Sean Astin To Appear At C2E2

C2E2

Sean Astin

Show organizers at C2E2, which is set take place this coming weekend, April 13 – 15 at McComick Place in Chicago, have announced that Sean Astin will appear as a guest at the show. In addition to featuring top artists and creators from the world of comics, C2E2 is a showcase for celebrities from all corners of the entertainment universe including film, TV, books and music. Sean Astin is well remembered for his role as loyal Samwise Gamgee in the universally acclaimed Lord of the Rings; his role as Mikey in the 1980’s classic The Goonies; and his title role as the American working class hero in Rudy.

He joins other entertainment celebrities at C2E2 including:

John Barrowman * Nicholas Brendan * Ryan Buell * Lauren Cohan *
John Cusack * Anthony Daniels * Josh Gates * Chris Hardwick * Charlaine Harris *
Stephanie Izard * Val Kilmer * Tom Morello * Chad Michael Murray *
Stephen Rannazzisi * Anne Rice * Shane West * Steven Yeun

Sean Astin will be signing in the autographing area at C2E2 for all three days of the show beginning Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 15. For further information about guests and other activities at C2E2 as well as purchasing tickets, please visit www.C2E2.com.

“This announcement about Sean Astin only goes to show that we had no intention of letting up on our planning until show time,” notes Lance Fensterman, who runs ReedPOP which organizes C2E2 and New York Comic Con (NYCC) among other pop culture events. “It’s never too late to add a great guest to our schedule and Sean Astin is certainly a great final guest to announce in our line up. He has been in some legendary movies and he will be at our show for all three days which is incredibly cool since this makes him available to literally thousands of fans. Our entertainment guests span the pop culture universe and we are very proud and pleased to be able to present a show that is so inclusive … we also have the very top comic creators and artists attending our convention which is in keeping with our goal to be the pre-eminent pop culture event in the Midwest.”