Stanley Tucci joins Beauty and the Beast as an original character

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST seemed to have found the last major cast member with yesterday's news that Ewan McGregor was joining the film as the candelabra Lumiere. But, one more big name is joining Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Josh Gad,...

Ewan McGregor joins Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere

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Another anthropomorphic cast-member has been added to Bill Condon's live action take on Disney's animated classic BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Joining Ian McKellen as Cogsworth and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts will be Ewan McGregor as Lumiere the candlestick. He...

Ian McKellen details an enchanting read-through of Beauty and the Beast

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Regardless of how you feel about Disney turning a good portion of their animated classics into live-action films, there's no denying that director Bill Condon as amassed an impressive cast for his take on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Just last...

Ian McKellen to play Cogsworth in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast

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Bill Condon is assembling quite the cast for his live-action remake of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST; so far we've got Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, and possibly Josh Gad. Now we have another name to...

Emma Thompson and Kevin Kline join Beauty and the Beast, now set for 2017

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After the main cast all fell into place, Disney has now officially announced a release date for their live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. The film, directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Stephen Chbosky, will star Emma Watson...

Josh Gad to play chubby sidekick La Fou in live-action Beauty and the Beast

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Josh Gad has made a pretty good career out of being the chubby sidekick. From THE ROCKER to LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS to the more recent JOBS and THE WEDDING RINGER, Gad has proven to be adept at the hijinks...

Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes starring Ian McKellen to premiere this summer

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Sherlock Holmes is everywhere once again. The illustrious detective is currently featured in two TV series, Elementary and Sherlock, as well as looming large on the big screen in Guy Ritchie’s SHERLOCK HOLMES series starring Robert Downey Jr. Getting yet...

Dan Stevens will be The Beast in Bill Condon’s Beauty and the Beast

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Yesterday we learned Luke Evans will be playing Gaston in Bill Condon's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST starring Emma Watson as Belle, and now THR is reporting that Condon's THE FIFTH ESTATE actor and Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens has been...

Luke Evans to play Gaston in live action Beauty and the Beast

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While they have yet to find their Beast, Disney has found their live action Gaston for Bill Condon‘s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. After tackling Middle Earth and the Dracula mythology, Luke Evans will play Belle’s chauvinist love interest in the...

Ian McKellen plays the famed detective in the trailer for Mr. Holmes

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Ian McKellen is bringing his gravitas to one of the most iconic characters in literature, Sherlock Holmes. In Bill Condon's (DREAMGIRLS, GODS AND MONSTERS) latest film, MR. HOLMES, we follow a long-retired Holmes living in a Sussex village with his...

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