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Spike TV Partners With Comic-Con to Announce Second Annual SCREAM 2007
San Diego Convention (July 26-29) Featured "Frack The Oscars!" Panel
Session Moderated By Henry Rollins With Linda Blair, Mark Burg, Sid Haig
and Robert Kirkman; Special Guest Appearance By Neil Gaiman, SCREAM 2007's
"Comic-Con Icon Award" Recipient
SCREAM 2007 Will Tape October 19 At The Greek Theatre In Los Angeles
SAN DIEGO, July 26 -- This October, a full moon will be
out when Spike TV presents the second annual televised SCREAM 2007, a
two-hour event honoring the best in the Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Comic
genres. At the San Diego Convention today, Spike TV partnered with
Comic-Con to announce the "Comic-Con Icon Award" as well as this year's
location and tape date for SCREAM 2007.
Today, Spike TV held a SCREAM 2007 panel session moderated by musician,
actor and poet Henry Rollins, which featured Linda Blair ("The Exorcist"),
Mark Burg ("Saw" franchise producer), Sid Haig ("The Devil's Rejects") and
comic book writer Robert Kirkman. The discussion focused on the long
overdue need to honor the creative talent behind Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
and Comic genres that drive pop culture and the box office. A special guest
appearance was also made by one of the top writers in modern comics, Neil
Gaiman, the new recipient of SCREAM 2007's "Comic-Con Icon Award." To see
all the action from Spike TV's SCREAM 2007 panel at Comic-Con, viewers can
log-on to ifilm.com and spiketv.com.
"I'm thrilled to announce the return of SCREAM and our continuing
partnership with Comic-Con International," said Casey Patterson, Executive
Producer and Senior Vice President, Event Production for Spike TV.
"Together with Comic-Con we're honored to announce Neil Gaiman as The 2007
recipient of the Comic-Con Icon Award, which will be presented on the
Scream 2007 telecast. Scream was one of the most successful events in Spike
TV history and this year's show will feature more world premieres, fan
generated award categories, the biggest stars from the horror, sci-fi,
fantasy and comic book genres and killer musical performances. Scream 2007
will tape on October 19th under a full moon at The Greek Theater in Los
Angeles."
Upon receiving the "Comic-Con Icon Award," Gaiman said, "Good to know
I'm an icon. Maybe they'll make little dolls of me and put it on their
dashboards!"
Additional highlights of Spike TV's participation at Comic-Con from
July 26-29 include a SCREAM 2007 booth offering autograph sessions with
Blair, 10 autographed Stan Lee Hasbro Figure sweepstakes and premium
giveaways every hour. In addition, Spike TV will be holding a casting call
everyday from 1-3 PM at the booth for people in costume to get the chance
to win tickets to the upcoming SCREAM 2007 taping. Dimpy Sethi, head
costume designer for SCREAM 2007, will serve as judge. This contest will
also be filmed for an upcoming episode of SpikeTV.com's original digital
series, "Geek-Ray Vision." This series brings viewers a weekly inside scoop
on the coolest films, music, gadgets, comic books and video games from the
hottest geek locations.
SCREAM 2006 was the first event to pay homage to the multi-billion
dollar horror, sci-fi and fantasy industries. Hosted by Rosario Dawson,
Rose McGowen and Marley Shelton -- the women of Quentin Tarantino/Robert
Rodriguez's horror film "Grindhouse" -- SCREAM 2006 was the #1 rated awards
show launch in Spike TV history. The event was also #1 with Men 18-34 in
all of broadcast and cable in it's time period.
Spike TV is available in 91.6 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.
SOURCE Spike TV
http://www.spiketv.com
http://ifilm.com
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