6th Scream Awards | |
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Announced on | October 18, 2011 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
Presented on | October 16, 2011 [1] [4] [5] |
Produced by | executive producers [4] [5]
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Directed by | Hamish Hamilton [4] [5] |
Official website | www.scream.spike.com [6] [5] |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
Most nominations | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and X-Men: First Class [1] [5] |
Television coverage | |
Network | Spike TV |
Duration | 2 hours [1] [5] |
Billed as 2011 Scream Awards, the 2011 ceremony of the Scream Awards, run by Spike TV, was the sixth and final iteration of these awards, which was run annually in prior years. The awards ceremony was held on 15 October 2011 [1] [4] [5] on the Universal Studios lot in Hollywood (California, Los Angeles) and was broadcast by Spike TV on the following Tuesday (18 October 2011 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] ). The discontinuance of these awards was attributed to their dwindling popularity and Spike TV's re-formatting (including even a change of their name to Paramount). [7]
The shows original creators, Casey Patterson, Michael Levitt and Cindy Levitt, [7] served as executive producers for the event. [4] [5] Casey Patterson said that it was "a show for the most passionate fans on earth and beyond" and that "This is their night to celebrate the magical, mind-bending and super heroic year in movies and the TV shows that they love."
The following pieces of footage [4] from several upcoming movie projects was shown:
Content Premiered | Presenters |
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Total Recall | |
The Woman In Black | Samuel L. Jackson [8] |
Paranormal Activity 3 | |
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Robert Downey Jr. [9] [10] |
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Nicolas Cage [11] |
The Scream 2010 nominees were selected by the Advisory Board of Hollywood and Genre Leaders, who also advised on the categories. [5] The advisory board included Damon Lindelof, Eli Roth, George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, Robert Rodriguez, Roland Emmerich, Tim Burton, and Wes Craven etc. [5] Voting was conducted via a website form on the Spike TV web portal. [12]
The exception was the "Most Anticipated Movie" category, which was conducted via an "Online Write-In" mechanism, where each participant offered their own nomination for their vote via email to Spike TV. [13] This "Online Write-In" category was advertised as "a category that will be decided by the fans who make Scream possible." [13]
All films, television shows and comic books were deemed eligible for nomination if they were released between July 17, 2010 and July 29, 2011 and were representative of the genres listed. [5] The works which were noted [1] [4] [5] as having received a significant number of nominations were:-
Movie | Nominations |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 14 |
X-Men: First Class | 14 |
Captain America: The First Avenger | 11 |
Thor | 9 |
True Blood | 7 |
Game of Thrones | 7 |
AMC’s The Walking Dead | 6 |
The winners were chosen by a process of public online voting on the Spike TV website, [6] which ran from 7 September 2011. The winners were announced at the live ceremony (Saturday, 15 October 2010 [1] ). The nominees [14] [13] and winners [14] [4] [5] of the 2011 Scream Awards were as follows:-
† - "Online Write-In" award.
The special achievement award recipients of the 2011 Scream Awards were as follows:-
Award | Recipient |
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Comic-Con Icon Award | June Foray [52] [53] |
Farewell Tribute | Harry Potter [4] [54] [55] |
Hero Award | Robert Downey Jr. [54] [4] [55] |
Maverick Award | Nicolas Cage [54] [4] [55] |
Ultimate Villain Award | Darth Vader [56] |
Visionary Award | Pee-Wee Herman [56] |
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