Film Shooting for “Beauty and the Beast” to begin this May

Emma Watson and the cast of Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast have been so recently announced. Other Harry Potter actors, Emma Thompson (Professor Trelawney) as Mrs. Potts and Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew) as Maurice, are still only rumored to join the cast. However, producer Todd Lieberman is so excited for the project, that he cannot wait to begin shooting for the film this spring! It has been confirmed that filming for Beauty and the Beast will begin May 18, in London. Radio Times reports:

The Beauty and the Beast production will shoot from 18th May with Harry Potter star Emma Watson as Belle.

Lieberman – who’s worked on Warm Bodies and The Muppets – cannot wait to get started on the project. “Beauty and the Beast we’re wildly excited about,” he explained to Collider. “That’s shooting in London.”

“We’ve got Emma Watson, we’ve got Bill Condon directing, and Stephen Chbosky wrote our script. It’s really fun, and we couldn’t be happier about that.”

Also rumoured to be featuring in the movie musical is Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson, who is believed to be playing Mrs. Potts, meanwhile there are whisperings that Mr Turner star Timothy Spall could play Maurice.