After playing Jamie Foxx's sister in 'The Soloist,' actress Lisa Gay Hamilton will be starring as a maid in the gothic romance film 'Beastly.'

Produced by CBS Films and written and directed by Daniel Barnz, the film is a modern-day take on the 'Beauty and the Beast' tale, in which a New York City teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

Also starring in the film are Vanessa Hudgens, Neil Patrick Harris, Mary-Kate Olsen, Peter Krause and Alex Pettyfer.

Kyle Kingson (Pettyfer) has it all – looks, intelligence, wealth and opportunity – and a wicked cruel streak. Prone to mocking and humiliating "aggressively unattractive" classmates, he zeros in on Goth classmate Kendra (Olsen), inviting her to the school's extravagant environmental bash. Kendra accepts, and, true to form, Kyle blows her off in a particularly savage fashion. She retaliates by casting a spell that physically transforms him into everything he despises. Enraged by his horrible and unrecognizable appearance, he confronts Kendra and learns that the only solution to the curse is to find someone who will love him as he is – a task he considers impossible.

Repulsed by his appearance, Kyle's callous father (Krause) banishes him to Brooklyn with a sympathetic housekeeper (Hamilton) and a blind tutor (Harris). As Kyle ponders how to overcome the curse and get his old life back, he chances upon a drug addict in the act of killing a threatening dealer. Seizing the opportunity, Kyle promises the addict freedom and safety for his daughter, Lindy (Hudgens), if she will consent to live in Kyle's Brooklyn home. Thus begins Kyle's journey to discover true love in this hypermodern retelling of the classic 'Beauty and the Beast' story.

Shooting is currently ongoing in Montreal, with a release date slated for July 30, 2010.