Comic-Con Video: Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

One of my favorite days at Comic-Con was Saturday. It had everything from original stories (Zach Snyder’s Sucker Punch) to the big comic book adaptations. We spent the whole day in Hall H, and it was worth it. There were some surprises including unannounced celebrity appearances and a fight between two convention attendees resulting in a stabbing with a pen. Here’s some highlights from the day below.

First, Warner Bros. presented Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Mark Strong. The panel showed some footage (filming of the footage isn’t allowed, so you can read about the panel and footage screened here), offered insight about their roles and Reynolds even gave away his prop ring to a lucky attendee with a special paper under his seat.

The American remake of Let Me In had a good discussion about adapting one of the best horror films made in the last 20 years. Cloverfield director Matt Reeves talked about his passion for the source material (both the 2008 Swedish film and novel) as well as working with young actors. The Road‘s Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kick-Ass‘ Chloe Moretz talked about the complexity of their characters and Richard Jenkins spoke about finding a unique way to present his mysterious role. They also showed a scene in which Jenkins’ character unsuccessfully attempts to abduct someone.

Shaun of the Dead‘s Simon Pegg and Nick Frost presented their latest film Paul along with their stellar comedic co-stars. Their characters go to Comic-Con in the film, and Simon talks about recreating the massive convention. The panel also talked about their own Comic-Con experiences both past and present.

Jon Favreau came onstage to present his new western/sci-fi film Cowboys & Aliens. He brought out the cast including Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell and a huge surprise guest. If you haven’t read the write-up from the panel, you’ll have to watch the video to see who comes out.

The First Avenger came out on-stage when director Joe Johnston brought out Chris Evans and the Red Skull-portraying Hugo Weaving for the Captain America panel. We caught a few glimpses of the movie, which has only been shooting for less than two weeks. Chris Evans talked about bringing the Capt. to life and Weaving talked about his attempts at a German accent.

The God of Thunder and Natalie Portman joined Tom Hiddleston, Kat Dennings and director Kenneth Branagh. Chris Hemsworth spoke about nailing the details of Thor, in battle and how he carries himself.

Lastly, Sam Jackson took to the stage to introduce The Avengers. Calling them out one by one, we saw the team Nick Fury assembles to take down a power beyond each of them. A detailed description can be found here.

Video of each of these events can be found below, except for the stabbing, because that was crazy and we didn’t know what was going on until after.