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SDCC 2010: James Gunn’s ‘Super’ Panel With Nathan Fillion, Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page & More!

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Another highly entertaining panel that was held during San Diego Comic Con 2010 was the one for James Gunn's hero movie, Super. Gunn is best known as the director of the wonderful horror-comedy Slither, and he also wrote the screenplays for Scooby-Doo and Dawn of the Dead.

Super had one of the better panel lineups, bringing out Gunn, stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Nathan Fillion, Liv Tyler, Michael Rooker, and producers Ted Hope and Miranda Bailey.

The movie sounds like it's along the same lines as Kick-Ass where people without superpowers fight evil. In it, Wilson plays the lead character, who calls himself the Crimson Bolt. He has no powers, but he does have a wrench he likes to use in confrontational situations. Looking at the cast and concept, you would think this was primed for gut-busting humor, but apparently it's a very dark comedy with a lot of dramatic situations.

To open the panel, Gunn shows off a trailer as well as a scene from the movie. Again, this is a dark comedy, but Wilson beating the ever-loving hell out of someone who cut in line at the movies with his wrench got lots and lots of laughs. [...]

SDCC 2010: Action Stars Assemble At ‘The Expendables’ Panel

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 08:50 PM PDT

A panel for Sylvester Stallone's action overdrive movie, The Expendables was held early on at Comic Con 2010.

This is one of the movies that you've likely seen a ton of times via TV spots and trailers that have been released over the past few months. The Expendables brings together a who's who of action stars in an attempt to reclaim the beauty and brutality that were the action films of the '80s, and nothing could sound more exciting.

The panel -- moderated by Ain't It Cools' own head geek, Harry Knowles -- featured Stallone, who wrote, directed, and starred in the movie. He was joined by Terry Crews, who offered up a little Old Spice P-P-P-P-P-P-POWER! by ripping his shirt open when he came out, Dolph Lundgren, UFC legend Randy Couture, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Bruce Willis, who peeked in for a few minutes having been there already for the RED panel. A cameo by a cameo actor -- how perfectly fitting. [...]

SDCC 2010: First Trailer Released for DC Universe: Online

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 07:18 PM PDT

Those looking forward to DC Universe: Online got a good look at the game on Saturday at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con as the first teaser trailer was shown for the game. The trailer showed Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Cyborg taking on Cersei, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Black Adam, and Lex Luther in a battle in a bombed out city. After some fantastic action, Superman flies in to save the day, only to find out he's too late, as Brainiac shows up with an invasion. We then learn that everything we have just seen has been in the future, and we then see Lex Luther go back in time to hopefully spread the power that will enable players to create their own heroes.

Those at the panel were lucky enough to gain VIP codes to access the beta for the game, which will go live on November 2nd. Other things discussed at the panel were the voice cast, which includes Mark Hamill as the Joker, Kevin Conroy as Batman, Adam Baldwin as Superman, James Marsters as Lex Luthor, and Gina Torres as Wonder Woman. The inclusion of Conroy and Hamill is sure to please a lot of fans of Batman: The Animated Series [...]

SDCC 2010: Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’ Panel

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 03:27 PM PDT

Director Zack Snyder and his cast of Sucker Punch, his follow-up to his successful Watchmen adaptation, was on hand for the Warner Bros panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.

Snyder noted that, with his co-writer, he'd been working on the story for 8 years. He was motivated by the desire to create an original property "not based on a breakfast cereal or superglue, or anything like that."

He then introduced the panel which included Carla Gugino, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, and Emily Browning.

Browning plays Baby Doll, whose mother dies, and is placed by her father in an insane asylum to be lobotomized and needs to discover a way to escape, if only through the world inside her mind. Hudgens plays Blondie, who fires some of the biggest guns in the film [...]

SDCC 2010: Jon Favreau’s ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ Footage Description

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 02:34 PM PDT

Jon Favreau came out over a blare of loud rock music, thanked the Iron Man franchise for bringing him here again, and announced that since 3D requires shooting on digital video, and Cowboys & Aliens is technically a western, he wanted to shoot on film, so... the film will not be in 3D.

