The Hobbit's Luke Evans in Negotiations to Play Gaston in Beauty and the Beast ...

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Disney's live-action retelling of classic toon. By Jim Vejvoda

Disney has reportedly found their Gaston (again).

The studio's developing a live-action retelling of their 1991 animated blockbuster Beauty and the Beast, which will star Emma Watson as Belle. Now Variety reports that The Hobbit and Dracula Untold's Luke Evans is in negotiations to play Gaston in the Bill Condon-directed film.

In the original animated film, the handsome Gaston went after the Beast after Belle rejected him.

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Production begins later this year. No release date has been announced yet.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/04/the-hobbits-luke-evans-in-negotiations-to-play-gaston-in-beauty-and-the-beast?abthid%3D54f77842863842b237000047

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