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Teaser Trailer: Beastly

24 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

In an attempt to capitalize on the success of the teen-centric Twilight Saga, a 23 second teaser trailer for Beastly has been released and, even though it is exceptionally short, it is quite possibly one of the worst film promos I have ever seen. It’s the kind of bad where you laugh unintentionally at the voice-over. The teaser actually makes this big budget theatrical release look more like a TV movie or even a TV series.

Adapted from Alex Flinn’s 2007 novel of the same, Beastly is a re-imagining of the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern day New York (which by the way has previously been done in the Beauty and the Beast TV series starring Ron Perlman). Written and directed by Daniel Barnz, Beastly stars Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker) in the lead role (who apparently only needs to shave his head, sport some odd tattoos, and »

- Andrew Peters

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A Beastly teaser

23 November 2009 2:43 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Clearly hoping to tap into the same audience that made the Twilight series such a monolithic moneymaker, the upcoming Beastly also pairs romance with a touch of monsterism. Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker) is the dreamy Jbf-haired teen who finds his form contorted into a hideous (?) mancreature, and has a year to find a woman to love him or he'll be forever cursed with wearing special effects makeup. He rightfully selects ex-Disney cupcake Vanessa Hudgens as his quarry. The movie doesn't arrive... »

- Dave Davis

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Alex Pettyfer Shows Off His Abs and Tattoos

12 November 2009 8:36 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Alex Pettyfer has shown how hot he can be in a newly-found picture for Vman. To be featured in the latest issue of the magazine, which goes on sale next week, the single shot photo is in black and white and captures the 19-year-old British actor flaunting his ripped body as well as some of the tattoos he has.

Pettyfer will soon be seen portraying the new Beast in "Beastly", a modern interpretation of "Beauty and the Beast". For the part, he has to undergo challenging transformation including shaving his blonde hair. "I went through a couple of challenges physically," he told HitFix. "I had to shave all of my goldilocks which was one of the hardest things for me mentally. And then physically I put on about 12 to 15 pounds [of muscle], because I'm actually quite a skinny guy."

On what effect the shaving of his head brings, he shared, "I think »

- celebrity-mania.com

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Tormented and Terrorized: Part Two

22 October 2009 2:37 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In Tormented, the British high-school horror/comedy that debuted this week as a video-on-demand feature from IFC Films (see the first part of our set-visit report here), a student who has been bullied to death rises from the grave to take revenge on the cool kids responsible. When alive, Darren Mullett (Calvin Dean) had a crush on Justine (Tuppence Middleton), but the object of Justine’s own affections is Alexis, portrayed by Dimitri Leonidas, making his feature debut after appearing in the popular BBC TV series Grange Hill.

“Alexis is laid-back, knows all the right things to say to girls and does fine in the romance department,” the actor says. “He’s cool and charming, but at that awkward age where he’s not sure what his true goals are. Justine is his opportunity to break free from the old gang dragging him down and become the individual he really wants to be. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Alan Jones)

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Movie Review: Tormented (2009)

21 October 2009 1:54 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Calvin Dean as the killer ghost of Darren Mullet in Tormented

Photo: IFC Films I'm not familiar with IFC's typical slate of films come Halloween season, but this year they are offering a seemingly generic high school thriller from the UK for audiences to choose from by way of Jon Wright's Tormented, a sloppily made film featuring nothing but hateful "90210" types that you simply can't wait until the next one gets knocked off. The largest name in the cast is Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker star Alex Pettyfer, but this one's more about the tongue-in-cheek black comedy than anything else and at times it works, but for the most part it's just another run-of-the-mill teen thriller.

Tormented centers on a group of -- excuse my language -- assholes who bullied a student to the point he killed himself. Unfortunately for them he's come back as a ghost to kill them »

- Brad Brevet

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IFC Prepares You to be 'Tormented' With New Trailer

13 October 2009 9:43 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Photo: IFC Films IFC just sent over the above quad and the below not safe for work trailer for Tormented, a film they will be releasing On Demand on October 21.

The film seems to be a change of direction for the small indie studio as it is described as a "Gossip Girl" meets Scream sort of gore-fest, the films follows a group of awful popular kids that are haunted by the ghost of the dork they loved to torture most.

The only name I recognize in the cast is Alex Pettyfer whom some of you may know from 2006's Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker and he will star in the upcoming Beastly for CBS Films on July 30, 2010.

All that said, here's the trailer... Whatcha think?

