Stargate convention tour kicks off

Creation Entertainment today will kick off The Official Stargate SG-1 / Stargate Atlantis Convention Tour for 2007! The tenth anniversary celebration begins this weekend in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia — the home of Stargate Productions.

Upcoming events are set for Chicago, Illinois (August 24-26), Secaucus, New Jersey (November 2-4), and Burbank, California (November 16-18).

SG-1‘s Michael Shanks (“Daniel Jackson”) and Cliff Simon (“Baal”) will headline all four shows, along with a variety of other guests. (Check out Creation’s Web site for the current lists.) This weekend’s massive event in Vancouver will also feature:

FRIDAY:
Garry Chalk (“Chekov”)
Bruce Woloshyn (Digital effects supervisor, Rainmaker)
Thor (with puppeteer Morris Chapdelaine [“Tenat”])
Andee Frizzell (“Wraith queen”)
Don S. Davis (“George Hammond”)
Sabine C. Bauer (author, Stargate novels)

SATURDAY:
Steve Bacic (“Camulus”)
Robert C. Cooper (Executive producer)
N. John Smith (Executive producer)
David Hewlett (“Rodney McKay”), Jane Loughman, and John Lenic
Teryl Rothery (“Janet Fraiser”)
Cliff Simon (“Baal”)
Carmen Argenziano (“Jacob Carter”)

SUNDAY:
David DeLuise (“Pete Shanahan”)
Michael Shanks (“Daniel Jackson”)
Dan Shea (“Siler”)
Jonathan & Shirley Hill (“Furlings”)
Torri Higginson (“Elizabeth Weir”)
Rachel Luttrell (“Teyla Emmagan”)

The Vancouver event will also feature an authentic props display room, Stargate location filming tour, celebrity cabaret, dealer’s room, auctions, a trivia competition with GateWorld’s finest (today at 6:30 p.m.!) … and best of all, the rare chance to tour the sets of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis at The Bridge Studios.

Stargate Productions, MGM, and Creation will also team up to auction off two walk-on roles for a future Stargate production (Atlantis or the SG-1 movies, to be determined.) Proceeds will go to benefit MAKE-A-WISH.

Creation will expand the event to four full days in 2008, set for April 3-6.

Stick with GateWorld for full coverage over the weekend and next week, and for the latest news straight from the set of Stargate! If you are already in Vancouver … we’ll see you at the convention!