Beauty and the Beast (Live-Action)

[Sotiris]

The teaser for Beauty and the Beast broke the record for most-viewed teaser in 24 hrs beating Star Wars and Marvel with 91.8 million while ranks third in the overall most-viewed videos in 24 hours category. How cool is that?

[Atlantica]

Good ! This is tapping into powerful emotions for a lot of people I think; it's many peoples favourite Classic, and it looks set to do it justice. Thank goodness.

Though I am still extremely reserved on my thoughts on Emma playing Belle. I just can't see it, or hear it for that matter. Happy to be hopefully proved wrong, but still not feeling it. She did look lovel though, in the tiny glimpse we saw of her.

And well done for actually doing a teaser trailer rather than splaying out the guts of the film straight away !! The music was a lovely homage to the 'Prologue', And it gave you just enough to get a taste for everything. Though the castle does look very disappointing .... Really tiny ? And super duper CGI. As I assume the whole thing would be, but this is didn't look great.

Anyway .... The power of the Princess strikes again ! Never to be underestimated

[TheSequelOfDisney]

The more I look at the castle, the more I like it. I like how asymmetrical it is; plus, the West Wing is very definable, so we have a clear depiction of where Belle is forbidden to go. I don't know. I guess I find the off-kilterness of it appealing.

Interestingly, though, it doesn't seem to be on any sort of cliff like the animated film. I guess Gaston can still fall from atop a spire/landing, though.

[ce1ticmoon]

Interestingly, though, it doesn't seem to be on any sort of cliff like the animated film. I guess Gaston can still fall from atop a spire/landing, though.

Well, that could just be for the logo. We have a shot of the castle (presumably a shot from the film) in the trailer, but we don't really have any context as to where the castle is located in that shot.

Pretty amazing that the trailer broke Star Wars' record. And since basically all of these live-action remakes have been huge successes, this one may be the biggest one yet.

[Disney Duster]

It's so sad a lot of us (especially me) drove of the Beauty and the Beast fans from this forum (which I think was because everyone who's favorite film wasn't Beauty and the Beast was jealous of the respect and fanbase it got, that was my reason anyway) and we can't know or share in their feelings for this upcoming film. I think only like two guys on here have Beauty and the Beast as their favorite film.

[Disney's Divinity]

The teaser for Beauty and the Beast broke the record for most-viewed teaser in 24 hrs beating Star Wars and Marvel with 91.8 million while ranks third in the overall most-viewed videos in 24 hours category. How cool is that?

Fantastic! This deserves to be huge.

[Hogi Bear]

That's great on breaking Youtube records. I love my numbers, so who can predict what outrageous box office numbers it will produce? Being a musical and an absolute beloved by many (as far as I can see) adaption of a Disney Classic, it will likely do huge numbers.

$1+ billion is quite likely, especially if the Jungle Book can do (looks like it will). It is possible I could be over estimating what it is capable of, but I do think $1 billion is very possible. With a movie like this I personally expect it to range between $1.4 - $2.5 billion worldwide, possibly crushing the Star Wars and Titanic numbers. We've seen what Frozen was capable of and many musicals have done very good numbers for what they are, so I won't be surprised if it does these numbers.

Next year can't come quick enough and loved the teaser too. I wonder if anyone from the original cast is going to be in it? It would be cool if they did that.

[Disney's Divinity]

I wonder if anyone from the original cast is going to be in it? It would be cool if they did that.

They should at least have some of the cast and crew from the original standing in the crowd of servants/peasants at the end. I still wish they'd got Lansbury to play the Enchantress or something.

[Hogi Bear]

That would be cool too. It's a shame that some of the original cast won't be able to be in it, because they have passed away.

[Sotiris]

Someone made a comparison video between the animated movie and the live-action teaser.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXxIUSsEX4M[/youtube]

[DisneyFan09]

But what does Paige O’Hara, AKA the voice of Belle in the animated version of Beauty and the Beast, think about Watson taking over the role? “If I were producing the film, I would have cast her,” O’Hara told BuzzFeed last night at a 25th anniversary screening of the animated classic. “I think she’s absolutely perfect for the role. She’s got the outward beauty, but she’s also got an inward beauty about her, and an old soul.

Well, to take consideration to the latter statements; The only I agree with is that Emma seems to have an old soul. She seems quite mature for her age (and therefore a goodie-two-shoes, prim and proper, not that's anything wrong with that). I've previously stated that I've considered Emma to have too young features to play Belle (despite that Emma is a beauty, indeed). As for the inner beauty statement; I'm not dismissing that Emma lacks it, but there are other beautiful actresses who possesses those qualities more. Like Angelina Jolie, Rachel McAdams, Evangeline Lilly, Mandy Moore, Blake Lively, and even Jennifer Lopez (despite the ongoing buzz about her being a bitch, I do think she comes across as genuine at times). Those are just my personal remarks, of course, despite not all of them being A-actresses or even talented ones for that matter, haha! The animated Belle has an inner beauty that shines. Emma seems too prim and proper to match that.

[Tristy]

But what does Paige O’Hara, AKA the voice of Belle in the animated version of Beauty and the Beast, think about Watson taking over the role? “If I were producing the film, I would have cast her,” O’Hara told BuzzFeed last night at a 25th anniversary screening of the animated classic. “I think she’s absolutely perfect for the role. She’s got the outward beauty, but she’s also got an inward beauty about her, and an old soul.

