Showing posts with label Emma Watson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emma Watson. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

WATCH: New clip of "Belle"

Disney has released a new clip of Beauty and the Beast's opening number "Belle." The clip is currently part of the sneak peek playing at both Hollywood Studios and California Adventure.


Source: Disney Movie Trailers

Sunday, February 19, 2017

WATCH: Disney Channel debuts new footage from 'Beauty and the Beast'

Disney Channel celebrated an enchanting evening of Beauty and the Beast with a new look at the film. Emma Watson and Dan Stevens also joined in the festivities, which included new footage of Belle and Beast, the enchanted objects, and more!








Source: Disney Channel

New 'Beauty and the Beast' posters

Two new Beauty and the Beast posters have debuted online, including a Dutch character poster of Belle.



Thursday, February 16, 2017

WATCH: Emma Watson talks 'Beauty and the Beast' and reinventing Belle with Entertainment Weekly

Beauty and the Beast star Emma Waston will grace the cover of this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, which also includes a preview of the upcoming film. Watson also sat down with EW's Anthony Breznican to discuss her role in the film and how Belle has evolved from the animated film to today.

NOTE: There are a few spoilers in the video below.

Watch Watson's full conversation with Entertainment Weekly here.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

New images of Belle, Beast, Gaston & more

This week's Entertainment Weekly includes a preview of Beauty and the Beast and four new images have already debuted online.

The site also shared a new behind the scenes photo of Emma Watson (Belle) with director Bill Condon and music supervisor Matt Sullivan.

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

WATCH: Emma Watson & Dan Stevens share an exclusive look at 'Beauty and the Beast' on Freeform

Beauty and the Beast stars Emma Watson (Belle) and Dan Stevens (Beast) hosted a night of Freeform Firsts this past Sunday with an exclusive look at the upcoming film. Each segment features a mix of old and new footage, including Belle in the West Wing, the prologue, Maurice and Chip in the castle, the ballroom, and more!





Source: Freeform

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

WATCH: Valentine's Day messages from the cast of 'Beauty and the Beast'









Source: @beourguest, Walt Disney Studios Australia

Monday, February 13, 2017

'Beauty and the Beast' Interview Round-Up #4



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Watch Emma Watson's full conversation with Entertainment Weekly here.

Emma Watson Feels Music In Beauty And The Beast Is Magical
"I love that the music has this kind of classical, theatrical feeling to it yet still seems somewhat modern. It rides that perfect line where it's not pop music and not stage music...it's kind of that perfect sweet spot in the middle, and it's just really magical,"

Read more from FilmiBeat here.

Dan Stevens Talks His New FX Series Legion, Downton Abbey, and Beauty and the Beast
Speaking of dancing, what was it like playing the Beast in Beauty and the Beast?

I think physically, the Beast is the most challenging role I’ve ever taken on, just the condition I had to have for my body, and to puppeteer that suit on stilts was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced, seriously. But the kind of engagement, and actually a lot of dance involved in that role will be on stilts, but it was a very, very intense dance training process that has got me physically more engaged with all of my performances in everything else since.

Have you ever had to do anything like that before?

No. British period drama tends to be from the neck up, you know? You’re under three layers of tweed or velour, that sort of plush velvet. It’s a very different mode of working. And so coming over here and getting to work with a number of different directors from all over the world, not just America, and the kind of demands that they put upon you, it’s been great just to expand my range a bit.

How tall were the stilts?

Oh, ten inches. It was pretty high, yeah. You get a little vertigo sometimes.
Read the full interview from Parade here.


Alan Menken

Composer

Monday, February 6, 2017

WATCH: Emma Watson, Josh Gad & Luke Evans invite you to book your tickets for 'Beauty and the Beast'

With the release of the final Beauty and the Beast trailer last week, advance tickets for the movie are now available to purchase. Go to BeOurGuest.com to find showtimes and special offers in your area.



Source: @AMCTheaters, @IMAX

'Beauty and the Beast' Interview Round-Up #3


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February 5th - February 11th
Emma Watson on Proving She Could Sing, Her Favorite Disney Princess, and Other Secrets of 'Beauty and the Beast'
“I had to fight for the role. I had to audition. I had to prove I could sing. I really had to go for it. You can’t have doubts when you’re singing in front of a set of 200 people in one of the biggest musicals of all time.”

“A lot of what I was doing was making sure it kept true to the original and, where I could, making Belle as real as possible. In the animated movie, it’s [Belle’s father] Maurice who’s the kind of crazy, wacky inventor. In the movie, it’s really Belle. She comes up with an idea for a washing machine so that she can read while her creation washes the clothes.”

“It was such a luxury to have Dan there at all. Usually when I’m working with CGI, I’m working with a tennis ball or I’m speaking to an orange dot — or, if I’m really lucky, I’m talking to an LED light. So having a living, breathing human there that I could respond to and I could play off of was wonderful — and, I think, really important for this story.”
Click here to read the full article from Yahoo! Movies.


The X-MEN Character Dan Stevens Wants to See on LEGION
“Beast was performed 10 inches off the ground in a muscle suit on stilts. There was singing and dancing and it was an amazing, epic adventure, that one. The Beast was much more physically challenging, [what with] puppeteering that thing and all the rest."

“It’s also a retelling of a classic fairy tale, which the animated version was as well. There’s a few little twists, and it’s definitely a movie that’s game to play a little bit with our expectations of what we think we’re gonna see. And also in making something three-dimensional from two-dimensional, there are a few moments of added depth that add to the story, and there’s a little playfulness here and there. But it’s made with a huge amount of love and respect for the original, and for the fairy tale, and for the Cocteau version. It’s all in there. A lot of the original music is there, and there’s some new songs that Alan Menken wrote and it’s pretty magical. I’m very excited.”
Read more from Nerdist here.

