Celebrities coming to MEGACON Orlando this weekend!

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March 19th to the 22nd, the Orlando Convention Center will be home to MEGACON Orlando 2026. Geeks, nerds, and hobbits will meet to celebrate the fandoms they love the most. Everyone geeks out about something, and there is truly something for EVERYONE! This is a bit of a breakdown of what celebrities will be around each day.

Make sure to head to the MEGACON Orlando website for the entire schedule. Also, download the app so you can favorite what you want to do, and get those reminders, as time is very wibbly wobbly during MEGACON, and tends to disappear.

Check out MEGACON Orlando tips from a local

THURSDAY March 19

Thursday you’ll definitely find myself and Matt at the 6pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars panel with a few of the voice actors. However, if an animated galaxy far far away isn’t your cup of blue milk, check out these other celebrities kicking off MEGACON Orlando 2026:

• From Harry Potter Neville Longbottom: Matthew Lewis 
• Good Witch: James Denton, Bailee Madison, Catherine Bell
• I Pity The Fool!: Mr. T
• Terminator 2 and Beyond: Robert Patrick, who’s also known for White Dragon from Peacemaker
• Wētā: From Sci-Fi to Superheroes, Creating Costumes For Film & TV 

Friday, March 20 

So many fantastic celebrity panels on Friday! You’ll definitely find us celebrating Halloween in March with the Hocus Pocus cast, and learning a bit about why U.S. Agent is so U.S. Agent with Wyatt Russel.

• Magic In Middleton: James Denton, Bailee Madison, Catherine Bell
• From Buffy, Supernatural, and Beyond: James Marsters 
• Tales Of Middle Earth: Billy Boyd, David Wenham
• Captain Kirk And Beyond: William Shatner
• Exploring Star Trek Universes: Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Walter Koenig
• Just Bunch Of Hocus Pocus: Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Jason Marsden, Thora Birch
• Rocky III and Beyond: Mr. T
• Twister And Beyond: Helen Hunt
• The Baldwin Brothers: Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin
• Hellboy Unleashed: Ron Perlman 
• From Scrubs To Shagadelic: Heather Graham
• Highlander Hero: Christopher Lambert
• Fun With Reno 911!: Cedric Yarbrough, Thomas Lennon
• X-Files Cast Reunion: Gillian Anderson, Annabeth Gish, Nicholas Lea, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick
• Dogpool Live: Peggy The Dog
• From Falcon To Thunderbolts: Wyatt Russell
• From MCU To Mayhem: Frank Grillo
• From Sopranos To Stranger Things: Cara Buono

Saturday, March 21 

MEGACON Orlando gets very crowded on Saturdays, so panels are the place to be. Avoid the floor and check the schedule. From more Halloween fun to more Star Wars fun, we’ll be all over the place on Saturday!

• Behind The Screams: Crafting 35 Years Of Fear At Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights: 
• The Goonies Cast Reunion: Sean Astin, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Martha Plimpton, Corey Feldman
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden
• Halloween — Behind The Scenes: Dean Cundey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles
• Star Wars Star: John Boyega
• Lost — Behind The Scenes: Josh Holloway
• K-Pop Vocals & Voices W/ Ji-young Yoo, Rei Ami
• Stranger Things: The Unsung Heroes: Cara Buono, Jake Connelly
• From Rogue One To Andor: Diego Luna
• Death Is Only The Beginning — The Mummy: Patricia Velasquez, John Hannah, Oded Fehr
• John Cena Live 
• On Stage  With Orlando Bloom 
• Frank Miller: 40th Anniversary Of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
• Demon-Hunting Kpop Queen: Arden Cho
• An Evening with the Hobbits: Celebrating 25 Years of Middle-earth: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd
• There Can Be Only One: Christopher Lambert
• From Flashdance To The L Word: Jennifer Beals, She was also in Boba Fett.
• Scully Speaks: Gillian Anderson
• Once Upon A Time: Colin O’donoghue
• From Fringe To Gondor: John Noble
• Legendary Luke Cage: Mike Colter
• From Office Space To King Of The Hill: Stephen Root
• Battlestar Galactica To Babylon 5: Exploring Sci-Fi Universes Alessandro Juliani, Walter Koenig
• Thunderbolts: Wyatt Russell
• Sir Richard Taylor Masterclass: A Life In Sculpture

Sunday, March 22 

In addition to the celebrity panels listed below, make sure to check out our DAREDEVIL Comic Book panel at 12:30pm. You’ll also find me at that Karl Urban panel. I need to hear about ‘The Boys!’

• From Sons Of Anarchy To Hellboy: Ron Perlman 
• Captain Hook And Beyond: Colin O’Donoghue 
• Wētā: From Sci-Fi To Superheroes, Creating Costumes For Film And TV
• Wētā: Delving Too Deep? A Tolkien Nerd’s Stories Designing For The Lord Of The Rings Films
• Golden: K-Pop Heroes Live: Ji-young Yoo, Arden Cho, Rei Ami
• Jim Lee Live On Stage 
• Destiny Calls — Lost: Josh Holloway, Dominic Monaghan
• Hocus Pocus And Beyond: Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Jason Marsden, Thora Birch
• Lord Of The Rings On-Set Stories: Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, David Wenham, John Rhys-Davies, John Noble
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars & Beyond: James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter, Catherine Taber, Nika Futterman
• The Boys And Beyond: Karl Urban
• The Mummy Cast Reunion: Brendan Fraser, Oded Fehr, John Hannah, Patricia Velasquez
• Breaking Bad — Los Pollos And The Police: Dean Norris, Giancarlo Esposito
• Crossbones Unmasked: Frank Grillo
• Dog Days Of Deadpool: Peggy The Dog And Holly & Luke
• Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker
• Fratellis Never Say Die!: Joe Pantoliano, Robert Davi
• From Game Of Thrones To Gorgo: Lena Headey
• Halloween Unmasked: John Carpenter, Dean Cundey, Tommy Lee Wallace, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles
• Spotlight On Superstar Creators Greg Capullo, Scott Snyder And Frank Tieri
• Second Breakfast, An Unexpected Feast With The Hobbits

Make sure to follow Nerd Initiative and ‘Hops Geek News’ on all social media platforms to keep up with all the MEGACON fun this weekend. What celebrities are you most excited to see this year?! Let us know in the comments, and if you see us at the con, say hi!