Luke Evans as Gaston in 2017’s ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ Photo: Disney.
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Disney is developing a Gaston movie.
The character was last seen in the live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast.’
Dave Callaham will write the script.
No-one spins off like Gaston?
If Disney has its way, the boastful, buffoonish character from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ will be getting his own movie.
Last seen in 2017 live-action take on the fairy tale, there played by Luke Evans, the character is now the focus of development on a new film.
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While the success of that movie –– which also starred Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Josh Gad –– spurred development of a potential spin-off TV series starring Evans and Gad (who was his loyal sidekick LeFou), that didn’t come to pass. But according to Deadline, the studio is energized by the new concept (more on that in a moment).
Gaston (Richard White) in 1991’s animated ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ Photo: Disney.
Gaston first appeared in Disney’s original 1991 animated classic (there voiced by Richard White) as an arrogant and ruthless hunter who had unrequited feelings for the main protagonist, the beauty Belle, and ultimately becomes the main adversary of The Beast.
That said, Deadline’s sources have heard that it’ll be a new and original take on the character with a new actor, and that the film will have “swashbuckling” tones to it.
Evans was a great Gaston in the 2017 effort, so whoever takes over the character’s smug mantle will have some big boots to fill. And might the movie go the ‘Cruella’ route and chart where his attitude came from?
When will the Gaston movie be in theaters?
Gaston (Richard White) in 1991’s animated ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ Photo: Disney.
With no director aboard yet and zero casting, don’t expect to see this one on screens just yet. Disney has also to yet to officially announce the movie either.
Dan Stevens is returning for a new Monsterverse movie.
He played Kong dentist Trapper in ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.’
Grant Sputore is in the director’s chair this time.
Emboldened by the success of last year’s ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ (it earned more than $571 million at the worldwide box office), Legendary is full speed ahead expanding its “Monsterverse” cinematic universe revolving around the likes of Godzilla, King Kong and others (Gamera is still waiting for his spotlight. Justice for Gamera!)
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The next movie doesn’t yet have an announced title, but it’ll continue the story introduced in that film and there will be at least one human character continuing over.
Trapper, you may recall, was introduced wearing a loose Hawaiian shirt over a t-shirt, in ‘Godzilla x Kong’ doing dangerous dental work on Kong and replacing the big ape’s infected tooth.
This laidback veterinarian soon ends up joining the other characters on an expedition into Hollow Earth, an area that is the home to gigantic and monstrous creatures.
Stevens, of course, was brought aboard by his occasional collaborator, director Adam Wingard. Since handling the last two movies, though, Wingard has chosen not to return for this one.
Instead, Grant Sputore is in the director’s chair.
The movie followed up the explosive showdown of ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat of a monstrous white ape hidden within our world, challenging their very existence –– and our own.
It delved further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
The new, untitled effort is still mostly being kept under wraps, but according to the first official details, it’ll follow “several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.”
Yep, apparently, there are still some giant threats lurking out there; so the big ape and the giant lizard will have to spring into action once again. At least Kong will know his teeth will be taken care of…
And last week, Deadline reported that the movie saw its first piece of casting as Kaitlyn Dever locked in a deal to star.
Best known for her roles in TV limited series ‘Dopesick’ and the 2019 movie ‘Booksmart,’ Dever will next star in the Netflix limited series ‘Apple Cider Vinegar,’ and will also show up in the second season of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us.’
Details on her character are also, like much of the movie, a mystery, though apparently it represents a renewed push to add in solid characters, which has been a common complaint of especially some of the more recent Monsterverse efforts.
Where else have I seen Dan Stevens?
Dan Stevens in ‘Cuckoo’. Photo: Neon.
The British actor rose to fame on UK TV series ‘Downton Abbey,’ but since then has forged a healthy movie career for himself.
Coming up, he has horror movie ‘The Ritual,’ ‘Swiped,’ which tells the story of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd, and action horror thriller ‘Onslaught,’ re-uniting him with Wingard.
