First ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Poster Brings Back An Iconic Object
Remakes sometimes elicit knee-jerk irritation from moviegoers tired of seeing the same dreck over and over. But when done right, they’re not so bad and can even be kind of great. And maybe no one is doing them better right now than Disney. The studio has been on a tear lately, dishing up new versions ofCinderella,The Jungle Book, and more for audiences and critics to gobble up. (They had a rare stumble withAlice Through the Looking Glass, but hey, it happens to the best of us.) The next film from their animated library to get the live-action treatment isBeauty and the Beast, starringEmma WatsonandDan Stevensas the new Beauty and the new Beast.
The firstBeauty and the Beastteaser hinted that the new film would be sticking with a traditional take on the fairy tale, and the firstBeauty and the Beastposter suggests the same. Check out the firstBeauty and the Beastposter below.
There’s nothing particularly surprising about the firstBeauty and the Beastposter. It’s a spruced-up version of an iconic object from the 1991 film, the enchanted rose in a bell jar. But sticking to the formula worked out really well withCinderellaandThe Jungle Book. Both tweaked their source material a bit, but neither really tried to reinvent it. Instead, they succeeded by bringing the stories back to their roots and rediscovering the reasons audiences have loved them so much for so long in the first place. HopefullyBeauty and the Beastwill do the same.
Bill Condonis directingBeauty and the Beastwhich opensMarch 17, 2017. With the poster in circulation now, we can hopefully expect to see a trailer in the not-too-distant future.
Directed by Oscar® winner Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, “Beauty and the Beast” 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 August 22, 2025.
