San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was a huge undertaking to cover. Panels, the showroom floor, you name it, and people were there. We like to walk the convention floor and find unique items, decoration, and of course, the cosplay community. We wanted to give our readers a taste of what it’s like to see the convention [...]
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SDCC 2011: The Look of Comic-Con 2011
Every year at San Diego Comic-Con fans from all around flock to the city that holds their beloved pop culture phenomenon. Some, like myself, come to report on the con as well as enjoy the collectible aspect it has to offer. While others come to show off there labors of love in the form of [...]
SDCC 2011: Universal’s SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
I had been very interested in the idea of Snow White and the Huntsman since casting news was announced and when Universal promised a panel at this years Comic- Con I was very ready to find out what it had to offer. Well, I get here and they haven’t even started any sort of filming yet. [...]
SDCC 2011: Francis Ford Coppola Presents TWIXT; Plus Q&A With Val Kilmer!
I could write about how the iconic director Francis Ford Coppola made an appearance at the 2011 Comic-Con. I could tell you about how he was thrilled to be utilizing 3D technology for his new upcoming film Twixt, staring Val Kilmer and Bruce Dern. Theoretically, I would also include how Coppola loved the unique music [...]
SDCC 2011: IMMORTALS
With a film like Immortals, many may pass over it believing it to be the combination of 300 and Clash of the Titans. However, director Tarsem Singh brings a unique vision to cinema that few could rival. The story goes that the evil King Hyperion is waging war against the gods, and plots to destroy [...]
SDCC 2011: Sony’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
To cap off our Friday at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and over nine hours in Hall H, Sony brought us a little treat in the form of The Amazing Spider-Man. To open, a gentleman wearing a very crude Spider-Man costume approaches the general public’s microphone to ask question. The moderator for the panel tells the [...]
SDCC 2011: Sony’s GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
The Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance panel was a little bit of a surprise for me. I was very excited to hear that Sony was going to bring this along with them to Comic-Con this year and it’s nice to know that even though we really didn’t need another Ghost Rider movie, Nicolas Cage made [...]
SDCC 2011: TOTAL RECALL
Wow, Sony just blew everyone’s mind away with the Total Recall panel. First, director Len Wiseman came out for the panel discussion, along with stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, and Jessica Biel. They opened the panel with screening footage, which was stunningly great. The scene shows Quaid going into a place [...]
SDCC 2011: 30 MINUTES OR LESS
Hilarity isn’t what you expect when two guys rob a bank, but when it’s 30 Minutes or Less, there’s a lot of things you wouldn’t expect. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari, director Reuben Fleischer crafts a story about two friends, one of whom has a bomb strapped to his chest, as they need to [...]
SDCC 2011: FRIGHT NIGHT
One of the most anticipated movies of the fall is the remake of the vampire movie Fright Night. There’s a few cool trailers out for the movie, and there was an atmosphere of anticipation before the panel began in Hall H. Following the Screen Gems panel, moderator Sean Phillips welcomed director Craig Gillespie came out [...]
SDCC 2011: Screen Gems’ UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING
I think that if you’re a fan of Underworld than you pretty much enjoy the entire run of the series thus far. Screen Gems brings us our first view of Underworld: Awakening and it has a very different angle than the others. The movie is set in the future and looks like the human race [...]
SDCC 2011: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN Panel
The first panel for day two in Hall H of the 2011 Comic-Con was Paramount’s new film The Adventures of Tintin, which is directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson. Before the start of the panel Comic-Con showed a film montage of the many fantastic films Spielberg created, and then presented him with [...]
SDCC 2011: Relativity Media Present THE RAVEN & HAYWIRE
Two films getting serious hype this year are John Cusack’s thriller The Raven and director Steven Soderbergh‘s action film Haywire. The second day at Comic Con got off to a great start with Paramount’s Adventures of Tintin panel featuring director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson. Following the panel, Relativity Media presented two very different [...]
SDCC 2011: 20th Century Fox IN TIME and RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Comic- Con is always full of surprises. Many times you never know who may show up. Fanboy Jeff happened to miss out on one of 20th Century Fox’s guest Mr. Sexy Back himself Justin Timberlake. JT shows up to Comic- Con for the first time for Fox’s In Time and was a great delight for [...]
SDCC 2011: First Teaser Poster for Sony’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Yesterday we brought the very first teaser trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man and today we have the first official teaser poster! Our good friend Alex with Firstshowing.net snapped a photo of this poster at Comic-Con – and for a photo, it looks pretty good! We will post a high res poster once it is released. [...]
SDCC 2011: Ridley Scott’s ALIEN Prequel PROMETHEUS
Everyone involved with the production of the film Prometheus have been very careful about how they talk about the feature. To begin, the description of the movie paints a grand scope; the search for our origins, the search for alien life, the search for answers to our questions. When the news broke that Ridley Scott [...]
SDCC 2011: DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK and DRIVE
Guy Pearce, Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, Carey Mulligan, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Troy Nixey dawn the Hall H stage to 6,500 screaming fans. The purpose of the panel is to discuss two highly anticipated films. The first film Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is directed be Troy Nixey and written by Guillermo del [...]
SDCC Day 1: Animation Wows and Pee Wee Laughs
A couple of smaller panels we wanted to share with you from Day 1 at San Diego Comic Con 2011 were the Aardman Studio presentation and Pee Wee Herman‘s short stop at Hall H. First, Peter Lord presented his film The Pirates! Band of Misfits. It’s a family film very much in the style of [...]
SDCC 2011: TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN Part I
We emerged from our room early (6 a.m.) to join the line of hundreds of fans awaiting to see the panel for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part I. Fans were eagerly waiting to get into Hall H, talking about their favorite actor or actress or which book is their favorite. Staff walked the line, [...]
Comic Con 2011 Day 0: It’s All In The Plan…
Getting ready for Fanboyz.net‘s third year covering the San Diego Comic Con, I think about all the planning and details that go into making the big trip out to Southern California. Despite some disappointment that the super big-name movies like Superman: Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises, there’s still a whole lot to [...]
