BEASTLY
Beastly is an upcoming 2010 fantasy romance feature film, based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name.The film is written and directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Lisa Gay Hamilton. The plot focuses on Kyle Kingson, a handsome man with an evil streak, who disses a classmate who is a witch in disguise during an environmental bash. The witch, then, casts a spell on Kyle and physically transforms him into a grotesque monster. It will be distributed to theaters by CBS Films on July 30, 2010.
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 within one year – 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).
| Directed by | Daniel Barnz |
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| Produced by | Susan Cartsonis Roz Weisberg Michael Flynn |
| Written by | Screenplay: Daniel Barnz Novel: Alex Flinn |
| Starring | Vanessa Hudgens Alex Pettyfer Mary-Kate Olsen Neil Patrick Harris Lisa Gay Hamilton |
| Music by | Marcelo Zarvos |
| Cinematography | Mandy Walker |
| Editing by | Thomas J. Nordberg |
| Studio | Storefront Pictures |
| Distributed by | CBS Films (U.S.) Sony Pictures (Worldwide) |
| Release date(s) | July 30, 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million[1] |
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