A week into April means we are 60 days away from Phoenix Fan Fusion (reminder that it is in June this year, not Memorial Day weekend). Bringing you a few updates about the largest pop culture convention in the Southwest and we start off with recapping some of the recent guest announcements.

Recent author announcements: Brittney Arena, Constance Fay, Heather Fawcett, James Rollins.

Recent comic creator announcements: Travis Hanson, Tom Ruegger, Laura Braga, Kevin Altieri, Alan Burnett.

Recent cosplayer announcements: Smol Giggle

Recent actor announcements: Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Marisa Tomei, Charles Martinet, Maggie Robertson, Neil Newbon

For more of the announced guests for Phoenix Fan Fusion, click here.

 

Do you take your conventions serious and plan out exactly what panels and programming you will be attending daily? If you’re reading this, you probably do and you can get a heard start on planning for Fan Fusion! Parts of the schedule have gone live on the Phoenix Fan Fusion website and while its not complete, you can browse to see what panels so far are being offered and start putting together your own schedule.

 

Speaking of the schedule, it shows that this year, the North 120 Ballroom is getting split into two. The North120 Ballroom last year was used for tabletop gaming which I reported earlier in the year that it is getting moved to the old Hall of Heroes on the third floor. This year, the one of the two things taking up the space will be the Cosplay Universe Stage. This looks to be where all of the cosplay photoshoots will be held. For instance, on Friday at 11:45AM it will be a Star Wars cosplay photoshoot “Meet with other cosplayers from the Star Wars fandom for a group photo on the Cosplay Universe stage.” I wonder if there will be corresponding back drops or just a nice stage to take photos away from the usual symphony stairs spot.

 

The other programming moving into North 120 is wrestling. This has been previously held in one of the first floor panel rooms in the West building and there is usually always a line to get in so the move is a welcomed change to attendees (ME!) who find it hard to get into the room.

 

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