Report from Comic-Con

  • Bring a Power Strip (and 4 Other Last-Minute Comic-Con Tips)

    Comic-Con is not for the faint of mechanical heart; if you’re going, ignore these five tips at your own peril

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  • Comic-Con in Moderation: Advice for Panelists

    Paneling at Comic-Con? Advice for your brief moment on the geek pedestal

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  • Top 10 Things You Must See at Comic-Con

    From “Thor” to secret Marvel signings to a singalong “Buffy”

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  • What’s New Under the Comic-Con Sun?

    So much of Comic-Con is all-too-familiar clutter. Where’s the new stuff? We found it all

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  • TV Guide, Warner Bros. TV Collaborate on Special Comic-Con Issue

    The 88-page section will have content solely about Warner Bros. TV shows, with four different covers, and be distributed at Comic-Con before going on sale nationally

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  • Comic-Con Opens With a Bang, a Pow, and a ‘TRON’

    ‘Tron’ and everything else: It’s a front-loaded Comic-Con lineup this year

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  • Comic-Con Unleashes Lineup Over Next Few Days

    Schedules, panels, presentations will come clear between Thursday and Saturday

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  • Favreau at ‘Iron Man’: Fans Have Been Punished by Studios

    Robert Downey Jr. has a warning for “Iron Man” fans. Strap yourselves in for “2.” “We’ve upped the stakes,” Downey told TheWrap. “We didn’t take ourselves seriously but we took the storytelling very seriously.”  Fans watching the footage previewed by director Jon Favreau and most of the cast at Comic-Con 2009 on Saturday afternoon confirmed…

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    Dominic Patten

  • Jon Favreau’s ‘Iron Man 2’ Fakeout

    When you come out to a screaming crowd with Black Sabbath’s "Iron Man" as your intro tune, you’d better deliver the goods.   Jon Favreau didn’t do that.   What he did — after telling the crowd that Comic-Con is where, in 2007, "Iron Man’s" success started — is show a lame promo reel for…

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    Dominic Patten

  • Death! Global Destruction! Zombies!

    Sony went straight for death and global devastation at its preview in the mammoth Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center … all bridged by Woody Harrelson. The big draw was director Roland Emmerich’s big-budget tale of the apocalypse, "2012."  But first, "Zombieland" director Ruben Fleischer was up, and he wasted no time in…

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    Dominic Patten

  • MacFarlane, From ‘Family Guy’ to ‘Star Wars’ (Video)

    Like a victorious Megageek General among his people, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane’s appearance at Comic-Con on Saturday morning opened to thunderous applause, whoops and cheers — and pretty much remained on the same rapturous level for the next hour, for better and worse. Hours beforehand, thousands of fans lined up outside the Convention Center…

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    Dominic Patten

  • Jackson, Cameron Saddened by State of Film Industry (Video)

    Despite the fanfare surrounding the unveiling of their new films "Avatar" and "District 9" at Comic-Con this past week, James Cameron and Peter Jackson say they’re saddened by the current state of the film industry. "I think at the moment it’s a strange time to be a filmmaker, because there’s a sense of depression in…

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    Amy Kaufman

  • First, ‘The Hobbit,’ Then ‘District 9’

    Peter Jackson was once crowned the "geek God" by the New York Times, and his throng of admirers rose to their feet Friday afternoon as Jackson came to the stage to introduce his latest producing effort, "District 9." But first, Jackson wanted to clear up rumors about his upcoming project. "I know you’re probably gonna…

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    Amy Kaufman

  • Angels With Machine Guns

    An exclusive four-minute trailer from the not-yet-finished apocalyptic thriller "Legion" was unveiled at Comic-Con Friday afternoon, showing a desolate desert town diner where a white-haired old woman warns of destruction and transforms into an evil creature.   When the darkness descends upon the town’s inhabitents, they must fight back against swarns of bees, explosions and…

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    Amy Kaufman

  • ‘9’: An Oscar-Nominated Short Gets Big (Video)

    New trends in animation and technology continued to be unveiled at Comic-Con as Focus Features presented a panel Friday afternoon spotlighting its CG-animated film "9." Shane Acker’s feature-length film was developed from his short, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005. The director unveiled a trailer in which nine "stichpunks," which resemble funky…

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    Amy Kaufman