Within the convention center, the most important brands will order their own panels in the famous pavilion H of the center, with a capacity for about 6,100 people. (Those who used to be who and what is left of the A list of pop culture get the smallest Ballroom 20, which can hold about 4900 people.)
This year, Room H will see panels on The Dragon House, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the theatrical boards of Warner Bros. and Marvel, and “Star Trek Universe.”
There will also be some piles on nostalgia (including Teen Wolf: The Movie and Masters of the Universe: 40 Years) and several esoteric panels: “Directors on Directing” will feature Tim Miller (the director of Deadpool), Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo ). , WALL-E) and Chad Stahelski (John Wick’s franchise) and “Shatner on Shatner” will see filmmaker Kevin Smith chatting with Star Trek’s iconic Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner.
Star Trek Captain Kirk, actor William Shatner, will be at Comic-Con. Credit: AP
But it remains to be seen how much power the film-powered panels retain, including Paramount, Warner Bros., and Marvel Studios.
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Paramount, for example, is using Comic-Con as a marketing spearhead for its new film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. It’s a big dice roll, pun, as synchronizing the game’s enduring commercial success with a $ 1 billion movie franchise has proven to be a challenge. (Previous film efforts under the D&D brand have made, say, a few on the artistic d20.)
Paramount’s Star Trek franchise is also coming to Room H with its two major live-action series for 2022, Picard and Strange New Worlds, already wrapped and aired. The changing release dates of programs that were previously scheduled around Comic-Con are a reflection, perhaps, of how streamers that depend on monthly subscribers need to program new content compared to the slightly more generous space of the Comic-Con. ‘a film or television studio prior to the broadcast. schedule.
The only major Star Trek releases yet to come this year are new episodes of the two animated series, Lower Decks and Prodigy.
Fans dressed up for Comic-Con in 2018. Credit: AP
Warner Bros., historically a major Comic-Con player, is momentarily distracted by a corporate restructuring following its merger with Discovery. But the studio’s Room H panel will likely focus on two new films, Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the gods. It could also include possible updates to Dune: Part Two and two other projects of Australian interest: the sequel to Mad Max Furious and Barbie, starring Margot Robbie.
The hype has been growing around Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie for months. Credit: Getty
Meanwhile, the Marvel’s Hall H panel will likely include new information about plans for Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Phase Four” movies. Still to come: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels, Fantastic Four, Blade and a third Guardians of the Galaxy movie. The only thing almost certain is that Marvel will use Comic-Con to present a new trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
But Marvel is likely to be holding back some of its firepower. And the same goes for Lucasfilm, which produces Star Wars movies and TV series. The reason? Both are owned by Disney and are likely to focus their marketing budgets on the fan convention owned by the Disney studio, D23 Expo, to be held in September. Netflix is holding a virtual fan convention, Tudum, also in September.
The San Diego Comic-Con will run until Monday, Australian time.