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Guillermo del Toro will direct Emma Watson in new Beauty and the Beast tale

Guillermo del Toro will direct Warner Bros’ upcoming Beast, based on the classic Beauty and the Beast tale. According to Variety, Emma Watson is in final negotiations to star in the pic (as the beauty, obviously). Del Toro has long been attached to produce a Beauty and the Beast flick for WB, but today’s news confirms he will direct the […]

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Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Two

Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Two. By Simon Miraudo. Beasts, and guards, and Michael Shannons, oh my! My second day of movie-watching at the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival was a packed one; so much so, I don’t even have time to write a proper introduction to this diary entry. Instead, I’m just going […]

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Emma Watson cast in Guillermo del Toro’s Beauty and the Beast

Emma Watson has been cast as the title character in a Guillermo del Toro-produced adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (as the Beauty, obviously). ComingSoon spoke to producer Denise Di Novi, who revealed that she was working on the picture with del Toro. No more details have been revealed. It’s unlikely del Toro will direct, […]

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