EYECON: FLORIDA ‘TWILIGHT’ CONVENTION UPDATE
We’ve got some good news, and some not-so-good news for those of you planning to attend the Orlando, Florida ‘Twilight’ convention, EyeCon. Firstly, Peter Facinelli (Carlisle) has been added to the roster, and will be attending the May convention. Secondly, and unfortunately, Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) has had to postpone his appearance. Read below for more details on why Taylor had to cancel:
Due to an overwhelming demand by the fans of Twilight and Taylor Lautner, Taylor has been recast in the role of Jacob Black for the Twilight sequel, New Moon. This has caused Taylor’s work schedule to overlap with most of his convention appearances, including ours. Taylor has been forced to postpone all convention appearances. We are working diligently with Summit Pictures and Taylor’s management to secure an appearance, either at a future convention or to be added back to the roster for this one. Until such time as we can reschedule, we have, at the request of Taylor’s management, removed Taylor’s appearance from the schedule. Rest assured that we will do all that we can to work with Taylor to secure an appearance as soon as possible. We will be announcing many new guests for this May convention shortly. All autographs and photo ops purchased specifically for Taylor will be converted to a credit. This credit is either transferable to autographs/photo ops for other celebrity guests, now and in the future as guests are added, or refundable upon request (please allow up to two weeks for refund to post).Please note that admission tickets are non-refundable, only Taylor-specific photo ops or autograph tickets. If Taylor is added back to the schedule, any remaining credits will be re-converted back to their original Taylor autograph or photo op. We understand that fans will be disappointed and trust that they will find comfort in the fact that they will now be able to see Taylor reprise his role in the new film.
For more details on the EyeCon event, click here.
(Thanks Ashley)
This is such a bummer! Taylor has already cancelled at least one convention appearance, so it’s unfortunate that this one had to be cancelled, too. I am just happy that he’s returning as Jacob, but then again, I hadn’t planned to attend the convention so I suppose I’m biased.
What do you think of this news? Did you plan on attending this convention? If so – will you still attend? And what about those who are going to other conventions – are you worried that Taylor, or any other cast member, will have to drop out?
