is anyone else tired of all the movie remakes? apparently somebody thought it was a good idea to take the disney classic ‘beauty & the beast’ and make it modern. why, cuz it wasn’t good enough as it was?

‘beastly’ is being described as an edgy teen romance about looking past the surface to discover true beauty. YAWN. as-yet-unknown actor alex pettyfer stars as the popular jerk who gets his kicks from mocking “unattractive” classmates. one such classmate (played by mary-kate olsen) decides to teach him a lesson, casting a spell that unrecognizably deforms him. but he ain’t no hairy creature – from what we can see here. and then, just like the cartoon version, he has to find someone who will love him just as he is. vanessa hudgens, you’re being called to the stage!

how boring, though, because we already know the ending. hudgens & pettyfer will probably fall in love and they’ll live happily ever after.  besides being weirdly cast (mary-kate olsen??), the movie seems a bit too much like ‘twilight’ to me, minus the blood. while we’ll have to wait until july 2010 to see the flick – i know, i know, it’ll be hard – they’ve given us a sneak peek to hold us over. check it out below.