There will also be the small screen likes of ‘The Terror’ and Robert De Niro-starring limited series ‘Zero Day.’
What has happened with the Monsterverse so far?
‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters,’ coming soon to Apple TV+.
Already around for a decade, Legendary’s Monsterverse follows humanity’s battle to survive in a world facing a catastrophic new reality –– the monsters of our myths and legends are real.
It all kicked off with ‘Godzilla’ in 2014 and continued through 2017’s ‘Kong: Skull Island,’ 2019’s ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters,’ 2021’s ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ and last year’s record-breaking ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.’
The Monsterverse has grossed more than $2.5 billion at the global box office and has expanded onto smaller screens via ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ for Apple TV+, which has been renewed for a second season.
When will the new Monsterverse movie be on screens?
The movie is currently scheduled for release on March 26th, 2027. Plenty of time to get to the shelters for when the next round of creature madness stomps across cities.
Opening in theaters on December 20th is the new live-action prequel to 2019’s ‘The Lion King’, entitled ‘Mufasa: The Lion King‘. In honor of the new film, Moviefone is counting down every live -action Disney remake of an animated film ever made.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis directs this live action retelling of the beloved tale of a wooden puppet who embarks on a thrilling adventure to become a real boy. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto, the wood carver who builds and treats Pinocchio (Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) as if he were his own son. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Jiminy Cricket, who serves as Pinocchio’s guide as well as his “conscience”; Academy Award® nominee Cynthia Erivo is the Blue Fairy; Keegan-Michael Key is “Honest” John; Academy Award® nominee Lorraine Bracco is Sofia the Seagull, a new character, and Luke Evans is The Coachman. Also in the cast are Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana (and her marionette Sabina), Giuseppe Battiston as Señor Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick.
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty’s hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth – a parrot who thinks he’s a Rottweiler – teams up with Oddball – an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close).
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
A man-cub named Mowgli (Neel Sethi) fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba), Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and the free-spirited bear, Baloo (Bill Murray).
Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
2019’s ‘Lady and the Tramp’. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures.
The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady (Tessa Thompson) and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp (Justin Theroux). Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.
Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson), a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan (Alexander Molony), a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell (Yara Shahidi), she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she encounters an evil pirate captain, Captain Hook (Jude Law), and embarks on a thrilling adventure that will change her life forever.
An evil, high-fashion designer (Glenn Close) plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan (Liu Yifei), the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential.
Angelina Jolie in ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures.
Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) and her goddaughter Aurora (Elle Fanning) begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
Rafiki (John Kani) relays the legend of Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) to lion cub Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter), daughter of Simba (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé), with Timon (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa (Seth Rogen) lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion a journey of misfits searching for their destiny and working together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.
A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin (Mean Massoud) embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie (Will Smith) while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land’s fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King’s successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora (Elle Fanning). As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent’s true happiness as well.
Simba (Donald Glover) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (James Earl Jones), and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub’s arrival. Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Mufasa’s brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba’s exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
(L to R) Lily James and Richard Madden in ‘Cinderella’. Photo: Walt Disney Studios.
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella (Lily James) finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella’s fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger (Richard Madden) in the woods.
The youngest of King Triton’s (Javier Bardem) daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel (Halle Bailey) longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric (Jonah Hauer-King). With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula (Melissa McCarthy), which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
In 1970s London, amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella (Emma Stone), a clever and creative girl, is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.
Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
(L to R) Dan Stevens and Emma Watson in ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures.
A live-action adaptation of Disney’s version of the classic tale of a cursed prince (Dan Stevens) and a beautiful young woman (Emma Watson) who helps him break the spell.
(Left) ‘Wish’ co-director Chris Buck. (Right) ‘Wish’ co-director Fawn Veerasunthorn.
