{"id":73304,"date":"2015-03-17T10:40:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=73304"},"modified":"2015-03-17T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:40:55","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast-cast-keeps-getting-more-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/beauty-and-the-beast-cast-keeps-getting-more-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty And The Beast cast keeps getting more perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"beauty<\/a>
The fabulous Emma Thompson will make a kick-ass Mrs Potts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

So far, the casting for Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty And The Beast<\/strong><\/em> has been perfect with Emma Watson (Harry Potter<\/strong><\/em>) set to play Belle, Dan Stevens (The Guest<\/strong><\/em>) as the Beast and Luke Evans (Dracula Untold<\/strong><\/em>) as dashing villain Gaston.<\/p>\n

The next wave of casting is even more brilliant. Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee<\/strong><\/em>) has finally been confirmed to be playing Mrs Potts after last week’s rumours, Josh Gad (Frozen<\/strong><\/em>) is playing Gaston’s weird little sidekick LeFou and Kevin Kline (Last Vegas<\/strong><\/em>) is playing Belle’s father Maurice. With a cast like that, we’re going to be pissed if the film is rubbish.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the 1991 animation’s composer Alan Menken – who won two Academy Awards for his work on it – will be returning to score the film. The live-action film is set to feature new recordings of old songs from the classic as well as several new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice.<\/p>\n

A US cinema release date has also been announced: 17 March 2017.<\/p>\n