Josh Gad shares first photo of 'Beauty and the Beast' cast

Fans of Beauty and the Beast were treated to a few casting announcements over the past week and now there is even more cause for excitement. Josh Gad, who plays LeFou in the live-action adaptation, shared the first cast photo today on Instagram. The photo, which was taken at the London table read*, also features Emma Watson (Belle), Kevin Kline (Maurice), Luke Evans (Gaston), and Dan Stevens (Beast). Beauty and the Beast is set to begin production next month at Shepperton Studios in London and set for release on March 17, 2017.

Can't wait for you to be our guest.

A photo posted by Josh Gad (@joshgad) on Apr 14, 2015 at 11:37am PDT

Me too! https://t.co/xgimQcgkTu

— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) April 15, 2015

Beauties and a Beast... "@joshgad: Can't wait for you to be our guest. https://t.co/Y96B0qdO6L"

— Dan Stevens (@thatdanstevens) April 15, 2015

*Jack Morrissey shared on the blog's Facebook page that the photo was taken at the London table read.

Source: joshgad