SILENT HILL Director To Take On BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with Vincent Cassel

Silent Hill director Christophe Gans is set to take a crack at making a new live-action feature film adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The film even has a great little cast of actors that includes Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Lea Seydoux (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol). 

The last film Gans directed was Silent Hill back in 2006, but before that he directed a cool little action film called Brotherhood of the Wolf. They guy definitely has a great visual style, so it should be interesting to see what he ends up doing with this classic fairy tale. 

In a statement to THR Gans said he is looking to "unleash" his imagination and says,

Although I will keep to a form of storytelling of this timeless fairy tale that is in keeping with the same pace and characters as the original, I will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe never experienced before and produce images of an unparalleled quality.

Every single one of my movies has presented me with a challenge but this one is, by far, the most exciting and rewarding.

I've gotta say, I like what he's saying, and I'm excited to to see what he ends up creating for this film. As for the cast you can't really argue, Castle is an incredible actor, and Seydoux is pretty damn beautiful.