Beastly

Beastly (2011)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2011-01-21

Country

United States

Production

CBS Films, Storefront Films

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Budget

$17 000 000

Revenue

$43 165 571

Website

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/beastly

Director

Daniel Barnz

Actors

Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, LisaGay Hamilton, Neil Patrick Harris, Dakota Johnson, Erik Knudsen, Peter Krause, David Francis, Gio Perez
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Scenario

Producer

Susan Cartsonis, Michael Flynn, Roz Weisberg

Operator

Mandy Walker

Composer

Marcelo Zarvos

Artist

Audition

Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Wells

Editing

Thomas J. Nordberg
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• The film is based on Alex Flinn's novel *Beastly* (2007), which in turn is based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy tale *Beauty and the Beast* (La Belle et la Bête, 1757).
• The rights to Alex Flinn's book were purchased by CBS as early as December 2007, and the film adaptation was planned for release at the end of 2008, but production was halted due to the writers' strike.
• The film was originally scheduled to premiere in July 2010, but Vanessa Anne Hudgens convinced the distributors to move the premiere forward by six months. The reason was simple – her (now ex-) boyfriend Zac Efron’s film, “Charlie St. Cloud,” was being released at the same time. Vanessa did not want to take fans away from her beloved, so she took drastic measures.
• Zac Efron was considered for the role of Kyle.
• Director Daniel Barnz wanted Robert Pattinson to play Kyle, but the actor was forced to decline due to an overly busy filming schedule.
• For the filming, Neil Patrick Harris wore impermeable contact lenses, which made him practically blind.
• The film is based on Alex Flinn's novel "Beastly" (2007), which in turn is based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" (La Belle et la Bête, 1757).
• The film was originally scheduled for release in July 2010, but Vanessa Anne Hudgens convinced the distributors to move the premiere forward by six months. The reason is simple – her (now ex-) boyfriend Zac Efron's film, "Charlie St. Cloud," was coming out at the same time. Vanessa didn't want to steal fans from her boyfriend, so she took extreme measures.