'Beauty and the Beast' News Round-Up #36

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July 17th - July 23rd

'Beauty and the Beast' Comic-Con 2016 Round-Up

Thursday, July 21st

The Dynamic World of Disney Comics Panel

.@DisneyComics with team with @TOKYOPOP to release 2 comics Belle/Beast pov of the live action film. pic.twitter.com/wiYokYNbEJ

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) July 21, 2016

Oh My Disney: SDCC'16: Disney Comics Panel Takes you Inside What It Takes to Expand Your Favorite Universes

Towards the end of the panel, they also made a big announcement: Beauty and the Beast would be adapted into a Japanese-style manga, next year, to coincide with the release of the brand new live-action film. And there’s more: There will be two books (published by Tokyo Pop); one will be from Belle’s perspective and the other from the Beast’s. How cool is that?

Friday, July 22nd

Beauty and the Beast 25th Anniversary Panel

Collider: 'Beauty and the Beast' 25 Anniversary: 10 Things to Know About the Disney Classic

San Diego Comic-Con celebrates Disney’s beloved “tale as old as time” during a panel on Friday. For Beauty and the Beast‘s 25th anniversary producer Don Hahn moderated a panel which included directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise along with animators James Baxter, Dave Pruiksma, Nik Ranieri, and art director Brian McEntee. The talk included behind the scenes anecdotes and trivia from the making of the animated classic.

Check out Collider's full recap here. 

The Beauty and the Beast 25th anniversary panel headed by @DonHahn is getting underway! pic.twitter.com/IV9KaxFUm7

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) July 22, 2016

Beauty and the Beast 25th Anniversary Panel is underway!!!! #SDCC #SDCC2016 pic.twitter.com/KjbA0dyw4O

— Maxwell Glick (@maxwellglick) July 22, 2016

Beauty & the Beast 25 James Baxter, David Pruiksma, Nick Ranieri, Kirk Wise, Brian McEntee, Gary Trousdale #SDCC2016 pic.twitter.com/WeBPXJz1z3

— Lurkyloo (@lurkyloo) July 22, 2016

Early concept art and storyboards for Beauty and the Beast as shown at the 25th panel @Comic_Con pic.twitter.com/Xpzd9P2jbg

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) July 22, 2016

'Beauty and the Beast' 25th anniversary panel scheduled for Comic-Con 2016

If you are set to brave the crowds at Comic-Con this weekend be sure to keep a spot open on your schedule for a special Beauty and the Beast 25th anniversary panel.

Beauty and the Beast: 25th Anniversary is scheduled for Friday, July 22nd at 4:30 pm (Room 5AB) and will include a discussion with the film's producer Don Hahn and directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise.

Oscar-nominated producer Don Hahn, directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and an all-star panel of filmmakers discuss the making of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. 

Friday July 22, 2016 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Room 5AB

Hahn and Trousdale will also appear as panelist for Floyd Norman: An Animated Life Documentary Release on Friday, July 22nd.

Click here for more about this year's Comic-Con.

Source: Comic-Con, La Bella y la Bestia de Disney