Late last July rumours were flooding the movie production sites about Emma’s involvement with Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming project, “Beauty”. Variety.com have updated the rumour and noted that Emma is “in final negotiations to topline the period pic”. The movie will be distributed by Warner Bros. and scripted by Andrew Davies.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that the tale will be loosely based on the book “Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast” by Robin McKinley.

View our original article (dated 17 July 2011) for more information.

Edit: Wow, this is getting confusing again. Emma-Watson.net have added a little note to their update about this production with a note from author Robin McKinley.

According to Robin McKinley, she knows nothing about all this, other than Warner’s did option her novel in the past. She thinks it unlikely the movie will be made, and if it is, that it will have nothing in common with her novel beyond the Beauty/Beast premise. Perhaps it will be a loose adaption of just the title. Source.

Thanks to Emma-Watson.net and Sheila for the updates.