Disney Animation Studios gears up for its new feature-length animated movie, timed with the studio’s 100th anniversary. ‘Wish’ is helmed by Chris Buck (‘Frozen II’) and Fawn Veerasunthorn (‘Raya and the Last Dragon’). It’s an original fairy tale with an art style inspired by the looks of classic Disney animated movies and the theming of wishing upon a star.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn after a presentation for ‘Wish’ at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles. The two directors discussed the inspiration behind the upcoming animated feature, how many Easter Eggs they managed to sneak into the film, the influences for some of the musical numbers, and working with Ariana DeBose.
(L to R) Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones, Peter Del Vecho, SVP, Feature Film Production, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fawn Veerasunthorn and Chris Buck speak for “Wish” at the Long Lead Press Day In-Person Presentation for ‘Wish’ at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on September 21, 2023. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney.
Moviefone: To begin with, given the title of this film and how much was inspired by the classic Disney message of “When you wish upon a star,” was it always the plan to release this movie timed to the Disney 100th anniversary?
Chris Buck: Yeah. Jen (Lee) had sort of whispered in my ear. We were in the last year of ‘Frozen 2’. She says, “You know 2023 – is just around the corner, we gotta do something special.” We weren’t sure what yet, and so even though we were still finishing up from ‘Frozen 2,’ we pinned up all these stills from each Disney animated movie. I could see on one bulletin board the breadth of all the different styles and all the different years. Everything that Walt (Disney) and beyond had done, what the company had done. So that’s where it started because it wasn’t just the breadth of everything, but then you can see the connection between the movies, and then you can see characters wishing on stars. So then it just became sort of obvious, it’s like this movie has to be about a wish and it has to be wishing on stars.
(L to R) Ariana DeBose as Asha and Alan Tudyk as the pajama-wearing goat, Valentino in “Wish,” which is helmed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. The feature film releases Fall 2023.
MF: You talked about being inspired by Disney classics like ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ and ‘Pinocchio.’ We definitely saw the inspiration in the film’s artwork. Did you manage to sneak in Easter eggs for all the Disney fans and if so, can you tease any?
Fawn Veerasunthorn: You’ve seen some today. The big musical number where you may have heard a certain deer’s name (‘Bambi‘) in there. And there might have been some bunny who thumps a lot. I know we started from the ground up with aiming for this to be an original fairy tale, right? Part of celebrating the future, and coming up with something new with a contemporary song. Along the way, we just couldn’t help ourselves – being Disney fans, creating movies for Disney fans – that there are these ideas that come up, and we try to be tasteful about it and not that it’s distracting, but if you love Disney movies, when you go to see this film…
CB: …You’ll pick up quite a few. There’ll be some fans who pick out ones that maybe we didn’t even consciously do. I mean, it’s already happened. We have a list. It’s a long list.
MF: One of the scenes that we got to see today is where Asha is the tour guide, and she breaks into a musical number and we know that she’s voiced by Ariana DeBose but Asha’s movement matches the way Ariana moves. How was that achieved? Did you capture her dancing in the studio, or was it from purely watching her dance footage?
VF: For this song, we work with a choreographer from Spain, actually. We talked about Rosas as being a fictional place, but it’s a destination that people come from all over the world, but the main influence is North Africa and Southern Europe. In talking with him, we also wanted to infuse that modern sensibility because with Julian Michael’s writing of these songs, you can’t avoid it. So those aspects came together, and he created the dance reference for us onstage in Spain where we filmed it. Then our animators studied it. We also talked to Ariana about the way she moves and the way she thinks Asha would move and react to those two big factors
CB: They would also record not only for the dialect sessions but also her musical sessions. So when she is singing and acting, you know, she’s moving, and so our animators are looking at that, getting the cues and all that.
MF: Finally, were there any specific sequences, numbers or characters that were a bit challenging for you in the making of this film?
CB: They all have their own challenges. Sometimes what you think is going to be a very simple one could be deceiving. I mean, they’re all a challenge, they are all so exciting to play with and to do new things. But I don’t think there’s ever a formula that you say, ‘It’s gonna be easy.”
VF: They come with their own sets of joy and challenges.
