Perks Of Being A Wallflower writer to bring teen angst to Beauty And The Beast
After a slew of so-so movies that reimagined fairy tales with grittier aesthetics (Snow White And The Huntsman, Jack The Giant Slayer, Red Riding Hood), the success of Disney’s Maleficent proved that what people really want to see is the images they’ve loved since childhood rearranged in a new order with a few twists thrown in. (See also: ABC’s Once Upon A Time.) As such, Disney’s latest strategy involves directly adapting its beloved animated properties into live-action films. The Kenneth Branagh-directed Cinderella hits theaters March 2015 while Jon Favreau is currently working on a remake of The Jungle Book. The third big adaptation in this vein is the Bill Condon-helmed Beauty And The Beast, which will directly adapt the 1991 Oscar-nominated animated feature and include music from the film and its Broadway adaptation.
