From Hermione to Belle: Emma Watson to Star in Live-Action “Beauty and the Beast”

Posted on January 26, 2015 at 12:18 pm

Disney is working on a new live-action “Beauty and the Beast,” a follow to the upcoming “Cinderella,” and they have announced that “Harry Potter’s” Emma Watson will star as Belle. It will be directed by Bill Condon (“Dreamgirls,” “Kinsey”). Watson made the announcement on her Facebook page:

“I’m finally able to tell you… that I will be playing Belle in Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast! It was such a big part of my growing up, it almost feels surreal that I’ll get to dance to ‘Be Our Guest’ and sing ‘Something There.’ My six year old self is on the ceiling – heart bursting. Time to start some singing lessons. I can’t wait for you to see it.”

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Leonard Maltin’s Collection of Movie Memorabilia on eBay

Posted on December 2, 2014 at 8:00 am

Copyright Disney 2002
Copyright Disney 2002

The great critic and film historian Leonard Maltin has moved to a new home and so he is putting some of his fabulous collection of movie treasures up for auction on eBay.

Maltin writes:

Long ago I got hooked on pressbooks, those oversized, slick-paper campaign booklets that include movie ads and promotional gimmicks. I’m starting to weed out my collection, so if you’re interested in John Wayne titles like The Flying Leathernecks or The Sea Chase, an ad supplement for Bogart and Bacall in The Big Sleep (with a few ads cut out), Robert Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy and The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy, or a reissue of Laurel and Hardy’s Great Guns, take a look. I even have a 1949 reissue pressbook for King Kong which RKO paired with Val Lewton’s I Walked With a Zombie. There are plenty more to come.

We have an overabundance of Disney collectibles, from a charming 1940 Syroco figure of Pinocchio to a handful of limited-edition pieces from an old Disneyana convention. (My favorite is a figurine of Donald Duck striking the gong from the opening sequence of The Mickey Mouse Club.) There’s also a lovely ceramic lamp of Bambi from the 1940s manufactured by Goebel.

If there’s a movie fan on your gift list this year, you may find just the treasure you’re looking for here.

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Trailer: Disney’s New Live-Action “Cinderella” With Cate Blanchett as the Evil Stepmother

Posted on November 19, 2014 at 12:08 pm

Lily James (“Downton Abbey”) plays the title role in Disney’s new live-action “Cinderella,” with Cate Blanchett as the evil stepmother and Helena Bonham-Carter as the fairy godmother, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Richard Madden (“Game of Thrones”) is the charming prince. And look at the gorgeous production design from Dante Ferretti (“Hugo”) and costumes from Sandy Powell (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Tempest”). It will be in theaters in March 2015.

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