We round up Friday's big talking points and best coverage from around the web of the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, including Kick-Ass 2, Riddick, The Amazing Spider-Man, Veronica Mars, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, Power Rangers, DC Animation, Marvel and DC Comics, Mad Max, Man of Steel and more....
...Several big movies were showcased to a packed Hall H crowd yesterday, beginning with Universal's presentation for Kick-Ass 2 and Riddick, which included brand new red band trailers for both of the upcoming sequels; you can watch the two trailers here, and click on either of the banners below to head over to Collider for details recaps of the panels...
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...Of particular interest to superhero fans from the Riddick panel was Vin Diesel's comments that "there is some very big news coming at the end of this month" with regards to the recent talk about him joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But of course, with Marvel's eagerly-awaited Hall H panel taking place later today, it seems likely that we'll get some sort of announcement a lot sooner than that. Here's Diesel speaking to IGN about his Marvel meeting, and his love for comic books...
...Kick-Ass 2 wasn't the only comic book movie to feature yesterday, with The Amazing Spider-Man2 heading up Sony and Screen Gems' presentation (which also included Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and the RoboCop remake). Attending The Amazing Spider-Man 2 panel was director Marc Webb, producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad, and stars Jamie Foxx (Electro), Dane DeHaan (Harry Osborn) and Spider-Man himself, with Andrew Garfield appearing on stage in full costume and in character. SlashFilm has a detailed breakdown of the footage that was screened during the panel, and you can watch a video of the full panel (minus the footage) here...
...The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Dane DeHaan returned to Hall H later in the evening alongside Metallica's James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and writer-director Nimrod Antal (Predators) to debut a new poster and trailer from the upcoming concert movie / feature film hybrid Metallica Through The Never; click the poster below to watch the trailer...
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...After a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas, leading lady Kristen Bell and co-stars Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls), Francis Capra (Eli 'Weevil' Navarro), Percy Daggs III (Wallace Fennel), Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas), Tina Majorino (Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie), and Chris Lowell (Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski) let fans have a glimpse at where their money has gone by debuting a sneak peek of the forthcoming movie, which you can watch here...
...Thursday evening saw the world premiere of Escape Plan, and ScreenSlam have posted a video of director Mikael Håfström and action icons Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenneger introducing their latest collaboration...
...Preceding Marvel Studios' feature film panel today was the unveiling of ABC's upcoming small screen Avengers spin-off Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to a jam-packed Ballroom 20, and Collider has rounded up the highlights of the panel featuring creator Joss Whedon, executive producers Jeph Loeb, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Trancharoen and stars Elizabeth Henstridge, Ian De Caestecker, Chloe Bennet, Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen and Agent Coulson himself, Clark Gregg, as well as some thoughts on the pilot episode itself; meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly also revealed that Cobie Smulders will make a guest appearance in the first episode, reprising the role of Agent Maria Hill by dropping an official still...
![Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]( "Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.")
...Hall H also played host to two big TV panels in The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones; HitFix has detailed recaps of both panels [see here and here], while you can watch a four-minute long season four preview trailer for AMC's hit zombie series here, and check out a special 'In Memoriam' video feature from the Game of Thrones panel below, which pays tribute to all those who've fallen in the first three seasons of HBO's epic fantasy drama (and there are quite a few)...
...The Big Bang Theory panel featured a special video introduction from Professor Stephen Hawking; take a look here...
...And IGN caught up with Mighty Morphin Powers Ranger star Jason David Frank, who talks about reprising the role of Tommy, the Green Power Ranger, for a special 20th Anniversary episode of Power Rangers: Megaforce...
...On the animated front, Disney announced that it's to follow up the forthcoming Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel crossover with a Star Wars themed episode of the popular kid's cartoon, while Bruce Timm revealed that he's working on a new Batman short for Cartoon Network's DC Nation, and Warner Bros. also unveiled its 2014 DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, with the previously announced Justice League: War set to be followed by Son of Batman (an adaptation of Grant Morrison's Batman and Son), as well as a Batman: Arkham Asylum spin-off, Batman: Assault on Arkham...
...Marvel's annual comic book panel Cup O' Joe took place yesterday, during which the company's CCO Joe Quesada previewed the House of Ideas' upcoming line-up over the next year, as well as taking questions on their various big and small screen projects. Comic Book Resources has a good recap of everything that was covered in the panel, and you can click the below teaser image for Origin II by Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert to head over to Newsarama for a gallery of all the artwork that was on display...
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...DC Comics also held two big panels yesterday for the current Justice League crossover Trinity War [see IGN] as well as all of the upcoming events in The New 52, including Forever Evil and the new titles Superman/Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn [see Den of Geek]; again, click the teaser image below to head over to Newsarama for a gallery of all the artwork that was featured in both panels...
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...Next year Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) steps into the role made famous by Mel Gibson in the post-apocalyptic actioner Mad Max: Fury Road, and while it's unclear whether Warner Bros. plans to feature the George Miller-directed sequel as part of its Saturday panel alongside Legendary Pictures (which is set to showcase Godzilla, Seventh Son, 300: Rise of an Empire, Gravity and The LEGO Movie), the studio's video game division has released a poster for the former movie tie in-turned standalone open-world adventure Mad Max, which is due to hit current and next-gen consoles at some point in 2014...
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...And finally, there's been a Man of Steel sighting at Comic-Con - at least, according to the follow viral video from Warner Bros...
So, does that mean we can expect a Man of Steel 2 announcement today, either as part of Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures' Hall H presentation, or DC's special Superman 75th Anniversary Celebration? I guess we'll find out soon enough...
