‘Beauty & the Beast’ Reunion 2025 — Is It Happening?

Rumors of a Beauty & the Beast reunion had the internet in a frenzy on Saturday (December 21) as reports claimed that The CW confirmed a revival of the popular sitcom for 2025.

UPDATE 22/12/2024 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Can you believe it's been 12 years since Beauty & the Beast first aired?! (12 years, 2 months, 11 days to be exact.)

Why in the world did Beauty & the Beast end?

When Beauty & the Beast came to an end after 4 years in September 2016, million viewers tuned in to say goodbye to Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan), Catherine Chandler (Kristin Kreuk) and Heather Chandler (Nicole Gale Anderson). And since then, they have been itching for a reunion.

Would a Beauty & the Beast reunion disappoint people?

Beauty & the Beast aired from 2012-2016 and is considered one of the most influential TV shows ever on pop culture. Although no original episodes have been shot since, it has remained a regular feature on many station's schedules. But Ryan said he's not sure if Beauty & the Beast would work today. “I don't want to see old Vincent Keller,” he told a journalist (Ryan turned 43 in August). “Everyone’s going to have different vision of what the character is like, so to have that materialize is going to disappoint most people,” he added.

Still hoping for a Beauty & the Beast movie?

In a recent interview, Jay Ryan said he can't imagine a Beauty & the Beast reunion hitting the big screen. “I'd rather people go, ‘Oh, please! Please!’ than ‘I can't believe you did that. It was horrible.’”

Co-star Kristin Kreuk has also previously explained, “It would be terrible to do something and have it not be good,”. “It was so terrific ... If we did a Beauty & the Beast movie and it sucked, then it would, you know, blemish it.”

On the subject of whether there could be a Beauty & the Beast film, Sendhil Ramamurthy stated : “I think it's a bit of a case of ‘the book is better than the movie’.”

What about a Beauty & the Beast reboot?

Recasting Beauty & the Beast for a modern reboot. Hollywood is known for remaking remakes of films or tv series and the studios might think it would be great to bring the story back with a new set of characters.

Be it in the form of a Beauty & the Beast reunion, a Beauty & the Beast movie, or a Beauty & the Beast reboot, if you had to start filming today, who would you cast in what role?

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