With this week's announcement of "Beauty and the Beast" animation now getting a live-action film adaptation, the never-ending story of ugliness and evil triumphed by beauty, kindness and compassion should be explored through its past and present incarnations in TV and film. As reported by the Latin Post, Bill Condon is set to direct Disney's bell of the ball. Evan Spiliotopoulos is expected to be penning the script. But how many 'Beauty and the Beast' TV and film versions have there been already? Let us peer into the past and the present live-action films and TV versions.

1962 Film, "Beauty and the Beast" : In this adaptation, the Beast is a handsome gentleman during the day, but at night he is transformed into a beast because of a curse that was placed on him by a sorcerer. The beauty in this case is his betrothed who discovers his transformation secret.

1987-1990 TV, "Beauty and the Beast" : in this TV series the relationship between Vincent played by Ron Perlman ("Hellboy," "Pacific Rim") is a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine is an assistant DA in New York. The beast lived in a secret underground Utopian society, filled with outcasts. While living there, Vincent is protected and loved. By some fate, Vincent becomes Catherine's protector and her love interest. But the Beast is never transformed from a beast to a man.

Flash forward to 2011 Film : "Beastly," This movie stars Vanessa Hudgens. In this version a young wealthy, bigoted Kyle Kingson is a student who decides to play a vicious prank on the outcast Kendra, who has a reputation as a witch. He humiliates her in front of everyone. In turn, Kendra curses him with a spell that makes Kyle ugly. Nothing can save him: neither his doctors nor his parents. The only thing he can do is to get someone to fall in love with him within a year, or he will always have the wretched appearance. Kyle only has hope after he meets and saves Hudgens' Lindy from a drug dealer.

And, the 2012 to present TV version, "Beauty and the Beast" : This is based off the 1987-1990 TV adaptation starring the aforementioned Perlman. Detective Catherine Chandler is forced to face that her life was a complete lie, and she searches to find answers. Meanwhile, Catherine tries to maneuver through her relationship with doctor Vincent Keller, who is the beast and struggles with becoming it whenever he becomes enraged. He is unable to control his super-strength and heightened senses.

Whatever the new "Beauty and the Beast" live-action film adaptation will be like, there is a lot of inspiration from which to draw material.

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