Getting Potty: Emma Thompson is Mrs. Potts

Emma Thompson will be the maternal figure Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast (2017). Photo Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic.

It’s official. Emma Thompson has been cast as Mrs Potts in the new retelling of Beauty and the Beast. She will take the reins from Angela Lansbury who voiced the character in the animated classic, and yes, she will also sing. The new version will have the songs of your childhood – but also new ones – as well as songs from the Broadway musical.

Mrs Potts (voiced by Angela Lansbury) in the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast (1991). Photo Credit: Disney.

The question is how they will create the servants, who are mainly in non-human form. According to TIME, Beauty and the Beast will be a hybrid of live-action and CGI (it’s unknown what the tone of this retelling will be).
If Andy Serkis, the man behind Gollum, Caesar and King Kong gets cast as some talking furniture, it wouldn’t be a surprise.

The servants in the animated classic. Photo Credit: allmovies.com.
What will the servants be like in the new movie- similar to this? Photo Credit: mardigrascostumeshop.com.

Beauty and the Beast will be released on March 17, 2017, and filming starts in May. Emma Watson will star as Belle, Dan Stevens as Beast, Luke Evans will play the hilarious (and obnoxious) villain Gaston and Josh Gad will star as Gaston’s sidekick LeFou. Even more recently, Kevin Kline has been announced as the choice for Belle’s father, Maurice.

We can’t wait to hear them all sing!

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