 He wrote and directed a movie adaption of the novel "Beastly", a modern-day take on "Beauty and the Beast".The movie was released on March 4, 2011.His film "Won't Back Down" (2012) received mixed reviews and garnered controversy; it was attacked by Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the predominant national teachers' union, as having "the most blatant stereotypes and caricatures I have ever seen-even worse than in "Waiting for Superman"", another film attacked as "anti-teacher union".