Disney's Gaston (a live-action film)

[ranger_scout]

Gaston, the villain from Disney's Beauty and the Beast is apparently getting the same treatment as Maleficent and Cruella de Vil. A live-action origin story on him is in the works. Luke Evans, who played the character in the 2017 live-action film, is not expected to reprise his role. Disney is looking for someone else. Disney is running out of original ideas.

https://deadline.com/2025/12/disney-...ie-1236648757/

[Andrew NDB]

Talk about the bottom of the barrel. Though it is at least surprising to see Disney doing a MALE villain movie. That's a first, isn't it?

[IMJ]

Oh! A new Disney adaptation!

They will reveal that Gaston was secretly gay with pent-up inner rage and self-anguish. By the end of the movie he will victoriously have blue-hair and sing a ballad about "his truth" as a black man in medieval French society.

[Andrew NDB]

I doubt they'd do a full-on Gay Gaston movie at this point (maybe a few years ago they would've) but for sure it will be "queer-coded."

[oldmanwinters]

This trend needs to stop.

No one makes-a-sympathetic-villain-turn like Gaston?

Originally Posted by IMJ

Oh! A new Disney adaptation!

They will reveal that Gaston was secretly gay with pent-up inner rage and self-anguish. By the end of the movie he will victoriously have blue-hair and sing a ballad about "his truth" as a black man in medieval French society.

Probably the only feasible way this one got green-lit.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I doubt they'd do a full-on Gay Gaston movie at this point (maybe a few years ago they would've) but for sure it will be "queer-coded."

Why would they make him gay when his entire thing is wanting to get married to a woman?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Why would they make him gay when his entire thing is wanting to get married to a woman?

They'd make that performative.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

No one gets useless spin offs like Gaston.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Why would they make him gay when his entire thing is wanting to get married to a woman?

See, I'll explain.

Okay, so the post:

Originally Posted by IMJ

Oh! A new Disney adaptation!

They will reveal that Gaston was secretly gay with pent-up inner rage and self-anguish. By the end of the movie he will victoriously have blue-hair and sing a ballad about "his truth" as a black man in medieval French society.

was a form of sarcastic satire. See, it was basically a "predictive" joke that was rooted in some degree of truth based on the previously existing patterns of the foolishness of the butt of the joke. In this case the butt of the joke was "Disney" given their recent history.

See? And so most well-adjusted people read the post:

Originally Posted by IMJ

Oh! A new Disney adaptation!

They will reveal that Gaston was secretly gay with pent-up inner rage and self-anguish. By the end of the movie he will victoriously have blue-hair and sing a ballad about "his truth" as a black man in medieval French society.

and sort of internally process it with understanding that this is sarcasm dressed up in satire given the history of Disney and their nonsense over the last few years. See? And an example of someone who read the satire and understood it would be:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

This trend needs to stop.

No one makes-a-sympathetic-villain-turn like Gaston?



Probably the only feasible way this one got green-lit.

and we know this because the response was not only dry and easy-going against the primary joke, but it flowed with it as well. A sign of comprehension!

But nowhere in the satire-based-on-past-behavior was there actually a deeply formative argument that "Gaston would be gay" this time.

And see, so when Andrew posts:

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I doubt they'd do a full-on Gay Gaston movie at this point (maybe a few years ago they would've) but for sure it will be "queer-coded."

He's sort of hiding behind the autist veil of digging in on a real reply to the topic, yet hedging that with more dry humor about "queer coding". Evidence that he also got the joke.

I hope this helps because when you say:

Originally Posted by neatoman

Why would they make him gay when his entire thing is wanting to get married to a woman?

It sort of paints the picture that you didn't get it.

Big thumb's up for neatoman. I got your back, man.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by IMJ

See, I'll explain.

Okay, so the post:



was a form of sarcastic satire. See, it was basically a "predictive" joke that was rooted in some degree of truth based on the previously existing patterns of the foolishness of the butt of the joke. In this case the butt of the joke was "Disney" given their recent history.

See? And so most well-adjusted people read the post:



and sort of internally process it with understanding that this is sarcasm dressed up in satire given the history of Disney and their nonsense over the last few years. See? And an example of someone who read the satire and understood it would be:



and we know this because the response was not only dry and easy-going against the primary joke, but it flowed with it as well. A sign of comprehension!

But nowhere in the satire-based-on-past-behavior was there actually a deeply formative argument that "Gaston would be gay" this time.

And see, so when Andrew posts:



He's sort of hiding behind the autist veil of digging in on a real reply to the topic, yet hedging that with more dry humor about "queer coding". Evidence that he also got the joke.

I hope this helps because when you say:



It sort of paints the picture that you didn't get it.

Big thumb's up for neatoman. I got your back, man.

Geez, thanks there, buddy. I mean it's not like I just thought it would be amusing to see if someone could build on the joke based on why it would be a nonsensical direction in the first place or anything...

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Geez, thanks there, buddy. I mean it's not like I just thought it would be amusing to see if someone could build on the joke based on why it would be a nonsensical direction in the first place or anything...

Okay...

Look, I'll explain... first you have the Technodrome forums where....*

[ssjup81]

IMO, Gaston doesn’t need a movie. Ironically, I never viewed him as an actual villain either. He was selfish and thought highly of himself, but I wouldn’t view him as a villain, just a pain. Even with the Beast….think about it. Maurice rambles about a Beast man and his daughter being left with him. Then later, the town finds out and frightened of the beast man. It shows how flawed humans are, imo.

The most villainous thing he seemingly did was lock up Maurice and Belle when heading out to protect the town and stabbing the Beast after mercy was shown to him. His own hubris was his downfall.

Not all antagonists need stories. Some people are just flawed or evil. Gaston is flawed and selfish. Maleficent was just evil and petty and BOY did I like her for it. She’s actually one of my favorite Disney villains.

Disney is a former shell of itself. I agree, they haven’t reached the bottom of the barrel, they’ve gone beyond it.

[sdp]

Sorry guys, I kept having my bots spam Gaston during the investors call last year. This was me.

[Sage Ninja]

I am not against this entirely, but...I know that they are going to screw it up. Watch as they spin a yarn of Gaston's traumatic backstory that explains why he hates books because he witnessed the tragic death of his father getting killed by a bookshelf.