‘Beauty And The Beast’: Emma Watson And Cast Pose For First Photo From Disney’s Live Action Movie

The cast of Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast" snapped a quick photo together on Wednesday.

Josh Gad, who will play Gaston's buddy Lefou, posted the Instagram photo with him, Dan Stevens (Beast/Prince), Luke Evans (Gaston), Emma Watson (Belle) and Kevin Kline (Maurice).

"Can't wait for you to be our guest," Gad captioned the pic.

Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Audra McDonald (Garderobe), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Plumette) and Ian McKellen (Cogsworth) round out the cast. Disney has yet to cast Lumiere and Chip.

Bill Condon will direct the film, a re-telling of Disney's Oscar-nominated animated feature. The studio hired Stephen Chbosky, who directed Watson in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," to write a new script. Evan Spiliotopoulos turned in the original draft.

The "Beauty and the Beast" story comes from a French fairytale about a young woman who agrees to live with the Beast in his palace in exchange for her father's release. She eventually falls in love with him and breaks the curse put upon him by a wicked fairy.

Production on "Beauty and the Beast" will start later this year. The film is slated to premiere in 2016.

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