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Clooney makes surprise Comic-Con appearance

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file, director and actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Clooney, who married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 27 in Venice, Italy, made an appearance at New York Comic Con, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 for a panel on his upcoming film, "Tomorrowland." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2014 file, director and actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Clooney, who married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 27 in Venice, Italy, made an appearance at New York Comic Con, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 for a panel on his upcoming film, "Tomorrowland." (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press October 9, 2014 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – Newly married George Clooney surprised fans with an appearance at New York Comic-Con on Thursday.

Fresh off his Sept. 27 wedding to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in Venice, Italy, Clooney made a cameo on the Javits Center stage during a panel discussion for the upcoming Disney fantasy film, “Tomorrowland.”

To thunderous applause, Clooney told fans that it wasn’t lost on him “that I’m spending my honeymoon at Comic-Con.” He joked that after his widely panned “Batman & Robin,” he had been “de-invited” from Comic-Con: “Sorry about the nipples on the suit,” he said.

Disney premiered a teaser trailer at the event, a smaller, east coast edition of the sprawling Comic-Con in San Diego. Directed by Brad Bird and starring Britt Robertson, “Tomorrowland” is due out May 22, 2015.