Greetings from Tromaville! Troma is excited to announce that this year’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con is open! Fans can visit the Troma booth at Booth # 4017. There will be DVDs, Blu-Rays, t-shirts, posters, and much more Tromabilia; including legendary director Lloyd Kaufman’s new book “Sell Your Own Damn Movie!” Lloyd will also be at the Troma booth and will sign any Troma merchandise purchased from the booth for free.
In addition to the booth at Comic-Con, Troma will be holding a panel today entitled “Can DIY Filmmaking Replace Hollywood? Selling Your Own Damn Movie Without Selling Your Soul!” where Lloyd will be joined by iconic actor Lance Henriksen, blockbuster filmmakers Brian Taylor and Steven Paul and popular genre director Adam Green, among others. The panel takes place at 9 P.M. this Saturday, July 23rd in Room 9 of the San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Drive.
Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is one of the longest running independent movie studios in United States’ history and one of the best-known names in the industry. World famous for movie classics like Kaufman’s The Toxic Avenger, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Class of Nuke’em High, Mother’s Day, and Tromeo and Juliet, Troma’s seminal films are now being remade as big budget mainstream productions by the likes of Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman, and Steven Pink. Among today’s stars whose early work can be found in Troma’s 800+ film library are Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D’Onofrio and Samuel L. Jackson.
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