30 Seconds to Mars to attend Dubai Comic Con

The Middle East Film and Comic Convention has some new partners this year. Fans of rock music – and the actor Jared Leto – will be pleased to hear that the Oscar winning actor will be bringing his band Thirty Seconds to Mars to the stage, thanks to a partnership with Live Nation.

Star Trek legend William Shatner will be the headline guest at the event, which looks set to be bigger, better, and geekier than ever before when it takes over Dubai’s World Trade Centre for three days next month.

The 83-year-old Canadian actor is familiar to generations of sci-fi fans as Captain James T Kirk, the fearless captain of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series and movies. He’s also familiar to those of a certain age as TJ Hooker from the 1980s cop show of the same name, and he also starred on legal drama Boston Legal, which ran from 2004 to 2007.

Those looking for extra geek points will recall his sideline as a recording artist, the surreal highlights of which included spoken-word versions of Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man and Elton John’s Rocket Man.

Also appearing at the convention will be Karl Urban, who plays Dr Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy in the rebooted Star Trek movies, Éomer in The Lord of the Rings films, and Judge Dredd in the 2012 movie Dredd, written by Alex Garland, based on the British comic book anti-hero.

Also on the guest list is Sam Jones, best known for starring in the title role of the 1980 sci-fi film Flash Gordon, and more recently for his memorable cameo playing himself in the Seth McFarlane’s 2012 movie comedy Ted.

Original article by Chris Newbould

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