A new project based on the late 1980s show “Beauty and the Beast” has cast its “Beauty,” reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog.
"Smallville" actress Kristin Kreuk, who payed Lana Lang in the CW series, has been tapped for a lead in CW’s reboot, the story reports.
The new "Beauty and the Beast" pilot is based on the CBS show of the same name, which starred Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. Kreuk will play Catherine, a New York homicide detective who becomes friends with Vincent, who was transformed into a beast by an experiment gone awry, the piece adds.
Kristin Kreuk
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, poetic, mysterious being with a gentle soul -Now he’ll be a genetically altered hairy human super soldier playing Wii & drinking beer? -I honestly thought the script was a joke & not authentic -I am truly disappointed that it was true –(Btw, in addition to original fans many new fans have discovered the series through the DVD’s)
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, poetic, mysterious being with a gentle soul -Now he’ll be a genetically altered hairy human super soldier playing Wii & drinking beer? -I honestly thought the script was a joke & not authentic -I am truly disappointed that it was true –(Btw, in addition to original fans many new fans have discovered the series through the DVD’s)