Beastly

Beastly
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Directed by	Daniel Barnz
Produced by	Susan Cartsonis Roz Weisberg Michael Flynn
Written by	Screenplay: Daniel Barnz Novel: Alex Flinn
Starring	Alex Pettyfer Vanessa Hudgens Mary-Kate Olsen
Cinematography	Mandy Walker
Distributed by	CBS Films Storefront Films
Release date(s)	July 30, 2010
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 Million

Beastly is an upcoming 2010 fantasy, romance film, based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel, of the same name The lead roles will be played by Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer. It will be written and directed by Daniel Barnz and will be under CBS Films with a July 30, 2010 release date. Susan Cartsonis, Roz Weisberg, and Michael Flynn are all set to produce.

Plot

Kyle Kingson (Alex Pettyfer) has it all – looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity – and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating “aggressively unattractive” classmates, he zeroes in on Goth classmate Kendra Hilferty (Mary Kate Olsen), inviting her to the school’s extravagant environmental bash. Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he despises. Enraged by his horrible and unrecognizable appearance he confronts Kendra and learns that the only solution to the curse is to find someone that will love him as he is – a task he considers impossible.

Repulsed by his appearance, Kyle’s callous father (Peter Krause) banishes him to Brooklyn with a sympathetic housekeeper (Lisa Gay Hamilton) and blind tutor (Neil Patrick Harris). As Kyle ponders how to overcome the curse and get his old life back, he chances upon a drug addict in the act of killing a threatening dealer. Seizing the opportunity, Kyle promises the addict freedom and safety for his daughter, Linda Taylor (Vanessa Hudgens) if she will consent to live in Kyle’s Brooklyn home. Thus begins Kyle’s journey to discover true love in this hyper-modern retelling of the classic “Beauty and the Beast” story.

Cast

• Alex Pettyfer as Kyle Kingson: The self-obsessed teen who plays a joke on a witch and transforms into a grotesque creature.
• Vanessa Hudgens as Linda Taylor: The "beauty" of the story, but not the stereotypical beauty everyone expects. Kyle hopes for her to fall in love with him after her father makes a deal with him.
• Mary-Kate Olsen as Kendra Hilferty: The witch who disguises herself as Kyle's classmate and plays a curse on him.
• Neil Patrick Harris as Will Fratalli: The blind tutor Kyle's father hired to teach Kyle in his mansion in Brooklyn.
• Lisa Gay Hamilton as Zola: The sympathetic maid to the Kingson's.

• Peter Krause as Rob Kingson: The materialistic news anchor in New York and father to Kyle.
• Dakota Johnson as Sloane Hagen: Kyle's girlfriend (at the beginning).
• Erik Knudsen as Trey Parker: Kyle's best friend.