Paris Manga by TGS 2026 : Film and TV Stars Meet Fans

Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show by TGS returned to Paris Nord Villepinte on October 3–4, 2026, celebrating both its 40th edition and its twentieth anniversary. Tyler Hoechlin, Christopher Lloyd, Emilie de Ravin and Ed Westwick featured in the anniversary guest line-up, connecting audiences shaped by time-travel adventures, supernatural television, superhero drama and Manhattan intrigue.

Mulderville’s photographs bring the convention encounter into focus through its setting and small, unscripted gestures. Black armchairs form an open row around low tables, with water bottles within reach and handheld microphones carrying the discussion. Behind the speakers, a large blue screen announces “Les stars du cinéma américain en live Q&A” and displays the names of Christopher Lloyd, Ed Westwick, Emilie de Ravin and Tyler Hoechlin. Warm overhead lights and vertical illuminated bars frame a stage arranged for conversation.

Christopher Lloyd connects classic cinema with television history

For Christopher Lloyd, the connection with convention audiences extends well beyond the DeLorean. His screen debut came in Miloš Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, following a theatrical background. Taxi subsequently made his Reverend Jim Ignatowski a memorable television presence. The Television Academy records three Emmy wins: supporting-actor awards for Taxi in 1982 and 1983, followed by a lead-actor drama award for Road to Avonlea in 1992.

Back to the Future, directed by Robert Zemeckis, arrived in 1985 and paired Christopher Lloyd’s Dr. Emmett Brown with Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly. The sequels followed in 1989 and 1990. That enduring screen partnership linked the panel to a film trilogy whose characters remain recognisable across generations.

His other credits broadened the conversation’s potential still further: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Clue, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Addams Family and Addams Family Values belong to very different corners of popular cinema. More recent appearances in The Mandalorian and Knuckles connect that earlier work with streaming-era franchises. The range of those credits made his appearance relevant to successive generations of viewers.

Tyler Hoechlin brings baseball, Teen Wolf and Superman together

Tyler Hoechlin reached a major cinema audience in Sam Mendes’ Road to Perdition, playing Michael Sullivan Jr. opposite Tom Hanks. Television then brought 7th Heaven and the role of Martin Brewer, while baseball remained a serious competing ambition. That sporting background later found an unusually direct screen application in Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!!, a film centred on college baseball players.

One documented anecdote captures the demands of that period. In an Empire interview subsequently cited by Entertainment Weekly, Tyler Hoechlin recalled leaving Sunday-night baseball practice at Arizona State, taking an overnight flight to New York, working a twelve-hour shooting day and flying back in time for Tuesday classes. This was an earlier career recollection, not a verified remark from the Paris Manga stage.

Teen Wolf gave Tyler Hoechlin another international audience when he began playing Derek Hale in 2011. He later returned to the character in Teen Wolf: The Movie in 2023. Meanwhile, his 2016 debut as Clark Kent in Supergirl opened a separate chapter, leading to Superman & Lois, which ran from 2021 to 2024. Its emphasis on marriage, parenthood and responsibility provided a different register from Teen Wolf’s supernatural tensions. At Paris Manga, those roles placed two distinct television fandoms within reach of the same guest.

Emilie de Ravin links Roswell, Lost and Once Upon a Time

Before her television career, Emilie de Ravin trained in ballet and entered the Australian Ballet School at fifteen. That early artistic path preceded the genre roles that would bring her to international attention. As Tess Harding in Roswell, she became part of a science-fiction drama that mixed adolescent relationships with extraterrestrial secrets. Her subsequent casting as Claire Littleton in Lost, which began in 2004, placed her inside another ensemble whose emotional relationships were inseparable from an unfolding mystery.

Lost and Once Upon a Time offered contrasting storytelling environments. The former followed survivors of Oceanic Flight 815; the latter reworked familiar fairy-tale characters, with Emilie de Ravin portraying Belle. Her film work also includes Brick, The Hills Have Eyes, Public Enemies and Remember Me, opposite Robert Pattinson. Those credits connected her with viewers of network television, fantasy, horror and romantic drama.

Ed Westwick adds Gossip Girl to the anniversary line-up

Ed Westwick brought a different television association to the guest roster through Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl. The original series ran from 2007 to 2012, making its Manhattan social world a contemporary of several shows represented by the other guests. His subsequent work includes Vincent Swan in White Gold, demonstrating another facet of his television career.

Sarah and the human detail behind the live Q&A

The encounter also depended on interpretation, provided by Sarah. Her role deserves a place alongside the guest line-up: at an international convention, an interpreter helps make the exchange accessible across languages. Credited here as Sarah (@srh.ams92), she was part of the work that connected the stage discussion with its French-speaking audience.

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