Emma Watson to play Belle in Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon. She had turned down Cinderella in 2013.

....at times, a shot-for-shot remake of the animated film. The production attempts to establish its own personality through diverse casting choices and a weird fixation on personal sexuality, but Condon comes up short most of the time, only succeeding at bloating the picture past the two hour mark.

when Watson sings, the illusion is snapped, finding the actress unable to muster much power in the vocal department. The auto-tune is pronounced during Watson’s numbers, making one long for a professional singer in the role, to spin soundtrack gold. Once Belle’s introduction is made with an eponymous tune, it becomes clear that something is off about this “Beauty and the Beast,” with vocal limitations joining the feature’s rather gloomy atmosphere, making the romantic adventure feel suffocating, not tender and wise.