Tampa Bay Comic Con 2025
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Tampa Bay Comic Con 2025 Spotlight
David Harbour says the Stranger Things cast grew closer together during the pandemic
How COVID-19 and other life events bonded the Stranger Things cast
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Kids and animals would run away from Andre the Giant, but the actor never let it get him down according to his Princess Bride co-star Cary Elwes
The Princess Bride’s Cary Elwes says Andre the Giant was the sweetest and most generous man he’s ever met
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Lord of the Rings' John Rhys-Davies believes AI is an existential threat to actors (and the world), but we should treat it like a good parent would treat a "difficult teenager"
John Rhys-Davies believes that AI is getting smarter, and warns that it’s already fighting back against humanity
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Inside Isaiah Bradley’s emotional journey in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from actor Carl Lumbly's own eyes
Carl Lumbly on why Isaiah Bradley continues to resonate, and how his character strengthens the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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David Harbour says the Stranger Things cast grew closer together during the pandemic
How COVID-19 and other life events bonded the Stranger Things cast
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Kids and animals would run away from Andre the Giant, but the actor never let it get him down according to his Princess Bride co-star Cary Elwes
The Princess Bride’s Cary Elwes says Andre the Giant was the sweetest and most generous man he’s ever met
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Lord of the Rings' John Rhys-Davies believes AI is an existential threat to actors (and the world), but we should treat it like a good parent would treat a "difficult teenager"
John Rhys-Davies believes that AI is getting smarter, and warns that it’s already fighting back against humanity
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Inside Isaiah Bradley’s emotional journey in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from actor Carl Lumbly's own eyes
Carl Lumbly on why Isaiah Bradley continues to resonate, and how his character strengthens the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
David Harbour loves the kids on the Strange Things set - but fart jokes during his "big break" was "very weird"
The Stranger Things kids would pass the time on set by teasing David Harbour with fart jokes
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The Star Wars timeline, the contradictions, the canon, and how writers and Lucasfilm Story Group are trying to untangle it
The struggles of untangling the complicated Star Wars timeline, as told by one Lucasfilm author
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
After the death of Batman actor Kevin Conroy, his Justice League castmates gathered together in his memory - and Martian Manhunter actor Carl Lumly made a new commitment in his friend's honor
Carl Lumbly says that Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy’s love of the fans inspired him to return to the convention circuit
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown had an intense way of preparing for scenes and getting in character that impressed some of her seasoned co-stars
Stranger Things actor Matthew Modine recalls the way Millie Bobby Brown blew everyone away with her intensity when she was only 11 years old
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Archie Comics sold the movie & tv rights to Sabrina the Teenage Witch for $1 back in the '90s - to Melissa Joan Hart's mom
Archie Comics gave away the television and film rights to Sabrina the Teenage Witch for $1, resulting in a successful film and television series
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Inside the ‘90s Nickelodeon acting method including 'The Cannon Take', as told by Clarissa Explains It All’s Melissa Joan Hart
Nickelodeon had a special acting method for their child performers, which was known as ‘the cannon take’
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Stranger Things' David Harbour showed up on set on his day off for one last cry with his kid co-stars
Stranger Things star David Harbour shares what it was like on set during the final day of filming (Spoilers: Everyone cried)
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
What Sebastian Hansen wants from the inevitable Minecraft movie sequel
Sebastian Hansen speculates on what we might see in WB’s A Minecraft Movie sequel
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
There's a fascinating crossover fandom from The Princess Bride & the Saw movies, and Cary Elwes says it's the torture scenes
Cary Elwes says he’s constantly approached by fans with Saw/Princess Bride crossover tattoos
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Narnia star Ben Barnes is embracing his fancasting as Harry Potter's Sirius Black
Ben Barnes is amused by the Sirius Black fancast, but J.K. Rowling’s rhetoric has tainted the Harry Potter mythology in his eyes
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Netflix's Stranger Things season 5 culmination of the Hopper & Joyce storyline is "very big" says David Harbour
David Harbour says the final season of Stranger Things will be a big one for the Joyce/Hopper romance
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
What killed the Chronicles of Narnia movie franchise, according to Prince Caspian actor Ben Barnes
Ben Barnes believed The Chronicles of Narnia film series suffered because the studio couldn’t keep the audience excited
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Stranger Things actor Matthew Modine defends Dr. Brenner, stating that Eleven has proven herself to be dangerous
Matthew Modine defends his Stranger Things character Brenner, saying that his concerns about Eleven are justified
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Why it was so hard to find the voice of Martian Manhunter, according to longtime Justice League voice actor Carl Lumbly
Carl Lumbly reveals how he developed J’onn J’onzz’s voice in Justice League
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Alex has not been cast in Warner Bros's A Minecraft Movie sequel according to Henry actor Sebastian Hansen, but he is already hyped
Sebastian Hansen speculates on how Alex will be used in A Minecraft Movie’s inevitable sequel
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Is Star Wars: The Last Jedi's Admiral Holdo's hair real or a dye-job? Even Lucasfilm was confused, until a Marvel story had to set it straight
Why G. Willow Wilson says she will never write another Star Wars story
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Nickelodeon didn't think a blonde girl could star in Clarissa Explains It All - until Melissa Joan Hart convinced them otherwise
When Melissa Joan Hart auditioned for Clarissa Explains It All, she was told, “I cannot have a blonde play this smart girl.”
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
How the eating habits of DC's Poison Ivy became a big controversy for writer G. Willow Wilson
Poison Ivy has been portrayed as a vegan and a carnivore, so G. Willow Wilson attempted to reconcile the two
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
John Rhys-Davies says what we’re all thinking about the last Indiana Jones movie (and he was in it!)
John Rhys-Davies says Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny didn’t work because Lucasfilm didn’t give the audience what they wanted
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The heart-warming story behind A Minecraft Movie’s touching Technoblade tribute, according to actor Sebastian Hansen
A Minecraft Movie star Sebastian Hansen convinced director Jared Hess to put the Technoblade tribute into the film
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Stranger Things season 5 will have "a hell of a payoff” for Hopper and Eleven’s relationship, according to David Harbour
David Harbour promises a huge payoff for Hopper and Eleven’s storyline in Stranger Things season five
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
The best part of being in Batman Returns for Doug Jones was working with Danny DeVito
Before he was a big-time character actor, Doug Jones was one of Danny DeVito’s henchmen in Batman Returns
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Marvel's original Silver Surfer actor Doug Jones gives his review of the MCU's Fantastic Four: First Steps and Julia Garner
Doug Jones, the original Silver Surfer, doesn’t see the big deal with having a female Silver Surfer in Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Stranger Things Season 5 will wrap up the "OG storylines" from the Netflix hit, promises David Harbour
The original plot threads from Netflix's supernatural series Stranger Things will be tied up by the final season - but what about the rest of the mythology?
Graeme McMillan
Stranger Things Season 5 is "five times the size" of the previous season, says David Harbour
"It almost killed all of us," David Harbour jokes about the year-long shoot to finish the Netflix series
Graeme McMillan
Stranger Things had an emotional, tear-filled final day of shooting, says David Harbour
And not because they were filming Sheriff Hopper's funeral (because that was definitely a joke, right? RIGHT?)
Graeme McMillan
Follow along as Stranger Things' David Harbour & Matthew Modine talk about season 5 finale and more live from Tampa Bay Comic Con 2025
Ahead of Netflix's Stranger Things season finale, Hawkins police chief Jim Hopper (played by David Harbour) and scientist Martin 'Papa' Brenner (Matthew Modine) are coming to Tampa to get us all excited.
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
