Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid World Premiere

CHAOS IN THE EVERGLADES!  GIANT PYTHONS AND MUTATED ALLIGATORS GO ON A RAMPAGE AND ONLY TWO FEUDING WOMEN CAN STOP THEM

DEBBIE GIBSON, TIFFANY AND FRIENDS WILL ATTEND STAR-STUDDED WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING OF SYFY SATURDAY ORIGINAL MOVIE MEGA PYTHON VS GATOROID

NEW YORK’S LEGENDARY ZIEGFELD THEATRE MONDAY, JANUARY 24

NEW YORK – January 7, 2011 – Syfy will kick off the television movie event of 2011 – the Saturday Original Movie Mega Python Vs Gatoroid co-starring1980s singing sensations Debbie Gibson and Tiffany – with a star-studded world premiere screening at New York’s historic Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, January 24 at 7PM.

Syfy.com is running a Mega Python Vs Gatoroid Red Carpet Sweepstakes, where a lucky winner and guest will come to New York for two nights to attend the screening and the exclusive after-party with a 1980s karaoke theme! To enter the contest, please go to http://www.syfy.com/megapython/

Mega Python Vs Gatoroid will premiere on Syfy Saturday, January 29, at 9PM (ET/PT). For those who can’t wait, here is a clip from the movie.

Said Blake Callaway, Senior Vice President, Brand and Strategic Marketing, Syfy: “Syfy Saturday Original Movies make staying in on Saturday night fun for millions of viewers.  We thought the soon-to-be-classic Mega Python vs Gatoroid with Tiffany and Debbie Gibson deserves the Red Carpet Treatment.  Why not start the New Year with a mega-bang?”

A production of The Asylum, Mega Python Vs Gatoroid looks at the crisis in the Florida Everglades, where invasive Burmese pythons are threatening the indigenous alligator population. Gibson portrays a fanatical animal rights advocate who spends her evenings “liberating” illegally imported exotic snakes from pet stores and setting them free in the Everglades, where the pythons grow and thrive.

Tiffany plays an over-zealous park ranger worried about the growing ecological damage. To save her beloved alligators, she’s willing to employ dubious methods, overdosing them with steroids so they grow mega, setting off a war between the species – and putting her on a collision course with Gibson.

Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary) is director of Mega Python Vs Gatoroid – the first time a woman has directed a Syfy Saturday Original Movie. The writer is Naomi Selfman (Evil Eyes).

In their most recent Syfy roles, Tiffany starred in Mega Piranha, while Gibson starred in Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.

Tiffany at age 15 was the youngest female artist to have a #1 debut album. Her global smash hits include I Think We’re Alone Now, Could’ve Been, I Saw Him Standing There, and All this Time…selling more than 15 million records worldwide. To this day, her groundbreaking “mall tour” sets the precedent to launch young musical careers. Venturing into acting, Tiffany starred as the voice of “Judy Jetson” in Jetsons: The Movie and has appeared in many award winning indie festival films. In 2002 Tiffany graced the cover of Playboy; her pictorial became one of the best selling issues of all time. Her album The Color of Silence was named “one of the finest pop albums of 2000” by Billboard. 2007 marked her return to the Billboard charts with three Dance Hits. Tiffany makes her home in Nashville with her husband and son, and is currently writing and recording her country music debut.

Debbie Gibson began her career at 16 with the hit Only in My Dreams. She has sold 16 million albums and still holds the world’s record for being the youngest writer/producer/performer of a #1 hit. She went on to star in critically acclaimed Broadway shows such as Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast, and Cabaret, among others. She originated Sandy in the West End revival of Grease, breaking box office records. Gibson received rave reviews for her sold-out, one-woman show, Pop Goes Broadway, with critics calling it “the best show of the year at Harrah’s.” She also guest starred in Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasyat MGM/Foxwoods. Currently, Gibson runs her “Electric Youth” summer camp and music programs throughout the year to mentor young aspiring songwriters and performers, as well as awards scholarships through her “Gibson Girl Foundation.” She’s also a spokesperson for Murad, Inc. As the new spokesperson for Children International, she recently spent time in impoverished villages in Manila. Her new album for Sony Japan, Ms. Vocalist, is presently Top 10 in the Billboard Charts with the first single I Love You at #1. She will be doing a concert tour overseas in February 2011.

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 98 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)

Founded in 1996, The Asylum is a motion picture production, financing and worldwide distribution company.  With full production facilities based in Burbank, CA, The Asylum currently produces 12 – 15 feature films a year for the theatrical, television and home entertainment markets. The Asylum has become one of the world’s most outrageous entertainment brands, as evidenced by the viral sensation Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, for which the trailer alone garnered more than 5 million hits online.

Source: NBC Universal Press Release