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The X-Men, Deadpool, Fantastic Four And Gambit Casts Take One Epic Photo
20th Century Fox ended its Hall H Comic-Con panel on Saturday by bringing together the casts of Fantastic Four, X-Men Apocalypse, The Wolverine, Deadpool and even Channing Tatum as Gambit for an awesome group photo. Even Stan Lee joined in on the festivities. Moderator Chris Hardwick thought it may have been the biggest collection of … Continued
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We’ve Just Seen The First Amazing Footage From The Warcraft Movie
2015 is the third year director Duncan Jones has brought his big-screen adaptation of Warcraft to Comic-Con and he finally had something huge to show. He debuted about a 5 minute trailer from the film that featured a unique blend of CG visuals with intimate character moments and massive action. It sounded like the footage … Continued
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Tarantino Gets Technical at Comic-Con While Talking The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino came to Comic-Con to discuss his upcoming movie, The Hateful Eight, and despite seven minutes of new footage and actors like Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern and Jennifer Jason Leigh being along for the ride, the presentation was all about technology and history. The panel began with a video, introduced by Samuel … Continued
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Star Wars Just Pulled Off The Ultimate Comic-Con Mic Drop
Fireworks, lightsabers, Harrison Ford, and that wasn’t even the panel. Yes, Friday night, Lucasfilm and Star Wars did their best to drop the mic on what a San Diego Comic-Con event could possibly be. They threw a free concert for 6,000 fans who had already seen a kick-ass presentation. We liveblogged the Star Wars: The … Continued
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Liveblogging Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel at Comic-Con 2015!
San Diego Comic-Con is once again strong with The Force. After a decade-long absence, Lucasfilm is back at the world’s biggest pop culture convention with news on a new movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And we’re live-blogging the whole panel. From 5:30 to 6:30pm PST, in Hall H at Comic-Con, J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, … Continued
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The Game of Thrones Comic-Con Panel Offered Laughs, But Not Much Else
Game of Thrones panels at Comic-Con are a mixed bag; the next season hasn’t started filming so no one can really say anything. Even so, moderator Seth Myers did his best on Friday in Hall H to give fans a solid dose of info and fun— including this supercut of Game of Thrones references in … Continued
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The Fear the Walking Dead Trailer Shows a Family Drama in the Apocalypse
“When civilization ends, it ends fast.” That’s the last line of the first trailer for Fear the Walking Dead (above), the Walking Dead spin-off which made its Comic-Con debut Friday afternoon. Now learn how this spinoff will differentiate itself from the original series that spawned it. At the Fear the Walking Dead panel at this … Continued
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The Walking Dead Season 6 Will Start with the Most Zombies Ever
When the sixth season of The Walking Dead begins on October 11, it’s starting off big. How big? Well, the premiere episode will include 654 zombies on-screen—the most ever used on the show—and that’s just one of the upcoming surprises the hit show’s cast and crew revealedtoday at Comic-Con. The panel began with the cast … Continued
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The Ladies of Indiana Jones Get Artistic At Acme Comic-Con Booth
Every year at San Diego Comic-Con, I make a point to head to the Acme Archives booth. Then again, it’s hard to miss considering it’s 5 times the size of every other booth and filled with beautiful art. This year is no exception and three pieces in particular jumped out: the ladies of Indiana Jones. … Continued
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Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Will Be an Action Epic for the Ages
The cast and crew of The Hunger Games visited Hall H at Comic-Con for the final time Thursday afternoon to promote the final film in the franchise, Mockingjay Part 2. It was highlighted by a brand new trailer whose action was simply beyond epic. The panel began with four people in white outfits coming onto … Continued
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Hall H at Comic-Con Kicks Off with “Insane Nerd”-Loving Bill Murray
San Diego Comic-Con started with a bang in Hall H Thursday as the man, the myth, the legend Bill Murray entered through the crowd, singing Smoke on the Water, and waxing poetic about life, responsibility and the expectations of this nerd-filled event. Murray, who was in town to promote Rock the Kasbash, had never been … Continued
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The Absolute Coolest Things We Saw on the Floor at Comic-Con 2015
Can’t join the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children dressed up as their favorite characters at San Diego Comic-Con? We’ve got the next best thing. It’s a video of the best of the floor from preview night 2015. Above, you can check out coolest stuff on the convention floor of Comic-Con. We’re talking … Continued
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Duncan Jones Wants To Make Two Warcraft Sequels
Speaking at the Legendary booth during San Diego Comic-Con this evening, director Duncan Jones revealed Warcraft is about 10 VFX shots from being complete, he’s confident it’s good, and would love to come back to direct a sequel. Maybe even two. Jones also unveiled WETA-designed sculptures of several main characters in the Warcraft film, as … Continued
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Get Creeped Out By These Crimson Peak Mondo Posters
Who isn’t excited for Guillermo Del Toro’s return to horror Crimson Peak? The team at Mondo is and they just revealed three brand new posters that’ll be available at San Diego Comic-Con. Two are by artist Daniel Danger and the other is by Guy Davis. They’ll exclusively be available at the Mondo booth, #835, at … Continued
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Everything You Thought You Knew About Nic Cage’s Superman Film Is Wrong
Say the words “Tim Burton’s Superman Lives” on the Internet and you feel the hate. Nicolas Cage as Superman? Those terrible costumes? It would’ve been the worst movie of all time. Well, The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? just might prove that the entire internet is wrong. Directed by Jon Schnepp, The Death of … Continued
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Watch A Viral Video Setting Up Ant-Man and Linking To Civil War
With the buzz swirling around the start of Comic-Con, it’s easy to forget Marvel Studios has their next big movie coming out just next week: Ant-Man. To help you remember, a viral video has come online setting up the new film and linking to the following one. The video features Christine Everhart (really actress Leslie … Continued
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Check Out This Crazy Escape From New York Comic-Con Exclusive Poster
What you see above is just one of the many, many exclusive posters the fine folks at Mondo will have on sale at San Diego Comic-Con. This is the variant edition of Escape From New York by artist Ken Taylor, revealed exclusively here on io9. The poster is a 36 x 24 inch screenprint in … Continued
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Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film Coming From Lego Movie Directors
The official Star Wars website has just confirmed that Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directors of The Lego Movie, will direct a Han Solo-centric Star Wars Anthology movie slated for release on May 25, 2018. The film “focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan … Continued