Dinsney’s "Beauty and the Beast" adds Emma Thompson, Kevin KlineMarch 17, 2015 - 10:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On heels of "Cinderella" triumphant debut at the box office, Disney books a release date for their upcoming live-action adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast " (2017). Two actors, Emma Thompson and Kevin Kline, are also added to the cast ensemble of the new take on the classic fairytale. The movie is scheduled to make its way out on March 17, 2017. No other movies are set for the same date, but the likes of "The Wolverine 3" is set for March 3, "Kong: Skull Island" and "Captain Underpants" for March 10, as well as "Allegiant - Part 2" for March 24. Thompson is tapped to play Mrs. Potts and Kline is expected to portray Beauty's father, Maurice. They are joined by Emma Watson who is cast as the titular Belle, Dan Stevens as the Prince/Beast, Luke Evans as villainous Gaston, and Josh Gad as his sidekick LeFou. Bill Condon ("Dreamgirls") directs the film, Stephen Chbosky ("The Perks of Being a Wallflower") writes the script drafted by Evan Spiliotopoulos. Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards for the 1991 animated classic, will score the film. He is expected to record the original songs and craft several new ones with Sir Tim Rice. Watson will show off her vocal chops in the movie. "I sing, so that's really unexpected. I've never had to do that for a film role before, and I think people will be interested to see me do something very different like that. It gives me a different challenge, really. That's terrifying in and of itself!" she previously told Total Film. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |