Sean Astin's Sunday at Hollywood Collectors Convention

Sunday May 5 was the first day of the 2nd Hollywood Collectors Convention in Tokyo. Below are many photos from signings, photo ops, an impromptu Q&A session, and a trip to Shibuya for dinner.

Sean mediates between Freddie Kruger and Jason.

Ever the helpful Hobbit, Sean tapes down wires before the show.

Update on The Freemason

According to a tweet by director Sohrab Mirmontazeri, The Freemason will be released late 2013 or early 2014.

Sean talks briefly about his role in the movie to the United Film Institute:



More behind the scenes photos and video, including possible spoilery photo from Fear Factory Salt Lake City:

Sean Astin's Saturday in Tokyo: Photos and Videos

After Sean ran the TELL Charity Walk and Runathon, he still had a full day of activities ahead of him, including an interview on Wallop TV, visiting the Hollywood Collectors Gallery and shopping!

Photos are by Sean Astin and Mitsuaki Munegumi.

Sean at the Tokyo Skytree Tower

Sean Astin runs 10K in Tokyo

Pinning on his race bib.

Sean Astin ran the 14th Annual TELL Charity Walk and Runathon on Saturday May 4, 2013. TELL is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support and counseling services to Japan's international community.

The 10K race, which circled the Imperial Palace, gave Sean his first opportunity to officially compete in another country. His finishing time was 53:54, for an 8:40 minutes/mile pace.

Sean had originally hoped to run a nearby half marathon, and turned to his Twitter followers to seek help in registering. Unfortunately, online registration had closed and no one answered the phone number (it was Friday evening by then). Fortunately, fans found another race for him with same day registration available. Turned out to be the perfect way to spend a beautiful Saturday morning in Tokyo!

Unless otherwise noted, photos are by Sean or Mitsuaki Munegumi @sovjapan.

Friday in Shizuoka and Fujieda

On Friday morning, Sean Astin, Robert Englund, John Alcantar (Entertainment Legends) and Mitsuaki Munegumi (organizer of Hollywood Collectors Convention) took the Shinkansen (aka the Bullet Train) from Tokyo to Shizuoka, just the beginning of their adventures!

Is this the right track??

Extraction will debut online!

According to Variety, the martial arts action film "Extraction," which Sean recently finished filming, will debut as an internet movie.

On the film front, Crackle (Sony Pictures Television’s online video network) will bow 90-minute “Extraction” in September 2013, which SPT claims is the first major feature made for the Internet. Pic follows black-ops member who finds himself the only survivor of a botched prisoner-extraction mission and must escape from maximum-security prison in Russia—with the prisoner alive—in order to catch a terrorist arms-dealer who is a threat to thousands of lives. 

“Extraction” features Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon"), Vinnie Jones (“Snatch”), Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings” series), Joanne Kelly (“Going the Distance”), Falk Hentschel (“Knight and Day”), and Jon Foo (“Tekken”). Pic written and directed by Tony Giglio (“Chaos,” “In Enemy Hands”), produced by Ranger 7 Films, founded by exec producers Mike Callaghan, Reuben Liber and Justin Bursch.

Update: According to IMDB, Sean's character's name is Kyle Black.

More from the Tokyo Press Conference

Here is another article about today's press conference, with more photos.
Japanese | English translation

This article focuses more on Robert Englund, but Sean is featured in text and photos!
Japanese | English translation

(Earlier article and photos on this post.)

Tokyo Press Conference with Sean Astin and Robert Englund

Sean Astina and Robert Englund gave a press conference Thursday evening in Tokyo, ahead of their appearance at the Hollywood Collectors Convention this Friday in Fujieda, and Sunday and Monday in Tokyo.

Article in Japanese | translation one | translation two. More articles and photos here.