Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures & Mandeville Films debuted Beauty and the Beast trailer.

Beauty and the Beast Trailer

Beauty and the Beast is a live-action remake of the 1991 animated musical film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy tale.

The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as The Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Josh Gad as LeFou, Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Babette, Audra McDonald as Wardrobe with the voices of Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Stanley Tucci as Cadenz, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, and Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.

Beauty and the Beast is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle.

Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within.

Directed by Bill Condon, written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos.

Production handled by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with Alan Menken providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice.

Beauty and the Beast is scheduled to be released on March 17, 2017 in standard, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats.