To this daytime , Walt Disney’sBeauty and the Beastwas the first animate film ever to squeeze into the Academy Awards race for Best Picture . The sketch musical lend the goods : there was activity , there was Romance language , there were memorable tune , there wasLaw & Order ’s Jerry Orbach vocalizing in his best French accent . There was something for everyone , and to this day , it remains a childhood staple ( though , unhappily , five - year - old in 2016 wo n’t have the sumptuosity of literally wear down their VHS copies ) .
Being one of Walt Disney ’s prized possessions means being susceptible to the remaking machine . After the success ofMaleficent , Cinderella , andThe Jungle Book , every Disney dimension imaginable is being converted to last - military action . Beauty and the Beastis not hallowed enough to forefend . Coming to theater in 2017 , the picture star Emma Watson as Belle , Downton Abbey ’s Dan Stevens as the Beast , The Hobbit ’s Luke Evans as Gaston , Ewan McGregor takes over the voice of Lumière , and Emma Thompson , Stanley Tucci , and Ian McKellan as various piece of anthropomorphized piece of furniture . Dreamgirlsdirector Bill Condon is the peril - taker gaming on the remaking .
found on the Disney ’s first trailer for the motion-picture show , Condon has nothing but reverence for the 1991 original . The palace ’s intact . The intro are shrouded in mystery . The rose is a rose is a rose is a rose . And while there ’s no look at The Beast , there is McGregor doing an absolutely fearful French accent , which is the joy of Orbach ’s Lumière , really . The trailer plucks at the nostalgia strings . The movie is a glorifiedAnnie Leibovitz photoshoot . Everyone involved can carry a tune ( we think?).Beauty and the Beastshould process out , even for the purist . May not be Oscar - worthy , but it ’ll certainly be enough .
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