Luke Evans and Josh Gad will reprise their Beauty and the Beast roles in a TV prequel for streaming site Disney+.The two actors played villain Gaston and his sidekick LeFou in the 2017 live-action rehashing of the beloved Disney animated film, and now they are returning to the romantic fairy tale for an origin story.Evans and Gad have signed on to a six-episode musical limited series for Disney+, with longtime Disney composer Alan Menken behind the new music.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, none of the other cast members from the latest Beauty and the Beast film, such as leading lady Emma Watson, who played Belle, and her Beast counterpart Dan Stevens, have confirmed contracts for the show.Evans is taking on a more behind-the-scenes
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