At the end of August the nominees for the 4th annual “SCREAM” Awards, which will tape on Saturday, October 17 in Los Angeles, were announced and voting was opened to the public. In the impressive assortment of science fiction, horror and fantasy genre television series, movies and graphic novels were a total of 9 nominations for Alan Ball's sensational HBO adaptation of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse novels, True Blood.
Over the past two months Trubies from around the globe have been casting their votes online in hopes of seeing their beloved show take home the coveted golden spike award handed out to the best of genre entertainment. It was confirmed today that several members of the cast of True Blood including 33-year-old Swedish heart throb Alexander Skarsgard, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin and Sam Trammell, as well as creator Alan Ball, will make an appearance that night.
According to the official SCREAM press released posted on the TrueBloodNet.com website:
“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 Skarsgård, 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 fate of the nominees are in the hands of the fans! This means that YOU have the power to vote for your favorites including True Blood. If you're a die-hard Trubie, this is your chance to ensure that your beloved vampire series receives the accolades it much deserves. From now until Saturday, October 17th, the voting will be open to the public. Simply visit scream.spike.com to cast your vote.
The two-hour extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 @ 10PM ET/PT.
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Who the hell cares. I want the Twilight cast !
Twillight? lol yeah whatever, most overhyped movie ever.
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