Article: William Shatner's 'Invasion Iowa' Proves to Be TV's Most Elaborate Hoax Ever; New Reality Series to Be Telecast on Spike TV in 2005.

RIVERSIDE, Iowa, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Emmy Award(R)-winning actor William Shatner revealed Tuesday that "Invasion Iowa," the independent science fiction time-travel film he purportedly wrote, directed, produced, and starred in on location in Riverside, Iowa, is actually a fake. Shatner stood in front of a crowd of hundreds and revealed to the people of Riverside that they are now the unwitting stars of their own television series for Spike TV, produced by Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese, William Shatner, and Gary Benz. Shatner then, as a thank you to the townspeople of Riverside for being such good sports, presented town officials with a $100,000 city service ...

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