Beauty and the Beast Inspired From Citizen Kane And Wreck It Ralph, Says Dan Stevens
"In this film, we see him at the debutantes' ball, and something that Bill (director Bill Condon) and I were keen to bring out was this sense of a petulant, spoiled child and the sense of entitlement which led to his downfall. There's this psychological rationale about what makes a beast a beast, so I watched everything from 'Wreck It Ralph' to 'Citizen Kane' to help get me inspired."
Read more from FilmiBeat here.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Director Bill Condon Talks Going Big for IMAX
“It blew me away.”

Director Bill Condon had just watched the entirety of Beauty and the Beast in IMAX for the first time, and to say he was impressed is an understatement. I spoke with Condon just after he viewed the live action adaptation of the 1991 animated Disney film on the extra big screen, and he said even though he knows the film and material so well, the IMAX version made him look at it in a different light. “It made me feel like I was back on those massive sets that we built. They were so big, and you just get to see more of them–that was an unbelievable thrill,” he said.

It’s a significant contrast. Condon kept the IMAX format in mind while they worked. The team looked at both aspect ratios as they filmed and planned camera moves accordingly, whether it was framing the ballroom dance between Belle and the Beast a certain way or showcasing more of the performers. Condon explained the larger image is especially excellent for their sets, which were practical. “We went completely old school for the whole movie. We maybe went on location for a day, but basically the movie was made at Shepperton [Studios] the way you would have made it in MGM in Hollywood in the 1950s,” he said, “We built this entire village with massive sets and huge stages that we connected. So, for example, you could go from the dining room of the castle and walk all the way through to the entry way, to the front stairs, and into this massive ballroom. It was really something. I think that does emerge clearly in the IMAX format.”

A couple of scenes jumped out at Condon as being particularly suited for the IMAX format. “The ballroom,” Condon said. “Being able to go in that room and have it always framed by the chandeliers, which are incredibly high in the air, always have them framing the top of the shot just adds more. Our movie is pretty much packed with beauty, but you get to see more of it and the ballroom scene is a great example.”

Many moments from the animated Beauty and the Beast, like the battle on the turrets and the iconic ballroom scene, are featured in the live action version, but this isn’t meant to be a reboot. Condon explained what they were going for: “In general, it wasn’t about reinventing like some of these recent movies have been. It was really about exploring and digging deeper, inevitably, because you’re bringing people into a live action world. My deepest hope is people see the movie and feel that the additional scenes and the additional material is stuff they always wondered about and wished had been there, so they don’t even remember what was in the animated film and what wasn’t. That it all becomes of a piece.”
Read the full interview here.

Belle, Beast, Lumiere & more enchant in eight new French character posters

The latest set of character posters feature Belle, Beast, and the enchanted objects, including a new look at Cadenza (Stanley Tucci). Check out all the previous Beauty and the Beast posters here.

Friday, February 3, 2017

Disney Movie Surfers takes you behind the scenes on the set of 'Beauty and the Beast'

The latest Disney Movie Surfers segment takes you to the London set of Beauty and the Beast with never before seen clips and behind the scenes footage. Emma Watson also stops by to talk about her role as Belle and the pressure to not "screw this up."


Friday, January 27, 2017

Take a look inside the latest issue of Total Film with a new look at 'Beauty and the Beast'

Take a look inside the latest issue of Total Film Magazine, which includes new interviews with director Bill Condon and the cast, as well as new images from the film and a breakdown of the Beast's design with VFX producer Steve Gaub.

 

Source: La Bella y la Bestia

Thursday, January 26, 2017

New 'Beauty and the Beast' motion character posters

In addition to the new Beauty and the Beast character posters, Disney also released a set of motion posters highlighting the enchanting cast of the live-action film.












New character posters showcase 'Beauty and the Beast's enchanting cast

Disney debuted twelve new character posters this afternoon, including the Prince (Dan Stevens) in his royal celebration costume. Check out all the latest Beauty and the Beast posters here.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

New 'Beauty and the Beast' poster & Chinese New Year message from the cast

With 50 days to go until Beauty and the Beast's release, Disney has released a new international poster from China. Check out all the latest posters here.


Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Josh Gad also joined together in a new video to wish fans a Happy Chinese New Year.

Beauty and the Beast opens in China on Friday, March 17th.

Source: Bella Y Bestia Son, @ChinaBoxOffice

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

"Find beauty in a book" with the new 'Beauty and the Beast READ poster

The American Library Association (ALA) latest celebrity READ poster features Emma Watson as Belle. The poster measures 34" x 22" and is now available from the ALA online store.

Source: ALA

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Emma Watson: "In a strange way, she challenges the status quo of the place she lives in, and I found that really inspiring."

The latest issue of Total Film magazine features an exclusive look at Beauty and the Beast and an interview with the film's stars and director Bill Condon. During the interview, Emma Watson discusses why she turned down the role of Cinderella in the 2014 live-action film and Belle's "empowering defiance."
I didn't know they were going to make Beauty and the Beast at the time I turned down Cinderella, but when they offered me Belle, I just felt the character resonated with me so much more than Cinderella did. 
She remains curious, compassionate and open-minded. And that's the kind of woman I would want to embody as a role model, given the choice. There's this kind of outsider quality that Belle had, and the fact she had this really empowering defiance of what was expected of her. In a strange way, she challenges the status quo of the place she lives in, and I found that really inspiring. She manages to keep her integrity and have a completely independent point of view. She's not easily swayed by other people's perspective—not swayed by fear-mongering or scapegoating. 

The latest issue of Total Film is on newsstands now and you can view the full article here from Emma Watson Updates.


Source: Total Film, Emma Watson Updates, E! News