Next month, its live action remake will come out, but no doubt many of you have wondered since the project was announced why Disney would want to re-do Beauty and the Beast given its level of success last time.
As it turns out, a lot of it had to do with putting a new twist on Belle.
It’s been 26 years since Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was released in theaters, and it’s still widely considered one of the studio’s best movies of all time.
As the third entry of the Disney Renaissance, it received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the first animated movie to earn such an honor.