First clip for Disney's live-action 'Beauty and the Beast' has Emma Watson singing a classic tune from the original

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By Darian Scalamoni

            With just a little under a month until the live-action Beauty and the Beast, Disney has released a clip from the film that features a memorable musical number from the original film. In the clip, we see Emma Watson singing “Belle” and spoiler alert: It’s terrific. The rendition is almost spot-on in regards to the 1991 animated classic and is brought to life from great direction by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey).

            The clip maintains the spirit of the original so much so that if I was listening in another room, it’d be hard to tell the two films apart by this song. Beauty and the Beast hopes to continue Disney’s trend of great live-action versions of their library of animated movies. Cinderella, Pete’s Dragon and The Jungle Book were all well-received with the latter making my top 10 list of 2016. They also have a ton of other live-action “re-imaginings” in the pipeline including Aladdin, Mulan, Dumbo and even The Lion King that recently cast James Earl Jones and Donald Glover.

            Check out the clip of Emma Watson singing “Belle” in the upcoming film from Disney. The cast includes Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson. Beauty and the Beast opens everywhere on March 17^th.