ABC Television will be represented at this year’s San Diego Comic Con with panels for Once Upon a Time and The Muppet Show.
The first glimpse at the upcoming season of ABC’s Once Upon a Time will be shown during the show’s upcoming panel at San Diego Comic Con.
Cast members Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Robert Carlyle, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas, Emilie de Ravin, Colin O’Donoghue, Sean Maguire and Rebecca Mader along with co-creators and executive producers Edward Kitsis (LOST) and Adam Horowitz (LOST) will discuss the upcoming season of unexpected twists, evolving characters, new adventures and new rivalries.
The Q&A session will be moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) and fans will get an exclusive sneak peek at what’s in store for Season 5, where Emma Swan transitions into her role as the Dark One, and they begin the search for Merlin.
The panel will take place Saturday, July 11, at 10am in Ballroom 20. They’re expecting big crowds for this one.
The panel for The Muppet Show will take place later in the day at 3pm in Room 6A.
Co-creators and executive producers Bill Prady (Big Bang Theory) and Bob Kushell (The Simpsons), executive producer/director Randall Einhorn (The Office) and executive producer Bill Barretta (The Muppets) screen the video presentation that inspired the series and discuss the first season of this new, more grown-up Muppet show for kids of all ages.
The panel will also feature a few of the brilliant Muppet performers showcasing favorite characters.
Also of interest may be the “Disney-ABC: Reinvention: The Writer, The Director, The Story” on Saturday, July 11, at 5:30pm. Whether you’re an actor who wants to direct, a director who wants to write, a feature writer who wants to write television, or a comedy writer who wants to write drama, you’ll get helpful tips and insight on how to successfully make a career transition from Disney-ABC writers, directors, and executives.
I bet there will be some great scoops at these panels, so if you attend any of them, let us know how it went.