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The final trailer for  Beauty and the Beast , the live-action remake of the Disney animated film, is here. It features a condensed retelling of the story’s first half, and includes a number of iconic moments that will be familiar to anyone who has seen the 1991 animated original. In this live-action version, Emma Watson takes on the iconic role as Belle, while Kevin Kline, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans step in as Belle’s father Maurice, Beast, and Gaston, respectively. The trailer aired last night and, more importantly, helped define the structure of an entire episode of  The Bachelor .  The titular character, I mean, reality TV star Nick Viall, had to keep his all-important rose in a glass jar a la  Beauty and the Beast . Nothing is sacred. Beauty and the Beast  hits theaters March 17th.

Disney has released the first full trailer for its live action remake of  Beauty and the Beast , which is set to release in cinemas next year. Coming after a teaser trailer that didn’t reveal too much about the movie, this new clip offers glimpses of many of the characters fans will remember from the original. We see Gaston (Luke Evans) rallying an angry mob, presumably for an assault on the Beast’s castle, as well as a brief snippet of one of his musical numbers. Belle’s father also features prominently in the new trailer, played here by Kevin Kline. Unsurprisingly, the animated portion of the cast is also given plenty of focus in this clip. Ewan McGregor’s French accent looks likely to define his performance as Lumière, while the strength of the cast is demonstrated by appearances from Cogsworth (Ian McKellen) and Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson). All this being said, the star of the show is undoubtedly the Beast himself. Even a few years ag...