Official "Beauty & the Beast" Film Adaptation Thread — Page 7

You're right - I would fall into that category

Although, by itself, the animated movie stood on its own with the Oscar voters ( who are decidedly not young) - having been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.

Updated On: 1/28/15 at 07:27 PM

This is really exciting! I saw the touring production (that I hear pales in comparison to the Broadway one), and it was a magical experience!

Emma Watson is an excellent choice for Belle!

Gaston- Chris Pine or James Marsden (may be "been there done that" though)

Beast- I don't know. I a lot of the choices in the thread are too old. I read a response in the thread saying that with movie magic they could make them look young "like Into the Woods". I must say that Streep looked very young in Into the Woods, and that was due to a combination of an excellent costume, herself and mannerisms, and the blue lighting...nothing else, I think. However, that worked for her character....she was not playing a love interest to someone 20 years younger than her. Like, Hugh Jackman? He could pass for Watson's father. *shrugs*

I don't know how they would do the objects...CGI probably. I agree with NPH as Lumiere...how about Timothy Spall as Cogsworth? Yes? No? Maybe so?





"It will probably be easier to adapt than into the woods because Disney won't be trying to get rid of act 2 in this one"

Stoked for this film, and even more excited with the casting of Emma. I hope they keep 'Home' in as well as 'Change in Me' but I think it follows the animated film pretty close.

Yes she's probably suffering princess and musical fatigue. Oh well.

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In my personal opinion I think Anna is a hilarious person and talented vocalist, but her acting always comes off very stiff to me. Often times I feel like she's "acting."

Besides Susan Egan another Broadway Belle fully supports this decision.

https://twitter.com/ChristyRomano/status/559783136402612226

I have no idea of his background other than currently being on a VH1 scripted series, but Craig Horner would do really well as the Prince, appearance-wise.

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Well, I think the attraction to Belle is a combination of her looks and the "peculiar" quality about her. She's not like the other girls in the town who obsess over Gaston and their looks. Belle seems to be more concerned with books...somehow this enhances her beauty.

I can totally picture her in the iconic yellow costume as she descends down the stairs...





As for Lumiere...shouldn't he be smooth and suave?

Ryan Gosling is being tipped for Beast.

http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-disney-offers-ryan-gosling-beauty-and-the-beast/


http://youtu.be/RsYpbLpbqH8

Updated On: 2/5/15 at 12:16 AM

Hopefully they'll fix the time problems they had in the original movie. During Be Our Guest, Lumiere reveals that the castle has been cursed for ten years. If the prince is about to turn 21 that means that he was only eleven years old when the curse began, despite being portrayed as an adult in the stained glass images shown during the prologue and in the portrait.

They can fix that whole issue by just taking that line out of the song.

Updated On: 2/5/15 at 06:30 AM

We all forget that Ryan was on MMC in the 90s....singing Jodeci songs. I actually think he'd be a great choice for Beast. He is a fantastic actor.
Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake on the Mickey Mouse Club

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