon twice now in The Fifth Estate and Beauty and the Beast. Describe his style of directing.

Dan Stevens: Bill’s a real sweet man, and he’s so intelligent and gentle. He’s not one of those savage directors. He’s very subtle and kind. He has a sweet sensitivity to the whole of the story to tell.

Q: Do you sing in Beauty and the Beast?

Dan Stevens: I sang a song. Yeah, is it gonna be in the movie? You’ll have to ask Bill. Alan Menken wrote a brand new song for the Beast, because he doesn’t sing in the original animated movie.

Q: Your wife is a singer. Did she help you prepare?

Dan Stevens: Yes. She helped with my audition, which I was terrified of. We’re a pretty musical household and it was lovely to have that. We’ve never really sung together all that much. It was a really beautiful thing to do. It was such an exciting project. The preparation was so intense and different to anything I’ve take on before, physically and vocally and also the technology we employed in achieving that. It was so groundbreaking and mysterious and weird and wonderful. I really felt all the sort of fairytale magic.

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... bey-884448

Q: On a much different note, you’re also playing Beast in Disney’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast. Can you give fans a taste of what to expect?

Dan Stevens: I haven’t seen the finished thing yet, but they’ve been working on the digitals and music, and it’s going to be epic. I can’t say much more than that.

Source: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/07/da ... -interview

Q: You have a lot of interesting things coming up and very different from what we’ve seen before. Like in Beauty and the Beast, you’re playing the Beast. I think you’d be more of the Gaston type…

Dan Stevens: Well, thank you. I couldn’t possibly out-Gaston Luke Evans, but yeah, it’s exciting, really exciting. They’re amazing over there and the work that’s going into this movie is quite extraordinary. I’d like to think that it’s modern-day magic, the stuff that’s going into creating this Beast. I did the puppeteering of it, and now it’s being puppeteered further by these digital wizards. The stuff that I have seen in the last year, it just blows my mind what’s happening at the vanguard of that level of animation and CGI, it’s awesome.

Source: http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/the-tick ... and-legion

Q: What can you tell us about that?

Dan Stevens: I can tell you I've played it pretty much. We've shot the majority of the movie. There's some extraordinary digital wizardry going on behind that.

Q: So is your Beast a CGI creation or–

Dan Stevens: Well, it's a hybrid. I was puppeteering a suit on stilts and the facial capture is done separately using this technology called Nova, which is real pioneering stuff. We're still doing bits and pieces here and there, and just watching that emerge is really exciting. It feels like magic.

Q: And you're singing in it?

Dan Stevens: I am.

Q: So is there much of a set? Because behind the scenes of "The Jungle Book," it was like a bit of set and then all CGI scenery.

Dan Stevens: Yeah, as much of it was practical as possible. The sets were unbelievable. The costumes were so so lush. And that's Bill Condon ("Beauty and the Beast"s director). He demands a lushness and gorgeousness from his sets. And I was this sort of strange creature striding through it all. But no, there were real ballrooms, real wings of castles and staircases. It was amazing.

Source: http://www.indiewire.com/article/dan-st ... t-20160418

[Vlad]

I like the new logo, it's fresh, yet somehow reminiscent of the original one.

I wonder, though, when will we get a teaser trailer. The teaser for Cinderella got released in May, with the theatrical trailer following in November. Will they make one, with the Enchanted Rose, with maybe some bits of the new score?

[Atlantica]

......he did sing in the original movie though ?? In 'Something There' ?

[Disney's Divinity]

I best logo, in my opinion, is the title card of the animated film. Don't think that can be beaten.

I agree. But who can expect Disney to do something with two differentiated styles between words and different colors like that when standard gold on black in all caps is so much easier? They are obsessed with every title being gold these days. I can remember it starting as far back as TP&TF, when they had that wonderful green/purple logo (which perfectly matches the main colors of the film) and then replaced it with the gold. Tangled was always planned with gold, and that one makes sense at least (long, golden hair). I wouldn't be surprised if nearly every single live-action "remake" or offshoot they make has a gold logo.

[Disney Duster]

I LOVE the new logo. It's perfect, and yes, the best of the three. It has the gold that evokes the royalty and past times feel, with soem curliness which also does that along with romance, and the "Beast" part is partly beastly as it is stone and rugged and it must be changed into the gold beauty.

the 2015 Cinderella's logo fit perfectly. It fit the royalty and glamour. And it was textured, too, not just smooth gold.

the Jungle Book one kind of makes sense for the temple...maybe.

Pete's Dragon gold one doesn't make sense, I have to admit. It's not necessarily unfitting, it just doesn't seem to represent anything.

And yes, the Beast did sing in the movie, in "Something There". Hopefully Dan Stevens knows that since he should know the character better to, well...PLAY HIM!

