Rumours of Emma’s involvement began last July when producer Denise Di Novi, who is working on the project with del Toro, said Emma was lined up to star. In August, del Toro confirmed that he would like to direct Emma in Beauty, saying “I think she is the perfect character to do that movie.” Emma has said a few times over the years she would like to work with del Toro.
Beauty is said to be loosely based on the novel Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley.
Beauty is said to be loosely based on the novel Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of the Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley.
Guillermo del Toro will direct "Beast," a new take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale that Warners has tapped "Bridget Jones's Diary" scribe Andrew Davies to write.
WB's "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is in final negotiations to topline the period pic. Del Toro was originally on board just to produce.
DiNovi Pictures' Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan will produce with del Toro, who plans to write a treatment from which Davies will work.
Del Toro, who's currently filming "Pacific Rim" for WB and Legendary Pictures, is credited as a co-writer on both of WB's upcoming "Hobbit" movies. He recently exec produced Universal's "Mama" and DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians."
Having wrapped her long-running role as Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" pics, Watson will next reteam with "Deathly Hallows" director David Yates. She co-stars in "My Week With Marilyn" and will soon be seen in Summit's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
Davies, who wrote "Bridget Jones's Diary" and its 2004 sequel, most recently penned "The Three Musketeers" and "Brideshead Revisited."
WME reps both del Toro and Watson, who are also respectively repped by Exile Entertainment and U.K.-based Markham, Froggatt and Irwin. Davies is repped by CAA.
Emma being in final negociations, I don't take her participation to the movie as a fact 100% sure - hence the "possibly" in the title of the article. Anything could happen.
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I hope she does it. It is going to be great since del Toro will direct the film..
There was another article that I read that gave a rough estimaion that with all of Del Toro's other projects, filming couldn't even start until the spring of 2013 at the earliest...just when Emma will be graduating from Brown University.
I've heard somewhere that a fan asked her if she was doing the movie and Emma confirmed that she was. I hope she will do it, I really like del Toro so it would be great id they'd work together!
Emma would never confirm something like that to a fan. Her publicist is always very careful of what she says.
I've heard that Mr. Del Toro is notorious for being big into talking up projects, many of which never make the trip from idea to page to screen. If the script isn't due until 2014, it'll be a while until we actually see Emma as Belle, if ever. I hope it works out for her. She certainly has time to finish school.
Emma keeps saying shes growing her hair out for a role. Does she mean in general or is it for a specific role? It might be for Belle because Belle has long hair.
She meant in general I think. From the way I undertand her, she thinks long hair offers more possibility for roles.
You guys, do you think emma is a good actress ? I mean, genuinely...
Personally, I think she has the POTENTIAL to be a great actress. She's not there yet and she still has a lot to learn in this business. I definately think she is on the right track though, she just needs a few more roles and experience.
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