I happened to run across a reference to the movie "Beastly" today, and thought "Hmm, that sounds intriguing..."
It's a modern-day high-school-aged "Beauty and the Beast," told from the perspective of "the beast" -- and most importantly for purposes of this forum, the story begins before his transformation. The trailer,
which you can watch here, shows one quick process (of a tattoo design appearing on his arm); obviously, I have no idea how much actual process is going to be in the actual movie.
Just thought some folks here might be interested. Looks like the release date is July 30 (in the U.S., at least).