CBS Films has tapped Mary-Kate Olsen and Alex Pettyfer to star alongside Vanessa Hudgens in teen romancer "
Beastly," with Susan Cartsonis producing via her Storefront Films shingle.
Story's based on Alex Flinn's fantasy novel, a retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" set in modern-day New York. CBS acquired feature rights to "
Beastly" in late 2007 as one of its first projects.