Vampires, Vulcans and Villains Descend Upon the Greek Theatre for Spike TV's 4th Annual 'SCREAM'

Vampires, Vulcans and Villains Descend Upon the Greek Theatre for Spike TV's
4th Annual 'SCREAM'
Tobey Maguire Presents Tribute To Comic-Con Icon Award Recipient And Comic
Book Marvel Stan Lee

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As twilight descends upon The Greek Theatre,
Spike TV presents "SCREAM 2009," an evening where galaxies collide and genres
unite for the ultimate celebration of all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror and
comic book. The 4(th) annual "SCREAM" is the first and only global event of
its kind to honor and celebrate the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors,
creators, icons and pioneers who have influenced and shaped these genres.
"SCREAM 2009" will tape on Saturday, October 17 in Los Angeles, CA. The
two-hour extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 (10:00
PM-Midnight, ET/PT).

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Spike TV is proud to partner once again with Comic-Con International, the
biggest comic book and pop culture convention in the world, to present
real-life super hero Stan Lee with the Comic-Con Icon Award at "SCREAM 2009."
Lee is the creator of such legendary super-heroes as Spider-Man, The Fantastic
Four, X-Men, Iron Man and The Hulk. "Spider-Man's" Tobey Maguire will lead
the tribute to one of the most beloved and influential comic book legends of
all time.

"SCREAM 2009" will also honor the godfather of the modern horror film, George
Romero with this year's Scream Mastermind Award. This award is presented to a
filmmaker whose unique vision of horror, science fiction and/or fantasy is
both critically-acclaimed and culturally significant. Romero, best known for
his gruesome and satirical zombie masterpiece "Night Of The Living Dead" and
its sequel "Dawn Of The Dead," as well as the cult classic, "Creepshow," will
receive the honor previously presented to cinematic luminaries Wes Craven,
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.

"SCREAM 2009" will celebrate the year of the vampire and the phenomenal
popularity of the "Twilight" saga with cast and World Premiere footage from
the highly-anticipated "New Moon." In addition, fans will be treated to
appearances from the cast and creators of "True Blood" including Alan Ball,
Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, among others.
The celebration continues with a "Battlestar Galactica" cast reunion for a
farewell tribute featuring Edward James Olmos, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park,
James Callis, Kate Vernon, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Trucco Tahmoh Penikett and
executive producer David Eick.

"SCREAM 2009" will present awards in 16 different categories. J.J. Abrams'
sci-fi action-adventure "Star Trek" tops the "SCREAM 2009" list with 17
nominations including the categories of The Ultimate Scream, Best Science
Fiction Movie, Best Director, Best Ensemble, Holy Sh*t Scene-of-the-Year and a
nod in the all-new Fight Scene-of-the-Year category. Comic book-inspired
blockbusters "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Watchmen" each nabbed 13
nominations, big screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best selling novel
"Twilight" received 10 nominations, while HBO's vampire-themed television
series "True Blood" garnered nine nominations. Fans can log onto
scream.spike.com until Saturday, October 17 to vote for their favorites.

The official sponsors of Spike TV's "SCREAM 2009" are Taco Bell, Subaru, Geico
and FreeCreditReport.com.

Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt and Cindy Levitt serve as executive producers
for "SCREAM 2009." Greg Sills is supervising producer, Gary Tellalian and
Austin Reading are producers and Hamish Hamilton will direct.

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SOURCE Spike TV

Shana Tepper, +1-212-767-4275, shana.tepper@spiketv.com, or Aileen Budow,
+1-212-767-3952, aileen.budow@spiketv.com, both of Spike TV