FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention Kicks Off 2019 Event Schedule With Celebrity Guests Announcements

– First round of celebrity guests at April 2019 FanX include Pom
Klementieff, Warwick Davis, Brian Baumgartner, David Bradley, Aimee
Garcia, Tony Todd, and Adelaide Kane –

SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention™ (http://FanXSaltLake.com/)
kicked off its 2019 events schedule by announcing its first round of
celebrity guests for Spring FanX19 on April 19-20, 2019 at the Salt
Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

Celebrity guests include Val
Kilmer, Mike
Colter, Seth
Gilliam, Irene
Bedard, Linda
Larkin, Scott
Weinger, Pom
Klementieff, Warwick
Davis, Brian
Baumgartner, David
Bradley, Aimee
Garcia, Tony
Todd, and
Adelaide Kane. At least 20 more guests will be announced before the
show in April.

• Kilmer is a returning guest and starred in a number of blockbusters,
  including Willow, Batman Forever, Top Gun, The Saint, Real Genius and
  Tombstone. Iceman returns in Top Gun II. Kilmer joins Willow
  co-star Warwick Davis for a 30 Year Anniversary celebration.
• Colter has appeared in a number of fan favorites such as Luke Cage,
  Jessica Jones, The Defenders, The Good Wife, Ringer, Halo: Nightfall and
  Halo Video Games.
• Gilliam is best known for his role in The Walking Dead. He’s
  also appeared in Oz, The Wire, Starship Troopers
  and Teen Wolf.
• Bedard played Pocahontas in Disney’s Pocahontas and also
  appeared in Smoke Signals and Into the West.
• Larkin in best known for her role in Disney’s Aladdin as Princess
  Jasmine and for her recent role in Ralph Breaks the Internet.
• Weinger is best known for his roles in Aladdin, Full House, Fuller
  House, Kingdom Hearts and Disney Infinity 3.0.
• Klementieff plays Mantis in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
  She plays the same character in Avengers: Infinity War and the
  upcoming Avengers: Endgame which is scheduled for release later
  this year.
• Davis is an English actor best known for his roles in Willow, Harry
  Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Merlin and
  Maleficent II. He’s also appeared in eight Star Wars films,
  including Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars:
  Episode I- The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,
  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story.
• Baumgartner is best known for his role as Kevin Malone in The Office.
  In addition to The Office, Baumgartner has appeared in a number
  of TV series, including The Goldbergs, Criminal Minds, Law
  & Order Special Victims Unit, Everwood and Arrested
  Development.
• Bradley is an award-winning English actor who has appeared in some of
  the biggest films and TV series. He played Argus Filch in the Harry
  Potter film series, Walder Frey in Game of Thrones and in Captain
  America: The First Avenger. Over his career he’s won a best
  supporting actor award at the British Academy Television Awards and a
  Laurence Olivier Award for his role in King Lear.
• Garcia is best known for her roles in the ABC sitcom George Lopez
  and the Showtime thriller Dexter. She’s also appeared in a
  number of other TV series, including Family Guy, Rush Hour,
  Supernatural, Hawaii Five-O, Bones, CSI: Miami
  and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She is currently starring
  in the Fox drama Lucifer.
• Todd is an actor and voice actor. His film credits include Platoon,
  Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Rock and Night
  of the Living Dead. He’s an accomplished TV actor and has appeared
  in some of the most successful TV series, including Star Trek: The
  Next Generation, Xena Warrior Princess, Hercules, The
  X-Files, Smallville, Charmed, Stargate SG-1, Chuck,
  Criminal Minds and Law & Order.
• Kane is an Australian actress who has appeared the CW series, Reign
  and the hit ABC series, Once Upon a Time. She also played the
  role of Tenaya 7 and Tenaya 15 in Power Rangers RPM and MTV’s
  Teen Wolf.

“We have so much fun planning these conventions and get excited to make
these types of announcements. It feels good to be approaching FanX
season and to be able to release this first round of celebrity attendees
for our April event,” said Dan Farr, FanX Founder and Show Producer. “We
only did one event last year and the majority of our fans were clear in
their desire for two events this year. We prefer two events a year as
well so we are happy to listen and oblige the wants of our fans. This
April event will be a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to delighting
our fans with another star studded lineup.”

April’s FanX will include more than 33 celebrity guests, 100 hours of
panels, celebrity autographs and photo ops, authors, artists and more
than 400 pop culture vendors.

“We get such great interaction and feedback from our fans and that makes
it easy to continue innovating and finding new ways to surprise them and
provide them with The Ultimate FanXperience®,” said Bryan
Brandenburg, FanX Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. “Almost
everything about this new event is driven by fan requests and feedback.
We’ve streamlined Photo Ops and now included digital copies with the
price of the Photo Op. Almost every guest was requested by the fans.
This one, more than ever has been designed by our fans.”

Tickets to April’s FanX are available now on the FanX website, http://www.FanXSaltLake.com/.

ABOUT FANX SALT LAKE COMIC CONVENTION

FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention™, The Ultimate FanXperience® is
organized by Dan Farr Productions (DFP), in partnership with ABC4/CW30
of the Nexstar Broadcasting Group, and was co-founded by Dan Farr and
Bryan Brandenburg. DFP is an event and marketing group devoted to
organizing events, launching and acquiring new shows, and partnering
with premium celebrities and brands in the pop culture arena including
FanXperience shows with Pop
Life Asia. DFP is dedicated to producing spectacular celebrations of
popular culture that lead the market in providing exceptional and
rewarding experiences for our consumers, fans, celebrity guests, vendors
and partners. Find out more at: www.fanxsaltlake.com
and www.abc4.com.

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Contacts

Press Release Contacts:
Jeremy Kartchner
(801) 703-4092
jeremy@FanXSaltLake.com

Bryan Brandenburg
FanX® Salt Lake Comic Convention™
Chief
Marketing Officer and Co-founder
(323) 517-0669
bryan@FanXSaltLake.com