Emma Watson Shares Poster for Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Movie

The release of the live-action version of the 1991 classic, Beauty and the Beast, is barely less than a year away and while we haven't seen much of it yet, every single bit of new imagery has Disney wonderfulness written all over. Harry Potter actress Emma Watson, who'll play Princess Belle in the film, has just shared the first poster for the movie!

This Thursday, Watson took to her Facebook to share the first teaser poster for the movie, and it's an image fans of the original animated film will remember vividly: the red rose the enchantress gave the arrogant prince when she turned him into a beast and his entire staff into household items.

"Very excited to reveal the first teaser poster for Beauty and the Beast, exclusively for my Facebook fans! Hope you like! Love, Emma," Watson wrote on the post, adding the hashtag ‪#‎BeOurGuest, which serves as the tagline for the film as well as the title of one of the musical's most iconic songs.

The 1991 movie has turned into a classic in the 25 years since its theater release, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and winning awards for its score and title song, "Beauty and the Beast." In the years since, it became a stage musical that went on to turn into the ninth longest running production on Broadway.

The live-action film version will take songs from the original film as well as additions from the stage play, and it has gathered one of the most impressive casts of any film in production right now. Besides Watson in the role of the Princess, she's joined by Downton Abbey alum Dan Stevens as the Prince/Beast, The Hobbit actor Luke Evans as Gaston (with his co-star Sir Ian McKellen as Cogsworth), Ewan McGregor as Lumière, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Oscar winner Kevin Kline as Belle's father Maurice and Stanley Tucci as new character Cadenza, a grand piano.

The film was directed by Bill Condon, who's had quite a bit of experience with musicals: he wrote the screenplay for Oscar-winning film Chicago as well as Dreamgirls, the latter of which he also directed. The screenplay was co-written by Evan Spiliotopoulos (whose work scripting for Disney goes all the way back to the early 2000s when he wrote The Jungle Book 2 and a few Winnie the Pooh made-for-television movies) and Stephen Chbosky (the writer of the Watson-led Perks of Being a Wallflower as well as the RENT adaptation).

Beauty and the Beast will hit theaters on March 17.