Gorgeous New Trailer for 'Beauty and the Beast' Starring Lea Seydoux and Vincent Cassel

Considering the visual flourishes he's shown on Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill, the first trailer for Christophe Gans' Beauty and the Beast felt a little flat. But with the film headed to the Berlin Film Festival and on the verge of its French debut, a new trailer has been released that showcases the magical qualities of the story, and the gorgeous cast Gans has put together.

 Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color) and Vincent Cassel (Trance) lead the film, which appears to be taking a fairly traditional route on the classic story of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a hideous beast. Plenty of CGI and bold costumes await, allowing Gans to put his artistic stamp on the production, so hopefully it'll find a way onto our shores.

Beauty and the Beast opens in France on February 12th.

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