NEW YORK, Sept 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- It will be one "dark knight" this October as Spike TV presents the third annual "SCREAM," a celebration of the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic genres. Taping on Saturday, October 18 from The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, CA "SCREAM 2008" will premiere on Spike TV Tuesday, October 21 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). Show host, presenters and musical performers to be announced shortly.

"We're incredibly honored to have the support of such luminaries in the creative community to help determine the nominees for 'SCREAM 2008,'" says Casey Patterson, senior vice president, event production for Spike TV and TV Land and executive producer of 'Scream 2008.'" "This event, dedicated to honoring the incredible talent behind these genres has been long overdue, and we look forward to bringing the fans exactly what they want to see this year with big world premieres, rare performances and the superstars that made this year a record breaker at the box office. The world domination of comic book superheroes and the explosion of science fiction, fantasy and horror movies and television shows give us a lot to celebrate this year."

This summer's mega-blockbuster "The Dark Night" tops the list with 21 nominations including The Ultimate Scream, Best Superhero, Best Villain, Best Director, Most Memorable Mutilation and Best Horror Movie, "Iron Man" came in second with 14 nominations and "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is next in line with 13 nominations. A full list of categories and nominations are included below.

Ballots were sent out to Spike TV's "SCREAM 2008" advisory board, made up of respected and well-known members of the horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic book worlds who were responsible for advising on categories and determining nominees in each category. All films, television shows and comic books were deemed eligible for inclusion if they were released between August 11, 2007 and August 8, 2008 and were representative of the genres listed. Winners will be determined by online voting at spike.com. Esteemed members of this year's advisory board* include:

Wes Craven (writer/director "A Nightmare on Elm Street")
Neil Gaiman (writer/producer "Beowulf," "Stardust," "Mirrormask")
Geoff Johns (comic book writer, DC and Marvel, co-writer/ co-director/
co-producer "Naughty Or Nice")
Stephen King, acclaimed novelist
Tim Kring (executive producer/creator, "Heroes")
Stephenie Meyer (novelist "Twilight," "Eclipse," "Breaking Dawn")
Frank Miller (writer/producer/director "Sin City," "300," writer/producer
"The Spirit")
Eli Roth (writer/producer/director, "Hostel," "Cell, "Cabin Fever")
Kevin Smith (writer/director "Clerks," "Dogma," "Reaper")
Guillermo Del Toro (director "Hellboy 1 & 2," "Pan's Labyrinth," the
upcoming release, "The Hobbit")
Paula Wagner (partner CRUISE/WAGNER productions)

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Hollywood, CA (CNS) - A new book has topped the New York Times Best Sellers list this week. Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs, has made its' debut at No. 1 this week. The book is the 11th Temperance Brennan mystery and continues the tale of the forensic anthropologist who must identify two victims of voodoo and devil worship.

Stephanie Meyer's The Host keeps the No. 5 spot this week. The book follows a stubborn woman who refuses to let aliens take over her mind and body

The top ten Best Sellers on the list of Hard Cover Fiction are as follows:
1) Devil Bones - Kathy Reichs

2) The Gypsy Morph - Terry Brooks

3) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

4) Silks - Dick Francis & Felix Francis

6) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

7) The Bourne Sanction - Eric Van Lustbader

8) Smoke Screen - Sandra Brown

9) The Force Unleashed - Sean Williams

10) Moscow Rules - Daniel Silva

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"Yeah, there are no vampires in the treatment. There may be a mermaid, but I'm not sure. I don't want to give away too much, because we're letting [Meyer] run with her vision. ... I mean, I will say there's a good amount of water in the video and ... what else can I say?" he said Thursday (August 28). "It's cool. It's not some sort of exposé on my life. ... It's nice to know we're going to make a video for the sake of making a video. [We're] making something that's kind of fantastic and different and exciting but isn't about the song specifically, and it isn't about me specifically."

Of course, as any "Twilight" fan will tell you, Meyer is an avid music fan — she posts playlists on her Web site that are meant to be sorta-scores to each of her books — and she's long been a proponent of McMahon's work. So the collaboration seems like even more of a no-brainer — to everyone except for McMahon, that is. Seems he's still relatively new to the whole "Twilight" phenomenon.

"I'm quickly becoming super-aware of how big of a deal it is. I'm partway into 'Twilight' now. ... I found out about Stephenie through a close friend, who told me, 'I don't know if you know this, but you're referenced in a couple of places on Stephenie's Web site as being a musical inspiration for what she does,' and I was obviously incredibly flattered, especially considering the finger she has on a lot of pop culture," he said. "So we were getting to this place where we were getting video treatments, and we had seen a lot of good things, but nothing that was really jumping out at us. And I was talking to someone at the label, and I said, 'You know, let's try to do something different. Let's approach this video in a completely different way, like, rather than going out to a bunch of video directors and trying to do business as usual, let's try and come up with something clever.' And immediately, Stephenie Meyer came to my head.

"So I said, 'Can I reach out to her and see if she'd be interested in writing for the video and coming out and directing it?' And we got her music, and she was fantastic, and we've been working with her ever since," he continued. "And it works so well, because [with my music], I always try to create something super-visual and create a backdrop where people can take a bunch of experiences but relate them. And she's done that in a huge way with her books."
But now that he's indoctrinated in the ways of "Twilight," is McMahon bummed out that the video for "Resolution" isn't going to feature a single bloodsucker? Not at all. In fact, he's just happy that Meyer is onboard for the project. After all, she is rather busy these days.

"She seems genuinely enthusiastic about it. She's in the middle of editing her film right now, so I guess the implication is that she's excited because she's taking time away from her baby to make it," McMahon laughed. "But, like I said, I'm most excited because, when I was making this album, I wanted to find someone who was really talented and get them to write a treatment and just leave it alone and let it fly. And that's exactly what we're doing here."

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