I wonder if we'll find out the prince's real name in this. "Adam" confirmed finally?!! Now that I think about it, should we now call the animated Cinderella's Prince Charming Prince Kit/Christopher? Nah, they changed Jaq's name to Jacqueline and Drizella to Drisella. Still, I wonder...

[Escapay]

If we reeeeaaaaaallly want to get technical, Beast does not sing in the film. His inner thoughts are conveyed through song, but the character himself does not sing. For all we know, Dan Stevens could be commenting on the lack of Beast actually performing a song in the animated film, and that's being remedied by the newly-written "Forever More" for the live-action film. I wouldn't be so quick to jump down his throat and assume he doesn't know the character he's portraying.

But either way, Beast's melodic thoughts are limited solely to a quatrain in "Something There," which is certainly not enough singing when compared to Belle, who actively performs in her title song and its reprise, as well as having the majority of the lyrics in "Something There." The stage musical made up for that with "How Long Must This Go On" and "If I Can't Love Her," but obviously we won't see those songs committed to celluloid in next year's film.

As for the latest logo, frankly anything is better than the Work in Progress one, which looks more like a cute piece designed for a local high school production rather than something that would represent a major motion picture.

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Albert

[JeanGreyForever]

I wonder if we'll find out the prince's real name in this. "Adam" confirmed finally?!! Now that I think about it, should we now call the animated Cinderella's Prince Charming Prince Kit/Christopher? Nah, they changed Jaq's name to Jacqueline and Drizella to Drisella. Still, I wonder...

I hope they stick with Adam even if it doesn't seem like the most appropriate name for a French prince of the 1700s. In my personal head canon, Cinderella's prince's name is Henry Christopher. Henry is his official name according to Disney France, and the live-action movie dubs him as Kit, so I like to imagine that in the animated movie he also goes by Kit due to his middle name. It's not uncommon for people to go by their middle names so it works imo. I never understood why they changed the spelling of Drizella for the live-action movie though. It didn't seem like a necessary change.

As for the latest logo, frankly anything is better than the Work in Progress one, which looks more like a cute piece designed for a local high school production rather than something that would represent a major motion picture.

Albert

Oh wow, I thought that was from a cheap animated movie from the 80s or 90s.

[D82]

They are obsessed with every title being gold these days. I can remember it starting as far back as TP&TF, when they had that wonderful green/purple logo (which perfectly matches the main colors of the film) and then replaced it with the gold.

There were a lot of golden logos in the nineties and early 2000s too. Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Hercules, Mulan in some versions of its logo, The Emperor’s New Groove and Treasure Planet, all have gold logos. But, yes, nowadays they are using it too much.

Pete's Dragon gold one doesn't make sense, I have to admit. It's not necessarily unfitting, it just doesn't seem to represent anything.

Maybe the tail of the letter “R” (if it’s called that way in English) in dragon represents the dragon’s tail. But I think they could put more effort into the logos. They are reimagining everything else while the logos are almost the same, but in gold.

[Disney Duster]

If we reeeeaaaaaallly want to get technical, Beast does not sing in the film. His inner thoughts are conveyed through song, but the character himself does not sing. For all we know, Dan Stevens could be commenting on the lack of Beast actually performing a song in the animated film, and that's being remedied by the newly-written "Forever More" for the live-action film. I wouldn't be so quick to jump down his throat and assume he doesn't know the character he's portraying.

Quite right, but I do hope Dan Stevens knows his character's thoughts were sung.

Pete's Dragon gold one doesn't make sense, I have to admit. It's not necessarily unfitting, it just doesn't seem to represent anything.

Maybe the tail of the letter “R” (if it’s called that way in English) in dragon represents the dragon’s tail.

Yea, that "R" does in both logos. I'm saying the gold doesn't make sense in the new logo.

I hope they stick with Adam even if it doesn't seem like the most appropriate name for a French prince of the 1700s. In my personal head canon, Cinderella's prince's name is Henry Christopher. Henry is his official name according to Disney France, and the live-action movie dubs him as Kit, so I like to imagine that in the animated movie he also goes by Kit due to his middle name. It's not uncommon for people to go by their middle names so it works imo. I never understood why they changed the spelling of Drizella for the live-action movie though. It didn't seem like a necessary change.

Good idea! However, I prefer the official name that Disney's American versions call him, Prince Charming. Snow White's prince is offcially called The Prince. To be honest though, I would not mind both of them being called Prince Charming as people have the same names as other people all the time. There's even Snow White of seven dwarf fame and Snow White of Rose Red fame.

