The Beauty and the Beast character posters are here and they are gorgeous

March 17th could not come sooner.

Sure, it's St Patrick's Day, but whatever. It's the day Beauty and the Beast is released in Ireland, and that's how we'll be celebrating the Patron Saint.

With only seven weeks to go now until it hits cinemas, the studio has released character posters depicting, among others, Belle (Emma Watson), Beast (Dan Stevens), Gaston (Luke Evans), and Le Fou (Josh Gad).

Interestingly, we also see what characters like Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), Cogsworth (Ian McKellen), Mrs Potts (Emma Thompson) and even the Beast look like in human form.

Take a look: