Matt Damon will join director Zhang Yimou and several cast members of the giant monster movie The Great Wall for a panel at this year's New York Comic Con.

Taking place on Saturday, October 8th at 12:30pm, The Great Wall panel will feature director Zhang Yimou and cast members Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Junkai Wang. Dave Karger will moderate the event.

"Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Legendary’s THE GREAT WALL tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. The first English-language production for Yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in China. The Great Wall also stars Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Junkai Wang and Andy Lau. The film will be released in 3D by Universal Pictures on Friday, February 17, 2017.

Taking place October 6-9, 2016 at the Javits Center, New York Comic Con is the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. The Show Floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies and television. The Panels and Autograph Sessions give Fans a chance to interact with their favorite Creators, while screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit big and small screens. New York Comic Con is the second largest pop culture convention in America and the only one that takes place in the comic book, publishing, media and licensing capital of the world—Gotham City. For more information, please visit NewYorkComicCon.com and NYCC’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)."

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