Disney had played around with adapting Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's fairytale, Beauty and the Beast, in the 1930s and 1950s.
Disney had played around with adapting Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's fairytale, Beauty and the Beast, in the 1930s and 1950s. However, it wasn't until the Disney Renaissance era (1989-1999) that the studio made an animated musical version of the classic story. The Disney Renaissance saw many iconic films such as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin, Mulan and Hercules.