Justin Timberlake wants you to pick up The Phone - VIDEO

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By April MacIntyre Apr 7, 2009, 3:50 GMT

Justin Timberlake and his producer partners are taking viewers on an adrenaline ride as “The Phone” premieres on April 21st at 10pm ET/PT.

Justin Timberlake and his producer partners are taking viewers on an adrenaline ride as “The Phone” premieres on April 21st at 10pm ET/PT. © Daniel Locke / PR PhotosThe six episode series is a one hour cinematic competition that simulates what it would be like for viewers to be dropped into the middle of an adventure movie.“The Phone” is a new game show blending reality and cinematic action as it pulls its participants out of their everyday lives and thrusts them into a high-stakes game of suspense as they race against time for a huge cash prize. Each week, four unwitting strangers' lives are interrupted and changed forever by a phone call where a mysterious voice invites them to participate in the game. If they choose yes by pressing “one” on their cell phones, the now new contestants begin to trigger dangerous events that propel them into their adventure and the chance to win up to $50,000. The mysterious voice pairs the contestants up into two teams and instructs them to follow a movie-like drama that leads them through a series of mental and physical challenges from hanging off the edge of Seattle's Space Needle to racing into a burning building to save a man’s life. The player’s true natures are exposed when a surprise and shocking twist is revealed at the end of the game."The Phone" is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Justin Timberlake, David Schiff, Craig Armstrong and Rick Ringbakk are executive producers.

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XXXXXApr 9th, 2009 - 18:09:28

Rich Kid you should probably take a break. Its all seen and done before. Your scare tactics are age old and not scary enough and makes me wanna giggle at your wannabe the best scariest show ever amateur trillers. What you trying to prove and show anyways? Go pick something worthwhile our time and money and stick to things suits you the best.

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