conventions

World Record gaming event being held at New York Comic-Con

Guinness World Records is getting ready to celebrate the release of its latest video game book – Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition 2009 – and is urging all gamers to take part in a record-breaking event at New York’s Comic Con this weekend. This weekend convention visitors will attempt to break the Guinness World Record ….

International event provides opportunity for young media makers

fmx/09 is a key international event and conference on the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment. It’s in Stuttgart, Germany from May 5-8, 2009. On May 7th, there’s an event called the 10th Annual Eyes & Ears of Europe Junior Showcase. The event offers a chance to network and maybe even find that all ….

Preview screening of Disney-Pixar’s Up at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con and Disney-Pixar just announced that the first 50 minutes of Disney-Pixars upcoming animated comedy Up will screen for the first time at New York Comic-Con. Up, the latest feature film from Disney-Pixar, is the story of Carl Fredricksen, a man who spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and ….

Pixar’s Up and Bruce Willis’ sci-fi thriller Surrogates sneak peeks at New York Comic-Con

Walt Disney Studios will present films from their 2009 slate, including Up and Surrogates, at New York Comic-Con, on Saturday, February 7, 2009, beginning at 2:30PM, in the IGN Theater at Javit’s Center. These previews are usually attended by cast members, however other than Up’s director Pete Docter, none were listed in the panel preview ….

Vampire Cowboys to premiere scene from Soul Samurai at New York Comic-Con

Vampire Cowboys is an award-winning theater company that creates and produces work steeped in stage combat, dark comedy and a comic book style. The company’s next creation is titled Soul Samurai, and will be performed in New York City from February 14 – March 15, 2009, but if you’re attending New York Comic-Con, you can ….

Who is the Greatest Badass of all time – find out Friday at Comic-Con

MTV News is hosting a panel of celebrity guests who will answer, once and for all, one of fandom’s most notorious questions – Which movie character is the Greatest Badass of All Time? John McClane or Lara Croft? Batman or Wolverine? Celebrities and fans weighed in with their picks, now find out who made the ….

Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder world premiere at New York Comic-Con

The world premiere of the latest Futurama film, Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder, will be this Friday, February 6, 2009, at New York Comic-Con. The screening begins at 5:30PM in the IGN Theater, and is free for all attendees of the convention. More about Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder All the other galaxies ….

Cast of Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse attending New York Comic-Con, along with partial premiere screening

Organizers of the upcoming New York Comic Con today revealed that, not only is Joss Whedon attending its 2009 event as a Special Guest, he will also premiere the first act of his upcoming TV series Dollhouse to convention attendees. One of the most influential names in the pop culture landscape of the last decade, ….

Cast of Fox show Fringe to appear at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con announced that FOX TV’s Fringe will come to its 2009 event, lead by executive producer Jeff Pinkner and cast members Anna Torv (who plays Olivia Dunham), John Noble (who plays Dr. Walter Bishop), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles), Kirk Acevedo (who plays Charlie Francis), Blair Brown (who plays Nina Sharp) and Jasika ….

Takashi Miike’s Yatterman world premiere at NY Comic-Con

Organizers of New York Comic Con revealed that maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike will appear at its 2009 event as a Guest of Honor, along with superstar actor and pop star Sho Sakurai. Miike and Sakurai will be speaking about their upcoming feature film Yatterman—and then present the world premiere of the highly-anticipated movie, produced ….

Chiller Theater Spring 2009

Title: Chiller TheaterLocation: Hilton Parsippany, One Hilton Court, Parsippany, NJ 07054Link out: Click hereDescription: Horror, comic and movie fan and memorabilia convention. Guests will include: John Amplas Martin Dawn of the Dead George Romero Director Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow 2 Eric Roberts Star 80 The Dark Knight Heroes Luigi Cozzi Director of Contamination, Starcrash ….

Last day for mailed tix to NY Comic-Con; also, Fringe/Heroes stars, Joss Whedon to appear

Today is the last day to purchase tickets by mail for New York Comic-Con (NYCC), and still receive them in the mail before the show. After today, you will still be able to purchase tickets online presumably, however, they will not be mailed, so you’ll have to wait in some very long lines at the ….

Nielsen Media to launch MovieWeek LA event

Nielsen Business Media today announced that it will launch MovieWeek LA in 2010, an annual industry and consumer gathering that will explore the art, craft and business of creating the moving image. The confab – which is being created by the company’s Entertainment Group, which includes The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Backstage, and ShoWest – will ….

New York Comic-Con events to include Wanted sequel teaser, Twilight Zone Anniversary, Astro Boy preview, Greatest Badass Movie Characters and much more

In total, there will be over 200 hours of programming presented at New York Comic Con this year, encompassing a range of subjects and fields, and including some of the top personalities, creators and industry leaders from the pop culture world. The program is now live on the website enabling thousands of fans to not ….