Wells Fargo Center to be Transformed into Zombie Apocalypse Event April 21, 2013
Philadelphia, PA – April 8, 2013 – The Walking Dead Escape: Philadelphia announced its partnership with KNB EFX Group, Inc. and its founder Greg Nicotero. In addition to being Executive Producer and Director on AMC’s hit TV show The Walking Dead, Greg Nicotero is the Special Effects Make-Up designer. He is also the force behind Special Effects Make-up for TV shows and movies such as Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sin City 2, Breaking
Bad, Kill Bill, Predators,Transformers 1-3, Pulp Fiction, Dances with Wolves, Land of the Dead, The Chronicles of Narnia, just to name a few.
With their work on AMC’s The Walking Dead,
Greg Nicotero and his KNB EFX team have deep experience creating some
of the most incredible zombies in the industry. Founded in 1988, they
have become one of the most prolific Special Make-up Effects Studios in
Hollywood. Greg and his KNB EFX make-up artistsprovided the zombie transformations through its award-winning make-up artistry last summer at The Walking Dead Escape: San Diego event during San Diego Comic-Con. One look at
Nicotero’s creations for the undead and The Walking Dead Escape: Philadelphia participants will know they are in for a zombie experience like no other.!
The Walking Dead Escape is a partnership
between Robert Kirkman's Skybound and Ruckus Sports, LLC. Kirkman is the creator and writer of The Walking Dead Eisner
Award-winning comic book series and graphic novels and Executive
Producer/writer of the hit AMC TV series' based upon his work.
There
are three ways to participate in this
epic adventure. Participants can be a Survivor and race through the
zombie infested evacuation zone; a Walker who becomes one of the undead,
embracing the inevitable; or a Spectator who watches the apocalypse
from sidelines at the Escape Party. The KNB EFX team will transform
those who sign up to be Walkers into the most terrifying zombies to
grace Philadelphia. Registration is now open at
www.TheWalkingDeadEscape.com.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to have Greg’s KNB EFX team on board once again for The Walking Dead Escape,
this time in South Philly at the Wells Fargo Center,” said event
producer Liam Brenner. “People who sign up to be Walkers will have the
opportunity to be completely transformed into zombies by make-up artists
who have learned directly from the leader in the Special Make-up
Effects industry. It’s really a chance of a lifetime!”
Skybound.com’s The Walking Dead Escape: Philadelphia is unlike any obstacle course event in the U.S., expanding on the best-selling The Walking Dead comic book series and graphic novel storylines, allowing Survivors and Walkers to explore the initial days of the apocalypse.
Survivors
will climb, crawl and slide in an effort to avoid confrontation by
hordes of Walkers, while achieving the ultimate adventure on The Walking Dead-themed obstacle course. The Walking Dead Escape
is not a race, and Survivors are not timed, but the end is near, and
they must move swiftly. If they’re lucky, Survivors will reach the
decontamination zone at the end where it will be determined if they have
been infected.
For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.thewalkingdeadescape.com.
NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2013 – “Castle” Star Nathan Fillion, fellow “Serenity” and Firefly headliner Summer Glau, Eisner Award Hall of Famer Stan Lee and WWE® Superstars John Cena® and Daniel Bryan®
are at the top of a standout roster of celebrity guests scheduled to
appear at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con, May 30 – June 2 at the
Pennsylvania Convention Center. It is the third in the 2013 series
produced by Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) and will also feature a
top-drawer collection of well-known artists and writers and a variety of
activities, exhibitors and special attractions. 
