UK Conventions 2012 (Updated)

New announcements shown in bold.

BBC: Official Doctor Who Convention (24th-25th March 2012 at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff)
Guests announced so far: Matt Smith, Steven Moffat, Arthur Darvill, Stuart Milligan, Simon Fisher-Becker, Mark Sheppard, Ian McNeice, Raquel Cassidy, Toby Haynes & Karen Gillan

Massive Events: The Hub 8 (13th-15th April 2012 at the Park Inn, Northampton)
Convention for Torchwood.
Guests announced so far: Gareth David Lloyd, Kai Owen, Catherine Tregenna, Indira Varma & Anthony Lewis.

Rogue Events: Asylum 8 (18th-20th May 2012 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham)
Convention for Supernatural.
Guests announced so far: Jim Beaver, Mark Sheppard, Mark Pellegrino, Steven Williams, Misha Collins, Kim Rhodes , Jared Padalecki, Jason Manns, Jim Michaels, James Patrick Stewart, Matt Cohen & Carrie Anne Fleming.

Massive Events: The Games (8th-10th June 2012 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham
Convention for The Hunger Games.
Guests announced so far: Dayo Okeniyi & Levin Rambin.

Rogue Events: Insurgence 4 (22nd-24th June 2012 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham)
Convention for The Vampire Diaries
Guests announced so far: Daniel Gillies, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R McQueen,  Malese Jow & Torrey DeVitto.

Massive Events: Bitten 3 (17th-19th August 2012 at the Park Inn Hotel, Northampton).
Convention for True Blood.
Guests announced so far: Nelsan Ellis & Dennis O'Hare.

Massive Events: Hallowhedon 4 (26th-28th October 2012 at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow)
Convention for fans of Joss Whedon.
Guests announced so far: Sean Maher, Kristine Sutherland, Nicholas Brendan & J August Richards.

Rogue Events: Die Zombie Die (26th-28th October 2012 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham)
Convention for The Walking Dead.
Guests announced so far: Lauren Cohan & Andrew Rothenberg.

Rogue Events: Asylum 9 (16th-18th November 2012 at the Hotel Renaissance London Heathrow)
Convention for Supernatural
Guests announced so far: Richard Speight Jr, Rob Benedict & Sebastian Roche.

NB: This is not a definitive list of events being held in the UK -please check the Organisers' websites for details of additional events.

New Avengers Trailer/On-Set Video

And look!  Finally a glimpse of Cobie Smulders.



In another news, it would appear that the film will be called Avengers Assemble in the UK.

New Hunger Games Merchandise

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The Avengers Super Bowl Trailer

Doctor Who Success at NTA

Congratulations to Matt Smith and Karen Gillan who won Best Drama Performance: Male and Best Drama Performance: Female at tonight's National Television Awards.

People's Choice Awards 2012

The People's Choice Awards were announced last night.  You can view a full list of winners here, however these include:

Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show & Favorite Network TV Drama: Supernatural
Favorite TV Drama Actress: Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries)
Favorite Network TV Comedy: How I Met Your Mother
Favorite TV Comedy Actor: Neil Patrick Harris (HIMYM)
Favorite TV Comedy Actress: Lea Michele (Glee)

Walking Dead Convention

Rogue Events have announced that they will be holding a Walking Dead convention on 26th-28th October at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole.  This will take the place of Asylum 9.

More details here.

Chuck Farewell Video

To The Fans of Chuck from Matt Barber on Vimeo.

Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

View a region free (apparently!) version here.

The Cabin In The Woods Trailer