Splatterzone Productions reveals little about show producers will film to pitch at the Las Vegas Film Festival in July.
Splatterzone Productions will hold open auditions for a game show pitch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The pitch will be filmed in Yorkville in late March so the producers can take it to the Las Vegas Film Festival in July, according to the production's website, www.splatterzonepaintball.net. The audition location will be 10389 Fox River Drive, which is just east of Millington, according to a Splatterzone Productions contact who declined to give a name other than "Pyroman." Those using GPS to find the site should enter Newark instead of Millington, he said. Applicants will be asked to fill out forms, have a photo taken and submit a short tape that will be filmed at the audition site, according to the production's website. "Pyroman" …
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Yorkville native Tim Freeman tells us what it was like to be on the popular television game show.
Editor's note: This article originally posted Feb. 6, but I'm highlighting it today to remind you that the Wheel of Fortune episode including Yorkville resident Tim Freeman is airing tonight. Tune in at 6:30 p.m. Wheel of Fortune has awarded over $190 million in cash and prizes - and Yorkville residents will have to tune in Feb. 22 to learn if fellow resident Tim Freeman got his share of that prize money. In May, Freeman, 30, got the opportunity of a lifetime: He was chosen to be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. More than 10,000 people try out each year to be a contestant on the show, and fewer than 600 contestants are selected, according to the show's website, wheeloffortune.com. “It was a wild experience. I never thought that I would…
Karol Bundy
11:21 am on Friday, February 11, 2011
Am so happy for local people to get this chance.......I'm sure the memories will be a live-time of tales to come....Definitely will watch it.....Congrats..... more ›