“2007 MTV MOVIE AWARDS” ANNOUNCES
MOST IMPORTANT NOMINEES…YOU!!
Voting For The Five Finalists Begins
Today at mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com
Winner Announced Live at “2007 MTV
Movie Awards”
on
Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 8PM/7c
From
The Gibson Amphitheatre in
Universal City, CA
May
29, 2007, New York, NY & Santa
Monica, CA -- It is all about the
fans at the “2007 MTV Movie Awards,”
as MTV in conjunction with Yahoo!
Movies and Mark Burnett Productions,
is one step closer in the quest for
the next creative new filmmaker and
showcasing new talent. After nearly
400 film spoofs were submitted, the
five finalists for the first-ever
user generated category, “BEST MOVIE
SPOOF” have been chosen. The final
five, receiving nearly 500,000
viewers combined, offers unbridled
and hilarious talent with high-end
quality productions. Viewers will
see their peer’s creations which
spoof a variety of films from a
combo of
Casino Royale and
Pulp Fiction, to the gory
yet funny take on
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
meets a Broadway musical, to the
manic combination of
Grindhouse intertwined
with
Little Miss Sunshine.
The undiscovered talent will be
revealed to the world during the
LIVE broadcast of the “2007 MTV
Movie Awards” from the Gibson
Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, June 3rd at 8pm/7c. Voting for
the five finalists begins today on
http://mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com.
“The
fans are the most important part of
the MTV Movie Awards,” said
Christina Norman, President, MTV.
“It's their show and not only are we
giving them a voice to celebrate
their favorite movies, stars and
moments, but we are truly making
them the stars of the show with the
‘Best Movie Spoof’ category.”
“There are no sidelines at this
year’s Movie Awards, everyone is in
the game!”
The
lucky finalists who will have the
chance to realize their dreams of
standing on stage at the “2007 MTV
Movie Awards” to accept the
legendary golden bucket of popcorn
in front of Hollywood’s movers and
shakers are…
o
QUENTIN
TARANTINO’S LITTLE MISS SQUIRTGUN -
Skylar Stone-Clipner, St. Louis,
Missouri - Lil’ Miss
Sunshine wins tickets to the MTV
Movie Awards and goes on a trip to
meet Angelina Jolie.
o TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE REHAB - Noah Harald, Mill
Meadow, California -
You
drink – you die! No, no, no - you
won’t want to go to the Texas
Chainsaw Massacre: The Rehab.
o CASINO ROYALE WITH CHEESE -
Bill Caco,
Cleveland,
Ohio -
James
Bond gets teamed up with an unlikely
partner on his very first mission.
o TEXAS CHAINSAW MUSICAL - Zan Passante, Dumont, New Jersey
-
Pleatherface discovers a twinkle in
his eye for musicals and learns life
is more than a massacre.
o UNITED 300 - Andy Signore,
Ambler, Pennsylvania -
Flight
300 has some unexpected
visitors…Shot in 5 hours, for just
over $1000 bucks.
“This
has been a fantastic opportunity for
burgeoning filmmakers to not only
create original work but also have a
national platform to get it
noticed,” said Karin Gilford,
Yahoo!’s general manager of
Entertainment. “We are incredibly
pleased with the results, as we have
had hundreds of submissions of truly
inspired spoofs. The hard part will
be picking the winner out of so many
great candidates!”
The
excitement of the fans continues to
grow and the proof can be seen on
MTV.com, where the Movie Awards was
up 35% increase from week prior.
To-date the movie awards area of the
site has received nearly 700K visits
and nearly 3.7 million pageviews.
Through “MTV Movie Awards on
Yahoo!,” aspiring filmmakers were
given the opportunity to showcase
their twisted genius and
story-telling talent by submitting
their own original movie shorts
parodying films from the past year.
Starting April 23rd, viewers had the
opportunity to submit their own
original movie shorts parodying
films from the past year where
visitors were able to rate and
discuss the submissions. Fans can
vote for “BEST MOVIE SPOOF” by
visiting
http://mtvmovieawards.yahoo.com
beginning today, May 29th through
Saturday, June 2nd.
In
addition to the movie spoof award,
the interactive site encourages
viewers to create their own culture
of sorts -- whether it's commenting
on the user-generated submissions or
posting videos. Select content from
the site will also take center stage
at the awards on a “Video Wall” that
will be integrated into the live
broadcast, putting the power back in
the hands of the fans.
Mark
Burnett serves as Executive Producer
for the “2007 MTV Movie Awards.”
Salli Frattini is Executive Producer
for MTV. Audrey Morrisey and Ted
Smith are Producers, Joe DeMaio is
the Director and Kathy Flynn serves
as Event Producer.
About MTV Networks
MTV
Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:
VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world’s
leading creators of programming and
content across all media platforms.
MTV Networks, with more than 120
channels worldwide, owns and
operates the following television
programming services
–
MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1,
mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE,
COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV,
CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC,
LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE
DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a
package of 13 digital services, all
of these networks trademarks of MTV
Networks. MTV Networks connects
with its audiences through its
robust consumer products businesses
and its more than 95 interactive
properties worldwide, including
online, broadband, wireless and
interactive television services and
also has licensing agreements, joint
ventures, and syndication deals
whereby all of its programming
services can be seen worldwide.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Inc. is a leading global Internet
brand and one of the most trafficked
Internet destinations worldwide.
Yahoo!'s mission is to connect
people to their passions, their
communities, and the world's
knowledge. Yahoo! is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California.
Yahoo!
and the Yahoo! logos are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of
Yahoo! Inc. All other names are
trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of their respective
owners.
About Mark Burnett Productions
Mark
Burnett Productions (MBP) is a
leading production company in
content for both primetime
television and the internet. MBP
revolutionized television with hits
such as Eco-Challenge, Survivor, The
Apprentice, The Contender, Rock
Star: INXS, Rock Star: Supernova and
its upcoming co-production with
Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks
Television, On The Lot (FOX). Other
upcoming MBP projects include:
Pirate Master (CBS) and Are You
Smarter Than a 5th Grader (FOX).
MBP also partnered with AOL on the
highly successful adventure Gold
Rush, the first-ever unscripted
project to be produced exclusively
for the internet. MBP also
successfully reintroduced product
placement as an integral part of
each of its shows and has garnered a
total of 42 Emmy nominations since
2001.
