The countdown to Middle East Film & Comic Con 2022 is on, and the event is gearing up to welcome some major Hollywood stars to Abu Dhabi this week when it flies in on Friday March 4. MEFCC has already revealed a glittering roster of celebrity guests – and it has just been announced that the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming. Cowabunga.
Voice actors Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman and Rob Paulsen, who lent their voices to Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael for over a decade as the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the 1990s will be at MEFCC from Friday March 4 to Sunday March 6. Get ready for the nostalgia.
It was also just revealed Charlie that Cox will come to Middle East Film & Comic Con 2022 in Abu Dhabi. He joins stars Natahlie Emmanuel, Michael Rooker, Jon Bernthal, Charles Martinet, Barry Keoghan, Ming-Na Wen, Kevin Conroy and James C Mulligan. Fans, assemble.
Charlie Cox will be appearing at MEFCC on Saturday March 5. He is best known for Daredevil, and he has also appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Theory of Everything. On the small screen, he played Owen Sleater in Broadwalk Empire.
MEFCC had previously named celebrity guests, including The Batman star, Barry Keoghan, and Ming-Na Wen. Wen is an American actress who stars in the Disney series The Book of Boba Fett as well as the ABC series, Agents of SHIELD.
Former Game of Thrones star Emmanuel was the first A-list guest announced for the film and comic event. It’s official that she will be joined by Bernthal of The Walking Dead fame. He is also known to fans as the lead in Marvel’s The Punisher.
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Rooker is known recently for playing Yondu Udonta in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie series, and has also appeared in The Walking Dead and The Suicide Squad.
The MEFCC 2022 celebrity line-up also includes voice actor Martinet, who is actually the voice of a number of iconic characters in Nintendo’s Super Mario game, including Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. Oh, yeah.
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Want to be part of the action and excitement? MEFCC tickets are available now on mefcc.com. They start at Dhs115 for a one-day pass.
The three-day event has shifted its dates to be in line with the new UAE weekend and working week so it is now running from Friday March 4 to Sunday March 6 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
For all the latest updates on MEFCC 2022, keep it locked here. Our Spidey senses are tingling.
From Dhs115. Fri Mar 4 to Sun Mar 6. Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Al Rawdah, mefcc.com.
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