Wizard World and Crypt TV Launch Eight-City Horror Series
Hair-Raising Video Series Debuts Exclusively at Wizard World Philadelphia June 2 - 6
LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2016
– Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD), producer of the largest comic and
pop culture convention events, and Crypt TV, the digital brand behind
the most terrifying content on the web, have announced a new eight-city
video showcase series that will treat Wizard World Comic Con attendees
to some of the scariest video content available today.
Crypt
TV, co-founded by famed horror director Eli Roth, will curate the
exclusive showcase for select Wizard World Comic Con dates. The series
will debut in Philadelphia on June 2nd-6th,
followed by showcases at Wizard World events in Sacramento, Columbus,
Chicago, Richmond, Austin, Tulsa and Pittsburgh (dates below).
“Our
partnership with Crypt TV allows Wizard World to continue its
commitment to creating and presenting new streams of content,” said John
Maatta, President and CEO of Wizard World. “Philadelphia fans will be
on the edge of their seats as they access some of the most unique and
frightful programming ever at the convention.”
Crypt
TV, which has over one million fans and averages over 15 million video
views a month, prides itself on bringing new scary stories from talented
filmmakers into the world. Crypt TV is fundamentally changing the way
fans consume and celebrate genre content — in short form, on mobile,
every day.
“We
are so excited to partner with Wizard World and showcase Crypt TV’s
content to their loyal fans” said Eli Roth, actor, director and
co-founder of Crypt TV. “Wizard World is a perfect avenue to showcase
our original characters and horror series, and we’re going to curate
something really special for the fans.”
“There’s
a lot of crossover between Wizard World fans and Crypt TV fans and I’m
excited to bring our short scares to the big screen” said Jack Davis,
CEO and co-founder of Crypt TV. “Wizard World has been great in helping
make sure we make this a unique experience: our booth is going to have
more than just exclusive content, we will have giveaways from HANNIBAL
and more, available only at Wizard World.”
Crypt TV Screening Events will be held at the following Wizard World Comic Cons:
Philadelphia, PA June 2 – 6
Sacramento, CA June 17 – 19
Columbus, OH July 29 – 31
Chicago, IL Aug 18 – 21
Richmond, VA Sept 9 – 11
Austin, TX Sept 22 – 25
Tulsa, OK Oct 21 – 23
Pittsburgh, PA Nov 5 – 6
ABOUT CRYPT TV
Crypt TV (http://crypttv.com/)
is a digital genre brand co-founded by Jack Davis and horror icon Eli
Roth. Inspired by its motto #WeirdIsGood, Crypt creates and distributes
dark, edgy and scary video content on Facebook and across its family of
publisher sites. One year after launch, with 1.2 million direct social
followers, and a syndication network of over 4 million unique monthly
visitors on the sites in its network, Crypt TV has become the fastest
growing leader in digital scares. In addition to working with the best
up-and-coming filmmakers across the world, Crypt TV makes engaging
original video content directly for the Top Hollywood Studios, including
Universal, Fox, and Warner Brothers and has a strategic partnership
with Blumhouse Productions. Crypt TV is uniting fans and creating a
movement that is redefining what the future of genre content means to
millennials.
About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)
Wizard World, Inc. (www.wizardworld.com)
produces comic cons and pop culture conventions across North America
that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television,
cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming,
original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of
topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's,
comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening
parties and more. Wizard World has also launched Wizard World Store (www.shopwizardworld.com),
CONtv, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent
content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM), and ComicConBox™ (www.comicconbox.com),
a premium subscription-based monthly box service. Fans can interact
with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other
social media services.
The Wizard World 2016 schedule is available at: http://wizardworld.com/searchby/city/.
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