Superhero stars fly in to Blackpool

The stars of several major TV series and movies will be appearing at the event at the Norbreck Castle this weekend, many having flown in especially from the USA.

Headlining will be London-born actress Hayley Atwell, who stars as Agent Carter in the TV series of the same name and who has also featured in the Captain America, Avengers and Ant-Man films.

From the popular Gotham TV series, Robin Lord Taylor who featured as the Penguin and Camren Bicondova as Cat Girl will also star at the convention which begins tonight.

Other stars guests include Iain De Caestecter (Agent Leo Fitz from TV’s Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D), Manu Bennet (Crixus from Spartacus), Brett Dalton (Grant Ward from Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D), Bridget Regan (Kahlan Amnell from Legend of the Seeker), Enver Gjokaj (Agent Daniel Sousa), Paul Blackthorne (Detective Quentin Lance from Arrow), plus BJ Britt, Matt Ryan, Drew Powell and Dichen Lachman.

It is being organised by experienced film conventions expert Sean Harry of Starfury Conventions whose father Bill Harry founded the Mersey Beat music magazine, was a friend of Beatles John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe and who worked with rock legends such as Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and David Bowie

Bill said: “This is a very exciting event with some top names from the superhero films and TV series.

“The artists will be doing various appearances, signing autographs, giving Q&A sessions and talks, having photographs taken with fans.

“These events are hugely popular and attract fans for the whole weekend. Many of them will be dressed in costume so it should be great fun.

“Sean has been running these for 20 years. We have done many high profile events in London but wanted to bring them to Blackpool. A lot of the US artiste=s are really keen to see Blackpool, which is known as a holiday destination. It’s something different to London for them!”