CBS Films' Beastly Spins a Fantasy Yarn with this Trailer ~ 28DLA

Saturday, December 04, 2010

CBS Films' Beastly Spins a Fantasy Yarn with this Trailer

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Michael Allen

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Beastly is a film from Daniel Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland), which features a modern retelling of the 18th Century fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. This film is slated for a March 18th, 2011 release through CBS Films and the movie's poster promises "it's what's underneath." From one social psychology class, this premise can be quickly disproved. What matters is physical attraction, despite what fairy tales tell us. However, some viewers might enjoy a brief escape from reality, so the first trailer for this film, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, and Mary-Kate Olsen, is below.

The film's plotline:

"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, 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 banishes him to Brooklyn with a sympathetic housekeeper and blind tutor. 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, Lindy (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" (Trailer).

Release: March 18, 2011 (Theatres).

Director/writer: Daniel Barnz.

Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Peter Krause, Dakot Johnson, Erik Knudsen, Karl Braboshas, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Jonathan Dubsky, Neil Patrick Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, and Mary-Kate Olsen.

The film's first trailer is here!

Sources:

Beastly at Trailer Addict

This film reminds this reviewer of another, which releases today:

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