{"id":4078,"date":"2012-04-10T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T03:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2012-04-10T23:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T03:36:58","slug":"vids-lena-headey-to-star-in-zenescopes-grimm-fairy-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"Vids: Lena Headey to star in Zenescope’s Grimm Fairy Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Zenescope Entertainment<\/em> has announced that actress Lena Headey, star of the immensely popular HBO television series GAME OF THRONES<\/em>, will be joining the Grimm Fairy Tales Animated Series<\/em> to voice the lead character, Sela Mathers. Lena\u2019s extensive resume includes her role as Queen Gorgo in 300 and as Sarah Connor in TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES<\/em>. This announcement comes on the heels of another talented actress, Briana Evigan (Step Up 2, Sorority Girls, The Devil\u2019s Carnival), having joined onto the project last week.<\/p>\n

The GRIMM FAIRY TALES<\/em> Animated Series will be based on Zenescope Entertainment\u2019s popular comic book series of the same name. What makes this situation unique is that Zenescope has teamed with Titmouse Animation Studio and Director Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse, The Venture Bros.) to bypass the traditional film studio system by seeking funding for the animated series through popular website Kickstarter.com<\/a> (http:\/\/kck.st\/wjSM8D<\/a> ). The project is live on Kickstarter now until May 1st, 2012 and has a pledge goal of $175,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe set the goal of the animated series at $175,000 because we wanted to give our fans and those supporting the Kickstarter a high-quality product,\u201d explains Zenescope Marketing Manager Stephen Haberman \u201cWe\u2019re partnering with Titmouse, one of the premiere animation studios in the world, to handle the animation. We have Jon Schnepp directing and now with Lena and Briana joining the project, we\u2019re able to take it to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCrowd-funding can be a powerful tool. We\u2019ve seen some really exciting projects find funding through Kickstarter and it\u2019s a game changer.\u201d Said Zenescope\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, Ralph Tedesco \u201cIt gives us a chance to make this series the way our fans want to see it be made. We\u2019re about a third of the way there with funding and hopefully now with the all of the talent we\u2019ve brought on board fans will see that this can be an amazing project to back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is the video announcement:<\/p>\n