Let's be honest, does "Beauty and the Beast" sound like it would make a good TV show? Ok, I know it did back in the '80s, but it was a different time.
Now, though, there are two separate pilot orders for "Beast" movies - one from ABC (don't they already have "Once Upon a Time"?) and one from the CW. I'm not surprised by either. Like I mentioned, ABC already has a successful fantasy series in "Once Upon a Time", and the CW has both "Vampire Diaries" and "The Secret Circle" which are holding strong.
My concern with the ABC version is that it will be a “a fantastical re-imagining of the classic fairy tale set in a mythical, dangerous world wherein a beautiful and tough Princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast.” Umm... Belle wasn't a princess. She was an ordinary woman - pretty much a librarian. Beast was the prince. That was kind of the whole point. Seriously, can we ever get a female heroine in these fantasy stories that isn't a princess? For goodness sake...
In that sense, the CW's version is more promising, since the 1987 show was based around the (seriously kooky) premise of an asst. DA and her beastly lover living in an underground labyrinth protecting other not-quite-human characters. At least that's procedural. You can draw that out for a while. Plus, no princesses.
But can you really turn one fairytale into a sustainable primetime, network series? I love me some fantasy stuff, so I'd love to be proven wrong, but in the end, we shall see...
[via HuffPo TV]
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