...Several big movies were showcased to a packed Hall H crowd yesterday, beginning with Universal's presentation for Kick-Ass 2 and Riddick, which included brand new red band trailers for both of the upcoming sequels; you can watch the two trailers here, and click on either of the banners below to head over to Collider for details recaps of the panels...
...Of particular interest to superhero fans from the Riddick panel was Vin Diesel's comments that "there is some very big news coming at the end of this month" with regards to the recent talk about him joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But of course, with Marvel's eagerly-awaited Hall H panel taking place later today, it seems likely that we'll get some sort of announcement a lot sooner than that. Here's Diesel speaking to IGN about his Marvel meeting, and his love for comic books...
...Kick-Ass 2 wasn't the only comic book movie to feature yesterday, with The Amazing Spider-Man2 heading up Sony and Screen Gems' presentation (which also included Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and the RoboCop remake). Attending The Amazing Spider-Man 2 panel was director Marc Webb, producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad, and stars Jamie Foxx (Electro), Dane DeHaan (Harry Osborn) and Spider-Man himself, with Andrew Garfield appearing on stage in full costume and in character. SlashFilm has a detailed breakdown of the footage that was screened during the panel, and you can watch a video of the full panel (minus the footage) here...
...The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Dane DeHaan returned to Hall H later in the evening alongside Metallica's James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo and writer-director Nimrod Antal (Predators) to debut a new poster and trailer from the upcoming concert movie / feature film hybrid Metallica Through The Never; click the poster below to watch the trailer...
...After a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas, leading lady Kristen Bell and co-stars Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls), Francis Capra (Eli 'Weevil' Navarro), Percy Daggs III (Wallace Fennel), Ryan Hansen (Dick Casablancas), Tina Majorino (Cindy 'Mac' Mackenzie), and Chris Lowell (Stosh 'Piz' Piznarski) let fans have a glimpse at where their money has gone by debuting a sneak peek of the forthcoming movie, which you can watch here...
...Thursday evening saw the world premiere of Escape Plan, and ScreenSlam have posted a video of director Mikael Håfström and action icons Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenneger introducing their latest collaboration...
...Preceding Marvel Studios' feature film panel today was the unveiling of ABC's upcoming small screen Avengers spin-off Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to a jam-packed Ballroom 20, and Collider has rounded up the highlights of the panel featuring creator Joss Whedon, executive producers Jeph Loeb, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Trancharoen and stars Elizabeth Henstridge, Ian De Caestecker, Chloe Bennet, Brett Dalton, Ming-Na Wen and Agent Coulson himself, Clark Gregg, as well as some thoughts on the pilot episode itself; meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly also revealed that Cobie Smulders will make a guest appearance in the first episode, reprising the role of Agent Maria Hill by dropping an official still...
...Hall H also played host to two big TV panels in The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones; HitFix has detailed recaps of both panels [see here and here], while you can watch a four-minute long season four preview trailer for AMC's hit zombie series here, and check out a special 'In Memoriam' video feature from the Game of Thrones panel below, which pays tribute to all those who've fallen in the first three seasons of HBO's epic fantasy drama (and there are quite a few)...
...The Big Bang Theory panel featured a special video introduction from Professor Stephen Hawking; take a look here...
...And IGN caught up with Mighty Morphin Powers Ranger star Jason David Frank, who talks about reprising the role of Tommy, the Green Power Ranger, for a special 20th Anniversary episode of Power Rangers: Megaforce...
...On the animated front, Disney announced that it's to follow up the forthcoming Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel crossover with a Star Wars themed episode of the popular kid's cartoon, while Bruce Timm revealed that he's working on a new Batman short for Cartoon Network's DC Nation, and Warner Bros. also unveiled its 2014 DC Universe Animated Original Movies line, with the previously announced Justice League: War set to be followed by Son of Batman (an adaptation of Grant Morrison's Batman and Son), as well as a Batman: Arkham Asylum spin-off, Batman: Assault on Arkham...
...Marvel's annual comic book panel Cup O' Joe took place yesterday, during which the company's CCO Joe Quesada previewed the House of Ideas' upcoming line-up over the next year, as well as taking questions on their various big and small screen projects. Comic Book Resources has a good recap of everything that was covered in the panel, and you can click the below teaser image for Origin II by Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert to head over to Newsarama for a gallery of all the artwork that was on display...
...DC Comics also held two big panels yesterday for the current Justice League crossover Trinity War [see IGN] as well as all of the upcoming events in The New 52, including Forever Evil and the new titles Superman/Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn [see Den of Geek]; again, click the teaser image below to head over to Newsarama for a gallery of all the artwork that was featured in both panels...
...Next year Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) steps into the role made famous by Mel Gibson in the post-apocalyptic actioner Mad Max: Fury Road, and while it's unclear whether Warner Bros. plans to feature the George Miller-directed sequel as part of its Saturday panel alongside Legendary Pictures (which is set to showcase Godzilla, Seventh Son, 300: Rise of an Empire, Gravity and The LEGO Movie), the studio's video game division has released a poster for the former movie tie in-turned standalone open-world adventure Mad Max, which is due to hit current and next-gen consoles at some point in 2014...
...And finally, there's been a Man of Steel sighting at Comic-Con - at least, according to the follow viral video from Warner Bros...
So, does that mean we can expect a Man of Steel 2 announcement today, either as part of Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures' Hall H presentation, or DC's special Superman 75th Anniversary Celebration? I guess we'll find out soon enough...