Disney developing BEAUTY AND THE BEAST prequel series

Disney+ is set to make a prequel series centred around Gaston and LeFou, said a report by The Hollywood Reporter.

Luke Evans and Josh Gad are set to reprise their roles from the 2017 live-action remake of the musical.

The series will be released on Disney+, which is already the home of the original 1991 movie, the 2017 remake, and an episode of Encores focused around the stage production.

The six episode miniseries comes from Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, with Gad also serving as co-creator, writer, and showrunner.

It will follow the pair before the events of the original 1991 film. There are no reports of other cast members from the 2017 remake returning to the series.

Watch Gad and Evans performing “Gaston” from the 2017 film below.

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Gabi Bergman (she/her) is a Melbourne-based performer and educator, and the current Deputy Editor-in-Chief of AussieTheatre.com. She holds a double degree in Theatre Studies and Film/Screen Studies, along with a Master of Teaching (Secondary Education). A passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity in the arts, Gabi brings her deep love of storytelling to the stage, the page, and the classroom. A lifelong lover of theatre, she spends more on tickets than she’d like to admit. Her most prized possession is her ever-growing collection of theatre programs.