Amazon Video’s bringing cast and creators from the critically acclaimed series The Man in the High Castle and the new original series Thunderbirds Are Go to the 2016 San Diego Comic Con. Both shows will be part of the Amazon Village set up across from the San Diego Convention Center and both programs will have panels at this year’s Con.
The Amazon Village will be open to the public beginning Thursday, July 21st at 9am PT. It will be open each day of the Con, closing up at the end of this year’s convention on Sunday, July 24th at 5pm PT.
Amazon Video Comic-Con Schedule:
Thunderbirds Are Go Panel
Thursday, July 21, 2:00–3:00pm
San Diego Convention Center, Room 7AB
Moderator: Dominic Patten, Deadline
Panelists: Executive Producer Giles Ridge; Head Writer Rob Hoegee; members of the cast including David Menkin, Rasmus Hardiker, and Andres Williams; and Ben Milsom of Weta Workshop
Thunderbirds Are Go Autograph Signing
Thursday, July 21, 3:15pm
San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion Booth AA03
Thunderbirds Are Go catapults the five brave Tracy brothers back onto television screens, where they pilot their remarkable, cutting-edge Thunderbirds vehicles from the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space, performing impossible rescues across the globe. Produced by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures in collaboration with world-famous Weta Workshop, the series is made using a unique mixture of CGI animation and live-action model sets. Thunderbirds Are Go delivers a new level of action-adventure animation for today’s audience while paying tribute to the characters and locations from the original series.
The Man in the High Castle Panel
Thursday, July 21, 4:15–5:15pm
San Diego Convention Center, Room 6A
Moderator: Dominic Patten, Deadline
Panelists: Executive Producers Isa Dick Hackett, David Zucker and Dan Percival; members of the cast including DJ Qualls, Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rupert Evans and Bella Heathcote
The Man in the High Castle Autograph Signing
Thursday, July 21, 5:30pm
San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion Booth AA03
Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning 1962 alternate history novel, one-hour drama series The Man in the High Castle explores what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone”—and ground zero for a rebellion, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” Some citizens struggle against the fear, oppression and inequality—others accept their lives, as compromised and unfulfilling as they might be. But after a series of enigmatic films surface depicting a world vastly different from their own, some begin to question the very nature of their reality.
Details on the Amazon Village:
Taking over a corner of downtown San Diego directly across from the Convention Center, the Amazon Village will be an immersive experience that will feature an inside look at The Man in the High Castle and Thunderbirds Are Go through interactive experiences, shareable moments, and giveaways.
The Man in the High Castle tent within the Amazon Village will feature a pop-up museum that will bring fans inside the show to experience the Japanese Pacific States and the Greater Nazi Reich. Visitors will get a close look at re-creations of the sets, costumes and artifacts from the show, and have access to an exciting virtual reality challenge based on the series.
Separately within the Amazon Village, the Thunderbirds Are Go tent will give fans of all ages the chance to interact with life-sized characters from the series, have their photo taken in the cutting-edge Thunderbird 2 vehicle, and see how the live-action model elements of the series are created. Made by five-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand concept design and manufacturing facility Weta Workshop, the model that will be on display features a miniature of downtown San Diego.
