MGM Television Entertainment Brings Star Power to Comic Con 2004
06 Julho 2004 - 5:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
MGM Television Entertainment Brings Star Power to Comic Con 2004
The Casts of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Dead Like Me to
Mingle With Fans at Annual Gathering LOS ANGELES, July 6
/PRNewswire/ -- Fans attending this year's Comic Con convention in
San Diego are in for an unprecedented treat, as stars of
television's longest-running sci-fi series, Stargate SG-1 (tied
with The X-Files), will introduce fans to the genre's newest stars,
the principal cast of Stargate Atlantis, at a special panel
presentation beginning at 11:30 am on Saturday, July 24. Stargate
SG-1 cast members confirmed to attend the convention include series
stars Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping and Christopher Judge, who
will be joined onstage by series creator Brad Wright and executive
producer Rob Cooper. Immediately following the SG-1 panel,
attendees will meet the stars of Stargate Atlantis, Joe Flanigan,
Torri Higginson, Rainbow Sun Francks, Rachel Luttrell and David
Hewlett, who will be joined by director Martin Woods. This
back-to-back panel presentation is an unprecedented opportunity for
Stargate fans to hear from the stars and creative executives behind
both series. Then, at 3:00 pm on Saturday, stars of both series
will meet fans and sign autographs at Comic Con's designated
"autograph site." (LOGO:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011119/MGMLOGO) Stargate
Atlantis will premiere on SCI FI CHANNEL with a special two-hour
movie event beginning at 9:00 pm on Friday, July 16, and will
settle into its regular timeslot at 10:00 pm the following Friday,
July 23. The Eighth Season premiere of Stargate SG-1 will take
place at 9:00 pm on Friday, July 23. From 11:00 am to noon on
Sunday, July 25, Ellen Muth and Callum Blue, two young stars of the
company's critically-acclaimed Showtime series Dead Like Me, will
be featured in a panel where they will answer questions from fans
of the darkly comic series about life after death. The stars of all
three series will sign autographs for fans visiting the MGM booth
at Comic Con; Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis stars will appear
at the booth throughout the day on Saturday, and Dead Like Me stars
will appear immediately following their panel presentation on
Sunday. Dead Like Me, which critics have called "Insistently
irreverent" (People Magazine), "Frisky, freaky and funny" (Daily
Variety), and "Robust and original" (L.S. Times), will premiere its
second season on Showtime at 10:00 pm on Saturday, July 25. MGM
Worldwide Television Distribution handles global distribution of
film and television product as well as co-productions for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Through this distribution unit,
approximately 4,000 feature films and 10,100 television episodes
are available to the global television market. Its series lineup
includes the upcoming series STARGATE ATLANTIS, the animated
children's series STARGATE INFINITY, the Post-apocalyptic drama
JEREMIAH, the action-adventure series SHE SPIES and the critically
acclaimed series STARGATE SG-1 and THE OUTER LIMITS. MGM Worldwide
Television Distribution also produces such original
made-for-television movies and miniseries such as the contemporary
thriller "Carrie" and the ground-breaking drama THE L WORD. The
company also distributes NBC Enterprises-produced programming in
all territories outside of North America, including the new series
"Boomtown," "American Dreams" and "Hidden Hills," as well as the
runaway hits "Will & Grace," "Crossing Jordan," "Providence"
and "Profiler." For more information on MGM, visit MGM Online at
http://www.mgm.com/. Press Contact: Paul Gendreau Paul Gendreau
Public Relations 818.985.0245
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Distribution CONTACT: Paul Gendreau, Public Relations for MGM
Worldwide Television Distribution, +1-818-985-0245, Web site:
http://www.mgm.com/
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