Stars Illuminate The Greek Theatre For Spike TV's 'SCREAM 2009' Premiering On
October 27 At 10 PM ET/PT
Never-Before-Seen Content From 'Star Trek' To Be Featured
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The stars are aligned for Spike TV's "SCREAM
2009!" The 4th annual event commemorating all things sci-fi, fantasy, horror
and comic book will feature the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors,
creators, and icons who have influenced and shaped these genres. "SCREAM 2009"
will also feature World Premieres from some of the most anticipated theatrical
and television releases. The show tapes on Saturday, October 17 at the Greek
Theatre in Los Angeles, CA and will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October
27 (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
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Continuing its tradition of presenting World Premiere footage, "SCREAM 2009"
will feature "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner as he unveils exclusive footage
from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." The show will also feature
never-before-seen content from the upcoming "Star Trek" DVD release. "SCREAM
2009" will debut exclusive content from Martin Scorsese's upcoming thriller
"Shutter Island" starring Leonardo DiCaprio. "SCREAM 2009" will also show a
sneak peek of the highly-anticipated new television series "V" with Elizabeth
Mitchell.
As previously announced, "SCREAM 2009" will honor the godfather of the modern
horror film, George Romero with this year's Scream Mastermind Award. Quentin
Tarantino has been tapped to present Romero with this prestigious honor. In
addition, the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" including Johnny Galecki, Jim
Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar will be on hand to
present the "Battlestar Galactica" cast reunion farewell tribute.
Fan favorites added to this year's star-studded talent roster include Megan
Fox, Tobey Maguire, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Carpenter, Eliza Dushku, Jackie
Earle Haley, Jaime King, Sam Raimi, Eli Roth, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Elijah
Wood, cast members from "The Vampire Diaries" including Nina Dobrev, Ian
Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, stars of the upcoming "Cirque Du Freak: The
Vampire's Assistant" featuring Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia and John C.
Reilly, "Drag Me To Hell" cast members Reggie Lee, David Paymer, Dileep Rao
and Lorna Raver, along with previously announced talent featuring Stan Lee and
the cast and creators of "Battlestar Galactica" and "True Blood." Additional
guest appearances will be announced shortly.
JJ 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 Free Credit Report.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.
Spike TV is available in 98 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A
unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading
creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's
Internet address is www.spike.com and for up-to-the-minute and archival press
information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at
http://www.spike.com/press.
SOURCE Spike TV
Shana Tepper, Spike TV, +1-212-767-4275, shana.tepper@spiketv.com, or Aileen
Budow, Spike TV, +1-212-767-3952, aileen.budow@spiketv.com
