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FAN EXPO San Francisco 2024: Andy Serkis Panel Highlights

By Mark Newbold

January 18, 2025

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Andy Serkis tells stories from a stellar career that includes Lord of the Rings (with more to come as he takes the directors chair for The Hunt for Gollum), Planet of the Apes, Marvel, King Kong and of course two key characters in the galaxy far, far away. Here he sits down at FAN EXPO San Francisco last November to discuss that amazing career.

The modern-day Man of a Thousand Faces talks his numerous iconic roles, the evolution of motion capture, and even his thoughts on AI.

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Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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Andy Serkis tells stories from a stellar career that includes Lord of the Rings (with more to come as he takes the directors chair for The Hunt for Gollum), Planet of the Apes, Marvel, King Kong and of course two key characters in the galaxy far, far away. Here he sits down at FAN EXPO San Francisco last November to discuss that amazing career.

The modern-day Man of a Thousand Faces talks his numerous iconic roles, the evolution of motion capture, and even his thoughts on AI.

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Andy Serkis

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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