"Beauty and the Beast" Live-Action Spinoff Movie "Gaston" in Works at Disney

Disney is developing a live-action spinoff movie about "Gaston," the boastful, brawny antagonist in the 1991 animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.”

The project hails from scriptwriter David Callaham, whose co-writing credits include “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” and “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” No director has been hired yet.

While plot details remain under wraps, the film is based on the French fairy tale of a bookish girl named Belle who falls in love with a tortured Beast and lifts a curse that’s left his kingdom populated by talking household objects.

“Beauty and the Beast” upon release in 1991 became Disney’s highest grossing animated title at the time.

A live-action take on the animated masterpiece, starring Emma Watson as Belle, debuted in 2017 and was another huge financial triumph for the studio.

Gaston, who was introduced in the animated feature, is an arrogant hunter who doesn’t take the hint when Belle keeps rejecting his advances.

He is a hulking figure, in part because of his breakfast habits — when he was a young boy, he ate four dozen eggs every morning to help him get large. Gaston says in the song that bears his name. When he grew up, he ate five dozen eggs so he’s roughly the size of a barge.

Luke Evans played Gaston in 2017's “Beauty and the Beast” remake but he isn’t expected to reprise the role.

Instead, Disney is planning a fresh take on the character, complete with a new leading man.

Disney has revisited its classics to mixed commercial success. This year’s “Snow White” was a major financial and critical disaster, but the 2017 “Beauty and the Beast" adaptation and 2019’s “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” were billion-dollar hits.

Meanwhile “Cruella,” which debuted directly on Disney+ during the coronavirus pandemic, was a well-received origin story based on the “101 Dalmatians” villain.

Disney is also developing a live-action “Tangled” as well as a movie about Prince Charming (the love interest of many princesses) from “Wonka” filmmaker Paul King.