History WMG / BeautyAndTheBeast2017

Jean's actor, Gerard Horan, is also in Cinderella as Lord Veneering, so if we're going incredibly meta, then Jean is an ancestor of Lord Veneering (or vice-versa).

Gaston will be SparedByTheAdaptation and, in keeping with the movie's feminist themes, his hypermasculine persona will be shown as a mask he puts on due to society's pressures on men. Belle will encourage [=LeFou=] to use love to bring out the best in him, just as she did for the Beast.

** When the curse is explained in the intro, it's mentioned that all memories of the castle have been erased from the villagers' memories.

Which is why Belle didn't use it to get back to the village to save her father. It's also why Belle's childhood home looks so well-preserved when they go there...I have no idea how she got the rose thing though. Magic or something.

[[WMG: One of Belle's inventions will be a ChekhovsGun.

The propensity of magic in the story makes me want to connect it to the HarryPotter universe. Hermione decided to take a year off after the Battle of Hogwarts, went on a time travel vacation, and assumed the identity of Belle, but forgot her wand. Both characters are played by Creator/EmmaWatson, love reading, and are in excessively magical circumstances at a castle. This is a 'sequel' to Harry Potter's experiences with TheWomanInBlack.

It is strongly implied the curse created by the Enchantress was actually only temporary and that the Enchantress was going to return everything back to the way it was, regardless if Belle said she loved Beast or not. Despite Belle saying she loves Beast, after the rose lost its last petal, the Enchantress who was disguised as Agathe the old woman Belle showed kindness to, knew Belle was the chosen one as Lumiere predicted and she rather set up the whole story so that Belle will break the spell. In short, the Enchantress was really a chess master and knew the prince was cold hearted at the start of the film but wanted to test his attitude. So she really only punished Beast for a limited time so he can have a chance to think about what he had done and to redeem himself and it works.

** '''Confirmed.''' The movie gives him an entire arc of realizing that Gaston is a much worse person than he thought he was, and taht he can do better.

[[WMG: This Film is about what Hermoine Granger did on her Gap year before university]]
the propensity of magic in the story, makes me want to connect it to the HarryPotter universe. Hermoine decided to take a year off after the battle of Hogwarts, went on a time travel vacation, and assumed the identity of belle, but forgot her wand. both characters are played by Emma Watson, love reading, and are in excessively magical circumstances at a castle. this is a 'sequel' to harry potters experiences with TheWomanInBlack.

[[WMG: One of Belle's inventions will be a [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]].]]

** It makes sense to have the wolves be a part of the curse in general. The wolves seem to herd Maurice to the castle at the beginning of the film and when Belle flees from the castle they give chase. . .''as if to take her back.''

* '''Jossed.''' No such thing happens, and as in the 1991 film, Gaston remains evil to the end and suffers a DisneyVillainDeath after he seemingly kills the Beast.

** A possibility, since this has been the most accepted name for the Prince since the film's original release

* Stephane

It seems wrong that Madame, Credenza, and their dog all got cursed without having a hand in the Prince's personality but the debutantes don't. Especially since they laughed at the Enchantress. In the animated film the wolves were gray. In this film they're white. What color were all the debutantes wearing?

It is strongly implied the curse created by the Enchantress was actually only temporary and that the Enchantress was going to return everything back to the way it was, regardless if Belle said she loved Beast or not. Despite Belle saying she loves Beast, after the rose lost its last petal, the Enchantress who was disguised as Agathe the old woman Belle showed kindness to, knew Belle was the chosen one as Lumiere predicted and she rather set up the whole story so that Belle will break the spell. In short, the Enchantress was really a chess master and knew the prince was cold hearted at the start of the film but wanted to test his attitude. So she really only punished Beast for a limited time so he can have a chance to think about what he had done and to redeem himself and it works.

In the final trailer Belle learns from the household servents that when the enchanted rose loses all of it's petals the Beast and the servents remain in their current physical form forever. Lumiere and Cogsworth, though, do not tell Belle Beast has to love her and for her to love him, as Beast and Belle have to have a spark between them if the curse is to be broken.

It is strongly implied the curse created by the Enchantress was actually only temporary and that the Enchantress was going to return everything back to the way it was regardless if Belle said she loved Beast or not. Despite Belle saying she loves Beast after the rose lost it's last petal the Enchantress who was disguised as Agathe the old woman Belle showed kindness to knew Belle was the chosen one as Luimier predicted and she rather set up the whole story so that Belle will break the spell. In short the Enchantress was really a chess master and knew the prince was cold hearted at the start of the film but wanted to test his attitude. So she really only punished Beast for a limited time so he can have a chance to think about what he had done and to redeem himself and it works.

Gaston will be SparedByTheAdaptation and, in keeping with the movie's feminist themes, his hypermasculine persona will be shown as a mask he puts on due to society's pressures on men. Belle will encourage [=LeFou=] to use love to bring out the best in him, just as she did for the Beast.

** '''Confirmed'''. In addition to the above, Maurice is a music box maker instead of an inventor, referencing a music box's importance in earlier drafts (first as an object he tried to sell to raise money, later as one of the Enchanted Objects).

* '''Adam'''

* Adam

Wether Belle has Stockholm Syndrome or not, how much time the castle spent cursed (was Chip born a teacup, did they age naturally, was the Prince really eleven when he was cursed), where are the prince's parents, what is his name, and the weird time issues the film seems to have (Lefou staying guarding all winter, Maurice lost in the woods for months)...

In the original Disney film we only saw about 2 minutes of the Prince and his servants as humans at the end of the film once Belle unintentionally breaks the spell. This time though we will see more screentime of the Prince and his servants as human beings. Not only will we see them return as human, we will also see them be cursed by The Enchantress either at the start of the film or like in the Beauty and the Beast Enchanted Christmas via flashback.

In the final trailer Belle learns from the household servents that when the enchanted rose loses all of it's petals the Beast and the servents remain in their current physical form forever. Lumiere and Cogsworth though do not tell Belle Beast has to love her and for her to love him as Beast and Belle have to have a spark between them if the curse is to be broken.

** Seemingly confirmed by the director. Whether or not he is redeemed at the end, Lefou will struggle with sexuality due to his attraction to Gaston. It's not much, but it seems like more of an arc than the 1991 film gave him.

* Much like ''The Jungle Book'' borrowed some elements from the original story, the film takes cues from both the fairy tale and original ideas for the animated version. This can already be seen in how Maurice encounters the Beast (when he tries to take a rose for Belle), and Philippe's appearance in this film (a white horse that was supposed to be given to Belle by a suitor in early drafts of the animated film: possibly a gift from Gaston this time around?).

I'm guessing this will happen either due to the cartoon physics of the original film not being well-translated onto live-action, or maybe to make a point ("Beauty is found within", aka maybe we shouldn't judge the short fat guy of being evil just because of his looks). Maybe he starts off as the original Lefou, as Gaston's adoring doormat fanboy, but once the plot thickens he starts doubting his friend's plans and the dark path Gaston is taking.