Dan Stevens to join Emma Watson in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” March 6, 2015 - 10:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Downton Abbey” alum Dan Stevens is in negotiations to take on the role of the titular cursed Prince in Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast,” TheWrap said citing an individual with knowledge of the project. Emma Watson is on board to play Belle, while earlier Wednesday Luke Evans signed on to portray Gaston. Bill Condon (“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”) will direct from a script written by Stephen Chbosky, who directed Watson in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the previous draft of the screenplay. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing under their Mandeville Films banner. “Beauty and the Beast” is the latest Disney classic to receive a live-action adaptation following “Maleficent,” Friday’s “Cinderella” and Jon Favreau‘s upcoming take on “The Jungle Book.” Stevens is best known for his role as Matthew Crawley on PBS’ “Downton Abbey.” He left the show in 2012. He recently starred in Condon’s Wikileaks drama “The Fifth Estate” and also led Sundance thriller “The Guest.”   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |