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What Is The Plot Of ‘Wish’?
Set in the magical kingdom of Rosas, the story introduces Asha (Ariana DeBose), an optimist with a sharp wit who deeply cares about her community. When Asha turns to the sky in a moment of need and makes a wish, her plea is answered by a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, they face the most formidable of foes to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Angela Lansbury at the 25th Anniversary celebration of Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast.’
Angela Lansbury, an award-winning star of stage and screen, and someone whose name is known by different generations, has died. She was 96.
Lansbury, born in London in October 1925, was the daughter of Moyna Macgill, an Irish-born actor who appeared in West End productions and in movies.
A huge fan of the big screen, Lansbury began studying music and acting as a teenager, and following the family’s move to the US during World War II, started studying performance on a scholarship in New York.
She joined her mother during touring appearances in Canada and started work in nightclubs. The family moved once more, to Los Angeles, and Lansbury was discovered by playwright and screenwriter John van Druten.
Right off the bat, Lansbury was acclaimed, earning an Oscar nomination as scheming Cockney maid Nancy in George Cukor’s 1944 thriller ‘Gaslight’.
Another Academy Award nomination followed with her third movie, 1945’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, and her movie career was in full swing.
Her stage career was almost more successful – bowing on Broadway in 1957’s ‘Hotel Paradiso’, she went on to appear in a variety of plays and musicals, winning seven Tony awards.
Plus, despite a host of guest roles on TV, she’ll likely forever be remembered for her long-running performance in CBS mystery series ‘Murder, She Wrote’, which became a massive hit.
Her role as the sleuthing author Jessica Fletcher started in 1984 and saw her notch up a record 12 Emmy nominations and four Golden Globe award wins. She reprised the role between 1997 and 2003 in four TV movies.
Lansbury’s family released a statement regarding her death.
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 AM today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday,” the statement reads. “In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury. She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”
Angela Lansbury as Nancy Oliver in 1944’s ‘Gaslight.’
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You may recall reading the news last June that Lawrence’s private plane had to make an emergency landing after a flight out of her native Kentucky. One of the engines failed at 31,000 feet and as they prepared to make an emergency landing, the other engine failed. The pilots heroically landed safely in Buffalo, New York, and the plane was met by many emergency vehicles on the ground.
There were no physical injuries, thankfully, but JLaw was left with some psychological scars.
Lawrence is on the new cover of Vanity Fair, and she said the terrifying emergency landing sent her into therapy for the first time to combat her post-traumatic stress. And Disney apparently provided another kind of therapy.
Here’s more from that part of the interview:
“And every time she got on a plane in the aftermath, to soothe her nerves she watched Disney movies on rotation. ‘Thank you, Emma Watson, for Beauty and the Beast,’ she says. ‘I’ve seen it six or seven times. If anybody has any questions about it, come to me.’”
“Beauty and the Beast” was released on DVD on June 6th, 2017, which is just days before Jennifer Lawrence’s plane crash. So the timing was perfect.
This is why Emma Watson doesn’t deserve grief for a misspelled temporary tattoo. Belle is out there really helping people overcome trauma. Even if that person is JLaw — who can’t seem to get out of her own way and just launched a new feud with a reality TV star by calling her the c-word on television. Still.
Guess that’s the “Beauty” and the “Beast” of 2017 in a nutshell.
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” — starring Emma Watson — was the highest-grossing movie of 2017 worldwide, followed by “The Fate of the Furious,” then “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which is still picking up major $$$ into 2018.
But in sad news for movie theaters, domestic box office ticket totals were down again last year, hitting a 25-year low. According to Box Office Mojo’s data, via Business Insider, the total number of tickets sold at the domestic box office in 2017 was 1.239 billion, a 5.8 percent drop compared to 2016, and the lowest total since 1992’s 1.173 billion.
Why are fewer people going out to the movies? Content is a big reason — low quality in theaters and better quality options on TV/streaming.
