British pop star Rita Ora has joined the cast of Disney Plus’ ‘Beauty and The Beast’ prequel series.
The news was announced Monday during Disney Branded Television’s session at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
Ora will play a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom.
The series is an eight-episode that will star Luke Evans and Josh Gad, who will reprise their roles from the 2017 live-action blockbuster “Beauty and the Beast“.
In addition, newcomer Briana Middleton will join the show as Tilly, Louie’s stepsister. The prequel was first announced in March 2020.
Fra Fee and Jelani Alladin will also star in the series.
The series is set years before the Beast and Belle’s romance and follows Gaston and LeFou as they set off with Tilly, after a surprising revelation from her past surfaces, sending the trio on a journey filled with romance, adventure, and comedy.
“Once Upon a Time” creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz will serve as showrunners alongside Gad, who will also serve alongside Kitsis, Horowitz, and EGOT-winner Alan Menken as exec produce, with the latter set to compose the soundtrack. Liesl Tommy will also exec produce and direct the pilot. Evans is credited as a producer. Gad, Kitsis, and Horowitz will also write scripts.
ABC Signature Studios is the studio on the Beauty and the Beast series, which hails from Disney’s Branded Television pision. Walt Disney Records will release the soundtrack to the series.
Production will begin in spring 2022.
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