Whedon confirmed for Dragon*Con.
Joss and co continue to barnstorm across the USA in their efforts to promote Serenity. This time they will be in Atlanta in September at one of the largest conventions around.
Press release via email and confirmed by Dragon*Con:
"Dragon*Con Announces Joss Whedon Added To Guest List
Due to the efforts of John Tackett and Pat Henry, we are pleased to announce that Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy, Angel, Firefly/Serenity and the upcoming Wonder Woman movie has been confirmed as a guest for Dragon* Con 2005.
At this time, in regards to programming of Joss, he is there to discuss Firefly/Serenity and his upcoming projects . At this point we do not know if he will be able to discuss his past projects. As we get more information we will let you know.
We are also bringing in Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin from Firefly / Serenity as well."
April 15 2005
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killinj | April 15, 11:54 CET
zencat | April 15, 12:12 CET
BTW, I will be there as an author guest as well, and the novelization should actually be out by then.....
krad | April 15, 12:51 CET
zencat | April 15, 12:56 CET
RavenU | April 15, 12:56 CET
killinj | April 15, 13:06 CET
brownishcoat | April 15, 13:31 CET
I'm thrilled to know WHEDONesque will have a power team on location to report on this event.
krad, love your work. Please link up with RavenU and killinj to share your thoughts. Take care!
Madhatter | April 15, 14:52 CET
krad | April 15, 23:49 CET
amystar | April 16, 03:20 CET
aver | April 16, 15:28 CET
"Closer to the 'con, you may want to (if I forget to) pass along to folks that if they want to see Joss and the other Firefly folks, they should plan to show up very very early (as in, during the previous session time)to their sessions. We will, of course, be putting them in the largest room, but we're anticipating crowd control issues and the Atlanta fire
marshals are extremely finicky about letting us pack rooms."
Simon | April 16, 16:57 CET
rkayn | April 16, 19:25 CET
[ edited by aver on 2005-04-19 00:48 ]
aver | April 16, 22:52 CET
Oh man, I'm geeking out here. Seriously, I can't feel my feet.
psyche | April 18, 10:49 CET
RavenU | April 18, 11:59 CET
psyche | April 18, 16:01 CET
aver | April 18, 17:50 CET
RavenU | April 18, 18:11 CET
aver | April 19, 23:21 CET
All celebrity signing at Dragon*Con is at the Stars Walk of Fame, in the Marriott (main programming is at the Hyatt across the street).
If any of the Firefly guests will be on the Walk of Fame, they will be listed in the con program as such. You will then be able to plan your con accordingly -- see them at the WoF one day, see their panel/programming another. Friday is the least busy day (which isn't saying much) so that's a good day to go to the WoF. Keep in mind that most guests charge for their autographs -- it's how they can afford to meet fans at cons, rather than spend that time working.
I am not affiliated with the WoF in any way, but my guess is that it is *highly* *unlikely* that Joss will be signing at the WoF at all. The crowd control issues alone would make it difficult, plus he'll be doing media interviews, programming, and all sorts of other stuff that would make sitting at a table signing stuff for eight hours a day pretty difficult. This probably applies to the cast as well -- they are being paid by the production company to go to the con to promote the film, which means (a) they don't need to sign on the WoF to pay for their trip, and (b) they will be spending a LOT of time doing interviews and other promotional stuff. Again, I don't know this for sure, but most time our really big-name guests don't wind up doing a lot of signing. If the choice is between talking to 4000 people about their project or spending that time signing for (maybe) 200 people, guess what they'll choose?
From one fan to others: Please, please, PLEASE do not go to this convention solely for the purpose of getting Joss/Adam/Nathan/etc to sign your photo/book/usedprop/chest/whatever. There is a good chance you will be disappointed. However, if you go with an eye toward having a good time at Serenity (and other -- Dragon*Con has probably the best fan programming in the world) programming, and MAYBE getting an autograph or two, you'll have a blast. Dragon*Con is *awesome* fun.
Finally (sorry this comment's gotten so long), if anyone is interested in costuming, Dragon*Con is the place to do it. It's always more fun to costume in groups, and there's the parade, the Masquerade costume contest, and the hall costume contest for you to show off your skills. This would (obviously) be a great year to get together a Firefly/Serenity costuming group!
starlady | April 24, 16:12 CET