Eight years ago, Disney released its live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as the Beast/Prince, and Luke Evans as Gaston. It remains one of Disney’s most financially successful movies with its $1.26 billion haul, and there were several attempts made to keep this continuity going, none of which worked out. Now word’s come in that Gaston is getting his own movie, and the Mouse House reported approach to this project has left me confused.
According to Deadline, Dave Callaham has been tapped to write the script for this Gason-focused picture, with Kate Herron and Briony Redman having penned a previous draft. Michelle Rejwan is producing the project, but no director has been hired yet. Now here’s where things get weird. Luke Evans will not reprise Gaston, as was going to be the case in that scrapped Gaston and LeFou prequel series. Instead, this in-development movie will focus on a “new and original” version of the character in a story that has “swashbuckling” tones to it.
