Supanova Pop Culture Expo

The Iris Interview: Rupert Young talks the popularity of Merlin ahead of Supanova & plans for 2015.

The next run of Supanova expos are just around the corner, with Adelaide and Brisbane up next as hosts for a weekend full of meet and greets, cosplaying, merch buying and Q&A panel goodness. Featured on the guest line up for Adelaide and Brisbane are names including Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones’ King Joffrey), Oliver and James Phelps (Harry Potter’s Weasley Twins) and this dashing…

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The Iris Interview: Neve McIntosh on Madame Vastra & the new direction of Doctor Who!

  As Australian Doctor Who fans still reel from last weekend’s adventure, Adelaide and Brisbane Whovians are preparing for a member of the current cast to journey out to Australia for the Supanova Pop Culture Expo! With both Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman causing chaos on the Doctor Who World Tour earlier in the year, plus Coleman’s return last month to meet…

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Arrow’s Manu Bennett & Sherlock’s Louise Brealey added to Supanova Adelaide & Brisbane!

  Supanova is going to be coming through to Adelaide and Brisbane this November and while we’ve got some exciting guest additions to the 2014 events, the pop culture expo has also delivered some disappointing news for fans of some of the already announced guests.  Arrow’s Manu Bennett (pictured) has been confirmed to visit both cities in…

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Supanova brings The Hoff, Vampires, Silurians and Knights to Brisbane and Adelaide in November!

With the Supanova Pop Culture Expo set to kick off in Sydney this weekend before hitting up Perth on June 20-22, the organisers have given fans in Adelaide and Brisbane a taste of their convention line ups for November. More guests are to be announced in coming months, but in the meantime get a hit…

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The Iris Interview: Arrow’s Manu Bennett on the success of the ‘superhero’ TV series ahead of Supanova!

Supanova is set to light fires in the bellies of pop culture fanatics in Sydney this weekend and to be honest, it’s one of the strongest guest line ups they’ve pulled yet. Actors from highly successful series’ including Game of Thrones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, The Walking Dead and more are set to spend their weekend…

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The Iris Interview: Emmanuelle Vaugier from Canadian sci-fi crime drama Lost Girl.

The Supanova Pop Culture Expo is soon to be kicking off for another year, hitting up the Gold Coast and Melbourne in April for two massive conventions. Featuring a great line-up of actors, voice artists, authors and more from all over the place, fans of sci-fi, fantasy, graphic novels, manga and everything else in between…

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The Iris Interview: Jed Brophy of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (USA/New Zealand, 2013)

While at Supanova in Sydney all the way back in June, Larry Heath sat down with one of the dwarves from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy to talk about the films, New Zealand based actor Jed Brophy who plays Nori. We address some fan disappointment in the first film, how that might be addressed in the future, and what…

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The Iris Interview: Dean O’Gorman of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (USA/New Zealand, 2013)

Back in November, Supanova took over Adelaide for another year, drawing the pop culture geeks out in force for three days of pure awesomeness. As well as sitting in on some great panels and avoiding being stalked by Chewbacca, I had a chat with Dean O’Gorman, one of the ‘Supa-Star Guests’. O’Gorman, as many of you will…

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The Iris Interview: Christian Antidormi & Todd Lasance of Spartacus (New Zealand/USA)

With Supanova winding down in Adelaide today, fans had scattered to catch the final panels for the weekend and take up final opportunities in snagging autographs and photos with their favourite guests. Sitting in on the Spartacus panel (one of the funniest of the weekend), I was interested in the popularity of the historic drama – in the case…

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The Iris Interview: Stanislav Ianevski (Bulgaria) from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The Supanova Pop Culture Expo has recently wrapped up its Brisbane leg, bringing some awesome talent from the fields of TV, film, graphic novels, comics and more to Australian fans. One such member of the guest lineup is Stanislav Ianevski, also known to many Harry Potter fans as the Durmstrang Champion, Viktor Krum. The actor, who played the role in Harry Potter…

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