Variety reports that stage veteran and screen actor Ian McKellen has joined Disney's live-action adaptation of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ McKellen will play Cogsworth, the butler turned pendulum clock. Eight-time Oscar-winner Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards for the 1991 animated classic, will score the film, which will feature new recordings of the original songs in addition to … Continue reading Ian McKellen Joins Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’