Well, to take consideration to the latter statements; The only I agree with is that Emma seems to have an old soul. She seems quite mature for her age (and therefore a goodie-two-shoes, prim and proper, not that's anything wrong with that). I've previously stated that I've considered Emma to have too young features to play Belle (despite that Emma is a beauty, indeed). As for the inner beauty statement; I'm not dismissing that Emma lacks it, but there are other beautiful actresses who possesses those qualities more. Like Angelina Jolie, Rachel McAdams, Evangeline Lilly, Mandy Moore, Blake Lively, and even Jennifer Lopez (despite the ongoing buzz about her being a bitch, I do think she comes across as genuine at times). Those are just my personal remarks, of course, despite not all of them being A-actresses or even talented ones for that matter, haha! The animated Belle has an inner beauty that shines. Emma seems too prim and proper to match that.

I think someone who would have been a better Belle would have been Eleanor Tomlinson (Demelza from Poldark). She has that inner beauty that comes through as well as a very warm voice.

[unprincess]

I liked it. I thought the castle looked fine. As for the voices of the enchanted objects, well personally I wish they wouldn't be in the film at all b/c I'm worried about a bunch of tacky noisy CGI characters crowding what should be a simple intimate little fairy tale, but I guess it wouldn't be the "Disney" version then(I prefer how they downplayed the mice and birds in Cinderella.)

[Disney's Divinity]

I liked it. I thought the castle looked fine. As for the voices of the enchanted objects, well personally I wish they wouldn't be in the film at all b/c I'm worried about a bunch of tacky noisy CGI characters crowding what should be a simple intimate little fairy tale, but I guess it wouldn't be the "Disney" version then(I prefer how they downplayed the mice and birds in Cinderella.)

Tbh, I found the mice egregiously awful. Don't remember the birds though. The cutesy/tacky animals are a trend of live-action Disney, unfortunately. AiW, Maleficent, OtG&P, Cinderella, etc. all have them.

[Prince Edward]

Great teaser trailer! I have high hopes this will be as good as live action Cinderella, perhaps even better.

But to me Emma Watson is really bad casting for this role. She basicly got it because she is famous from Harry Potter and have dark hair. She is not a great actress in my opinion and most importanly: she looks way to young, while animated Belle looks like a mature woman. Belle is, alongside Pocahontas and Aurora, the oldest looking princesses in my opinion. They should have cast an actress that looks more like a woman and less like a girl. But for the marketing of this movie, I can see how getting Watson was a golden idea. I hope her name might help the box office success of this movie (thereby granting us more live action fairytales like Aladdin, The Little Mermaid etc) and that I will warm up to the idea of her as Belle when we get a proper trailer and images. I hope that I will at least tolerate Watson being Belle, and that it will not take away from the movie experience. I'm afraid that for me she will always be that girl from Harry Potter.

[Disney Duster]

The more I look at the castle, the more I like it. I like how asymmetrical it is; plus, the West Wing is very definable, so we have a clear depiction of where Belle is forbidden to go. I don't know. I guess I find the off-kilterness of it appealing.

Interestingly, though, it doesn't seem to be on any sort of cliff like the animated film. I guess Gaston can still fall from atop a spire/landing, though.

Maybe the castle (which I love too, I said it was the best of the Disney live-action castles) is supposed to be asymetrical because of the asymetrical rococo architecture they had in the 1700's where the original film was set and this film will be set. I love rococo. It seemed to be all over the place in the trailer (as in it looked like it was part of the architecture in many scenes in the trailer). I don't mind the castle not being on a cliff. And who knows, maybe in the actual film it will be on a cliff.

[Vlad]

How come we didn't get any teaser poster art yet? Maleficent, Cinderella and The Jungle Book had poster arts released at the time their first trailers were released.

[WonderNeverOz]

The more I look at the castle, the more I like it. I like how asymmetrical it is; plus, the West Wing is very definable, so we have a clear depiction of where Belle is forbidden to go. I don't know. I guess I find the off-kilterness of it appealing.

Interestingly, though, it doesn't seem to be on any sort of cliff like the animated film. I guess Gaston can still fall from atop a spire/landing, though.

Maybe the castle (which I love too, I said it was the best of the Disney live-action castles) is supposed to be asymetrical because of the asymetrical rococo architecture they had in the 1700's where the original film was set and this film will be set. I love rococo. It seemed to be all over the place in the trailer. I don't mind the castle not being on a cliff. And who knows, maybe in the actual film it will be on a cliff.

Well Cinderella was also all over the place in terms of style but it worked in the end so who knows. I am worried though.

[Disney Duster]

When I said it looked like rococo was "all over the place" in the trailer, I meant that it looked like it was in many of the places of the architecture. I don't mean that it was in some spots and not others or that it was a bad thing. As for Cinderella, I read in a book that talked about the film that they set the film in the middle of the 19th century and they used this to be able to have all types of architecture in it, from everything up to the middle of the 19th century. I thought the design of Cinderella was fantastic. No problems with it.

[Sotiris]

Linda Woolverton talks about the live-action adaptation.

As the original’s writer, she has a screenwriting credit on the live-action “Beauty and the Beast,” due from Disney next year, though she said she is not creatively involved in the film. “I hope it’s fantastic,” Woolverton said of the new “Beauty,” which is directed by Bill Condon. “That’s all I can say at this point.”

Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mo ... story.html

Q: Beauty and the Beast will have a live-action adaptation next year. What will it be like for you to see Belle come to life, as portrayed by Emma Watson, after all these years?

Linda Woolverton: I haven’t seen it yet but I think that’s fantastic. I absolutely think she is amazing and a perfect Belle, really. I thought it was a great casting choice. It was my first-born child, so there’s a little bit of possessiveness, which really I had to let it go. So it’s probably good for me not to have seen it just yet and just see it when it’s all done and all pretty and perfect and that’s exciting.

Source: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... -interview