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: 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: 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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
COWBOYS & ALIENS Will Premiere at San Diego Comic-Con
Yesterday in L.A Jon Favreau announced his new film, Cowboys & Aliens, is set to make its world premiere at this years San Diego Comic-Con. Last year, Favreau brought an exclusive first look at his film starring Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, and Harrison Ford. During an Iron Man and Iron Man 2 double feature, at [...]
SKYLINE Teaser Trailer Lands Online
An advertisement for the film Skyline blanketed the Marriott Hotel in San Diego for Comic- Con and left all who saw it in wonder. Thankfully, for those of us that missed the Skyline panel, the teaser trailer has debuted online. Not too much to report on other than the fact that my interest has been [...]
THE AVENGERS Teaser from Comic-Con 2010
There’s a lot that’s going to happen before The Avengers, and the movie itself will be jam-packed with story and action. Before we got a look at The Avengers when they assembled on-stage at Comic-Con 2010, the audience was treated to a short teaser for the upcoming team-up flick. Narrated briefly by Samuel L. Jackson [...]
Comic-Con: Best and Worst of 2010 SDCC
The 2010 San Diego Comic-Con has came and gone and we all made it out alive. Every over 100,000 fans of movies, television, video games, and comic books descend upon San Diego for four days of insanity. Comic-Con is an exhausting experience because there is SO much going on at any given time. Movie panels [...]
Comic-Con Video: Sunday Wrap Up
Ah, the last day of Comic-Con. You think it’ll be the best time to hit up the convention floor, but then you remember the schedule and how nothing huge is going on, and you walk onto the floor and immediately get accosted by a man wearing an outfit covered in spray-painted cardboard. We got some [...]
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 [...]
Comic-Con: Teaser Trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
After the Disney panel for Tron: Legacy this past Thursday, a special teaser trailer was shown for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Featuring Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) the teaser was just for Comic-Con audiences. In the clip, which is just under two minutes, Captiain Jack is recruiting pirates for a voyage to [...]
Cover of the Week: SDCC Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 Variant
Along with action figure exclusive, San Diego Comic- Con also does some comic books as well. The offerings range from each publisher and most times the covers are pretty good. The fact that we are in San Diego has caused me to choose the SDCC Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1 sketch variant. It shows a [...]
Comic-Con: Alien Comedy PAUL Lands in San Diego
The cast of the film Paul is quite the ensemble of comedic talent. First, there’s the writers/stars of the film, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Their last two films together (Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz) are hugely popular in humor circles. They wanted to write a movie about being in America and finding [...]
Comic-Con: Jon Favreau’s COWBOYS & ALIENS Panel Featuring Harrison Ford!
One of the last star-studded panels on Saturday was for Jon Favreau’s new project Cowboys and Aliens. The Iron Man director walked out on stage, without an introduction, grabbed the mic, and got the audience of over 6,000 people really excited. Favreau knows how to command a crowd, and his energy was exactly what everyone [...]
