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thompsoncory
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 Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! http://www.thewrap.com/emma-watson-to-s ... exclusive/ Quote: Director Bill Condon has cast the “Harry Potter” actress as Belle in the live-action adaptation
“Harry Potter” alum Emma Watson has closed a deal to star in Disney’s live-action movie “Beauty and the Beast,” TheWrap has learned.
Bill Condon (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”) will direct from a script written by Stephen Chbosky, who directed Watson in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the previous draft of the screenplay.
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing under their Mandeville Films banner.
Watson is set to play Belle in “Beauty and the Beast,” which is the latest Disney classic to receive a live-action adaptation following “Maleficent,” “Cinderella” and Jon Favreau‘s upcoming take on “The Jungle Book.”
Watson had previously been attached to star in Guillermo del Toro’s “Beauty,” which the director was developing for Warner Bros before exiting the project in June, when Disney hired Condon. When WB’s version hit a snag, Disney began to court Watson for its own adaptation with del Toro’s blessing, as the studio agreed that Watson would be perfect as Belle, according to a source.
Disney’s 1991 animated feature “Beauty and the Beast” grossed more than $375 million worldwide and earned a rare Oscar nomination for Best Picture. The timeless tale also spawned a Broadway play.
Best known for playing Hermione in the Harry Potter” films, Watson has worked hard to establish herself as an actress outside of that blockbuster franchise. She recently starred in Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah” and Sofia Coppola’s “The Bling Ring,” and she also played herself in the hit comedy “This Is the End”
Watson next stars opposite Ethan Hawke in Alejandro Amenabar’s thriller “Regression.” She’s s represented by WME and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin. 
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Hasn't this been known forever?
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thompsoncory
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Dr. Lecter wrote: Hasn't this been known forever? She was originally attached to the Guillermo del Toro version. The fact that she's doing the Disney version and that the Disney version is the musical is the big news here.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! she should play the beast instead
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zwackerm
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! They finally cast a hot actress as a live action Disney Princess.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! I love Emma Watson but really? Beauty and the Beast?
Yawn. Pass. Grow a pair Disney.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Magnus wrote: MY BODY IS NOT READY FOR THIS GOD DAMN IT  I'm both of them currently.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Disney continues their tradition of casting dykes.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Algren wrote: Disney continues their tradition of casting dykes. Winner and +1 _________________
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! zwackerm wrote: They finally cast a hot actress as a live action Disney Princess.  _________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! trixster wrote: zwackerm wrote: They finally cast a hot actress as a live action Disney Princess. That's not a Disney Princess. That is a Grimm princess. This is Disney's Cinderella. Her eyebrows ruin her face. 
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Her eyebrows? I think her face ruins her face.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! It is rumored that Ryan Gosling has been offered the role of The Beast.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! He's clever enough to reject that shit.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Dan Stevens has been cast as the Beast and Luke Evans has been cast as Gaston.
Eddie Redmayne was the first choice for the Beast but passed.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Pretty good casting, imo.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Dan Stevens? Could the leads be any more awesome for this? I'm excited.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!  Yup, can 100% see him in this role. Praying that the rumors about Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts are true. She'd be perfect.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Good casting.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! March 2017 looks like a good release date.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! I can't imagine why they wouldn't release it around Christmas. Musicals do great around the holidays and it would be perfect to be released around the holidays. December 25th, 2016 represent.
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thompsoncory
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! This will definitely be a Christmas release, especially if it's filming this summer.
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Re: Emma Watson is "Belle" in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! Christmas 2016 would interfere with the leggy run of Moana. If they want another Frozen, they cannot release this in 2016.
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