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It is not uncommon for nationally (and internationally) recognized con events to happen on the same weekend, but the final weekend of March 2019 seems to be the top pick for no less than three big conventions. March 29th-31st 2019 just happens to be the chosen dates of C2E2 in Chicago, WonderCon in Anaheim, Planet […]

Streaming service and studio giant Netflix has said “au revoir” to Cannes Film Festival following a rule change the famed cinematic event announced in 2017. Specifically, films without theatrical releases in France are banned from being included in competition at the festival. The rule was bent in 2017 for Netflix’s films Ojka and The Meyerowitz Stories, even […]

Originally beginning conlife as Stan Lee’s Comikaze, which then became LA ComicCon, the Los Angeles event is rebranding and changing their name again. Announced just the morning, the show will now be called Beyond Fest Expo LA, but apparently has nothing to do (at least at the moment) with an existing film festival, Beyond Fest. […]

[Editor’s Note: this Silicon Valley Comic Con girls rule piece comes to us from Bleeding Cool contributor Dana Han-Klein of The DHK, who moderated numerous panels for the event in 2017 as well as this year.] Who run the con? Girls! The third annual Silicon Valley Comic Con brought in a bevy of female star power […]

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is the most recent gent to portray the fictional character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and has arguably spent the most time (consecutively) portraying the not-so-good doctor. This is something of which Mikkelsen is highly aware, and boy-howdy does he know how to appease the rabid Hannibal fanbase (aka Fannibals). All photos in this piece […]

[Editor’s Note: This ‘Ready Player One’ piece comes to us from Bleeding Cool contributor Dana Han-Klein of The DHK who takes a look at the pre-theatrical release hype at WonderCon and how it showed at the weekend box office results.] Well the world has now seen Steven Spielberg’s interpretation of Ready Player One and the big question is did […]

Marvel has a whopping 6 Netflix superhero tv shows right now with the team of costume designer Stephanie Maslansky and makeup designer Sarit Klein handling the majority of them. We were lucky enough to get some time to chat with both the creative department heads at WonderCon 2018, covering the bases for Jessica Jones, The Defenders, Iron Fist, Luke […]

Jeff Russo is a prolific composer.  I can say this because his current slate of shows across traditional television and streaming services is impressive- Altered Carbon and Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix, Legion and Fargo on FX, Lucifer on FOX, Counterpart, Bull, Powers– you get the idea. At WonderCon 2018, Jeff spoke about his influences, keeping his series(eseses) in their own universes, and how the Legion […]

WonderCon 2018 had some pretty great moments, but the highlight for me was getting to speak with Black Panther costume designer Ruth Carter. “Welcome to Wakanda,” Ruth said, as she took her seat at my table. I immediately asked her about the cosplayer dressed in a Border Tribe blue vibranium blanket and armor, what she thought about […]

Nathan Fillion loves his lightsabers- no really, he does. He’s also really excited about being in A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix with his (as he calls him) pal Neil Patrick Harris. We were lucky enough to get a few minutes of Nathan’s time during WonderCon 2018 when the actor appeared in a Netflix pressroom.  It […]