Pilot Season: ABC Plans Reimagining of Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast ABC has ordered a pilot for a reimagining of Beauty and the Beast. The one-hour drama is set in a mythical, dangerous world where a beautiful and tough princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast. Jonathan E. Steinberg will write and executive-produce the series alongside Gary Fleder and Mary Beth Basile. Get the latest news on all the pilot pickups here The CW recently ordered a Beauty and the Beast-inspired pilot planned as a loosely based modern adaptation of the 1987 CBS series starring Linda Hamilton with a procedural twist.