Tuesday, 6 August 2013

San Diego ComicCon 2013 - Highlights

San Diego Comic-Con has been and gone now but, if you didn’t follow my coverage over on Geeko. you can scan the below for all the biggest stories.

The Batman-Superman Movie

Probably the most surprising announcement of the conference was Warner Bros’ reveal that there will be a Dark Knight/Man of Steel movie. We know nothing about the file itself aside from the fact that director Zack Snyder will helm with David Goyer writing the script. There are two options for the title Batman vs. Superman or Superman vs. Batman (neither option has my preference). There’s already the standard rumour mill running about, with Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling heading most people’s piles for the next Batman. It’s widely expected that Henry Cavill will reprise his role as Kryptons last son.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

When the Days of Future Past panel came up with 14 members of the case on stage – at once – the crowd almost mutated out of excitement. It seems there is no such thing as too many mutants. They showed the audience a preview of the post-apolcalyptic/time-travel/sequel/prequel film and gave us an indication of how the X-Men will interact with each other. A cast with the likes of Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Timothy Holt is enough to wet anyone’s appetite.

Guardians of the Galaxy

The biggest – superhero – question mark was over the phases 2 Marvel movies Guardians of the Galaxy. Even though the film had only just started shooting a few weeks previous, the whole case (including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Michael Rooker, Benicio Del Toro and – con favourite – Karen Gillan) made it over for the Saturday section of the show. They gave the crowd footage from the space epic and some initial character act which you can easily find on the web.

Amazingly, and to the happiness of all Marvel fans, the reel that was shown was very polished despite having just started shooting, but even more importantly, it looks great. Funny, oddball, and very, very different from the other Marvel films, Guardians looks like it's could take the studio's slate to a whole new level. And yes, we got to see Rocket Raccoon and Groot.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel has a someone disappointing outing this year, as they didn’t announce any of the rumoured Docter Strange or Blank Panther films, but they didn’t leave us empty handed. Joss Whedon took to the stage and showed the teaser for the second Avengers movies. The title confirmed is ‘Age of Ultron’ and was shown through a trailer that included quotes, armour and the villainous robot Ultron’s head. It’s a great novel and hopefully the fantastic Mr Whedon will do the whole thing justice. Now we just need to find out whether Hank Pym, the original creator of Ultron, will make an appearance in the movie.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The new Cap film was also shown on stage and pushed the boundaries for the Marvel phase 2 outings. It’s a much darker, less superhero movie than anything that’s come before and has a very 1970s triller vibe. Black Widow is also making an appearance as confirmed in the trailer and the crowd also got a shot of the Winter Soldier himself.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Probably the hottest TV property to be announced this year, S.H.I.E.L.D has been lovingly created as homage to the universe that cinema-goers have come to love over the last few years. The entire pilot was screen at the convention and has been written up with rapturous applause.

We had hoped that it might be the case when we saw the suspiciously long time given to the panel, scheduled for an hour and 45 minutes.

The shows seems to mix the delightfully clever humour and character interaction that Whedon crafts into his shows and this was probably the highlight of the entire weekend.

Doctor Who

This year’s Doctor Who panel was bigger than ever before; with its worldwide success really kicking in over the last 12 months. It was a bit of a sad conference though with the exceptionally charismatic Matt Smith making his final SDCC appearance for the show before departing for the next doctor (more on that separately).

The fans in attendance were given a very special treat, via the debut of a new trailer for the big 50th anniversary special, which will team up Smith and David Tennant. Suffice to say, the crowd went wild for this footage, showing the two (regenerated) beloved Doctors of recent years working together.
 
 

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