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Anna Kendrick To Star As Surprising Disney Character

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Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 10:38

Anna Kendrick is in talks to star in an upcoming Disney movie – as a female Santa Claus!

The untitled Disney film, which is going by the title ‘Nicole,’ will follow Santa’s daughter, who is forced to take over the family business on Christmas Eve.

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The movie will be written and directed by Marc Lawrence, who also wrote Sandara Bullock-satrring classic comedy Miss Congeniality.

Before then, we’ll see Kendrick in wedding comedy Table 19, out on 3rd March, and in December returning to the Barden Bellas in Pitch Perfect 3 – which will also be Christmas-themed. Just call her Ms Claus!

25 Facts You Didn’t Know About Beauty And The Beast

Did you know: Beauty and the Beast was the first ever animated film to earn more than $100 million at the box office and made a staggering $424 million worldwide. C'est in-croyable!

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According to his animator, Beast is made up of 7 animals (a lion, buffalo, gorilla, wild boar, bear, wolf, and human person) and has a rainbow-coloured bum.

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It took a whopping six months to illustrate this ballroom scene with Beast and Belle dancing together.

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Blink and you’ll miss Bambi’s mother drinking from a stream in one of the opening shots of the film.

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The same can be said for Belle’s brief cameo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame where she can be seen walking down a busy street with her nose still stuck in a book.

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Fans of Frozen will be treated to a second fix of funny guy Josh Gad (who voiced Olaf the snowman) as he stars in the new live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast: playing Gaston’s bumbling sidekick Lefou.

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Other actors who have voiced characters in more than one Disney film include: Emma Thompson (Treasure Planet, Brave), Mindy Kaling (wreck it Ralph, Inside Out), Idris Elba (Finding Dory, Zootopia), and Kristen Bell (Frozen, Zootopia).

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One of the new characters introduced in the live-action film is this grand piano. Named “Candeza”, the piano, who is described as a neurotic maestro, will be voiced by acting veteran Stanley Tucci.

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When the film was released in China, Beast was dubbed by martial arts legend Jackie Chan.

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Believe it or not, Beast’s real name is never mentioned in the film and was only con-firmed as "Adam" in the CD Rom tie-in game and subsequent Broadway musical.

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Prepare to have your mind blown: Chip was originally meant to be a cute little music box instead of a cute little teacup.

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Beauty and the Beast is currently the 9th longest running musical in Broadway history.

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Belle’s dress is said to be loosely based on Dorothy's from The Wizard of Oz and was made the colour it is to illustrate how different Belle is from everyone else in town.

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The original version of Gaston’s death, which featured wolves killing him after he survived falling from Beast’s castle with a broken leg, was canned by producers and instead used in the Lion King during Scar’s demise.

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Eleven years after its release, the Library of Congress deemed Beauty and the Beast a “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” film and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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Some of the sculptures seen in Beast’s castle are said to be very early concept designs of Beast himself.

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Meanwhile, some of the paintings around the castle are actually undetailed versions of famous paintings. So, yes, that is the “Girl with a Pearl Earring” you spotted outside of Belle’s bedroom.

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Belle is the second Disney princess to not be of royal decent. The first one is basement baby Cinderella.

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Due to scheduling conflicts with Star Trek: The Next Generation, Patrick Stewart had to turn down the role of Cogsworth. He did manage to voice characters in two Disney films a few years later though: Bambi II and Chicken Little.

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Angela Lansbury’s character Mrs. Potts was originally called Mrs. Chamomile. But when none of the cast could pronounce the herbal tea properly, the producers settled on Potts.

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During filming, Lansbury didn’t think her character should sing the ballad ‘Tale As Old As Time’ so only recorded the track once as a backup. Not only did her version end up being used in the film. It also won an Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’.

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Ever wondered what the latin phrase "Vincit qui se vincit” on the stained glass window means? When translated, it reads; ”He conquers who conquers himself."

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Due to time constraints in post-production, Belle and Prince Adam’s final dance in the film is actually a reused animation from Sleeping Beauty of Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip dancing.

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Belle’s strong and independent personality is said to have been inspired by Katharine Hepburn's performance as headstrong character Jo March in the 1933 production of Little Women.

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The live-action adaptation starring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, and Ian McKellen as Cogsworth is in cinemas this weekend!

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50 Movie Villains That Are So Sexy, It's Totally OK To Root For the Baddie

Ajax (Deadpool): We’re touching ourselves tonight.

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Mystique (The X-Men films): There’s nothing mysterious about this sexy mutant’s appeal.

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Kylo Ren (Star Wars: The Force Awakens): The sexual force is strong in this one!

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Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad): She may be daddy’s lil monster, but Margot Robbie’s baseball bat-wielding bad girl looks heaven-sent to us!

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The Joker (Suicide Squad): There’s nothing funny about the abs on this squad’s MVP.

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Silva (Skyfall) Si señor!

