The Beauty and the Beast Disney Plus prequel series has been delayed. Variety reports the series has been postponed indefinitely due to creative and scheduling issues.
According to the report, the show was supposed to start shooting in Europe this summer, but “certain creative elements” are not ready yet. Rather than delay shooting, which would have caused scheduling issues for the cast, Disney has apparently decided to revisit the project at a later time.
The show was greenlit last summer for an eight episode run. The project was set to be a musical series serving as a prequel to the 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast adaptation starring Emma Watson. Josh Gad and Luke Evans were on board to reprise their roles as LeFou and Gaston. The series would follow LeFou, Gaston, and LeFou’s stepsister Tilly, a new character played by Briana Middleton.
No new timeline has been set for when filming on the project will get started. For now, Disney Plus subscribers can look forward to the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series coming this spring.
We were fans of the live-action remake in 2017, saying it was a “lovely film that includes the elements fans of the animated classic would hope to see, while also introducing some new aspects that, by and large, effortlessly fit in with the original story’s framework”.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.
