- The summer of 2014 marked the first public announcement of work on the movie, as the director and screenwriter were announced and the script began to be written.
- Almost a full year later, throughout the spring of 2015, announcements were made regarding casting. In January, Emma Watson revealed she had signed on to play Belle, and on April 21st, the names of the last three major cast members were made public.
- Filming began in May and finished in August of this year - so it took about three months to shoot a 2-3 hour feature film.
- The footage is currently being edited and will be ready to score next spring. Scoring will be done by Alan Menken, and three original songs have been written for the film in addition to the ones from the 1991 movie.
- The film is set to be released on March 17th, 2017!
I don't know why it takes three years of official production and three months of filming to make a 2-3 hour movie, but whatever the reasons, I absolutely admire the cast and crew for having such patience and taking so much time to construct a finished product that is so tiny in comparison to all the work spent on it. I especially respect the director and screenwriter, who were part of the film the longest and had to keep a strong and steady vision (of what they wanted the film to look and feel like) over a period of at least three years.
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| Some of the new cast and their 1991 counterparts! |
Such a long time until 2017, but I think it will be worth the wait!
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