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Ava (Ex Machina): We’d like to meet you too.

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Ravenna (Snow White and the Huntsman): Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?

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Sil (Species): A killer alien seductress with an insatiable appetite for sex? What’s the worst that could happen?

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Dren (Splice): A half-human hybrid with a sting in her tail for those of us who like to experiment? We’re in!

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Amy Dunne (Gone Girl): Like your girls a little gone in the head? Then Rosamund Pike’s not-all-that-she-seems anti-heroine is the girl for you.

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Terminator (The Terminator): Thirty years later… still would.

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Maleficent (Maleficent): Whilst this horny devil has a bit of a mean streak, you’ll not find a finer set of cheekbones in the Moors than on this fit fairy.

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Nebula (Guardians of the Galaxy): Hashtag ‘blue balls’.

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Harvey Dent / Two Face (The Dark Knight): I hope you don't mind Harvey, but we’d prefer to sleep on the right side of your face.

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Bane (The Dark Knight Rises): We’d let this buff baddie bend us over his knee any day!

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David (The Guest): Looking for a place to stay? There’s always room in our pants for Dan Stevens’ terrifyingly sexy soldier with a dark past.

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Jennifer Check (Jennifer’s Body): Having the life sucked out of you so isn’t the worst way to go when you’re on the receiving end of Megan Fox’s lips!

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Dr. Jonathan Crane (Batman Begins): Stand this beaut of a Scarecrow in a field and all the birds will come flocking!

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Magneto (The X-Men films): Magneto’s face is all of our faces face every time this tasty tortured soul appears on screen.

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Ava (Sin City 2): If ever there was a dame hot enough to kill for in a movie, it’s this one.

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Patrick Bateman (American Psycho): When bae’s a total psycho but a beast between the sheets.

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Vincent (Collateral): When Tom Cruise taking you hostage for an evening turns out to be #UberDriverGoals.

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Owen Shaw (Fast & Furious 6): We know who we’d like to throw us on the bonnet of a car on a Friday night!

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Khan (Star Trek Into Darkness): Khan’t think of a better way to spend an hour or two if we’re honest.

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Deckard Shaw (Furious 7): When hooking up with two brothers isn’t a good look but hooking up with Luke Evans AND Jason Statham is, so, YOLO!

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Charles Stoker (Stoker): When developing a crush on your slightly creepy uncle is okay because dayum.

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Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct): Has there ever been a better set of uncrossed legs committed to celluloid?

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Artemisia (300: Rise of an Empire): When Eva Green plays an angrier version of her Sin City 2 character because if it’s not broke…

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Kathryn Merteuil (Cruel Intentions): Step-sister goals.

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Sebastian Valmont (Cruel Intentions): Step-brother goals.

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Jerry (Fright Night): So your neighbour wants to suck you off? Rude not to, right?

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Jackson Rippner (Red Eye): We think ‘Blue Eyes’ would have been a much more appropriate title for this Wes Craven thriller because wow.

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Loki (The Avengers): We’d be lying if we said that this mischievous God wouldn’t totally get it the minute his adoptive babe of a brother Thor turns his back!

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Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk till Dawn): We'll have you know, we’re actually very picky about whose toes we put in our mouth on a first date.

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Meredith Vickers (Prometheus): As Idris Elba’s character proved, the ice-cold captain of the USCSS Prometheus occasionally thaws when the moment to blow off some steam presents itself.

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Charlie (Straw Dogs): #ConstructionWorkerGoals

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Hinx (Spectre): As far as “hench” henchmen go, Dave Bautista’s Bonb baddie is by far the henchiest.

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Paul (Funny Games): Seriously, are we being punked right now?

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Noah Sandborn (The Boy Next Door): You make us feel like we’re living a teenage dream, they way you turn us on.

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Gazelle (Kingsman: The Secret Service): With deadly blades for legs, we’re happy to do ourselves an injury picturing this one running through our minds all day.

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Crystal (Only God Forgives): She got that, she got that, she got that MILF money.

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Sarah (The Neon Demon): She’ll eat you alive if you let her! Which we will, obvi.

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Fox (Wanted): Has there ever been a more appropriate name for an Angelina Jolie character?

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Catwoman (The Dark Knight Rises): We can’t think of anyone more purrrrrfect than Batman’s leather-clad frenemy Selina Kyle.

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Reggie and Ron Kray (Legend): When the answer to “what’s better than one Tom Hardy?” is two.

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Driver (No One Lives): But what a sexy way to go, right?

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Alien (Spring Breakers): When what happens on spring break stays engrained on our brains forever because #PackageHolidayGoals.

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David (Prometheus): Whilst we might have to decline his offer of a drink, this is one sexy droid we’d love to take a byte out of!

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Lori Quaid (Total Recall): Why Colin Farrell spends most of the movie running from his babe of a wife (who isn’t really his wife and in fact wants to kill him) is anyone’s guess?!

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