Bill Condon News

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts are pleased to announce that the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) will continue their 25 Years: 25 Films series with a screening of Judy Berlin on Sunday, April 9 at 6:00pm, featuring a special appearance by lead actress Edie Falco. Ticket prices are $10 and are available online at www.baystreet.org and hamptonsfilmfest.org, or by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11:00am to 5:00pm.

Internationally, the film took in an additional $17.8 million on Thursday, bringing its overseas sum to $262 million and worldwide total to $490.6 million. The site predicts the movie will easily cross the $500 million mark worldwide today.

La nueva version de LA BELLA Y LA BESTIA de Disney ha recaudado 5,6 millones de euros de viernes a domingo, lo que supone un 56% de la taquilla total. Hasta hoy dia 21 de marzo lleva acumulados 6,2 millones de euros y se acerca al millon de espectadores. 

According to Entertainment Weekly, Disney's live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is living up to expectations with excellent box office figures. In its opening weekend the film made $170 million domestically, an historical record for any March opening.

Actor Josh Gad, who portrays Lefou in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, surprised guests dining at the Be Our Guest restaurant in New Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom in celebration of the new live-action movie.

Be sure to tune in next Thursday, March 31st to see Tony Award-nominated actor, Josh Gad, join forces with Kelly Ripa as co-host of Live with Kelly! The actor will be joining the morning chat show in support of his anticipated turn as Le Fou in Disney's brand-new remake of 'Beauty and the Beast.'

Today, Deadline reports that Disney has confirmed 'the film has been not and will not be cut for Malaysia.'

Josh Gad stopped by this morning's GMA to dish his role in Disney's upcoming remake of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and share a short clip from the film.

The Tony nominee stopped by this morning's TODAY to reminisce about the original animated version and explains how he put his own spin on the character. Watch clips from the appearance below!

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy and guest Josh Gad played a game of 'Box of Microphones - Disney Edition' and performed such classics as 'Do You Want to Build a Snowman,' and 'Beauty and the Beast.'

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: David Byrne's JOAN OF ARC: INTO THE FIRE opens tonight Off-Broadway!

Disney's highly anticipated live-action reboot of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is now Fandango's No. 1 family film of all time as far as advance ticket sales.

On today's GMA, Josh Groban, currently starring in Broadway's 'THE GREAT COMET OF 1812', performed the beautiful new song 'Evermore' from Disney's BEAUTY & THE BEAST.

On last night's LATE SHOW, T2 Trainspotting' star Ewan McGregor doesn't understand what has haters so fired up about his film BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, in which he portrays a candlestick.

Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, Ian McKellen, Bill Condon (director) and Alan Menken (composer) arrived at Alice Tully Hall for the New York special screening of Disney's live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, through Columbia Pictures, together with MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines), held a special advance screening of its live-action retelling of the animated classic 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) at IMAX Megamall Theatre in Mandaluyong Monday night.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! This weekend's big news: PRESENT LAUGHTER, starring Kevin Kline, begins on Broadway tonight, and Samantha Barks and Arthur Darrell headline HONEYMOON IN VEGAS in London on Sunday!

Fandango managing editor Erik Davis tells Mashable.com today that Disney's highly-anticipated live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has already surpassed 'Finding Dory' in ticket pre-sales, becoming the fastest-selling family film in history.

Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures has just announced that Academy Award winner Bill Condon (Disney's Beauty & the Beast, Gods and Monsters, Chicago and Dreamgirls) will direct the first stage adaptation of A STAR IS BORN, based on the 1954 Warner Bros. motion picture. The new musical is in early development and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures will announce a production timeline in the near future.

Audra McDonald joined THE VIEW co-hosts at Disney World this morning to talk about her role as Madame Garderobe in the new live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and share a clip form the film.