Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Iyo firimu yakavakirwa paAlex Flinn's 2007 supernatural romance novel "Beastly", uye yanga iri mukugadzirwa kubvira CBS Mafirimu akatenga kodzero muna Zvita 2007. Muna Kukadzi 2009, zvakaziviswa naAmy Baer, Mutungamiri uye CEO weCBS Mafirimu, kuti Daniel Barnz aizotungamira iyo firimu uye kunyora script. Susan Cartsonis akabudisa firimu kuburikidza neStorefront Films uye Roz Weisberg akaibatanidza. Pakutanga, vatungamiriri vaida kuti mutambo wacho ubudiswe mumitambo mukupera kwa2008; zvisinei, kuramwa basa kweWGA
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