SciFi Cons

With the cancellation of Hayden, I think many had been hoping someone like Kristen Bell or Ali Larter could have been booked. Well, the latest guest is Cristine, who plays Angela Pettrelli. It appears that the lineup is complete now.

Due to work commitments Hayden has cancelled her appearance at the forthcoming Heroes convention (Eclipse) and the Manchester Collectormania. They’ve not had much luck with this event and scheduling guests. That’s Zachary, Grunberg, Jayma Mays and now Hayden who had all been down at various points to attend.

The actress most famous for her role in The Exorcist is announced as the latest guest for May’s Collectormania 13. Yesterday, she was actually announced on the Memorabilia site as a guest for that show, but a few hours later she was removed from the guest list!

The Heroes event Eclipse has lost one guest, in the cancellation of Jayma Mays, but has gained another, in the form of Claire’s real Mum, actress Jessalyn Gilsig, who in addition to Heroes, has appeared in other notable shows like Nip n Tuck, Friday Night Lights and Prison Break.

For Harry Potter fans, Nymphadora Tonks - aka Natalie Tena - is scheduled to attend the May Collectormania in Milton Keynes. Since those signings are held in the milton keynes shopping centre, there’s no entrance fee.

The biggest con organiser in the States, Creation, has tried a couple of UK events in the past. This year they are organising a Xena convention from May 2-4 in London. This happens to fall the same weekend as one of the UK’s biggest signing events, Collectormania, doh! Lucy Lawless is a big guest though, I can’t remember when/if she last done an event in the UK. A real shame, especially as I’m going to be in Milton Keynes that weekend. Lucy is one of those actresses right in my top 10 of ‘must meets’, especially moreso after she has been on Battlestar Galactica!

Doug Bradley, famous for the iconic role of Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies is added to the guest lineup for the March Collectormania show in Manchester.

Also worth noting, Emma Caulfield (Anya from Buffy) and Naoki Mori (Torchwood’s Tosh) will be doing photoshoots at the show. Naoki appears to be Sunday only.

The London Film and Comic Con in July has another guest, Malcolm McDowell. For those who missed seeing him at last year’s Manchester Central show, this is another good chance.

Massive Events announced today that their 6th (likely final) guest for the Eclipse Heroes convention in March is none other than Santiago Cabrera, who plays Isaac on the hit show. Whilst the convention has had a couple of guest changes, with the loss of Zachary Quinto and Greg Grunberg, with the addition of Santiago, the lineup looks rather impressive.

I missed seeing Emma the last time she was doing a con in the UK, so with showmasters announcing her for March’s Collectormania Manchester, that’s one guest I can’t wait to meet and I’m sure many Buffy fans will be delighted with this announcement.