In the tradition of Oz the Great & Powerful and Alice in Wonderland comes Beauty & the Beast.
At least that’s what it feels like, what with the announcement that Trance writer Joe Ahearne’s been tapped to tackle a re-envisioning of the story in the form of a treatment. Trance, the Danny Boyle-directed thriller about an art dealer so badly beaten he looks to hypnotherapy to regain his memories, sounds dark enough to make Ahearne’s hire intriguing. Mouse House could be looking at this adaptation to skew darker, as current plans reportedly indicate The Beast a likely title. Anyone who’s taken a gander at Trance’s trailer knows it’s a film with no shortage of twisted imagery.
The 1991 animated film is a personal favorite of mine, but it’s by no means sacrilege or unexpected that Disney’s back mining public domain territory once again. Announcements like this are to be expected when a film like Oz the Great & Powerful makes $80 million opening weekend. Here’s hoping they learn from that film’s shortcomings and introduce something new and fresh into this revisit. Ahearne’s hire suggests they could be doing exactly that.
Source: Deadline
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I’m pretty sure a live action The Little Mermaid isn’t too far off. Personally, I think they should dig back further and do a live action The Sword in the Stone.
Fairy tales are the easiest possible source material for Hollywood to adapt. That’s why you don’t see any big-screen treatments of THE WORM OUROBOROS or THE DREAM QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH on the horizon.
I’m guessing this removes a Beauty and the Beast adaptation from GDT’s plate, especially since he no longer has a star anyway.
So when do we get a live action The Black Cauldron? Anyone? Hello?
I’m personally up for a live action Fox and the Hound. haha just kidding. But seriously, when is Black Hole gonna happen? It’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea IN SPACE with robots.
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