Live-Action Movie Musical BEAUTY & THE BEAST Planned by Disney for 2011/2016? — Page 5

They could probably squeeze it into 2016 if they fast tracked it after all there is two live action fairytale Disney films this year with Maleficent and Into the Woods, they also have Cinderella and Jungle Book next year.

Can't believe I forgot those.

1. Maleficent (May 30, 2014)
2. Into the Woods (December 25, 2014)
3. Cinderella (March 13, 2015)
4. Jungle Book (October 9, 2015)
5. Alice in Wonderland 2 (May 27, 2016)

Based on the pattern of releases, I would imagine (if fast tracked) Beauty and the Beast could release Christmas 2016.

Updated On: 6/5/14 at 04:06 PM

^ I definitely agree with that. Although it could do well as a summer film, I would imagine a Christmas/Thanksgiving release would be what Disney is aiming for. I'm sure we'll get a better estimate of the release date time period when we learn more of what phase the production is at as of now.

Updated On: 6/5/14 at 04:44 PM

Christmas 2016 would be a great release. They usually fill their Spring and Summer with Marvel movies. There shouldn't be much opposition if they release in December because they will miss out on the domination of the Harry Potter spin off.

I'm also glad that this will help give Belle a boost in popularity. 2013-14 has not been a great year for her. First of all, it was a "pity and a sin" for the Academy Awards not to include her in their tribute of Animated heroes this year. Belle was in fact the only Disney Princess to be considered for AFI's Heroes list in 2003. What's also sad is that her merchandise on Ebay only made $6,867 from May 2013-14.

http://time.com/81078/the-most-popular-disney-princess-frozen/

I sort of blame it on the fact that 'Beauty and the Beast' went back into the Disney Vault April 2012. The other six original princesses had more stuff going on this past year. 'Snow White' had a new ride that just opened at Magic Kingdom, Jasmine is currently appearing in a hit Broadway show, Ariel just had her film released on Blu-ray and DVD, and Aurora and Cinderella's original films are either already out (Cinderella's) or will be available soon (Aurora's). Plus, they both have two live-action films receiving lots of buzz. 'Maleficent' just opened to big box office numbers and lots of people are anticipating the new 'Cinderella' film.

Updated On: 6/5/14 at 07:38 PM

Disney has the Star Wars spin-off in December 2016 so rules it out for that date, thinking March or April 2017.

I think it could work as a non musical but I'd be fine with it being a musical. It'd be interesting how'd they adapt the furniture for the film, they could make them fully CG but I'd prefer borrowing from the stage version by making them slowly turning into objects so you could have quite visually interesting costume and VFX. The Beast I imagine either motion capture or a mix of make up and motion capture,

Respected outlets have reported that it's definitely a musical, and with Bill Condon signed as the director, it's clear that's what they are going for.

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Yahoo has some interesting choices.

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If the Kristen news is true then this certainly won't be a musical.

If it's true, talk about a gamble.

I'm sorry, they're considering THIS for Belle?!
Kristen Stewart - Tracy's Song