San Diego Comic Con 2010

Passes for the San Diego Comic Con are now on sale via the Comic Con website. The 4-day passes in particular have sold out very quickly in past years with single day passes (not released yet) also selling out quickly. If you missed out this year and don’t want to miss out again, you should consider booking your 4 day passes (with or without preview night) right away to ensure you don’t miss any of the fun.

Details at the San Diego Comic Con website: http://www.comic-con.org/cci

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Khaaan Off at Le Var Burton Convention

While we’re putting together our next podcast including a look at the return of Star Trek conventions to Australia we thought we’d share some photos from the Khaaaan Off competition held at the Le Var Burton event last month.  More pictures from the event will be posted soon.

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Stargate Universe Premiere Approaches around the World

The long awaited and much anticipated premiere of the newest instalment in the Stargate franchise is just around the corner.

Stargate Universe will premiere in the following locations in October:

For full details on Stargate Universe including cast & character information, trailers, video interviews and a virtual tour of the Destiny set visit the official Stargate Universe site at MGM

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Amazon’s New Firefly Store

Amazon have launched a new Firefly Store where they have a number of Firefly products listed including DVDs and “Video on Demand” episodes.  The page even has a shiny Firefly banner.  The page also includes information about the series and a Firefly Forum.

• Go to Amazon’s New Firefly Store

Amazon’s New Stargate SG1 & Atlantis Stores

The Stargate SG1 & Atlantis stores includes “Video on Demand” for every episode of SG1 and Atlantis plus DVDs for all the series and movies including Blu Ray options.  There are links to members of the cast that will take you to results from Amazon featuring those actors.  There are forums for both shows too.

• Amazon’s New Stargate SG1 Store
• Amazon’s New Stargate Atlantis Store

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Comic Con & Stargate Universe Podcast

We attended the San Diego Comic Con a few of weeks ago and the experience was quite overwhelming.

L-R: Brad Wright, Robert Carlyle, Ming-Na, Brian Jacob Smith, David Blue, Alaina Huffman, Jamil Walker Smith, Elyse Levesque, Robert Cooper

We’ve put together a podcast featuring the best of the experience including Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, new products from Quantum Mechanix and interviews with Stargate Universe creators Brad Wright and Robert Cooper as well as the members of the Universe cast including Robert Carlyle, David Blue, Brian J Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Ming-Na, Elyse Levesque and Alaina Huffman!

 Stargate Universe & Comic Con Special [58:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (704)

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If you’re a fan of Firefly/Serenity listen up!

Quantum Mechanix (QMx) are getting ready to release their Serenity Replica.  The awesome folks at QMx are releasing a simply stunning replica that they’ve been working on for more than three years – and it really shows. It’ll be available soon and you can find out about it when you join their Twitter account. They post updates there regularly about stuff they’re working on. Their Twitter account is http://twitter.com/QMxInsider

QMx also make fantastic Stargate and BSG replicas and collectables and have just started doing Star Trek – starting at the top with the amazing Enterprise replica from the new movie.

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Sanctuary & Richard Dean Anderson Cons

GABIT Events have been running conventions with Stargate’s Amanda Tapping for a number of years, their latest Amanda Tapping event AT4 which will take place in November sold out within a matter of minutes.  GABIT work closely with Amanda Tapping and proceeds of their events support charities.

GABIT have just released some super exciting news on two fronts.  They have teamed up with LEGENDS Memorabilia for the first Sanctuary event “The Sanctuary Experience” to be held in Vancouver from the 30th of July to the 1st of August next year.  The event will include appearances by the cast and crew of Sanctuary and will beneft Amanda Tapping’s newly formed charity “Sanctuary for Kids” which raises funds for other charity organisations that often get overlooked.

Even more exciting is the news that they will hold the first ever Richard Dean Anderson event. “Meet the Man (MTM)” will run along the lines of their AT events in the UK and will be held on the 5th of August.  Tickets will be limited to around 350 including 80 “Charmed” passes that will include extras like entry to the cocktail party.

Registrations will be open soon and more information can be found on the GABIT and Legends Memorabilia websites.

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San Diego Comic Con

Each year the San Diego Comic Con seems to get more and more enormous and tickets seem to sell out faster every year.   If you were planning to go to Comic Con this year and haven’t got your tickets,  you’re probably out of luck.  Tickets sold out weeks ago and this year comic con aren’t allowing transfer or resale of tickets.

Events of interest to fans of Stargate and Firefly include:

• “Stargate Universe” Panel
• Amanda Tapping’s “Sanctuary” Panel
• Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” Panel including viewing of unaired Episode 13 and exclusive season 1 DVD release
• “V: The Series” which stars Firefly’s Morena Baccarin & Alan Tudyk including viewing of the pilot episode.
• Adam Baldwin’s series “Chuck“
• Shawna Trpcic [Firefly, Dollhouse, Cabin in the Woods] will participate in a costuming panel

There will also be a lot of other sci fi and TV related things going on over the event and many special guests including Doctor Who’s David Tennant and Lord of the Rings’ Peter Jackson among others.

Keep an eye on Fannish Inquisition for more Comic Con news.

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GateCon 2010

GateCon celebrates their 10th anniversary in July 2010.  GateCon is a fan run convention that focus specifically on Stargate.  They have had many guests over the years including Richard Dean Anderson.  2010 guests are yet to be announced.  Tickets go on sale next week.  If last year’s event is any indication you’ll need to get in quick because tickets sell fast.

When: 8-11 July 2010

Where: Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Stargate Guests:

• TBA

More Information:www.gatecon.com

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Firefly Convention in Los Angeles: Nov 21-22

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Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Mark Sheppard, Yan Feldman & Rafael Feldman will attend the Firefly convention held by Creation Entertainment in Los Angeles, CA on November 21-22.

Gold tickets are on sale now @ $379. Ticket price includes:

• Reserved Seating
• Complimentary autographs from Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Mark Sheppard, Rafael Feldman and Yan Feldman
• Admission to the Dessert Party with guests attending including Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin and guests from the Star Trek convention being held at the same time
• Sunday Morning Celebrity Brunch with guests including Mark Sheppard and Star Trek
• First in line for autographs
• Pre-Registration
• Complimentary exclusive Firefly gift
• General Admission to the Star Trek convention being held at the same time

Preferred Weekend passes are available at $179, General Admission Weekend passes at $59, Preferred one day passses at $50 and General Admission day passes at $30.

To book your ticket or find out more visit the Creation website

If you’re thinking about attending, you can get an idea of what it was like at last year’s event by listening to our Podcast or reading our event report.

If you’re looking to share accommodation or discuss other issues relating to this event, feel free to discuss this on our forums

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