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EXCLUSIVE: Weekly World News\u2014the supermarket tabloid behind such wacky characters as Bat Boy, Manigator, P\u2019lod the Alien, Ph.D. Ape and SpyCat\u2014is launching an entertainment division.<\/p>\n
Weekly World News Studios will focus on developing film, TV and podcast projects, based on the company\u2019s library of over 110,000 articles and 300+ original characters.<\/p>\n
WWN\u2019s Editor-in-Chief Greg D\u2019Alessandro will oversee the entertainment division as CEO; veteran theater producer Joe Corcoran will serve as its Director of Development.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has been an enormous amount of interest in the WWN IP over the last few years. We have a vast library of colorful characters and highly creative stories we are developing with our talented in-house writers and with various production partners, \u201d said D\u2019Alessandro. \u201cWe are excited for what lies ahead and thrilled to finally be able to bring Weekly World News to the world of TV, film, and digital media.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nThe first film to emerge from Weekly World News Studios will be an adaptation of The Zombie Wedding, the interactive play penned by D\u2019Alessandro and produced by Corcoran. The project is billed as a horror-comedy with music, falling somewhere between The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Shaun of the Dead.<\/p>\n
In it, a young South Carolina couple decides to go through with their long-awaited wedding \u2013 during the Zombie Apocalypse. Unfortunately, he\u2019s a zombie and she\u2019s not. Their families are nervous, but the humans prove to be overly judgmental. When the Zombies begin feeling brain deprived, the ceremony takes a turn for the weird. WWN reporters are there to cover this wild wedding, while trying to get out alive.<\/p>\n
Tony-award winning actress, writer, and producer Tonya Pinkins (Jelly\u2019s Last Jam, Red Pill) is attached to direct the project, which D\u2019Alessandro and Corcoran will produce. Acclaimed jazz fusion\/funk guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly is also on board, to craft its score.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to bring a sense of joy, amazement and surrealist fun to all our projects. Zombie Wedding is the perfect project to launch our studios,\u201d said D\u2019Alessandro. \u201cIt\u2019s done extremely well as an interactive theatrical event with audiences of all ages. We know film audiences will have a blast watching the film adaptation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am ecstatic to bring my two great loves \u2013 musicals and zombies \u2013 together!\u201d, added Pinkins.<\/p>\n
Weekly World News was founded in 1979. In the 40+ years since, it has grown into a global brand followed by millions of fans.<\/p>\n
WWN reached a peak circulation of 1.2 million per issue in 2003 and continues to have a strong presence online and on social media, under the leadership of D\u2019Alessandro and President David Collins. The tabloid returned to print with WWN\u2019s Greatest Covers in April of this year.<\/p>\n
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