The CW has ordered a script for a potential reboot of the 80′s cult favorite Beauty and the Beast.
The original series starred Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton and ran from 1987-89 on CBS.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Brothers and Sisters duo producer Jennifer Levin and Sherri Cooper are attached to pen the project and executive produce alongside Paul Witt, C. Anthony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Bill Haber. The new series is described as a procedural with a twist.
Right now, it’s only in the script stage. Whether it makes it to a pilot or series remains to be seen.
YES! PLEASE!!!
NO! BLASPHEMY!!!
I'm a devoted fan of the original & I'm nervous about a remake -But devoted fans weren't consulted, so I'm trying to think positively -I have a long wish list: I hope Vincent still looks & acts the same -I hope Catherine (& he) are at least over 25 (Most fans worry the CW will make them teens) -that the only modernization is that Catherine has a cell phone & the procedural twist mentioned is that her job is more of an ivestigational one -that the tunnels & its dwellers are the same -that the show is well written, cast & acted -I think Amber Benson would make a good Catherine & Kevin Durand as Vincent
From the pilot script I've read this reboot is definitely not like the original -It should not have been promoted as such -While it is a beauty & beast type themed show, they shouldn't have named the main characters Catherine & Vincent -I had high hopes for a B&B remake, but I wanted it to be more like the original with all the romance & fantasy -I see none of that in this reboot, especially with the character of Vincent, who was once a unique, mysterious being with a gentle soul -Now he'll be a genetically altered hairy human super soldier? -I honestly thought the script was a joke & not authentic -I am truly disappointed that it was true