AMC Networks always goes big at San Diego Comic-Con, and this year they’re bringing panels for their biggest projects, including (yes, let’s tell you right now), an Anne Rice Immortal Universe panel with both Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches cast and creatives. They’re also bringing along two panels for The Walking Dead, for both The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol, as well as a panel and screening for Snowpiercer.
Additionally, AMC will be hosting a special advanced screening of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol at the Rooftop Cinema Club Embarcadero from 7pm-9pm on Friday, July 26. Follow the Walking Dead Universe on social for the latest information on when tickets become available.
Here’s a look at the panel schedule:
Snowpiercer panel on Friday, July 26, 11:15am-12:30pm, Ballroom 20
Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity who inhabit a perpetually moving train, with 1001 cars, that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out in this riveting television adaptation based on the graphic novel series by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, and the film from Oscar®-winner Bong Joon Ho (Parasite). The action-packed finale of Season 3 left a split with Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) leading the Eternal Engine and those passengers who chose to stay aboard Snowpiercer for relative safety, and Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs) leading the others on Big Alice choosing to adventure to the unknown, outside world of New Eden.
Fans will experience an exclusive advanced screening of an all-new episode of Snowpiercer (Season 4, Episode 2 – “The Sting of Survival”) before it debuts on Sunday, July 28 on AMC and AMC+. Afterwards, GRAMMY® and Tony® Award-winner Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Mike O’Malley, and executive producers Paul Zbyszewski and Christoph Schrewe will tease the series’ final season with a discussion and fan Q&A moderated by TV Guide Magazine’s Damian Holbrook.
The Walking Dead: Dead City panel on Friday, July 26, 1:45-2:45pm, Hall H
The Walking Dead: Dead City follows fan-favorite characters Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror. In season two, in the growing war for control of Manhattan, Maggie and Negan find themselves trapped on opposite sides. As their paths intertwine, they come to see that the way out for both is more complicated and harrowing than they ever imagined.
Having recently wrapped production on Season 2, the panel will feature an exclusive look at the new season, returning next year with panelists including Chief Content Officer of the Walking Dead Universe Scott M. Gimple, Showrunner and Executive Producer Eli Jorné, Executive Producer and Star Cohan, Executive Producer and Star Morgan, Cast Member Gaius Charles and Cast Member Željko Ivanek. The panel will be moderated by Chris Hardwick.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol on Friday, July 26, 2:45-3:45pm, Hall H
The new season picks up where The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon left off, following fan-favorite characters Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride). They both confront old demons while she fights to find her friend and he struggles with his decision to stay in France, causing tension at the Nest. Additionally, Genet (Anne Charrier)’s movement builds momentum, setting Pouvoir on a violent collision course with the Union of Hope in the fight for France’s future.
Panelists include Gimple, Showrunner and Executive Producer David Zabel, Executive Producer and Director Greg Nicotero; Executive Producer and Star Reedus, Executive Producer and Star McBride and Cast Member Louis Puech Scigliuzzi. Moderated by Hardwick.
IFC Films and Shudder talent David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), and Peter Kuplowsky (In a Violent Nature) Join in Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror Panel on Friday, July 26, 3:30PM – 4:30PM, Room 5AB
Do you love In a Violent Nature? Late Night with the Devil? Barbarian? Bodies Bodies Bodies? M3GAN? Midsommar? Get Out? The Witch? The Invitation? The Babadook? You’re Next? Returning for its eighth year, join some of the most knowledgeable and influential voices in horror today to discuss the state of indie and studio horror media, and give a sneak peek at the best to come this year. This is the place to come to find out which upcoming horror flicks should be on your must-see list, discuss current trends in and adjacent to the horror genre, and celebrate your favorite scary titles from over the last year. Featuring exclusive footage from future releases and stand out festival titles thanks to Mubi, Neon, and IFC Films/Shudder, and a lively discussion with David Dastmalchian (actor, Late Night with the Devil), Akela Cooper (writer, M3GAN series), Peter Kuplowsky (producer, In a Violent Nature, Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness) and Angel Melanson (journalist, Fangoria), moderated by Overlook Film Festival Co-Founder and Director of Film Programming, Michael Lerman.
Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches on Saturday, July 27, 5:00-6:15pm, Ballroom 20
In Interview with the Vampire in the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) recounts his life story to journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian). Picking up from the bloody events in New Orleans in 1940 when Louis and teen fledgling Claudia (Delainey Hayles) conspired to kill the Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam Reid), Louis tells of his adventures in Europe, a quest to discover Old World Vampires and the Theatre Des Vampires in Paris, with Claudia, and it is in Paris that Louis first meets the Vampire Armand (Assad Zaman). Over two seasons, Interview has attracted a loyal base of passionate fans and widespread critical acclaim, with the rare distinction of receiving 98-point scores for both its first and second seasons on Rotten Tomatoes. The panel will feature Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Showrunner and Executive Producer Rolin Jones, Production Designer Mara LePere-Schloop and cast members Sam Reid, Assad Zaman and Delainey Hayles. They will discuss the recent explosive second season and tease the recently announced third season.
Immediately following, the Mayfair Witches cast and creatives will take the stage to discuss their highly anticipated second season, returning early next year. Based on Anne Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches, season two continues the journey of Rowan Mayfair (Alexandra Daddario) after she has unwittingly given birth to the demon Lasher (Jack Huston). She is determined to understand what he has become – human or monster? – and to use him to fulfill her purpose as a healer, but when tragedy strikes, she must put aside her own desires and fight to protect her family. Joining the panel are Johnson, Showrunner Esta Spalding and cast members Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, Huston, Ben Feldman and Alyssa Jirrels.
Both panels will be moderated by TV Guide Magazine’s Damian Holbrook.
