Emma Watson enchants in first Beauty and the Beast trailer
Beauty and the Beast finally has a full-length trailer to wash us in nostalgia and anticipation. Personally, I felt that nostalgia bullet shoot straight to the heart during a few pulled-straight-from-the-original moments you can see in the trailer, and this live-action adaptation looks very promising. For one, the talent involved is exceptional, from the voice acting to the live-action players. Fans of the 1991 classic will love the first trailer for 2017’s Beauty and the Beast, and there’s a very good chance the movie itself will win over fans both new and old when the movie hits theaters next spring. The trailer looks beautiful, somehow it manages to hit all the right notes, and even though I know how it unfolds I can’t wait to give the movie a watch and enjoy the magic all over again.
Check out the first full-length trailer for Beauty and the Beast, read the plot synopsis, and see a new poster for the movie after the jump.
Put this cast together in any other movie, and it might be award-worthy on its own merits. Throw them all into a highly anticipated Disney adaptation, and we may be in for a real treat that stands up to the original. I know, I know. It’s too early to elevate Beauty and the Beast above its predecessors (Cinderalla, The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland), but there’s a magic here that’s been missing. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is, but I can feel it when I watch the trailer. What do you think? How does it look?
In case you’re living under a rock, here’s an official plot synopsis for Beauty and the Beast to tease the “tale as old as time:”
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action adaptation 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.
Beauty and the Beast was directed by Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Dreamgirls) and stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. The movie hits theaters next spring on March 17, 2017.
Again, Beauty and the Beast seems to be hitting those notes pitch perfect, and even the newest poster for the movie drips with nostalgia. Here it is compared to the original 1991 hand-painted poster by the legend himself John Alvin:
