New ‘Beauty and the Beast’ live-action photos reveal Cogsworth, Lumière and the Prince

By Katie Scott Global News

Posted August 30, 2016 1:49 pm

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"These two, just standing there staring... Here's a fine piece of concept art of Ewan McGregor as Lumière and Ian McKellen as Cogsworth. These designs are close but may not be final." . Jack Morrissey / Facebook

A producer of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast has invited his social media followers to be his guest to a first look at several characters from the film.

Beauty and the Beast co-producer Jack Morrissey posted images on his Facebook account Friday of computer-generated renditions of Ewan McGregor as candelabra Lumière and Ian McKellen as clock Cogsworth, as well as Dan Stevens in his human prince form.

While we didn’t get a glimpse of Emma Watson as Belle or Dan Stevens in his Beast mode, the new images, which include concept art, B-roll footage and a screen grab from the upcoming 25th anniversary home release of the 1991 animated feature, reveal our first look at a few key characters.

Morrissey said the images are from a sneak preview that will be included in the 25th anniversary edition of the 1991 animated Beauty and the Beast out September 20.

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From left to right in foreground: that’s McKellen(Cogsworth), Hattie Morahan (Agathe), Kevin Kline (Maurice), and Stevens (Beast/Prince).

On his Facebook page, Morrissey shared the image below with the caption,

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“Here’s a moment of b-roll from a take on the Gaston musical number, with (l. to. r.) Alexis Loizon – Officiel as Stanley, Josh Gad as LeFou, and Luke Evans as Gaston.”