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LA Comic-Con 2021: Spotlight on The Mandalorian featuring Ming-Na Wen and Giancarlo Esposito

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This is the way! Last Sunday was a big one for Star Wars fans as LA Comic-Con presented a spotlight on Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian”. The panel featured two of the show’s biggest stars, Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand) and Moff Gideon himself, Giancarlo Esposito.

 

Moderator Stephen Kramer Glickman kicked off the panel by asking how the stars’ careers have changed since joining the Star Wars universe. “My career’s changed quite a bit,” shared Esposito, “I have always wanted to wield a darksaber, I’ve always wanted to swing a cape around. I’m like a kid in a candy store.” Ming-Na took the opportunity to thank the fans for making her fantasy become a reality and noted that Fennec will soon be returning in “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney+.

 

It was also revealed that the two stars were recently inducted into the 501st Legion, the largest Star Wars cosplay group in the world. Named after a specific battalion of clones from the Star Wars universe, the 501st is responsible for hosting various fan and charity events all over the world. Several members have appeared onscreen in the first two seasons of The Mandalorian.

 

The two were then asked if they had gotten the chance to take anything from set once they’d wrapped. Esposito shared that they would “get busted big time” for taking anything from set, though he was given a one of a kind set of Mandalorian challenge coins personally gifted to him by series creator Jon Favreau. He then told a delightful story of how he had eventually given them all away as gifts to fans. Ming-Na shared that she hadn’t yet gotten the opportunity to take anything, but that for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. she had been given her entire wardrobe upon wrapping the show. She said that she hopes that will be the case one day with “Mandalorian”, but that for now it’s all under lock and key.

 

Ming-Na was also asked if she could provide any hint as to what the future may have in store for Fennec in “The Book of Boba Fett”. Saldy, she could only tell us that the show will be streaming on Disney+ December 29th.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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