Josh Gad to star in Disney’s live action “Beauty and the Beast” March 14, 2015 - 11:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Josh Gad is currently in negotiations to star in Disney’s live action “Beauty and the Beast,” TheWrap said citing an individual with knowledge of the deal. Voice of the beloved “Frozen” snowman Olaf, Gad’s human form will join the previously announced Emma Watson, Dan Stevens and Luke Evans in the retelling of the Disney classic under director Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls”). The actor is in contention for Le Fou, the bird-brained sidekick of Evans’ cocky and menacing Gaston (who, in other iterations, is actually quite charming). Reps for Gad have not yet returned TheWrap’s request for comment. “Beauty and the Beast” is the latest Disney classic to receive a live-action adaptation following “Maleficent,” “Cinderella” and Jon Favreau‘s upcoming take on “The Jungle Book.” Meanwhile, Gad will remain on the Disney payroll in the aforementioned Olaf role, as the company announced production on “Frozen 2” during a Thursday investors call.  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 The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
