Sci-Fi & Fantasy Media Track

Do you love to sit back and lose yourself in stories from other worlds or times?  Then the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Media track is the place you will want to go to celebrate your favorite TV shows and movies.  Join Track Director, Jeff Kitchens, as you travel through time and space with The Doctor, bust some ghosts with the Alabama Ghostbusters, search for Earth on the Galactica, and get ready for winter with the Game of Thrones.  We’ll have guests from your favorite shows, screenings, and more.  You won't want to miss a minute.          

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Media Track Programming Schedule

 

A downloadable program schedule with all tracks listings as well as facility maps can be found here!


 
Ernie Hudson Q&A

Fri 5:30 PM Main Stage

Join moderator Robin Shelby as she hosts a Q&A with original Ghostbuster, Winston

Zeddemore himself, Ernie Hudson!

Ernie Hudson

Robin Shelby

Geek TV 2013

Fri 7:00 PM Room 2

What is your favorite genre show this year? Join your fellow geeks to talk about the shows you

love and the ones you can't wait to see.

Steve Charleson

Joe Crowe

All the Who's in Whoville

Fri 8:00 PM Room 2

50 years and 11 Doctors and counting. Join Blue Box Companions founder, Allen Hammack,

and friends as they discuss Doctor Who past, present, and Future.

Allen Hammack

Vampires

Fri 10:00 PM Room 2

How do you like your vampires? Pretty, sparkly people or dark creatures of the night? Join our

vampire experts and they dicuss the portrayal of vampires in literature and film.

Cam Crowder

LeighAnn Mott

Katie Nobles

Gregory Reece

Kyle Strickland

Buck Rogers

Sat 10:00 AM Main Stage

Meet Captain Buck Rogers himself, Gil Gerard - trying to get back to the 25th Century one day

at a time.

Gil Gerard

Pop Culture in Academia

Sat 10:00 AM Room 2

Geeks rule Pop Culture, what does the academic world make of this insanity?

Derrick Griffey

Dr. Cathlena Martin

Jamie McDaniel

Summer Movies

Sat 11:30 AM Room 3

The summer movie blockbuster season is in full swing... What was good? Better still, what's

next?

Joe Crowe

Robert Ring

Mass Hysteria!

Sat 1:00 PM Main Stage

Join Ernie Hudson, Robin Shelby and the Alabama Ghostbusters for a Q&A about all things

Ghostbusters.

Ernie Hudson

Robin Shelby

The Timid Monster Cinematic Sideshow

Sat 1:00 PM Room 3

For your wonder and amusement, Timid Monster presents two award-winning short films:

AVARICE and JOHN GRAY. Plus, peek behind the curtain! Unravel the mysteries of filmmaking

with a Q&A with producer/director Dan Baker and writer/director Rachel M Taylor.


AVARICE, Rachel M Taylor's fantasy short, recently premiered at Memphis Comic and Fantasy

Convention after three years of production. It tells the tale of a young girl who discovers the

consequences of her choices when she ventures deep into the dark forest.



Steampunk favorite JOHN GRAY has toured film festivals and steampunk conventions since

2009, and will soon become a feature length film. John, a nebbish inventor, writes his almanac of

Life & Love and the Tending of Oats while his steam-powered world spirals out of control.


For more information, visit TimidMonster.com

Dan Baker

Katie Baker

Rachel Taylor

Who You Gonna Call?

Sat 2:30 PM Room 3

The Alabama Ghostbusters, that's who. Join the Alabama Ghostbusters as they discuss their

organization, charitable work and their new web series.

Adam Schwartz

Deja Who

Sat 4:00 PM Room 2

Flashbacks and Flashforwards in the millenial life of the mad man with a box.

Joe Crowe

Allen Hammack

Eureka: Small Town Great Sheriff

Sat 4:00 PM Main Stage

Sheriff Jack Carter, a smart guy in a town full of geniuses. Join actor Colin Ferguson as he

discusses the unique challenges of law enforcement in Eureka.

Colin Ferguson

Janina Gavankar: Vigilanties to Vamps

Sat 5:30 PM Main Stage

What's the smart thing to do when you live in a town full of vampires and werewolves? Get out

and go to APF, of course! Meet Janina Gavankar, the actress that plays shifter, Luna Garza, on

True Blood.

