Syfy Unveils San Diego Comic-Con 2017 Plans for Battlestar Galactica, Nerd-HQ-Style Dance Parties, More

James Callis and Tricia Helfer at Battlestar Galactica reunion

The official San Diego Comic-Con panel schedule starts coming out tomorrow (beginning with Thursday’s programming), but there’s still plenty of time for panel announcements and news. Syfy has just unveiled their San Diego Comic-Con plans for 2017 via THR – and they’re bringing everything from a reunion to celebrate Battlestar Galactica, to The Expanse, to Colony, to The Magicians, and more.

Syfy is back in full force at the con, with panels for The Expanse, The Magicians, 12 Monkeys, Van Helsing, Dark Mattery, Shadnado 5: Global Swarming, Wynonna Earp, and Channel Zero, as well as new series Krypton and Blood Drive (which includes an episode screening for both!), Ghost Wars, Happy, and more.

The biggest news, though, is that Syfy will be holding a Battlestar Galactica earlier this year at the ATX Television Festival in Austinreunion – something they did . The panel will reunite EP Ron Moore with actors Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell, Grace Park, and more.

On top of all of that, the network may even be saving some content for their own offsite – Syfy Presents Live from Comic-Con, which will be held nightly from Thursday, July 20 – Saturday, July 22 at the Marriott Marquis & Marina with host Zachary Levi. Tickets are not yet available, but we’ll alert you once they are (and expect them to go quick!).

And speaking of Syfy and Levi, the network is teaming up with Levi and The Nerd Machine to bring Nerd-HQ-style dance parties to the convention. You can cap off Thursday and Saturday evenings at The Children’s Museum with free (first-come-first-served) parties featuring live performances. The Spazmatics will perform Thursday, and you can dance both nights away with Levi and other fans (and who knows who else might stop by?). Friday, it sounds like, will be invite-only again, as in previous years.

They’re also teaming up with Orlando Jones and his Cosmunity app, and they’ll be offering trivia trolleys, cosplay karaoke busses (and cosplay repair carts), and “a drumline marching through the streets in the Gaslamp Quarter playing theme songs from Star Wars to Game of Thrones”. Jones will also be officiating weddings during the convention. No, really.

Here’s a look at the full schedule:

Thursday, July 20
1:15-2:15 p.m.: Syfy Hosts the Great Debate: John Hodgman moderates a panel that includes Adam Savage, Orlando Jones, Aisha Tyler and more TBA. Ballroom 20.
2:30-2:30 p.m.: Battlestar Galactica reunion: Ron Moore, Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, Mary McDonnell, Grace Park and more TBA. Ballroom 20.
3-4 p.m.: Van Helsing. Indigo Ballroom.
4-5 p.m.: Z Nation. Indigo Ballroom.
7:15-8:15 p.m.: 12 Monkeys. Room 6BCF.
8:15-9:15 p.m.: Dark Matter. Room 6DE.

Friday, July 21
6:45-7:45 p.m.: Sharknado 5. Room 6DE.

Saturday, July 22
1:15-1:45 p.m.: Krypton. Indigo Ballroom.
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Wynonna Earp. Room 5AB.
2:45-3:45 p.m.: Happy. Room 6BCF.
4-4:50 p.m.: The Magicians. Indigo Ballroom.
5-5:50 p.m.: The Expanse. Indigo Ballroom.
5:30-6:30 p.m.: Ghost Wars. Room 6A.
8-9 p.m.: Channel Zero: No-End House (screening at the Horton Theatre)
9:30-10:30 p.m.: Blood Drive (screening at the Horton Theatre)

from San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog http://sdccblog.com/2017/07/syfy-unveil-san-diego-comic-con-2017-plans-for-battlestar-galactica-nerd-hq-style-dance-parties-more/
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