'Smallville,' 'Charmed' Q&A's, Cosplay, Creative Panels Head Programming At Wizard World Aus

AUSTIN, Texas - EntSun -- Q&A sessions with the casts of "Smallville" (Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, John Glover, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance and Laura Vandervoort), "Charmed" (Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause and Drew Fuller), plus DC Comics TV stars (Drew Powell and Teddy Sears), fantasy TV standouts Kelly Hu ("The Scorpion King") and Jake Stormoen ("The Outpost"), solo panels with Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) and Henry Winkler ("Happy Days"), cosplayer and comics creator sessions, adult and kids costume contests, live podcasts and more highlight the programming offerings at Wizard World Austin, Friday through Sunday at Austin Convention Center. Most programming is included as part of the standard event admission and is in addition to the live entertainment options all weekend.

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Some highlights of the more than 100 hours of panels scheduled to date include:

• Two group panels with "Smallville" (Welling, Rosenbaum, Glover, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Kreuk, Vandervoort, Durance, Saturday, 2:30 p.m.); plus "Charmed" (Combs, Krause, Fuller, Saturday, 3:30 p.m), "Bringing DC Comics To TV" with Powell and Sears (Sunday, noon); fantasy heroes (Hu and Stormoen, Sunday, 1 p.m.)
• Q&A sessions with Elwes (Saturday, 12:30 p.m.); Winkler (Saturday, 1 p.m.), Claudia Wells (Back to the Future, Saturday, 11:30 a.m.); Sean Pertwee ("Gotham," Saturday, 3 p.m.); and Barry Williams ("The Brady Bunch," Saturday, 4 p.m.)
• Pro wrestling legends Devon Dudley and Lisa Marie Varon dish on their favorite ring promotions (Sunday, 11 a.m.)
• Creator sessions with industry superstars Joe Wos, Kevin Nowlan, Rick Leonardi, Ron Marz, Dr. Travis Langley, James Morris, Alex Langley, Mostafa Moussa, Jeremy Clark and more

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• Fan- and industry-based panels on subjects ranging from hero training, audiodrama, publishing, Foam 101, LGBTQ and superheroes, Star Wars, best of the worst of cinema, social media and podcasting and more
• Disney Trivia with Thomas Ian Nicholas and Samm Levine, hosted by Handbook for Mortals author Lani Sarem (Saturday, 2 p.m.)
• "Geek News Now" recording its popular podcast live
• Screening of the new CBS hit show "Evil" (Saturday, 5 p.m.) plus free CBS merchandise, trivia and more
• Kids programming all three days, including free sketches, face painting, hero training, Jedi training, mask making and more
• World-famous Wizard World Adult Costume Contest, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Kids Costume Contests on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.
• Cosplay with special guests Artemis Wild Cosplay, ISU Superman, Austin Avengers and more.