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Idris Elba auditioned to play Gaston in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast

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As it turns out, even Idris Elba still gets turned down for parts every so often. In a recent interview with People to promote his latest film, Hany Abu-Assad’s survival thriller The Mountain Between Us, the actor revealed that despite auditioning for this year’s live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, Disney decided to go in […]

Global box office hits record $39.92 billion in 2017

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Deadline is reporting that the global box office set a new record in 2017, with a final tally of $39.92 billion – a 6% increase over 2016 – which includes $11.12 billion from North America (down 2.3% on 2016’s $11.4 billion) and a record $28.8 billion from international markets. By close of play on the […]

Emma Watson would “love to do a sequel” to Beauty and the Beast

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During an interview with Access Hollywood at the premiere for her new film, actress Emma Watson has revealed that she “would love to do a sequel” to this year’s smash hit live-action Beauty and the Beast movie. “I would love to do a sequel,” said Watson. “I always thought that Belle would become a teacher […]

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast passes $1 billion at the worldwide box office

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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has continued its magical run at the box office by becoming the first movie of 2017 to cross the $1 billion mark worldwide. The film – which is now the highest-grossing live-action musical of all-time – reached the milestone on Wednesday, taking 29 days to hit the ten-figure mark and […]

Beauty and the Beast hits $875 million at the worldwide box office

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It may have been knocked from the top of the box office by DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby, but Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has enjoyed another solid weekend around the globe, pushing the live-action blockbuster’s global take to $876.3 million. Beauty and the Beast has comfortably surpassed Disney’s previous live-action adaptations Cinderella ($543.5 million) […]

UPDATE: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast nears $700 million worldwide, overtakes Logan to become biggest release of 2017 to date

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Having surpassed the total gross of its animated predecessor midweek, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has now crossed the half billion dollar mark at the global box office, pushing its total haul to $541.2 million by close of play on Friday and overtaking 20th Century Fox’s Logan ($539.8 million) to become the biggest earner of 2017 […]

Beauty and the Beast knocks Star Wars out of the all-time domestic box office top 10

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For the first time since its release in 1977, George Lucas’ Star Wars no longer sits in the top ten of the all-time highest-grossing domestic movie releases, with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast surpassing the $461 million haul of A New Hope to climb to tenth place. Here’s the all-time top ten highest-grossing movies in North America: […]

Alternative Vader scene from Rogue One, Ewan McGregor on Obi-Wan, Deadpool and X-Force, Coming to America sequel – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… BE CAREFUL NOT TO CHOKE ON YOUR ASPIRATIONS Disney and Lucasfilm delivered one of – if not the – greatest Darth Vader moments with his final scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and screenwriter Gary Whitta has revealed that his original draft of the script featured an […]

Alan Menken: A Life in Disney

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As Beauty and the Beast shatters box office records worldwide, Sean Wilson looks back at the illustrious Disney career of its celebrated composer Alan Menken… Disney’s in-vogue trend of rebooting their animated classics shows no signs of abating, as their live-action take on 1991 masterpiece Beauty and the Beast waltzes onto screens. Starring Emma Watson […]