San Diego Comic-Con 2024: all the most important news and advances

Andrew Webster

Instead of images, we at least got a look at Fantasticar from Fantastic Four, which provides a clever concept of the retro-futuristic vibe of the ’60s film.

July 28

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July 28

Charles Pulliam Moore

Following reports that the Russo brothers were in talks to direct more films for Marvel, the studio showed at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that the pair would be directing two new Avengers films.

During the Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the studio announced that the Russo brothers have signed on to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars; in the first, Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom. . . Doomsday will be released in May 2026, while Secret Wars will remain in May 2027.

July 28

Andrew Webster

Marvel has revealed that the next film will be called The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but don’t expect a trailer anytime soon, as production won’t begin until next week.

July 28

Andrew Webster

It’s a busy time for Alien fans, with Romulus soon in theaters and a TV series in the works. But not Rogue Incursion, a promising virtual reality game that earned a new trailer at SDCC. It will be released during the holidays of 2024.

July 28

Charles Pulliam Moore

The second season finale of Interview with the Vampire ended with Lestat (Sam Reid) forming a band, and it looks like the band will be the subject of a documentary when the show returns for season three.

July 28

Charles Pulliam Moore

The pandemic and the arrival of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds prevented a Paramount Plus series built around Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou. But the Empress of the Mirror Universe is back in the first trailer for Star Trek: Section 31, Olatunde Osunsanmi’s upcoming film that will delve deeper into her dark past.

July 28

Charles Pulliam Moore

After all, Max gave The Penguin a release date of September 19, and the latest trailer for the series pits Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell) against Sofia Falcone (Cristin Milioti) in a war on the streets of Gotham .

July 27

Andrew Webster

The end of the World Cup is getting closer and closer. Apple has announced that the long-awaited second season of its post-apocalyptic series Silo will begin airing on November 15.

Silo was created last May and was renewed before the end of the first season. Apple debuted season 2 for the first time, after Severance, at WWDC 2024 (Severance season 2 will begin airing in January).

July 27

Andrew Webster

The fifth and final season of the animated Star Trek spin-off arrives on Paramount Plus on October 24. Meanwhile, Strange New Worlds season 3 will begin airing next year and you can watch a first clip here.

July 27

Andrew Webster

Shudder’s In a Violent Nature is one of my favorite videos at Sundance this year, a slow-burning slasher that takes a stand from the killer’s point of view. And even if we don’t know anything yet, the movie will get a sequel.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

Ahead of the second season premiere of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol in September, AMC has renewed the spin-off for a third installment. The Walking Dead: Dead City, which debuts in 2025, has been renewed for a second season and a new trailer for the series tells the story of how Maggie Green (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) come together.

July 26

Andrew Webster

Kiryu will be getting a live-action makeover very soon. At today’s Comic-Con, Amazon revealed a first look at its upcoming adaptation of the Yakuza game series, with the Like a Dragon: Yakuza series (it won’t be with the Yakuza: Like a Dragon game). The streaming series will focus on the original Yakuza hero, Kazuma Kiryu.

Amazon says the series “features fashionable Japan and the dramatic stories of those intense characters, like the mythical Kazuma Kiryu, that the games of the afterlife couldn’t explore. “Kiryu will be played by Ryoma Takeuchi, while Kento Kaku will also debut as Akira Nishikiyama. The series is directed by Masaharu Take.

July 26

Andrew Webster

Mortal Kombat 1 has a giant story expansion, as well as a new set of characters from movie history: Ghostface, T-1000, and Conan the Barbarian.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

Technically speaking, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) is rarely allowed to lead her typical Task Force X in Max’s new Creature Commandos animated series. But monsters like the Bride (Indira Varma), Eric Frankenstein (David Harbour), Nina Mazursky (Zoë Bye) and Weasel (Sean Gunn) aren’t technically human, so this time to see them carry out a suicidal project: here. . winter.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

Solar Opposites can hardly have been around for 4 years, however, Hulu’s new trailer for the show’s fifth season (releasing August 12) is a sign of how far Korvo (Dan Steven) and Terry have come (Thomas Middleditch). come.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

Big Pharma doesn’t need the public to know this fact in Adult Swim’s new animated comedy, Common Side Effects, from co-creators Joe Bennett (Scavengers Reign) and Steve Hely (Veep). And the fact turns out to be a key plant for immortality in this first clip of the series, which will be released in 2025.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

When Amazon’s Invincible returns for its third season, Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) will be dressed in new blue threads that may be his signature style as the series continues into its newly announced fourth season.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

It’ll be a while before we see some of the new Doctor Who spin-off series from Disney Plus, but Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor will return this winter in a new Christmas special starring Nicola Coughlan.

July 26

Andrew Webster

After all, Uzumaki’s long-awaited adaptation of Adult Swim has a release date and a downright creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga by Junji Ito, premieres on September 28. The episodes will air first on Adult Swim and then on Max the next day.

Uzumaki follows a cursed city that is (and I promise this is scarier than it looks) riddled with spirals. Here’s the full rundown:

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

The Doctor Who franchise will grow even further with a new spin-off series that, interestingly, doesn’t appear in everyone’s favorite Time Lord.

During the Doctor Who panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Disney and the BBC announced that The War Between Land and Sea, a new series written by Russell T. Davies and Pete McTighe, is on the way. Instead of the Doctor, the new series will revolve around an organization of humans working together to take on the Sea Devils, a race of ancient oceanic creatures that first appeared in Doctor Who in 1972.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

The first season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power took its time revealing the true identities of its two mysterious ultimate characters. But when the series returns next month, it looks like it will start with some big shows about how Sauron and the Stranger will replace Middle-earth. A long new trailer revealed at Comic-Con offers a smart idea of ​​what fans can expect in Season 2.

According to Amazon, the new season will focus on the return of Sauron. “Pursued across Galadriel, without an army or allies, the emerging Dark Lord will now have to rely on his own cunning to rebuild his forces and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to unite all the peoples of Middle-earth. ” to his sinister will,” explains the streamer. It looks like this season will also be smart for fantasy monster enthusiasts: characters like the giant spider Shelob, shape-shifting barrows, and a marine computer virus will appear.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

The fourth season of The Boys ended on a nightmarish note that made it seem like the show’s final bankruptcy would be the most unhinged. But at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Amazon revealed that while The Boys is coming to an end, the larger franchise is about to get even bigger with a prequel series set in the distant past.

Although The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke remained tight-lipped about the show’s ending, he was very excited to bring actor Jensen Ackles to the panel to announce the upcoming arrival of Vought Rising, a new prequel series. Set in the 1950s, Vought Rising will chronicle the lives of Soldier Boy (Ackles) and Stormfront (Aya Cash), two of Vought’s first and toughest superhumans.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

With shows like My Adventures with Superman and Rick and Morty: The Anime, Adult Swim has gained some politics on the superhero and sci-fi fronts. But the programming block is about to get sportier with Juston Gordon-Montgomery’s Invincible Fight Girl, a new wrestling/action series that looks very unhealthy in this preview clip.

July 26

Charles Pulliam Moore

Netflix has been so quiet about its Bioshock film adaptation that it almost seemed like the task had simply been put on the back burner. But at a panel at this year’s SDCC, maker Roy Lee confided to enthusiasts that while Netflix has “reconfigured” the film to be smaller and more personal, it’s still a work in progress.

[Variety]

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