Category: Events
Comic Cons headed to the high seas could be industry game-changer
Fan2Sea has announced the full lineup of guests, entertainment and activities for its maiden voyage aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas, which sets sail from January 19–23, 2017 out of Tampa, Florida, with stops in Key West and Cozumel, Mexico. The pop culture-themed cruise will feature panels, nightly parties, movie marathons, themed dinners …
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#NYCC2016 #NYCC New York Comic-Con expands to Madison Square Garden for 2016
It looks like one building can no longer handle all of the content that’s coming to New York Comic-Con these days. As a solution, just as they did in 2015, organizers are expanding to additional venues outside of Jacob K. Javits Center, to welcome the massive crowds expected to attend the more popular panels this …
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Star Trek: Bridge Crew virtual reality video game and large gaming zone coming to Star Trek: Mission New York
CBS Consumer Products and ReedPOP are bringing a gamer’s dream to this year’s Star Trek: Mission New York with Star Trek: Bridge Crew, an all-new virtual reality video game from Ubisoft. Star Trek: Mission New York will take place September 2–4 at the Javits Center, the birthplace of the original Star Trek Convention. To help …
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The Musikfest 2016 full lineup
The Musikfest 2016 Premium Lineup (requiring tickets) RUN-DMC Saturday, August 6 Dierks Bentley Sunday, August 7 Swift Technique presents a Tribute to Prince With Band From Mars (David Bowie Tribute) Monday, August 8 BOSTON: 40th Anniversary Tuesday, August 9 Don Henley Wednesday, August 10 BUSH & Chevelle Thursday, August 11 Sabrina Carpenter Friday, August 12 …
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Cult classic Phantasm and new sequel Phantasm: Ravager heading to theaters
Well Go USA Entertainment announced that the company has nabbed North American rights for Don Coscarelli’s iconic Phantasm series, including an all-new 4K restoration of the original 1979 cult classic Phantasm: Remastered, never-before-seen HD restorations of 1994’s Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead and 1998’s Phantasm IV: Oblivion, and the long-anticipated debut of the fifth …
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Game of Death villain Mel Novak and The Blacklist’s Harry Lennix to appear at first-ever Martial Con
Cult Cinema Icon Mel Novak, the quintessential action movie villain, will appear at the inaugural edition of Martial Con this August in Long Beach, California. Novak has battled many legendary Hollywood heroes and is best known as the iconic Stick the Assassin in Bruce Lee’s Game of Death. Novak also starred in Black Belt Jones …
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Partial lineup announced for Rock and Shock Horror and Music Fest 2016
Mass Concerts has announced the first celebrity guests and musical acts for the Rock and Shock Horror and Music Convention in New England. On October 14th through 16th, Rock and Shock will celebrate their 13th year bringing the best in horror and music to Worcester, Massachusetts. The convention features celebrity guests, live bands, vendors and …
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Young Han Solo revealed for 2018 Star Wars spinoff prequel
Film directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe today, that young actor Alden Ehrenreich will play Han Solo in Lucasfilm’s 2018 spinoff prequel movie. According to various online reports, the filmmakers said that they auditioned more than 3,000 actors for the role, before settling on Ehrenreich. Variety reports that filmmaker …
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Does this Walking Dead Season 7 preview poster for San Diego Comic Con 2016 give away upcoming story plot? You be the judge
It’s just about that time of year again. A time when pop culture fanatics journey to San Diego, California for Comic Con International, wait on lines for hours, even days, at a time, all to get a glimpse of their favorite celebrities, filmmakers, comic creators, pop culture writers & artists, streaming personalities, and cosplay icons. …
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Troma Entertainment nabs Hectic Knife
Troma Entertainment has acquired the action-horror-comedy film Hectic Knife, directed by Greg DeLiso. The new acquisition will be celebrated with a New York City rooftop screening premiere in Brooklyn at Our Wicked Lady on July 28th, 2016 as a pre-party fundraising event for TromaDance, Troma’s Film Festival which runs the weekend of July 29th. A …
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Conan O’Brien hosting epic Warner Bros. San Diego Comic Con presentation with Will Smith, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Tom Hiddleston and more
Warner Bros. Pictures will once again commandeer San Diego Comic Con’s Hall H when the Studio’s biggest stars, DC’s best Super Heroes and “worst” Super-Villains, fantastic beasts great and small and more head to this year’s con for one the Studio’s biggest previews ever. On Saturday, July 23, beginning at 11:30 a.m., Warner Bros. will …
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Pusher director Nicolas Winding Refn to appear during IFC Center’s “Nordic Noir” thriller screening series
This Friday, IFC Center in New York City will host the screening series “Cold Cases: The Department Q Trilogy and the New Nordic Noir,” a 15-film survey of twenty years of crime films from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The series starts this Friday, June 17th and runs through Thursday, June 23rd. Police procedurals, grisly …
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