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- Brad Brevet

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Images: Alex Pettyfer is Beastly looking

3 October 2009 4:09 PM, PDT | doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news »

Alex Pettyfer is probably the hottest beast you'll ever see. 

Pettyer, a former model turned actor, most notably seen in the teen-Bond movie Stormbreaker, stars in Beastly, a modern update of Beauty And The Beast.

He plays Kyle, cursed by a witch to become a beast and banished to the darkness by his callus father. The film also stars Neil Patrick Harris.

 

The production has released some "before" and "after" curse pics, showing Kyle in his studdly glorly and post-curse. One of the before images leads this story, but are you ready for those horrible after pics?

You've been warned!

 Yeah, I'm thinking the make-up artist lives in Silverlake. Or Chelsea. Ready for another beastly image?   If they set the film in San Francisco, cursed Kyle could visit the Folsom Street Fair.  Source:  Beastly - Official Movie Site »

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Alex Pettyfers Tormented DVD Art / Specs

22 July 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

Below from the PR firm handling Tormented comes the dvd specs and art for the film. Tormented features Alex Pettyfer (Stormbreaker), April Pearson (Skins), Larissa Wilson (Skins), Calvin Dean (The Duchess) and Bill Nighy’s daughter Mary Nighy (Spooks). The film also features Geoff Bell (The Business, RocknRolla) as the school’s dreaded games teacher.Teenage years are supposedly the best of your life...but that’s not the case for Darren Mullet! The overweight, asthmatic teenager was ignored by his parents, ridiculed by his teachers and became a constant target for bu... »

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First Look: A whole new monster in 'Beastly'

23 June 2009 5:22 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  What's old is often new again and that's certainly the case for CBS Film's new romantic drama "Beastly."A modern spin on the classic "Beauty and the Beast" tale, "Beastly" stars a very grown up Alex Pettyfer (Alex Rider: Stormbreaker) as teen Kyle Kingson, a cocky rich boy who doesn't know when to but the breaks on his ego.  His life is changed forever though after his antics embarrass his school's resident goth queen Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen).  After she puts a curse on him, his body transforms into everything he despises.  Cast from his home, it's only the accepting love of... »

- Gregory Ellwood

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Two New Movies For Neil Patrick Harris

8 June 2009 1:21 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Fresh from rocking his stint as host of The Tonys – check out the hilarious closing number – the immensely talented Neil Patrick Harris has nabbed starring roles in not one, but two, upcoming flicks.The Artist Formerly Known As Doogie will take a lead role in Josh Shelov’s The Best And The Brightest, an indie comedy about a couple who move to New York and become involved in the world of private kindergartens… with hilarious results, we’re guessing.Harris will play the husband, while Bonnie Somerville is his social-climber wife. They join a cast that includes Amy Sedaris, John Hodgman, Bridget Regan, Kate Mulgrew, Christopher McDonald and, and this one we’re particularly pleased about, Darth Maul/Duane Benzie himself, Peter Serafinowicz. Good to see that he’s carving out something of a career Stateside.The second film on Nph’s to-do list during his summer hiatus from the excellent sitcom, »

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Mary-Kate Olsen to Star on 'Beastly' With Vanessa Hudgens

5 June 2009 1:37 AM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

"The Wackness" actress Mary-Kate Olsen is tapped to star on teen romance movie "Beastly", following the footsteps of Vanessa Hudgens who has been chosen to become the film's leading actress. Additionally, CBS Films also picks Alex Pettyfer, who previously worked on "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker", to be one of the actors.

In April, Vanessa Hudgens was confirmed to star as Linda Owens, who is described as "not beautiful, bearing red hair, green eyes and crooked teeth" fair maiden. Emily Browning and Jamie Chung will also join her on the movie, which is scheduled to be filmed in Montreal on June 13.

Set in modern-day New York City, "Beastly" is adapted from Alex Flinn's fantasy novel with the same title and inspired by famous fairytale "Beauty and the Beast". On the movie, Olsen will portray Kendra Hilferty, a witch who put a curse on Pettyfer's Kyle Kingsbury, who is physically transformed into everything he hates. »

- celebrity-mania.com

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Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer to Join Vanessa Hudgens in 'Beastly'

4 June 2009 8:10 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer have been signed up to play in movie "Beastly". The two young actors will join a previously-announced cast Vanessa Hudgens for the modern-day take on "Beauty and the Beast".

