Guillermo del Toro Brought On to Direct ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Guillermo del Toro has been brought on by Warner Bros. to direct an update of Beauty and the Beast.

Emma Watson is reportedly close to joining the project, which will be written by Bridget Jones’s Diary scribe Andrew Davies.

Del Toro famously left The Hobbit, which he was to direct, in 2010, but remains a credited co-writer. His next directorial effort, Pacific Rim, will hit theaters May 10, 2013.

Source: Variety