Shatner, Piper, Astin, Spurlock Q&As Highlight Panels at Wizard World Richmond, July 31 - Aug. 2

RICHMOND, Va. - July 20, 2015 - PRLog -- Q&A sessions with William Shatner (“Star Trek”), Billie Piper (“Doctor Who”), Morgan Spurlock (“Morgan Spurlock Inside Man,” Super Size Me), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Rudy), WWE® Diva Paige™, Milo Ventimiglia (“Gilmore Girls,” “Heroes”), Billy Boyd (Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back), John Schneider (“Dukes of Hazzard,” “Smallville”), Eddie McClintock (“Warehouse 13,” “Bones”), J. August Richards (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” “Angel”), costume contests, comics-themed sessions and more are among the programming panels scheduled at Wizard World Comic Con Richmond, July 31 - Aug. 2 at Greater Richmond Convention Center. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission.

Some highlights of the more than 50 panels scheduled include:

Interactive Q&As with Shatner (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.), Piper (Sunday, 11:30 a.m.), Astin (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.), Ventimiglia (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.), Boyd (Saturday, 1:30 p.m.), Williams (Saturday, 2:30 p.m.), Schneider (Sunday, 1 p.m), McClintock (Saturday, 5 p.m.), Richards (Saturday, 2:30 p.m.), Drea De Matteo (Saturday, noon), Kristin Bauer (Sunday, 3 p.m.), Doug Jones (Saturday, 2 p.m.), Taryn Manning (Saturday, 4 p.m.) and others

Join filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and CEO Steve Brumwell as they reveal “Clectaverse:” The digital destination for beloved collectibles

Meet & Greet with Piper, Rose Tyler herself (Sunday, 11:30 a.m.) (Paid event)

Comics-themed sessions with Tom Cook (Saturday, 4:30 p.m.), storytelling with Michael Golden (Saturday, 11:30 a.m.), learn how to draw comics with “The Fox’s” Dean Haspiel and “Deadpool’s” Mikey Babinski (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.), and meet the queens of comics Cindy Jackson and Georgia Higley as they discuss the largest comics collections in the world (Saturday, 6 p.m.)

Get to know Marv Wolfman as he discusses television, animation, movies, toys and more (Friday, 4:30 p.m.) Then join Wolfman as he teaches his writer’s beginning class - “Writing 101: What to think before you start writing!” (Saturday 12:30 p.m.)

CONtv Presents a Q&A session with Green Power Ranger Jason David Frank (“Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”) (Saturday, 3 p.m.). Then join him for the ‘Green Power Ranger Half-Hour of Power’ karate class for all ages (Sunday, 1:30 p.m.)

Step into the ring with WWE® Diva Paige™ (Friday, 8 p.m.)

Wizard World Gaming Pavilion, with free gaming all weekend

Costume contests for adults (Saturday, 7 p.m.) and kids (Sunday, 3 p.m.), plus cosplay-themed sessions with Wizard World personality Damian Beurer and others

Meet-and-greet with Jason David Frank (Saturday, 5:30 p.m.) (Paid event)

Creator Pro-Am Drink-and-Draw (Friday, 8:30 p.m., Southern Railway Taphouse, 111 Virginia St. #100) and Official After Party (Saturday, 9 p.m., Capital Ale House, 623 E. Main St.)

Unless noted, programming events take place in the designated General Programming Rooms at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. VIP tickets or additional costs may apply to ensure access to select activities, as noted.

A full list of Wizard World Richmond Comic Con programming is available at http://www.wizardworld.com/programming-richmond.html (subjects, guests, times and rooms subject to change).

Wizard World Richmond Comic Con is the 14th of 24 events currently scheduled in the 2015 series produced by Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD). For more on the event, visit www.wizardworld.com/home-richmond.html.

About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)

Wizard World, Inc. (http://www.wizardworld.com) produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched CONtv, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM), and ComicConBox™, a premium subscription-based monthly box service. Fans can interact with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services.

The 2015 Wizard World Comic Con schedule is available at: www.wizardworld.com/wizcon.html.