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Exclusive: 20th Century Studios has acquired The Princess, a spec script By Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton that has The Kissing Booth‘s Joey King attached to star. They’ll make it for Hulu and while the logline is being kept under wraps, spec is described as Rapunzel meets The Raid.

Pic will be Produced by Original Film’s Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe and Derek Kolstad (John Wick). King will be exec producer with Lustig and Thornton co-producing.

If the allusion to The Raid throws you, consider that King is moving from star/exec producer of the Netflix phenomenon The Kissing Booth to being cast opposite Brad Pitt in the action-thriller Bullet Train for Sony Pictures. She was Emmy-nominated for playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu limited series The Act, and recently became the youngest person to make a first look deal to produce series for the streaming service.

Firelight Media today revealed the 14 Fellows selected for the 2020-22 Firelight Documentary Lab. The 18-month program supporting Black, indigenous and other filmmakers of color is now in its 11th year.

The projects the new class bring to the Fellowship range from stories of generational Black farmers in the American South and the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Montana to personal stories revolving around family, immigration, ancestry, identity and more.

“It has been an extraordinarily challenging year for documentary filmmakers, especially emerging filmmakers of color, which Firelight’s Documentary Lab is designed to support,” said Loira Limbal, SVP Programs at Firelight Media. “Between the dual crises of the global pandemic and the national reckoning with racist violence in the U.S., filmmakers like the 14 Fellows we’ve just welcomed into the Lab need funding, professional networks, and a supportive community of peers perhaps more than ever before.

Dying Light owes a debt to Dead Island, as the latest videogame battles against zombies begin...

Game developers are nothing if not persistent, as the recent influx of zombie games dribbling out of Steam and off store shelves clearly demonstrates. It would seem as though it's become something of a necessity to feature some form of undead horde for players to cut down like so much overgown lawn, and Dying Light is one of the latest, already being available for a while digitally, a month before its psychical retail release.

Unlike many zombie games currently doing the rounds, though, Dying Light already has a proven pedigree, even if it is a new IP. That's because the developer behind it was responsible for Dead Island, one of the most promising zombie survival games of recent years. Deep Silver decided to take Dead Island in a different direction to its original developer,...

Let's start the weekly round-up with Grimm.

Grimm's ratings dropped a little this week, but the show still won the 18-49 demo in its timeslot, finishing ahead of CSI: NY, Fringe and Supernatural, and rising by a full frakking ratings point (1.8) after Chuck (0.8). Wake up, Chuck.

Hitfix visited the set in Portland recently and posted a lengthy report. Here is a snippet:

Sasha Roiz on how his character will develop later in the series: "I’m not a Grimm descendent, but I'm a descendent of a long line that dates back just as Grimm does and we have a bit of a history and a past, so my line is a royal line and that will slowly unfold throughout the series."Collider has a longer interview with Sasha and Reggie Lee (more at the link):

It’s nice to see your character – like the main character – has the duality.

After scoring its most successful summer of original programming ever, including the launch of mega-hit Falling Skies, TNT is set to heat up the fall and winter with a terrific lineup of popular and acclaimed original series and a showcase of new original movies. The drama network's slate includes the return of basic cable's top two series of all time, The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; all-new episodes of the hit caper series Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; and a new season of the critically acclaimed Southland.

TNT has also unveiled the slate for The TNT Mystery Movie Night, a new showcase of contemporary procedural dramas set to launch Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The showcase will kick off with Scott Turow's Innocent, starring Bill Pullman (Independence Day, Torchwood: Miracle Day), Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock, Damages) and Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2,...

TNT has some pretty cool shows on, Falling Skies and Southland are my personal favorites. The Closer is a really enjoyable show as well. The Fall/Winter schedule has been released for the networks lineup. Keep reading for all the details.

Let us know what your favorite show is on TNT?

Official Press Release:

After scoring its most successful summer of original programming ever, including the launch of mega-hit Falling Skies, TNT is set to heat up the fall and winter with a terrific lineup of popular and acclaimed original series and a showcase of new original movies. The drama network’s slate includes the return of basic cable’s top two series of all time, The Closer, starring 2010 Emmy® winner Kyra Sedgwick, and Rizzoli & Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander; all-new episodes of the hit caper series Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton; and a new season of the critically acclaimed Southland.

When Nick Adams moved to New York City, it took him 2 weeks a get a part on Broadway. That’s right – 2 weeks and he was cast in the revival of Chicago!

In fact, his first audition was for The Producers where it got down to him and one other person.

This was all in the same week. So, yes, Nick is a huge underachiever.

Since Chicago, Nick has worked pretty much non-stop on Broadway: A Chorus Line, The Pirate Queen, Guys and Dolls and La Cage aux Folles. Now, he can be seen in his first starring role, Adam/Felecia, the youngest in the trio of drag performers, in Priscilla Queen on the Desert.

Don’t think Nick’s got some sort of secret luck on his side. The guy works his butt off. Even though he’s starring in a major Broadway hit, he still finds time to go...

Va based producer / director Jonathan A. Moody has released his latest horror short for the viewing public to enjoy! The video, which can be seen below, stars scream queen Devanny Pinn (Piranha, Song of the Shattered, 15 Till Midnight) as the object of a secret admirer's dangerous affections. In a race for her life, Pinn's character must find a way to outwit her admirer and escape with her life. Valetine's Prey is one part of the Trick or Eat series which is still filming.

Trick or Eat is a horror anthology series from Sick Flick Productions in which the wraparound segment will involve five friends gather together and tell two ghost stories each during a Halloween dinner, but as the stories grow darker and darker a more sinister plot is soon revealed. The in between will involve the short film segments which Jonathan A. Moody has been previewing on sites like Youtube and Vimeo.

Photos by Gustavo Monroy

The red carpet at Monday night's 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards was hopping.  We Love Soaps TV's Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs loved posing with some of our favorite actresses in both daytime and the indies - Gotham creator Martha Byrne (who hosted the ceremony), Kim Zimmer (nominated for Steamboat), Hillary B. Smith (nominated for Venice) and Gotham star Anne Sayre.

It was a Guiding Light reunion on Monday night as Tina Sloan, Michael O'Leary, Orlagh Cassidy and Jordan Clarke met on the red carpet joined by Hillary B. Smith.

The Bay's Gregori J. Martin and Kristos Andrews were excited about the show's Season One finale which aired in two parts on Thursday.

Nominated Lead Actress Cwennen Corral made the trek cross country to New York to represent The Cavanaughs, which launches its second season on March 17.

Kevin Earley and Julie Ann Emery were...

Prong mainman Tommy Victor, who was recently interviewed by Fangoria (read it here) will be appearing at Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors in Los Angeles, April 17-19, 2009. Victor, who recently toured with both Ministry and Danzig, will see the release of Prong's Power Of The Damn Mixxxer (read our review) on May 12th, 2009 via 13th Planet Records.

Tommy will be appearing at the Schecter Guitar Research booth for signing sessions throughout the weekend, along with Skumlove, who's new album The Church Of The New Perversion was recently recorded and co-written with Victor.

Music from Skumlove's past album Songs Of Lust And Corrosion were featured on the Award winning Horror-Porn DVD "Grub Girl" and the B-style horror movie Intermedio starring Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) and Amber Benson (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer).

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Southern California blowout include: • Sam Raimi: director of the Evil Dead and Spider-man trilogies,...