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

Posted 11 years ago

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

Posted 11 years ago

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...

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are in talks for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land

Posted 11 years ago

Damien Chazelle is hard at work on LA LA LAND, his follow-up to WHIPLASH, and Deadline reports that Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are circling the lead roles. This news comes as a bit of a surprise as we'd previously...

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

Posted 11 years ago

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...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show to be reimagined as a television special event

Posted 11 years ago

What better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW than with a reboot? I know, yet another classic movie being remade when there is really no reason to do so. But, the reimagining of Richard...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show being remade by FOX as a TV special

Posted 11 years ago

  Let’s do the timewarp again! (Or not.) Midnight movie staple THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is getting the remake treatment from Fox TV. In what’s being billed as a two-hour event special, the program will be directed by Kenny...

Dwayne Johnson to voice male lead in Disney’s animated musical Moana

Posted 11 years ago

While Disney has two burgeoning franchises in BIG HERO 6 and TANGLED and FROZEN already set for a sequel, the animation branch of the House of Mouse is moving forward with their next big musical film, MOANA. We have see...

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

Posted 11 years ago

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

Posted 11 years ago

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...

Elizabeth Banks & Paul Giamatti set for HBO’s Battle of the Sexes movie

Posted 11 years ago

HBO is developing a movie based on the historic "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, and it's being reported that Elizabeth Banks will play King, and Paul Giamatti has been cast as Riggs....

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