‘X-Men’ Magneto & ‘Mr. Holmes’ Ian McKellen Tweets New Disney Live Action ‘Beauty & The Beast’ Cogsworth Casting Update [BE OUR GUEST]

Disney’s all new Live Action Beauty and The Beast movie is off to a great start, at least according to Sir Ian McKellen. The legendary actor known to geeks everywhere as Gandalf from The Lord of The Rings franchise, and as Magneto in the X-Men film series, has been cast as Cogsworth the clock in the upcoming film. Now the Mr. Holmes actor is clueing us in on Beauty and The Beast film, inviting us to be his guest at the first table read, via Twitter.

Last week Frozen actor Josh Gad broke the news of Ian McKellen’s casting on Twitter, posting:

“ @IanMcKellen just joined the cast of #BeautyAndTheBeast with us! Um. Insane. Welcome Cogsworth. I look forward to doing battle with you.”

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