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SDCC Special Edition 2021 – Sunday

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So it’s the final day of a San Diego Comic-Con that most people honestly didn’t think was going to happen, much less be, arguably, a huge success. The chill in the November air still hasn’t gone away, which is a welcome respite for those still determinedly attending the Con in full cosplay. Normally Sunday at Comic-Con is both Kids Day and unofficially as Star Wars Day, the Exhibit Hall has a bunch of rush-out sales so the vendors don’t have to pay to lug their unsold stuff home, and though there are still panels put on on Sunday, a more nonchalant feeling pervades the general con-going attendees. Yes we’re all sad another Comic-Con has to end, but hasn’t it been great?

Panels were still being put on on Sunday of course, including a touching commemorative tribute to Mythbuster Grant Imahara, the art of Star Wars villain costuming put on by the 501st Legion, a look at the long history and the future of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise including teasers for new movies coming, a talk from the production and costume designers of big horror and sci-fi franchises like American Horror Story and the upcoming Station Eleven, and of course yet more panels on all the cosplay, props, and budgeting.

There were some, but considerably fewer children and younglings than one would normally see at SDCC, both likely due to it being Thanksgiving weekend still, and it’s also entirely possible that some kiddie-winkies hadn’t been able to receive their vaccination yet. Somehow, with the help of incredibly patient volunteers, staff, and security, Comic-Con Special Edition 2021 not only managed to wrangle a whole horde of geeks and nerds into providing proof of vaccinations and wearing a mask for a three-day weekend but managed it more or less cheerfully and safely too. I didn’t hear a single complaint from any con-goer, whether they be regular attendee, exhibitor, professional or press, staff or security, not a single person complained, refused to wear a red vax wristband or a mask, or staged a scene in protest. We came together, we worked together like good people should, cooperating so that we all might receive a sorely-needed socialization shot in the arm, and yes I did say it that way on purpose.

That almost hysterical need to not let it end, that exhausted-but-replete feeling that normally accompanies the last day of Comic-con is almost non-existent. Surrounded by the smiles of young fans who’ve attended Comic-con for the first time ever simply because it was smaller and the tickets more easily available for Special Edition, attended by their gamely-keeping-up older mentor geeks who also grin and reminisce that Special Edition is more intimate, like what they remember Comic-con of their own youths to be (oh me too), we remembered what it was like to be together with ones’ People, ones’ Tribe of geeks and nerds and fanatics!

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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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