Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ast-233584ABC is developing an hour-long drama based on Beauty and the Beast. Jonathan E. Steinberg is attached to executive-produce and write the project, described as an epic fantasy reimagining of the classic Beauty and the Beast tale. Gary Fleder and Mary Beth Basile (who's the writing partner of Liz Tigelaar, now a writer on Once Upon a Time) are also attached to executive-produce the project, from ABC Studios, through their Mojo Films shingle. ABC's tentatively titled Beauty and the Beast comes as the network prepares for the Oct. 23 launch of Once Upon a Time, the dual universe drama revolving around Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), her long-lost daughter (Jennifer Morrison) and the Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla).
Beauty and the Beast (ABC TV Series)
- Sotiris
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Posts: 19916
- Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:06 am
- Gender: Male
- Location: Fantasyland
Beauty and the Beast (ABC TV Series)
Last edited by Sotiris on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- KubrickFan
- Anniversary Edition
- Posts: 1209
- Joined: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:22 am
- Dr Frankenollie
- In The Vaults
- Posts: 2704
- Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 4:19 am
Not another 'reimagining'...
I thought this great story had been tarnished enough by Beastly, which from what I've seen was only an opportunity for Alex Pettyfer to appear shirtless, yet the filmmakers of Beastly said that it was a very deep and emotional film...
At least most will expect it to be of poor quality.
I thought this great story had been tarnished enough by Beastly, which from what I've seen was only an opportunity for Alex Pettyfer to appear shirtless, yet the filmmakers of Beastly said that it was a very deep and emotional film...
At least most will expect it to be of poor quality.
-
- Signature Collection
- Posts: 5166
- Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:34 am
- Location: The Netherlands
Exactly..SWillie! wrote:Or, you know... the Greatest Disney Movie of All Time.KubrickFan wrote: I hope you're referring to the Cocteau version?
Any adaptation of Beauty and the Beast is burdened with inevitably paling in comparison to Disney's version.
It's like making a movie about Titanic or Gone with The Wind. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is as close to perfect as it gets and it's looked at as the definitive version.
I don't care what version this is supposed to be a re-imagining of... it's old hat. We've been there done that. And like I said, TV movies don't exactly have a great track record.
- KubrickFan
- Anniversary Edition
- Posts: 1209
- Joined: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:22 am
Come on, really? There have been tons of adaptations of Beauty and the Beast, and while Disney's version is very good, I would never call it the ultimate version.PatrickvD wrote:Exactly..SWillie! wrote: Or, you know... the Greatest Disney Movie of All Time.
Any adaptation of Beauty and the Beast is burdened with inevitably paling in comparison to Disney's version.
It's like making a movie about Titanic or Gone with The Wind. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is as close to perfect as it gets and it's looked at as the definitive version.
I don't care what version this is supposed to be a re-imagining of... it's old hat. We've been there done that. And like I said, TV movies don't exactly have a great track record.
- ajmrowland
- Signature Collection
- Posts: 8177
- Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:19 pm
- Location: Appleton, WI
- disneyboy20022
- Signature Collection
- Posts: 6867
- Joined: Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:17 pm
Or how about instead of re-imagining it over and over and over and over, can't Disney just make a live action version perhaps a carbon copy so to say based on the hit their own successful Broadway Musical....I never saw it sadly when it was on tour so i'd buy it in a heartbeat. Even if it was through the Disney Generations DVD-MOD program, but heck trying to find that is hard and the lack of advertising doesn't help. Or a documentary about Disney and the Stage....
Also apparently they are making a re-imagining of a Live Action Cinderella through Disney .....there's probably another thread about that story....Disney and re-imaging they're animated classics through live action....works sometimes, others, well not so much
Also apparently they are making a re-imagining of a Live Action Cinderella through Disney .....there's probably another thread about that story....Disney and re-imaging they're animated classics through live action....works sometimes, others, well not so much
Want to Hear How I met Roy E. Disney in 2003? Click the link Below
http://fromscreentotheme.com/ThursdayTr ... isney.aspx
http://fromscreentotheme.com/ThursdayTr ... isney.aspx
- Prince Edward
- Anniversary Edition
- Posts: 1184
- Joined: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:23 pm
- Location: Trondheim, Norway
- Contact:
A TV production? On ABC? Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and it's only 1 hour long? A waste of time and money.
