Emma Watson Unveils First 'Beauty and the Beast' Movie Poster - See the Spellbinding Pic!

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Emma Watson is definitely the "Belle of the Ball" in a newly released poster for the upcoming live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast.

The 26-year-old actress dances with her beastly co-star, Dan Stevens, on the stunning movie poster, which Watson herself debuted via Facebook on Thursday.

"So happy I get to show all of you the new teaser poster for Beauty and the Beast! You are the very first people to see this. I hope you like it." Watson wrote in the post signed, "Love Emma."


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Directed by Bill Condon, Beauty and the Beast features an all-star cast that includes Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Audra McDonald, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.

The forthcoming adaption of the 1991 animated classic, reimagines the timeless love story, with a feminist twist.

Watson recently reveled that she helped create a backstory for Belle.

"We created a backstory for her, which was that she had invented a kind of washing machine," she explained. "So that, instead of doing laundry, she could sit and use that time to read instead. So, yeah, we made Belle an inventor."


Beauty and the Beast
hits theaters March 17, 2017.


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