Two "local(super) heroes" lent a hand in helping the Wellsville community
make opening weekend for Avengers: Endgame exciting for movie-goers at the
Grand Theatre on Main Street in Wellsville. Shane Allen and Ryan Nixon, both of
Wellsville, say they are big fans of the Disney Marvel Universe. Allen and Nixon are both professional cosplay
enthusiasts and have been bringing smiles to kids and fans for almost a decade. The two are frequently invited to Comic Con
events all over the North East part of the country. On Friday night, Allen and Nixon gave fans at
the Grand Theatre a chance to see and take free pictures with several movie
props and both dressed in S.H.I.E.L.D. themed costumes. Avengers: Endgame has
already broken several box office records over the weekend. Industry estimates
as of last night for Friday stand at $158.3M (including $60M record previews),
which is $39.2M more than Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ opening and single day
record of $119.1M. And, as for the weekend, this morning the range is between
$349M-$356M off the widest theatrical release ever of 4,662. Saturday is
expected to ease between -30% and -35%, for a take between $102M-$110M.
To keep up with demand, Wellsville Grand Theatre is running
extra showings of Avengers: Endgame over the weekend to a packed theatre in
most showings. In addition, the theatre
offering several free raffles giveaways, and trivia. Cutting the evening short,
Wellsville Police officers arrived on scene. Allen said they (police) were acting on a civilian
complaint about a prop vehicle to promote the movie. Police charged Allen with
parking in a restricted zone. Allen and Nixon say they’ll be back tonight to
wow fans and have more pictures taken with kids. Allen pointed out that they did the same routine last month, parking in the same spot, and nobody complained and police were not involved. In a similar event, the city of Hornell this week welcomed the pair for the fun-themed event.
NYS S.H.I.E.L.D.
Division - Biography
Co-Founder, Shane Allen is a 25+ year computer engineer from
Wellsville, NY. He owns and operates COMPUTER SOLUTIONS located at 75 N. Main
Street in the heart of downtown Wellsville, NY.
Allen is a huge Sci-Fi / DC / Marvel Cinematic fan. Shane met Ryan in 2011 and they have been doing
Comic Con cosplay events together ever since.
2013 FORD EDGE SPORT- S.H.I.E.L.D. INTERCEPTOR, this vehicle is based upon the 2011 Acura
MDX, created by Cinema Vehicle Services
used in the movies: The Avengers
(2012) and Captain America - the Winter Solder (2014) and TV Show: Marvels
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). This
vehicle was purchased in August 2017. S.H.I.E.L.D. modifications research and
development were started in the following months and has been continuously
being upgraded since then. This vehicle
has done several movie premier openings, Comic Con events and has even
unexpectedly aided in helping save a life of a stroke/heart attack victim.
Co-Founder, Ryan Nixon is the President of Stitch’s Loft a
Prop & Costume consulting company based out Wellsville, NY. Ryan is 20 year
veteran of the United States Navy and served as military police officer and
Aviation Life Support Technician for over 20 years! He dabbled in some costumes
during high school, and while in Navy was asked to assist Ron Howard’s team
with few items for the (1995) movie Apollo 13. Ryan then really got into prop and
costuming due to his love of Stargate in 2005 and started doing all his own
costumes and helping friends with small items and vest modifications. In early
2010 just before retiring from the Navy Ryan was hired by a Warner Brothers
Team for his flight gear expertise for the (2011) Green Lantern movie starring
Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively. He personally helped with all the flight
scenes, even given a cameo role in the film, and got to personally fit Ryan
& Blake with all their flight gear costumes and was asked to help direct
Ryan’s ejection sequence in the film. After the movie Ryan decided to start his
own consulting company. He was called back to help with the (2013) Enders Game
movie starring Harrison Ford, and then went on to provide supplies and props for
(2013-2014 Season 2 of NBC’s hit show REVOLUTION. Ryan was also asked to
provide some items for (2014) Transformers: Age of Extinction. In Summer of
2017 was asked to consult on the new Stargate ORGINS web series and then
provided some background props for the (2019) Captain Marvel movie…
1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA- S.H.I.E.L.D. INTERCEPTOR, was
originally an Arkansas Bureau of Investigation car that later became a storm
chaser car for a freelance Fox New Storm Chaser in Oklahoma City. Ryan then
purchased it off eBay in the fall of 2008. Ryan used it while performing his
duties as an Animal Cruelty Investigator while serving with the Allegany County
SPCA in 2010 after retiring from the Navy. In late February of 2019 it started
its journey of becoming Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. throwback vehicle after some
sparking ideas of the path S.H.I.E.L.D. would have taken after the mid 90’s
events of Captain Marvel.