Janina Gavankar

Steampunk & Alt History Re-writing Pop Culture

Sat 5:30 PM Room 2

When Justin Bieber, mainstream television shows, haute couture and IBM turned their attention

toward Steampunk…the sub-culture and alt-genre that mines alternative history may be forced,

blinking, into the light of mainstream scrutiny. Is it ready?

Valjeanne Jeffers

J Mulvihill

Stephanie Osborn

Paige Smith

Sean Taylor

ZOMBIES!!!!!

Sat 7:00 PM Main Stage

All Things Undead And Why We Love Them

Sam Flegal

Tony Gowell

Alex Wayne

Savana Wehunt

Marble Hornets

Sat 8:00 PM Room 3

Join Marble Hornets creators for a showing and live comentary of the hit internet series. Q&A to

follow.

Joseph DeLage

Tim Sutton

Troy Wagner

Battlestar Galactica

Sat 9:00 PM Room 2

It happened before and it's happening again this year - join our panelists as they discuss all

things Battlestar Galactica!

Steve Charleson

Joe Crowe

Brian Shirley

Paul Smith

Tim Stacks

Bronies: It’s a Thing!

Sat 9:00 PM Room 7

Bronies!? But I thought My Little Ponies was a kids thing? Join our hosts Will & Reed

Lochamy as they try to figure out what this Brony thing is all about. We are sure audience help

will be required.

Reed Lochamy

Will Lochamy

Old Time Radio Show

Sat 9:00 PM Room 5

Harken back to days of yesteryear, with the family sitting around the radio listening to the old

time shows. Join us as our guests reenact one of these classic shows.

Charis Taylor

Sean Taylor

Game of Thrones

Sat 10:00 PM Room 2

Winter has come, the night has fallen, join our panelists for an in-depth discussion of both the

books and the hit HBO series as they battle for the Iron Throne!

Maree Jones

Russell Jones

Paul Smith

Tim Stacks

Janina Gavankar Q&A

Sun 10:00 AM Main Stage

Join actress Janina Gavankar and ask about your favorite shows including True Blood and

Arrow.

Janina Gavankar

BevNerd Podcast Live!

Sun 11:30 AM Room 3

A live version of the BevNerd show. I'll Pass out sponsored food or beverage products to panel

attendees, ask for guests to join me for reviews and a spot on the show. Showing funny clips of

terrible products and first taste reactions. Showcase other BevNerd.com content. And fun.

Jason Coleman

Gil Gerard in the 21st Century

Sun 11:30 AM Main Stage

He's been to the 25th Century and back, ask what he learned along the way.

Gil Gerard

Colin Ferguson Q&A

Sun 1:00 PM Main Stage

Was Eureka really based on Mayberry? Ask Colin Ferguson.

Colin Ferguson

Web Films: The New Frontier?

Sun 1:00 PM Room 3

Join our panelists as they discuss the opportunities and challenges of producing their own films

for the web.

Brian Curtain

Joseph DeLage

Josh Mason

Adam Schwartz

Tim Sutton

Troy Wagner

I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost

Sun 2:30 PM Main Stage

Join Robin Shelby for a Q&A about all things Ghostbusters and beyond.

Robin Shelby

Josh Mason Studios Presents: Super Mario Bros. 2: WANTED

Sun 2:30 PM Room 3

Super Mario Bros. 2: WANTED is an action/comedy short film that follows the tone of 1980's

action films and is loosely based on the videogame series of the same name. It follows two

mercinaries named Mario and Luigi who are on the run from the law after being framed for a

crime they didn't commit by the evil drug kingpin Koopa. With the help of a computer hacker

named Toad, the brothers are on a mission to clear their names, take down Koopa, and end his

stranglehold over Star City once and for all. The film stars Cory Holland (ABC's NASHVILLE)

and is directed by Josh Mason.

Josh Mason

Dead On

Sun 4:00 PM Main Stage

Join our resident zombie expert, Dr. Jamie McDaniel, and zombie actors, Tony Gowell, Alex

Wayne and Savana Jade Wehunt as they discuss all things, The Walking Dead.

Tony Gowell

Jamie McDaniel

Alex Wayne

Savana Wehunt

Gone in a Flash

Sun 5:30 PM Room 2

The Sci-Fi TV Shows that came and went too soon.

Steve Charleson

Joe Crowe