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From the "Brat Pack" to "The Dead Zone": Anthony Michael Hall to Attend Wizard World Chicago Comic Con
By StudentFilmmakers.com Staff
posted Jul 11, 2011, 19:57
Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Stephen King's Dead Zone Actor Joins Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, 500+ Celebrities and Artists at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, August 11-14
Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Stephen King's Dead Zone Actor Joins Patrick
Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, 500+ Celebrities
and Artists at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, August 11-14
(Chicago, IL) Actor Anthony Michael Hall, who gained fame for roles in 1980's
“Brat Pack” films Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club and later
starred in “Stephen King's Dead Zone” among dozens of film and television
credits, will attend Wizard World Chicago Comic Con at the Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center, August 11-14. Hall joins such other distinguished celebrities
as Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Felicia
Day, Academy Award Winner® Lou Gossett Jr. and James Marsters at the event,
which will bring together thousands of fans of all ages and dozens of celebrities
and industry professionals to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies,
graphic novels, comics, toys, video gaming, television, sci-fi, gaming, original
art, collectibles, contests and more.
Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his
screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning
with the popular 1984 coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early
career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics The Breakfast
Club and Weird Science, both in 1985. His performances as lovable geeks in these
three films connected his name and face with the stereotype for an entire generation.
Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona,
joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live” (1985–1986) and
starring in films such as Out Of Bounds (1986), Johnny Be Good (1988), Edward
Scissorhands (1990) and Six Degrees Of Separation (1993). After a series of
minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television
film “Pirates of Silicon Valley” and played pitcher Whitey Ford
in Billy Crystal's “61*.” He had the leading role in the USA Network
series “The Dead Zone,” from 2002 to 2007. During its run, the show
was one of the highest-rated cable television series.
Chicago Comic Con is the seventh stop on Wizard World's 2011 North American
tour. Hours are Thursday, August 11, 5 – 9 p.m.; Friday, August 12, noon
- 8 p.m.; Saturday, August 13, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; and Sunday, August 14, 10 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Wizard World produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America
that celebrate graphic novels, comic books, movies, TV shows, gaming, technology,
toys and social networking. The events often feature celebrities from movies
and TV, artists and writers, and events such as premieres, gaming tournaments,
panels, and costume contests. Wizard World also produces Wizard World Digital,
an online publication covering new and upcoming products and talents in the
pop culture world, and is distributed on a weekly basis to online and iPad users
worldwide.
2011/12 Dates
August 11-14, 2011 – Chicago Comic Con
September 24-25, 2011 – Los Angeles Comic Con
October 22-23, 2011 – Mid-Ohio Comic Con
November 11-13, 2011 – Austin Comic Con
January 28-29, 2012 – New Orleans Comic Con
March 24-25, 2012 – Toronto Comic Con
April 28-29, 2012 – Anaheim Comic Con
May 19-20, 2012 – Big Apple Comic Con
June 1-3, 2012 – Philadelphia Comic Con
October 2012 – New England Comic Con
December 8-9, 2012 – Miami Comic Con
Resources:
www.wizardworld.com
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