Los Angeles, CA – Spike TV’s runaway hit “Deadliest Warrior†comes back to fight another day when Season One debuts on DVD May 11, 2010 from Spike TV Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. “Deadliest Warrior <http://warrior.spike.com/> †pits history’s greatest warriors against one another to determine, once and for all, who reigns supreme. The first season of the wildly popular show sparked endless debate among fans as legendary combatants faced off in match-ups such as Gladiator vs. Apache, Green Beret vs. Spetznaz and IRA vs. Taliban.
To collect data on these combatants, the series features a fight club that consists of series regulars Geoff Desmoulin, a biomedical engineer and karate black belt who uses high-tech sensors to collect the data; ER doctor and MMA physician Dr. Armand Dorian, who analyzes the lethal potential of each attack on the human body; and computer whiz Max Geiger, who tracks all the test findings to ultimately run in a battle simulation program. Along with the use of 21st century science and the latest in CGI technology, the series enlists warrior-specific, world-class fighters and experts to provide insight into what makes these combatants tick, analyzing every facet of their unique skills of destruction, culminating in a head-to-head final fight between two legends of the battlefield that will produce the deadliest warrior.
The “Deadliest Warrior†Season One three-disc DVD set will include all nine pulse-pounding episodes, plus “Deadliest Warrior: The Aftermath†post-fight analyses for each episode, producers’ roundtables and a season one wrap-up. The DVD has a suggested retail price of $26.99 U.S./$32.99 Canada.
“Deadliest Warrior†returns for a second season of 13 one-hour episodes with all new warriors, bigger tests, deadlier weapons and more unprecedented matchups, beginning Tuesday, April 20 (10-11p.m., ET/PT) on Spike TV. Leading into the premiere, Spike TV will debut a 90-minute special, “Deadliest Warrior Season One: Back for Blood,†on Tuesday, April 20 (8:30-10p.m., ET/PT). The special features four winning warriors and fan favorites from season one – two ancient and two modern – going up against new opponents. The two new matchups, Spartan vs. Samurai and IRA vs. Spetznaz, will be complete with all new tests and ultimate final battles to determine THE deadliest two warriors from season one.
“Deadliest Warrior†is produced for Spike TV by Morningstar Entertainment (“Manhunters: Fugitive Task Forceâ€). The series is executive produced by Gary Tarpinian and Paninee Theeranuntawat. Sharon Levy and Tim Duffy are Spike TV’s executives in charge of production.
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