26-06-2025
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NYCC 2025: Check Out the First Wave of Star-Studded Guests
Highlights ReedPop shared the first wave of guests for NYCC 2025.
The star-studded lineup includes Marvel stars Simu Liu, Charlie Cox and Tatiana Maslany, as well as famed author George R.R. Martin and the Critical Role cast.
Critical Role Tickets for the four-day October convention are officially on sale to the general public. NYCC 2025
New York Comic Con is shaping up to be the place to hang out this fall. ReedPop, the producer behind NYCC, unveiled the official guest lineup for this year's convention. Dubbed as the first wave, these guests run the gamut of leading talent in entertainment, comic books, authors and voice actors.
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So, who can we expect to pop up at NYCC 2025? Getting top billing in the entertainment category are James McAvoy ( X-Men ), Nicholas Hoult ( Superman , Nosferatu ), Elliot Page ( X-Men , The Umbrella Academy ), Simu Liu ( Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ), Tatiana Maslany ( She-Hulk: Attorney at Law , Orphan Black ), Martin Sheen ( Good Omens ) and Charlie Cox ( Daredevil: Born Again ).
Other prominent performers appearing at the con include Bryce Dallas Howard, Simon Pegg, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, Mike Colter, Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Chloe Bennet ( Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reunion, y'all), Hamish Linklater, Deborah Ann Woll, Breckin Meyer, Matthew Senreich, Seth Green (DuJour reunion with Meyer, anyone?), Steve Burns, Wayne Brady, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Peter Weller and Nancy Allen.
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As for the other categories, A Song of Ice and Fire scribe George R.R. Martin is on the docket. Tomi Adeyemi, author of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy, will appear at NYCC 2025. Paramount is adapting her novel Children of Blood and Bone into a film, slated to hit the big screen in 2027. Legendary Star Trek actor George Takei, Divergent author Veronica Roth and horror master R.L. Stine are also among the impressive list of comic creators and authors.
Additionally, the Critical Role cast is stopping by the convention. Other voice talent includes Troy Baker ( The Last of Us ), Dante Basco ( Avatar: The Last Airbender ), Jennifer Hale ( Baldur's Gate , X-Men '97 ) and Jodi Benson ( The Little Mermaid ).
NYCC runs October 9-12, 2025, at the Javits Center. Tickets are now on sale to the general public. Before you go, check out the full lineup below.
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