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WGN America's Heroic Thriller "Underground" Rises Up at New York Comic-Con with First-Look Screening and Panel with the Cast and Creators, Sunday, October 11
The panel and audience Q&A will feature the "Underground" stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge and Alano Miller, along with the creators.
[via press release from WGN America]

WGN AMERICA'S HEROIC THRILLER "UNDERGROUND" RISES UP AT NEW YORK COMIC-CON WITH FIRST-LOOK SCREENING AND PANEL WITH THE CAST AND CREATORS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

Panel to Feature Series' Stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell ("True Blood") Aldis Hodge ("Straight Outta Compton"), Alano Miller ("Jane The Virgin") and Creators Misha Green ("Sons of Anarchy") and Joe Pokaski ("Daredevil")

Los Angeles, September 14, 2015 - New York Comic-Con attendees will be among the first to see WGN America's highly anticipated heroic actioner "Underground" at a first-look screening and panel with the cast and creators, during the preeminent pop culture convention on SUNDAY, October 11. Hailing from creators Misha Green ("Sons of Anarchy," "Heroes") and Joe Pokaski ("Daredevil," "Heroes"), and executive producer and Academy Award-winner John Legend, "Underground" is high-stakes thriller about running for your life, and taking your freedom at any cost in the greatest escape in American history.

The panel and audience Q&A will feature the "Underground" stars Jurnee Smollett-Bell ("True Blood" "Friday Night Lights"), Aldis Hodge ("Straight Outta Compton") and Alano Miller ("Jane The Virgin"), along with the creators, on Sunday, October 11 at 2:45 p.m. in Room 1A06 at the Javitz Center in New York.

"Underground" is created and written by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski, who serve as executive producers alongside Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind," "I Am Legend") of Weed Road Pictures; Tory Tunnell ("King Arthur," "Holy Rollers") and Joby Harold ("King Arthur," "Edge of Tomorrow") of Safehouse Pictures; and John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius of Get Lifted.

Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Tribune Studios, "Underground" is slated premiere in 2016 on WGN America.

Follow the series @UndergroundWGN -- #Underground2016

About WGN America

WGN America, the flagship entertainment network of Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO), is nationally distributed in 73 million homes via cable, satellite and telco, with high-quality entertainment programming including the breakout hit series "Salem," critically acclaimed drama "Manhattan," and upcoming scripted dramas "Underground," "Outsiders" and "Ten Commandments." The network also brings its audience a strong slate of popular first-run syndicated series and blockbuster movies. Through Tribune Studios, the creative development arm of Tribune Media Company, original content is produced for WGN America and Tribune local stations nationwide. Follow the network on Twitter @wgnamerica. For additional information, please visit www.wgnamerica.com.





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