COMIC CON 2010

I believe this is it for day one of Comic Con. Not a great first day as far as surprises go. I would say Del Toro walking out on stage and the new Tron trailer wins best of the day, but it's day one and the best is yet to come.....


Battle: Los Angeles

This is one panel I was looking forward to after seeing only a couple of pics from the film. Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez was there along with the director, but apparently Rodriguez was the only one who seemed excited to be there. They showed a trailer and it was described as entertaining but something they would need to see more out of before making a final decision. I'm pretty bummed they weren't blown away by the footage, but I think the non-enthusiastic panel had something to do with it.



The Expendables

Apparently this was a really great panel. Stalone, Willis, Coulter, Crews, Austin and Dolph are all there. They showed two clips that were mind described as mind blowing and is supposed to put action films back on the map. Everyone had a lot of fun with the crowd and put on a great show. This really boosts my expectations for this film.




J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon

This was a panel I was really looking forward to with The Avengers, Star Trek 2, Super 8 and Mission Impossible 4 being high up on my list. Unfortunately, they said it was to early to talk about The Avengers and Super 8, and MI:4 and Star Trek 2 wasn't even brought up. Whedon did say that his film Cabin In the Woods is pretty much stuck with MGM's problems right now and has no idea when it will be released. Pretty much nothing came of this panel. No exciting announcements or anything. Pretty disappointed.






Alright, it is officially underway starting with Tron: Legacy. From here on out, I'm just going to update with the latest being on top. They just had the cast on stage and showed a new trailer and eight minutes of footage. Then they surprised the audience by showing Johnny Depp on the set of Pirates 4 and he spoke to the audience a bit. And Guillermo del Toro just walked out on stage and announced that he is going to be remaking Haunted Mansion. Not a big fan of the first, but he is going to take it in a more serious dirction. So we have a few surprises already at Con this year. Here is a link to the new Tron trailer:

http://movies.yahoo.com/TRONLegacyRevealed.

The original is ok, but way before my generation's time. This film however looks incredible and I can't wait to see it! Be back with more as soon as it comes.

Comic Con is about to get underway in San Diego, CA and already there have been tons of pictures released and a few announcements made. Some of the highlights this year are the following:

THOR
With most of the film complete and several pictures being released in the past week, look for the trailer to be released.

CAPTAIN AMERICA
This film hasn't begun shooting yet, but I hope to see the cast come out, maybe Chris Evans himself will come out in the much talked about suit.

THE AVENGERS
Rumor has it that the entire cast of the film will be announced at Com this year and that they are all going to make an appearance. I can't wait to hear the Q&A from that.

GREEN LANTERN
DC is finally moving away from Batman and Superman and making a film based off one of their other popular titles. Be looking for a trailer here and possibly Batman 3 and the Superman reboot news.

BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
Not a lot of news or pics have been released about this film, but I am eager to see something on this. The basic plot for the film is a Marine platoon faces off against an alien invasion in Los Angeles. The film stars Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez.

SKYLINE
After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths to a flame, the light source is drawing people outside before they suddenly vanish into the air. They soon discover an otherwordly force is swallowing the entire human population off the face of the earth. Now our band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them. This sounds like something right up my alley, but there are a ton of alien type stuff coming out in the near future. Hopefully they will all be great.

FALLING SKIES
In Falling Skies, a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Noah Wyle (ER), Moon Bloodgood star in this new TNT series. Once again, another alien invasion show, but I don't care how many they make, I'll watch them all.

DRIVE ANGRY 3D
Nicholas Cage can't keep making bad movies forever can he? Ok, he might, but I am still a little intrigued by Drive Angry 3D. After Cage's daughter is brutally murdered and her baby kidnapped, Cage goes on a furious murdering rampage until he gets revenge on everyone involved. Sounds fun enough.

THE GREEN HORNET
I'm not super excited for this, but I'm curious as to what they are going to bring to Con this year.

THE WALKING DEAD
AMC has been on a role lately with Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Now they are dipping into the horror genre and bringing the popular graphic novel to life in a new series.


So far, two big announcements have been made.

Saw 7 will finally and thankfully be the final film......before they reboot it two years of course. Apparently the film has had to be re-edited six different times so that the MPAA could give the film an "R" rating instead of an "NC-17". Hopefully this means it will go out with a bang.

Bradd Pitt has been cast in the upcoming film, World War Z. The film is about a world wide Zombie infestation. I'm bored with Zombies.

Here are the photos so far from the show: