![]() “I’ve been wanting to do an updated version of Beauty and the Beast for 30 years but never really knew how to do it,” celebrated anime director Mamoru Hosoda tells Fandom as we meet in person at the BFI London Film Festival where his film is making its UK premiere. Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle is the latest to take its cue from La Belle et la B ête, and it’s a contemporary, timely, and relevant retelling. The story, it seems, has plenty within it that has not only resonated across the centuries but that is also still ripe for exploring today. ![]() And then there are the countless screen stories inspired by the fairytale. It’s had numerous adaptations over the years since the story was published in its first incarnation by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, with Disney as recently as 2017 remaking a live-action version of their animated classic starring Emma Watson in the lead role of Belle. Beauty and the Beast is a beloved tale one as old as time.
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