Overview
- Comic-Con has opened in San Diego with thousands of fans, filmmakers, actors, and creators gathering for multi-day programming that combines badge-only panels inside the Convention Center with public off-site activations.
- Marvel Studios will headline Hall H on Saturday to showcase Avengers: Doomsday, a Russo brothers–directed crossover film that is scheduled for release in December and unites characters from multiple Marvel franchises.
- Fans are eagerly awaiting fresh footage and new details from Marvel’s presentation as the studio returns to the marquee Hall H stage after skipping last year’s show.
- DC Studios will present its HBO series Lanterns at the convention, which stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre and is part of the show’s broader slate of TV previews.
- Other highlights include Apple TV previews, an early look at Spaceballs: The New One, Lucas Museum exhibition updates, and anniversary panels for Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Star Trek’s 60th celebration.