According to The Tracking Board, the actor turned director is the studio's top choice to play the prince transformed into a beast by
a beautiful enchantress as punishment for his arrogance.
In the 18th - century French fairy tale, a
beautiful young woman takes her father's place as a prisoner in a hideous monster's castle, only to fall in love with the Beast, who turns out to be handsome prince cursed by an
enchantress.
What's on my to - be-read list:
Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, Paper Towns and Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, The Land of Stories: The
Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer, Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman, Noggin by John Corey Whaley... and probably more I can't remember.