Stanislav M.I.A. as Record Numbers Attend Sydney
In another record breaking weekend that is bucking all the economic trends, Supanova 2009 in Sydney enjoyed the patronage of 12,200 fans over 1 night and 2 days, an increase of 15% since last year.
A full report will follow later but suffice to say, except for Stanislav Ianevski's no-show (sorry Perth, we still haven't been able to make contact with him for you either), fun was had by all in what was a very exciting event!
And for just the smallest dose, check out this link as Rachelle Lefevre threw down with the AWF wrestlers!
One last note, Andrew Warrilow can now no longer attend Perth.
“Shout-Out” from Twilight’s ‘Victoria’
Meanwhile Gil ‘Billy Black’ Birmingham has been Twittering away about heading down to Perth. If you’d like to follow him click here (http://twitter.com/gilbirmingham).
Greg Cipes to the Rescue as Yuri & Tara Bid Adieu
As so often happens, just when you think there couldn't possibly be another curveball, you're struck by a beauty! Thankfully though there's another batter and his name is Greg Cipes! His awesome credenitals include "Kevin Leven" from Ben 10: Alien Force, "Beast Boy" from Teen Titans, "Chiro" from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go and even movies such as Fast and Furious! Thanks for the last minute rescue Greg!
All this of course only happened because Yuri and Tara, in their own words, "miraculously... both booked work for the first week of Supanova" and even though they tried to reschedule, "they [wouldn't] budge. It's then or never and they're important jobs." We wish them the best and look forward to seeing them next time!
Anakin Skywalker Brings Balance To Supanova!
We regret to say that we've received the wonderful news that Ray Park has won a role on the TV series, Heroes, and is filming
during Supanova. So while its disappointing that he can't make it we're
excited that we'll be seeing more of him real soon.
In the meantime, and to keep with the 10th Anniversary theme of the Star Wars prequels beginning with The Phantom Menace, we are very pleased to announce, Jake "Anakin Skywalker" Lloyd, as our replacement guest. We really appreciate his immediate response to our S.O.S. and look forward to having him join us in Sydney and Perth.
Star Trek's Karl Urban Joins the Sydney & Perth Cast!
We are Supa-pleased to announce that Karl Urban, star of such films as DOOM, Pathfinder, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lord of the Rings, The Bourne Supremacy; and clearly New Zealands favourite son, will be joining us in Sydney and Perth! Karl has most recently been seen in the HUGE smash hit film of 2009 Star Trek, playing Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. Star Trek is showing around the country right now and Karl is without doubt a standout in the film. He looks forwards to meeting all his fans at the upcoming shows!
New Moon Rising:
Supanova Welcomes Twilight Guests!
Supanova is very happy to announce two guests for all the Twilight fans out there.
So whether you're in the East or the West we've got something for you at Supanova!
Good News/Bad News for Harry Potter Fans
Less than 48 hours ago we received the bad news that Matthew Lewis has been called into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II and for PR duties leading up to the mid-July release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Fortunately, thanks to some great work behind the scenes, we were able to quickly secure Stanislav Ianevski, 'Viktor Krum' from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, as a replacement.
Supa Brisbane Video
A Brisbane fan, Katie Porter, put this together for a school assignment and its totally awesome! Thanks, Katie, for letting us show it here!
Supanova 2009 from Katie Porter on Vimeo.
Upper Deck International Announces Darkmoon Faire Sydney!
The Darkmoon Faire comes to Sydney on June 26-28th! Get ready to catch all of your favourite World of Warcraft® events with exciting prizes that will have everybody ready to play.
The events include World of Warcraft® Trading Card Game and Miniatures tournaments along with demonstrations for players of all skill levels. An exclusive Blizzard Event Server for World of Warcraft® MMO Arena tournaments will be available, plus plenty of other attractions. The Darkmoon Faire is as much fun as a WoW fan could hope for!
More details shortly but this is huge news for Sydney fans of WoW, Miniatures, MMO's, Upper Deck and Supanova!
Round table chat with J.J. Abrams director of Star Trek
Round table chat with Star Trek's Chris Pine & Zachary Quinto
A Bite Sized Summary!
It's been a brilliant 2009 already, with 8,200 fans making our Melbourne expo the best one there so far, and a spectacular 15,100 fans setting a new Supanova record both in Brisbane and across the country.We had a wonderful time bringing you the events, which included the Supanova Sneak Peek at Brisbane's Queen Street Mall, hosting the inaugural Madman National Cosplay Championships and concluding the tour with the world co-premiere of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
Thank you all, across the board, for your awesome support. Every element is important - whether it's staff, volunteers, sponsors, guests, exhibitors or fans - and the pop culture paradise that is Supanova continues to exist thanks to your genuine love of what we're about as an event and organisation.
My heartfelt appreciation goes out to you all... see you in Sydney and Perth!
Regards,
Daniel Zachariou
Supanova Event Director
P.S. Here's a quick retrospective of Supanova 2009 - Melbourne...
Q-Dog speaks to the WATCHMEN's lovely Malin Akerman
Q-Dog chats to the WATCHMEN's "Comedian", Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Obelix & Co. speaks to WATCHMEN director, Zack Snyder!
Round table chat with Zack Synder director of "WATCHMEN"
Blunty talks to Doug Jones from "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
Black Canary and Blunty talk to Milo & Masi from "Heroes"
What's Supanova All About?
September 2008: Believe it or not, we get asked that a lot. Some people refer to us as a Sci-Fi show, an anime event, a comic-book convention, a gaming expo and lots of other things too. Realistically we're all of the above "and then some" too!
But why believe us when so many others have chosen to tell our story for us? So in the grand tradition of pictures saying a thousand words here's a few films about us through neutral organisations and then our very own coup de grace at the end.
Enjoy and see you next year...
Cybershack at Supanova Sydney 2008
Supanova Sydney 2008 News.com.au Coverage
Supanova "Sneak Peek" Brisbane 2008 TEN News Coverage
Supa-Fun at Supanova 2008 - Brisbane & Melbourne!
(thanks to Blunty 3000 & Cool Shite on the Tube)
2008 RETROSPECTIVE
11/12/2008 And so ends the first chapter in Supanova's newly created north-south, east-west calender with nearly 40,000 fans attending across the four events in 2008. Highlights included our inaugural Melbourne and Perth events, breaking the 10,000 barrier in Sydney and Brisbane setting the standard yet again with our highest yet attendance. Special mentions include Jewel Staite being our first guest to attend all four cities, Sean Schemmel for a record enhancing sixth Supanova tour of duty and Jarod Padalecki for breaking all records as fan favourite!
We look forward to doing it all again in 2009 and thank you once more for making Supanova in 2008 a total blast!
Yours in fun,
Daniel Zachariou
Supanova Event Director
P.S. In the meantime make sure you visit the Supanova Forums to share all your thoughts, photos and videos. We look forward to seeing you all there!