After being put on an indefinite hold earlier this year, there has been little said about Disney’s Beauty and the Beast spin-off series Little Town, which would have seen Luke Evans and Josh Gad reprising their roles of Gaston and LeFou, respectively. After making their first appearance in the live-action remake of Disney’s 1991 classic, the huge popularity of the movie saw a spin-off announced soon after, but as Gad recently explained to Collider, it seems that the spin-off show’s ambition was perhaps its downfall. He said:
“I think that Luke [Evans] and I are still very much interested in the story. There were elements that were really, really stunning and really brilliant. It’s that blessing and curse of, when you’re doing something as big and as ambitious as a Beauty and the Beast prequel, and you’re getting to play with the crown jewels, it’s gonna be an expensive undertaking. In terms of ambition and scope, and trying to marry it to one of the most expensive movies in the Disney library, its ambition ran away with it. There are ways that we can tell this story and live up to the promise of what it can be, but also do it in a way that won’t break the bank. Ultimately, I think that will be the way forward. I hope we get to do it. I know we’re still very interested. There’s some amazing stuff that Adam [Horowitz] and Eddy [Kitsis] did, and that Alan Menken did, that I hope audiences get to see and hear, one day.”
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While it could be argued that The Walt Disney Company has a pretty big pot of money to dip into when it comes to the movies and TV shows, but as Gad suggested, the fact that any Disney+ bound spin-off from a live-action movie would have to be seen to match the visuals of the film that came first isn’t always something that quite works out that way. Recently, Marvel fans have called out CGI effects in some of the Disney+ shows, including the recent release She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. While a series focussing on the adventures of Gaston and his side-kick would likely not have the same level of CGI requirement, it is clear that Disney may not want to spend quite as much money on a show that could either be loved or mostly ignored on its streaming platform.