Olsen will portray a transfer student and witch named Kendra Hilferty who curses Pettyfer's character, an arrogant man named Kyle Kingsbury who has no mercy for anyone poorer, less handsome or less popular than he is. As for Hudgens, she will play Linda Owens, the fair maiden who releases Kyle from Kendra's spell.

Based on Alex Flinn's young-adult novel, "Beastly" is set in Manhattan and will start its shooting in Montreal on June 13. It tells the story of a handsome rich kid with a mean streak. But after ditching a date, he is cursed and turned into everything he hates. With the new and grotesque appearance, he is given the seemingly impossible task of finding »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Pettyfer And Olsen Join Beastly

4 June 2009 12:03 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Twin, fashion icon and bedhead Mary Kate Olsen and former Stormbreaker Alex Pettyfer have signed up to join Beastly, a modern retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story set in uptown Manhattan.Olsen will play the transfer student who places a curse on Pettyfer's vain and egocentric young man, who tends to look down on anyone poorer, less handsome or less popular than he is. Soon he starts to look on the outside like he does on the inside, and his popularity suffers hugely as a result. We're guessing that Vanessa "High School Musical" Hudgens who's also on board plays the Beauty who could hold the key to his predicament.The film's based on Alex Flinn's fantasy novel of the same name, and with Penelope In Wonderland's Daniel Barnz writing and directing the film. It will shoot in Montreal in June. And is it just us or is »

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Cinema release inspirations including Night at the Museum 2

22 May 2009 3:01 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Good morning Boxwishers and welcome to your weekend. For those of us in the UK, it’s Spring Bank Holiday meaning a day off, while for our American cousins this weekend brings possibly the biggest cinematic showdown of the year so far. In one corner we have Ben Stiller and his animated museum in Night at the Museum 2 and in the other John Connor (Christian Bale) and the other resistance fighters battling the machines in Terminator Salvation. Who’s going to come out on top? You tell us! And here in the UK, although we have to wait for Terminator Salvation (ggrr!), we can also catch the family comedy or opt instead for one of two Brit offerings – teenage horror in Tormented or retro drama Awaydays. Find out more after the jump…

If you see… Ben Stiller’s museum night guard Larry return to action, this time at Washington D. »

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Hudgens To Star In New Film 'Beastly' Inspired By 'Beauty And The Beast'

22 April 2009 10:17 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Vanessa Hudgens has been cast in 'Beastly,' a modern-day take on Beauty and the Beast, according to Entertainment Tonight. Hudgens will, of course, be playing the 'Beauty' in the film. British actor Alex Pettyfer ("Wild Child," Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker") is reportedly in talks to star as the "Beast" in the film, which is currently scheduled to begin shooting this summer. The film is directed by Daniel Barnz and produced by Susan Cartsonis in association with CBS Films. »

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Vanessa Hudgens is the Beauty in 'Beastly'

22 April 2009 2:42 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Not content to just be Zac Efron's cheering section, Vanessa Hudgens has been actively collecting roles in films like Sucker Punch! and this summer's Bandslam. Now she'll put a new spin on a classic.

The fairy tale Beauty and the Beast has been done plenty of times before, so it does no good to knock this one just because. Beastly will feature Hudgens in the "Beauty" role, or so says Entertainment Tonight. CBS Films is putting together a modern day version of the story in which a Spencer Pratt-type douchebag ditches a date and is cursed for his actions, transforming him into...well, you get the idea.

Doesn't sound like a very deep update, but it doesn't really need to be, I guess. The film will shoot this summer. Alex Pettyfer from Alex Rider: Stormbreaker is in talks to become the beast.

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- Colin Boyd

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Vanessa Hudgens Portrays Fair Maiden in 'Beastly'

22 April 2009 12:54 AM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

"High School Musical" sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens is set to star in CBS Films' upcoming movie "Beastly". Et Online reports that the 19-year-old beauty will play a fair maiden in the flick, which is scheduled to be filmed in Montreal in summer or fall.

Joining Hudgens in the upcoming flick are Emily Browning and Jamie Chung. Besides, British actor Alex Pettyfer is also in talks for a role in the movie, E! Online reports. He previously portrayed Alex Rider in "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" and starred in "Wild Child" opposite Emma Watson.

"Beastly" is a romance drama film adaption based on young adult novel with the same title which is written by Alex Finn. The story is inspired by famous fairytale "Beauty and the Beast". It is directed by Daniel Barnz and produced by Susan Cartsonis in association with CBS Films.

Being set in Manhattan, the movie tells about a handsome »

- celebrity-mania.com

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