Posted on Nov 14, 2016 Updated on May 25, 2021, 2:33 pm CDT
The first trailer for Disney‘s live-action Beauty and the Beast is a total nostalgia-fest, recreating familiar scenes from the animated classic.
Much like the Cinderella remake, this movie closely follows the original, rather than being a fresh adaptation of the fairytale. The main difference is that Emma Watson‘s Belle is an inventor, adding a more feminist slant to the story.
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