British babe Rhona Mitra has survived the apocalypse in Neil Marshall’s Doomsday and faced-off against vampires and werewolves in Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. But, now, she’s up against horror’s most deadliest foe: the Nielsen families.

That’s right. Mitra is heading back to the small screen (she stared on the David E. Kelly lawyer dramas “The Practice” and “Boston Legal”) to star in ABC’s new vampire series “The Gates.”

(UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO SEE MITRA IN FIRST 17-MINUTE PREVIEW CLIP OF “THE GATES”)

The show’s synopsis reads:

Nestled inside a private mountain community are The Gates. The image of perpetual suburban bliss, each street is lined with perfectly manicured homes protected by the massive iron gates, but a dark and delicious secret is buried just beneath the surface of this picturesque neighborhood.

Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick Monahan is expecting a change of pace in this quiet suburb.

Nick’s wife, Sarah, and their children, Charlie and Dana, are embarking on new adventures as well. Their house is to die for, but amidst the excitement Sarah is still burdened with the revelation that her husband may not be the man she thought he was.

Charlie and Dana will also face some challenges of their own: Along with navigating the trials and tribulations of adolescence, they’ll also face the daunting task of fitting into their new upscale school, where their new friends run in tight-knit packs.

There’s something very different about this place, almost… haunting. Unions will be complicated by friends with unnatural influence, insatiable housewives will struggle with ravenous cravings, and teenagers will be cursed with keeping their beastly instincts in check.

The Monahans are facing an uncertain fate. Nick is about to be tangled up in a mystery where he will begin to piece together the dark truth about their new home and the supernatural elements that lurk behind the shadows of The Gates.

Ironically, the show was probably canceled during the time it took to read that synopsis. Horror just doesn’t survive on network TV (HBO & Showtime don’t count). CBS killed “Harper’s Island” last year and ABC recently announced that “Happy Town” would not be renewed after airing two episodes.

“The Gates” costars Frank Grillo (Mother’s Day), Marisol Nichols (“24”), Skyler Samuels (The Stepfather), Chandra West (White Noise), Luke Mably (28 Days Later), Colton Haynes (“Teen Wolf”), and Janina Gavankar (“The L Word”).

The show is set to debut on June 20.

Rhona made her U.S. deboob in 'Hollow Man'

Mitra’s additional horror/sci-fi creds include The Number 23, Skinwalkers, “SGU: Stargate Universe,” and Hollow Man, which featured a topless Mitra being raped by an invisible Kevin Bacon (you can see those shots here).

The Los Angeles premiere of Disney’s fantasy-actioner Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was held last night at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

On hand for the festivities were producer Jerry Bruckenheimer and the film’s stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, and breakout babe Gemma Arterton. Celebrities in attendance included Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Jaime King, Krystin Ritter, Alanis Morissette, and Seth Green with his giant girlfriend Clare Grant.

In keeping with the film’s time manipulation theme, event organizers also managed to dig up ’80s and early ’90s relics Judge Reinhold, Jon Lovitz, and Wayne’s World’s Tia Carrere.

Prince of Persia is an adaptation of Ubisoft’s hit video game. The film is directed by Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and scripted by Jordan Mechner, creator of the Prince of Persia game. It arrives in theaters on May 28.

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Actor Shia LaBeouf must be hitting the truth serum again. The 23-year-old actor told The Los Angeles Times that he thinks Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sucked donkey balls … and that star Harrison Ford agrees with him.

He says:

I think the audience is pretty intelligent. I think they know when you’ve made shit. And I think if you don’t acknowledge it, then why do they trust you the next time you’re promoting a movie.

He [Harrison Ford] wasn’t happy with it either. Look, the movie could have been updated. There was a reason it wasn’t universally accepted.

LaBeouf, who owes his career to director/producer Steven Spielberg, goes on to say that he’s not scared to piss off the Hollywood giant, adding that Spielberg needs to eat shit (I’m paraphrasing).

I’ll probably get a call. But he needs to hear this. I love him. I love Steven. I have a relationship with Steven that supersedes our business work. And believe me, I talk to him often enough to know that I’m not out of line. And I would never disrespect the man.

I think he’s a genius, and he’s given me my whole life. He’s done so much great work that there’s no need for him to feel vulnerable about one film. But when you drop the ball you drop the ball.

Last month, LaBeouf poo-pooed all over Michael Bay’s Transformers 2 (also produced by Spielberg), stating that he felt the film had “missed the mark.” That said, LaBeouf had no problem signing on to star in Bay’s upcoming Transformers 3.

You know who else talked crap about Spielberg? The kid from E.T. I get a feeling LaBeouf is about to have his career Henry Thomas-ed if he keeps talking crazy.

No comment from Spielberg or Ford on LaBeouf’s comments. The duo, however, are reportedly developing a fifth Indiana Jones film.