As for Drisella, I didn't like that they did that, but I wonder if they did it to make it sound more pretty and more like Anastasia which has two "s"'s and Cinderella which has an "s" sound, or maybe even that they did it to further link it to Drusilla, which the Cinderella book "A Wish Your Heart Makes" says is Caligula's sister and what Disney made Drizella's name a riff on. Anastasia and Drizella are then both sort of royal names which the stepmother would want to give them in her hopes for their stations.

[tsom]

I assumed it was changed to Drisella because using an "s" would make sense as a British/European spelling? Maybe having a "z" in someone's name wasn't historically accurate? But I could be wrong. What do I know? Interestingly enough, her name at one point was going to be Noémie. Another random trivia is that Princess Chelina of Zaragosa was originally Princess Roxanna of Hanover.

[JeanGreyForever]

If we reeeeaaaaaallly want to get technical, Beast does not sing in the film. His inner thoughts are conveyed through song, but the character himself does not sing. For all we know, Dan Stevens could be commenting on the lack of Beast actually performing a song in the animated film, and that's being remedied by the newly-written "Forever More" for the live-action film. I wouldn't be so quick to jump down his throat and assume he doesn't know the character he's portraying.

Quite right, but I do hope Dan Stevens knows his character's thoughts were sung.

Maybe the tail of the letter “R” (if it’s called that way in English) in dragon represents the dragon’s tail.

Yea, that "R" does in both logos. I'm saying the gold doesn't make sense in the new logo.

I hope they stick with Adam even if it doesn't seem like the most appropriate name for a French prince of the 1700s. In my personal head canon, Cinderella's prince's name is Henry Christopher. Henry is his official name according to Disney France, and the live-action movie dubs him as Kit, so I like to imagine that in the animated movie he also goes by Kit due to his middle name. It's not uncommon for people to go by their middle names so it works imo. I never understood why they changed the spelling of Drizella for the live-action movie though. It didn't seem like a necessary change.

Good idea! However, I prefer the official name that Disney's American versions call him, Prince Charming. Snow White's prince is offcially called The Prince. To be honest though, I would not mind both of them being called Prince Charming as people have the same names as other people all the time. There's even Snow White of seven dwarf fame and Snow White of Rose Red fame.

As for Drisella, I didn't like that they did that, but I wonder if they did it to make it sound more pretty and more like Anastasia which has two "s"'s and Cinderella which has an "s" sound, or maybe even that they did it to further link it to Drusilla, which the Cinderella book "A Wish Your Heart Makes" says is Caligula's sister and what Disney made Drizella's name a riff on. Anastasia and Drizella are then both sort of royal names which the stepmother would want to give them in her hopes for their stations.

I've never liked calling him Charming. Charming, to me, is a fairy tale stock name used for the blank canvases of princes in fairy tales as a descriptive word, but not their actual name. Actually Cinderella's prince was never called Charming in the original move or in the credits. Same with Snow White's prince. They were both always just referred to as "The Prince". I think in the 90s, the Disney Princess merchandise started to label Cinderella's Prince as Charming. Snow White's prince's name is Florian btw in case you didn't know. It was used in the early 2000s for some Disney on Ice merchandise or some Disney pin I think. He's had several names actually. People thought it was Ferdinand but that was untrue. There was also a rumor that some Snow White concept art in the Vault called the prince Frederick but this has never been proved, so Florian becomes the most official name considering Disney has used it at least once (like Grimhilde was used once for the Queen and never really used officially again). Although Disney didn't start the name of Adam for the Beast, it is interesting to note that they have used it in an official capacity several times. There was a wedding doll set in Toysrus with Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Belle with their princes and Belle's prince is called Adam on the front of the box. Also in the Disney resort in New Orleans, each prince has a profile with their name. Snow White's prince is just "The Prince" while Cinderella's Prince is Charming, but Belle's prince is Adam.

I never knew that Drizella's name came from Drusilla to hearken back to Caligula. It kinda makes me wish they had just called her Drusilla rather than Drizella which always seemed like an ugly name to me, especially with the z, unlike Anastasia.

I assumed it was changed to Drisella because using an "s" would make sense as a British/European spelling? Maybe having a "z" in someone's name wasn't historically accurate? But I could be wrong. What do I know? Interestingly enough, her name at one point was going to be Noémie. Another random trivia is that Princess Chelina of Zaragosa was originally Princess Roxanna of Hanover.

Was Noémie supposed to be Drizella's name in the original 1950 movie or in the 2015 live-action movie? Thanks for those trivia pieces. Perhaps the princess was supposed to be German or Prussian originally going by her home of Hanover. Roxanna's actual name leaves that ambiguous though.

[D82]

Maybe the tail of the letter “R” (if it’s called that way in English) in dragon represents the dragon’s tail.

Yea, that "R" does in both logos. I'm saying the gold doesn't make sense in the new logo.

Sorry, I misunderstood you. Yes, I agree with you. A green logo, for example, would've made more sense.