Disney teases sneak peek of live-action Beauty and the Beast

It’s been twenty-five years since Disney’s modern animated classic Beauty and the Beast was released. We’re not just a few months from the release of a live-action remake. Disney being all about synergy, a 25th Anniversary DVD will be coming out to help promote it.

But why remake a classic? As Director Bill Condon says, technology has caught up to the ideas movie makers have. What could only be fantasy before can now be rendered in a photo-realistic look. Disney already had tremendous success with this in the live-action Jungle Book. We shall see if Beauty and the Beast can follow suit.

Here’s a preview of the new live-action bonus clip that you can find on the 25th Anniversary DVD:

You’ll have to catch the whole clip on the Beauty and the Beast 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray/DVD and Digital Edition. Pre-order your copy today for delivery mid-September.

About the film:

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.

“Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.

The film stars: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle; Oscar winner Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle’s eccentric, but lovable father; Josh Gad as Lefou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp; Golden Globe nominee Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, the candelabra; Oscar nominee Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord; Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, the feather duster; six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as Madame Garderobe, the wardrobe; Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.

Directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon from a screenplay based on the 1991 animated film, the film is produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight-time Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice.

“Beauty and the Beast” will be released in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2017.

Previously: First trailer for live-action Beauty and the Beast from Disney.