Luke Evans wrote on Twitter shortly after reports surfaced that Disney+ canceled the prequel series, , it had been working on.
Evans, who played Gaston in the live-action film, was set to reprise his role alongside Josh Gad as LeFou in an eight-episode musical series written and produced by creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis.
This is a very sad message for us to tweet. We are devastated. Goodbye, for now, from Gaston and Le fou ❤️The news of the cancellation comes as the series was expected to finally start production this summer in the U.K.
It even had recently added Rita Ora to the cast as an original character. According to , the project had been previously delayed after a number of creative elements were not finalized.
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