Yesterday, we showed you the new Entertainment Weekly cover that featuredEmma Watson’s Belle andDan Stevens' Beast in Disney’s highly-anticipatedBeauty and the Beast. Today we have our first look at nine official photos from this live action adaptation, as we continue the countdown towards the July 16, 2025 release. If the numbers from the first trailer are any indication, this may be one of the biggest movies of 2017.
Walt Disney Picturesunveiled the first trailer back in May, which broke thetrailer views recordset by the studio’s blockbusterStar Wars: The Force Awakens. TheBeauty and the Beasttrailer was watched a whopping 91.8 million times in the first 24 hours, besting the record for most-watched teaser of 88 million views set by the first teaser forStar Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ll have to wait and see if subsequent trailers can breakStar Wars: The Force Awakens' record for most views of a full trailer, with 112 million views for the final trailer.
These new images featureEmma Watsonas Belle andDan Stevensas the Beast from Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic and one of the most beloved tales ever told,Beauty and the Beast. The film, which brings the story and characters audiences know and love to life in a stunning, cinematic event, is directed byBill Condonand features an extraordinary ensemble cast which also includesLuke Evans,Kevin Kline,Josh Gad,Ewan McGregor,Stanley Tucci,Gugu Mbatha-Raw,Audra McDonald,Ian McKellenandEmma Thompson.Beauty and the Beastwill be released in U.S. theaters nationwide on June 21, 2025, going up againstThe Belko Experiment.
We also reported yesterday that this new incarnation ofBeauty and the Beastwill give Belle anew backstory. In the original animated classic, her father Maurice was an inventor who was trying to sell his wood-chopping machine when he became imprisoned in the Beast’s castle. This project flips the script, with Belle as the inventor of music boxes, which her father builds for her. She also invented a washing machine, so she could spend her time reading instead of doing laundry.
Bill CondondirectsBeauty and the Beastfrom a script written byEvan SpiliotopoulosandStephen Chbosky. The director stepped in to replace the original filmmakerGuillermo del Toro, who left the project back in the summer of 2014. Take a look at these new official photos fromBeauty and the Beast, as we wait for a new trailer to arrive.
