Comic Con Baltics 2022

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Stars Attend Vilnius Event

The biggest pop culture event in the Baltic States – “Comic Con Baltics 2022: Together with GameOn” – returned to Vilnius on May 20. The three-day festival of popular culture and computer games surprised visitors this year with the variety of activities, entertainment and discussions.

Representatives of the Lithuanian film and television industry have contributed to such films as “Fast and Furious”, “Transformers”, “Avengers”, “Game of Thrones” or “Chernobyl”? During the event, the country’s most famous stuntmen, producers, actors, animators and film scouts talked about these and many other famous film projects on the #MeetLithuanianFilmIndustry” platform, presented by “Telia”.

On May 18, famous US actor RJ Mitte, well known to fans from the cult TV series “Breaking Bad”, landed at Vilnius Airport. The visit to Lithuania was a long-planned meeting with fans during “Comic Con Baltics 2022”.  RJ Mitte announced his visit to Lithuania back in 2020, but due to the challenges posed by the pandemic, the meeting with the fans had to be postponed three times. The famous actor arrived at Vilnius Airport with his girlfriend, mother, grandmother, and sister. 

RJ Mitte was Walter White Jr., the son of the main character Walter White in “Breaking Bad”. With its five seasons, “Breaking Bad” is not new, but is considered one of the best TV series of all time. On the IMDB film platform, the drama currently ranks second among the top-rated television projects. Only the documentary series “Planet Earth 2” maintain higher positions. The series has won two Golden Globes and as many as 12 Emmy statues.

Both on the television screen and in real life, RJ Mitte and the character he played are struggling with a severe physical disability – cerebral palsy leading to a disorder of motor skills. Thus, RJ Mitte finds it particularly important to inspire people with disabilities to integrate into society.

Organized since 2017, Comic Con Baltics has allowed fans of Lithuania and foreign countries to meet with well-known actors from such cult projects as “The Lord of the Rings”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “The Walking Dead”, “GTA” etc.

This year fans were able to meet Enrique Arce, from the famous TV series “Money Heist”, voice actors of the video game “Red Dead Redemption 2” Roger Clark and Rob Wiethoff, filmmaker and content creator TomSka with more than 7 million followers and many other worldwide famous stars. 

During the three days of “Comic Con Baltics 2022: Together with GameOn”, visitors were able to meet with celebrities of comics, films, and TV series but also enjoy computer game spaces, competitions, presentations of the latest films, scenery from the world’s most famous films and series, TV guest announcements and much other entertainment related to popular and gaming culture.

 

 

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