Favreau introduced the panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, which included Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Last, but not least, he introduced Harrison Ford, who made his Comic-Con debut appearance. Understandably the crowd went absolutely nuts and gave him a long and rousing ovation. He came out in handcuffs, led by two security guards, a callback to a bit of unpleasantness earlier in Hall H where one attendee allegedly stabbed another over a seating arrangement.

There was an EXTREMELY brief Q&A session in which Ford was asked if when he was growing up, he ever envisioned a Comic-Con reception like this. No, he said, he just wanted to be a working actor. Craig was asked about the future of the Bond franchise, to which he replied that he has no information about it, but he wants it to get going as soon as possible [...]

Watch Now: ‘Dexter’ Season 5 Trailer

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 02:07 PM PDT

Adding to all the awesome from the 2010 San Diego Comic-con is a trailer for the upcoming new season of Showtime's Dexter. If you have not seen all of season 4, do not read any further and certainly do not watch the trailer. If you have, and want a sneak peek of the coming season, by all means continue.

You can watch the trailer here after the break.

Dexter is one of those shows that really draws you in, it's a fantastic show. That being said I've been on the fence whether or not I'm going to be watching the new season. The death of Rita has been difficult to deal with. She was such a great character, and really helped to balance the character of Dexter. Seeing this trailer has made a major push towards me continuing to watch.

It seems like the series will be taken in exactly the direction it needs to. Dexter becomes a suspect in Rita's murder. The lies he piled up in season 4 start to crumble, and he seems to start to spiral out of control. All the while trying to care for the kids. We'll see if he has to care for all three of them or just his baby [...]

SDCC 2010: Sony Panel Shows Off ‘Priest,’ ‘The Other Guys’ & ‘Green Hornet’

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Sony was present at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, and though they didn't show off anything exciting from their reboot of Spider-Man, they did bring plenty of goodies to present for Priest, The Good Guys, and The Green Hornet.

They began with the new adaptation of Tokyo Pop graphic novel, Priest. The movie stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Stephen Moyer, Karl Urban, and Maggie Q, who were all in attendance. The movie tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world that's been devastated by centuries of war between humans and vampires. A priest (Bettany), who fought in the last big war, comes out of hiding to track down some vampires who kidnapped his niece.

The panel opened with a teaser trailer (which you can actually see below...though I'm not sure for how long). After that they go into some questions for the group. Basically just questions about what drew them to the film and and Bettany re-teaming with director Scott Stewart (Legion) and such.

Be sure to click over and check out the teaser while it still works! [...]

SDCC 2010: ‘Chuck’ Panel Reveals Actress Who’ll Play Chuck’s Mom

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 09:29 AM PDT

Big news for fans of NBC's Chuck came on Saturday at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con as the actress set to play Chuck's mom in season 4 was revealed, and it's none other than Linda Hamilton (The Terminator). In a show that has prided itself on having a lot of popular guest stars may have topped itself with this casting. Creators Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz spoke about the upcoming season and how the main plot running through the season will be Chuck's (Zachary Levi) search for his mother.

If you ever get a chance to come to SDCC, I highly recommend checking out the Chuck panel, as it's always a good time. This year's panel opened with the Hamilton announcement and then cut into a performance by series band Jeffster dancing to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance". Then the cast was introduced and discussed the upcoming season as well as their yearly "Thank You" to the fans. If you're a fan of the show, you always feel very appreciated after seeing one of their panels, and you can tell that this is a show with a very passionate fan base [...]

SDCC 2010: Marvel Shows Off New ‘Thor’ Footage

Posted: 25 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

Marvel Studios gave fans at 2010 San Diego Comic-Con the very first look at their upcoming 3D feature film Thor, which isn't due in theaters until 2011.

The panel included Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Kat Dennings, and director Kenneth Branagh, as well as producer Kevin Feige.

One valuable piece of information about the film was disclosed by director Branagh concerning Thor's mortal life.

"We have some Don Blake surprises in this movie. So do not assume that he is not included," Branagh revealed.

As far as the video they screened, I was ultimately satisfied. The 3D elements didn't overpower the overall visuals and instead (at least from what I saw) added texture and a bit of depth to a few scenes. See the full description of the footage here below.

I'll admit I was worried the movie was far too plastic and bright judging from the screen shots they provided in the week prior to SDCC. But I am happy to say that from the footage screened to the audience, I am fairly confident they could actually pull this off [...]

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