Disney should instead make a theatrical live action movie, either a new version of the fairytale or a version of the animated movie/Broadway musical.
Disney should instead make a theatrical live action movie, either a new version of the fairytale or a version of the animated movie/Broadway musical.
Favorite Disney-movies: Snow White, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Tangled, Frozen, Pirates, Enchanted, Prince of Persia, Tron, Oz The Great and Powerful
- Dr Frankenollie
- In The Vaults
- Posts: 2704
- Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 4:19 am
I didn't realise that. Only an hour long? That's ridiculous.Prince Edward wrote:A TV production? On ABC? Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and it's only 1 hour long? A waste of time and money.
Disney should instead make a theatrical live action movie, either a new version of the fairytale or a version of the animated movie/Broadway musical.
-
- Anniversary Edition
- Posts: 1119
- Joined: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:26 am
- Contact:
- Disney Duster
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Posts: 13334
- Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:02 am
- Gender: Male
- Location: America
- Sotiris
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Posts: 19916
- Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:06 am
- Gender: Male
- Location: Fantasyland
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... lot-284549ABC is moving forward with its reimagining of the classic fairy tale set in a mythical, dangerous world where a beautiful and tough princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast.
Human Target scribe Jonathan E. Steinberg (Jericho) will pen the project with Gary Fleder (Life Unexpected) and Mary Beth Basile (October Road) attached to executive produce the ABC Studios project through their Mojo Films shingle.
Jennifer Levin (Felicity) and Sherri Cooper (Brothers & Sisters) are attached to pen the project and executive produce alongside Paul Witt, C. Anthony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Bill Haber.
- slave2moonlight
- Diamond Edition
- Posts: 4427
- Joined: Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:33 pm
- Location: TX
- Contact:
I only read the excerpt myself, but it sounds to me that, by the "hour long" aspect, it is probably a new series. Not the first time Beauty and the Beast would be turned into an hour-long TV series reimagining, either. Just seems a bit strange to have that come along while they've already got Once Upon a Time.
<a href="http://moonlightmotelcomic.com/"><img alt="Check out my published content!" src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/ ... 4lxrtt.png" border="0"></a>
- Sotiris
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Posts: 19916
- Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:06 am
- Gender: Male
- Location: Fantasyland
Source: http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/02/08/cw-pilots-2/ABC's [version of Beauty and the Beast] is definitely more in the fantasy fairy tale space. Ours [CW's] is a more a contemporary grounded version.
- Candy-Bonita95
- Gold Classic Collection
- Posts: 261
- Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:45 am
- Location: Toronto
Beastly would have been better if the main female character was plain looking.(Just having the fairly attractive Vanessa Hudgens without make-up doesn't make her homely.)Dr Frankenollie wrote:Not another 'reimagining'...
I thought this great story had been tarnished enough by Beastly, which from what I've seen was only an opportunity for Alex Pettyfer to appear shirtless, yet the filmmakers of Beastly said that it was a very deep and emotional film...
At least most will expect it to be of poor quality.
Can they make a gender-bender version of Beauty and The Beast?That would be worth watching.
-
- Suspended
- Posts: 8296
- Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:35 am
- Location: Shock and Awe Gender: Freakazoid
Or a modernization where they all have to live on the streets, Beast is like Robert Englund in that 1989 adaptation of Phantom of the Opera- peeling off layers of his new mutated face, Belle is a prostitute; instead of turning into furniture, the servants turn into flesh-eating rats, and Lafu or whatever his name is finds a case of Viper and gives it out to Gaston's cronies who melt into puddles of lard after they drink it.Candy-Bonita95 wrote:Can they make a gender-bender version of Beauty and The Beast? That would be worth watching.
4 Disney Atmosphere Images
- Sotiris
- Ultimate Collector's Edition
- Posts: 19916
- Joined: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:06 am
- Gender: Male
- Location: Fantasyland
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/abcs-be ... sts-beast/Scottish platinum-selling singer and stage actor Darius Campbell has landed the male lead in ABC’s drama pilot Beauty And The Beast, a fantasy re-imagining of the classic Beauty and the Beast tale wherein an embattled princess, Grace, discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast, Shiro (Campbell), a mercenary bodyguard. On the project, Campbell joins recently cast Chris Egan who plays Grace’s fiance Gorrick. (The Grace role is yet to be cast).