Christophe Gans to direct Beauty and the Beast, starring Vincent Cassel, Lea Seydoux
The project being produced by Richard Grandpierre is scheduled to start filming in October this year, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
This would mark Gans' return to the helm after some 6 years; his last work being behind the impressive Silent Hill starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean.
Pror to that, we loved his work in the French film Le pacte des loups (a.k.a. Brotherhood of the Wolf).
In a statement, Gans said "Although I will keep to a form of storytelling of this timeless fairy tale that is in keeping with the same pace and characters as the original, I will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe never experienced before and produce images of an unparalleled quality."