Photos – “Beauty and the Beast” World Premiere

Emma Watson at the World Premiere of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” held at El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA, March 2, 2017. Photos © 2017 Joseph Martinez/ Picturelux – All Rights Reserved.

Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, fellow cast members and guests attend the World Premiere of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” held at El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA, March 2, 2017. Photos © 2017 Joseph Martinez/ Picturelux – All Rights Reserved.

 

About the film:

The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in Disney’s live-action adaptation “Beauty and the Beast,” 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 of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma  Watson,  Dan  Stevens,  Luke  Evans,  Kevin  Kline,  Josh  Gad,  Ewan  McGregor,  Stanley  Tucci,  Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw with Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson. Directed by Bill Condon based on the 1991  animated  film,   “Beauty  and  the  Beast,”   the  screenplay  is  written   by  Stephen  Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos  and  produced  by  Mandeville  Films’  David  Hoberman,  p.g.a.  and  Todd  Lieberman,  p.g.a.  with Jeffrey Silver, Thomas Schumacher and Don Hahn serving as executive producers. Alan Menken, who won two Academy  Awards®  (Best  Original  Score  and  Best  Song)  for  the  animated  film,  provides  the  score, which includes new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as three new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice.

 

“Beauty and the Beast” opens nationwide on March 17, 2017.