“Studios are lagging behind for the very simple reason that they are relying on retreads and reboots, and most of those aren’t being well received,” Jeff Bock, senior analyst for Exhibitor Relations, told Business Insider. “Audiences are continuing to flock to streaming in droves for challenging content and that doesn’t look to change in 2018, or the near future. The studios are up against the wall, and the next few years they’ll have to produce a plethora of quality films to win back favor with audiences.”
But if you look at the most popular films in the U.S. and around the world, almost all of them are sequels or reboots. Those are the films people will actually leave the house to see.
1. Beauty and the Beast: $1,263.5 (worldwide): $504.0 (domestic) + $759.5 (overseas) 2. The Fate of the Furious: $1,235.8: $225.8 + $1,010.0 3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: $1,056.4: $533.1 + $523.3 4. Despicable Me 3: $1,033.5: $264.6 + $768.9 5. Spider-Man: Homecoming: $880.2: $334.2 + $546.0 6. Wolf Warrior 2: $870.3: $2.7 + $867.6 7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: $863.7: $389.8 + $473.9 8. Thor: Ragnarok: $848.1: $311.4 + $536.6 9. Wonder Woman: $821.8: $412.6 + $409.3 10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: $794.9: $172.6 + $622.3 11. It: $698.1: $327.5 + $370.6 12. Justice League: $652.9: $225.9 + $427.0 13. Logan: $616.8: $226.3 + $390.5 14. Transformers: The Last Knight: $605.4: $130.2 + $475.3 15. Kong: Skull Island: $566.7: $168.1 + $398.6
(Are you thinking, What the heck is “Wolf Warrior 2”? It made $870.3 million worldwide and only $2.7 million domestically, so clearly the North American box office is not the center of the universe!)
Will 2018 follow this same trend in slightly lowered box office receipts, or will films like “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” “Deadpool 2,” the “Fantastic Beasts” sequel, and these other 2018 movies keep fans showing up at the theater?
Disney’s 2017 remake of “Beauty and the Beast” made more than $1.2 billion at the global box office, but money can’t save the movie from an Honest Trailer calling it “an empty spectacle” and “glorified rehash.” (However, it does star “Emma Stone’s favorite Belle,” since Emma Watson turned down “La La Land” for this movie.)
The honest trailer isn’t as brutal as some can be, but it does focus on the lack of originality, and takes some shots at LeFou’s (Josh Gad) blink-and-you-miss-it “gay” moment that somehow got the film banned in several countries.
They also point out a certain similarity in Emma Watson’s most famous characters:
“Meet Belle, a beautiful book-lover who fall in love with an ugly dude.”
They flash to a “Harry Potter” movie scene with Hermione Granger and Rupert Grint’s Ron Weasley.
“So… Hermione?”
Burn! They also point out that while Emma Watson turned down an Oscar-winning role in ‘La La Land’ for “Beauty and the Beast,” “she deserves an Oscar for not laughing every time Dan Stevens showed up in his MoCap suit.” Truth.
Step aside, “La La Land” and “Beauty and the Beast,”“Wonder Woman” is now the most tweeted-about film of 2017 so far, with Diana Prince also besting Bruce Wayne as the most tweeted-about character.
Variety snared Twitter with The Lasso of Truth to get exclusive tweet information. “Wonder Woman” has earned more than 2.19 million tweets this year, they report, putting the movie at No. 1 in the U.S., over the musical that almost won Best Picture and Disney’s $1.2 billion live-action remake.
Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman topped the film character list, followed by Batman and — surprise? — Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor at No. 3. Just for “Wonder Woman” itself, Variety reports the most-tweeted names were Gal Gadot, followed by director Patty Jenkins, then Chris Pine.
The year is only halfway over, so there’s still time for another film to swoop in and steal the Twitter title from “Wonder Woman.” Will it be “Spider-Man: Homecoming”? “Thor: Ragnarok”? “Justice League”? “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”?
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Guess that’s the “Beauty” and the “Beast” of 2017 in a nutshell.
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