Day 2 of San Diego Comic Con 2018 was packed with new trailers and exciting reveals.
From Bumblebee, to Glass, to Young Justice and Venom, here’s what you missed.
After years of waiting, fans of Young Justice finally got a trailer for the third season,
Young Justice: Outsiders, which will air on DC’s new subscription based streaming service
DC Universe.
The trailer, aside from giving us a lengthy recap of season 2, started off with a quiet
moment of Artemis looking at a photo of her and Wally, and then set up a plot about how
the original founding members of the group will be trying to put an end to a meta human
trafficking ring that threatens to have bigger implications on the galaxy.
New characters were also shown off, too, along with many a familiar face, and the promotional
material at SDCC also out Darksied front and center, leading many to speculate that he’ll
have a pretty large role this season.
A new clip for the series finale of Adventure Time was screened at the show’s panel at
the conference, but it didn’t really provide all that much in the spoiler department.
But, more importantly perhaps, a date was announced for when the finale would air on
the Cartoon Network; September 3rd at 6pm.
A new trailer for season 9 of the Walking Dead was revealed, picking up where season
8 left off.
The biggest news of course is that actor Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick will be making his
departure this season, and the trailer depicts some tension between him and other fan favourite
Daryl.
Showrunner Angela Kang has stated that this season they’ve got a great story for Rick,
and that he’s actively thinking about what needs to be done to build for the future.
It also appears that the world of the Walking Dead has expanded, with multiple survivor
settlements to be featured in the season.
The trailer also hinted to the introduction to the Whispers story arc from the comics,
in which antagonists were essentially wearing zombie skins to hide themselves.
Actress Samantha Morton is said to be portraying the Whispers leader.
The 9th season debuts on AMC this Fall.
The sequel to M Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable and Split finally got a trailer reveal.
In it, we see Sarah Paulson’s character, a psychiatrist named Dr Ellie Staple, talking
to all three returning characters in what appears to be a psych ward; Bruce Willis’
David Dunn, Samuel L Jackson’s Mr Glass and James McAvoy’s Crumb, a man with dozens
of split personalities, including one known as The Beast.
A fight sequence was also teased, and a meeting between The Beast and Mr Glass, perhaps implying
that they’ll be teaming up to fight Dunn.
The official synopsis for the film also revealed that Dunn is hunting down Crumb, with Glass
harbouring some critical information that both men need.
Glass is set to be released on January 18th, 2019.
Joss Whedon announced at Comic Con that a Buffy the Vampire slayer reboot tv series
is in the works, and that it will focus on being “richly diverse” all while using
aspects of the series as metaphors for issues facing us today, similar to how the original
show operated.
Midnight Texas creator Monica Owusu-Breen is said to be the show runner on the reboot,
with Whedon executive producing.
They’re aiming to cast an African American actress for the title role of Buffy.
Lots was revealed about the upcoming Bumblebee film at Comic Con.
According to director Travis Knight, the film is supposed to be an origin story for the
character.
We’ll also be seeing decepticons that are Triple changers in the film, including Shatter
and Dropkick, and another decepticon, Blitzwing, who fans initially thought was Starscream
in the first trailer.
Two scenes were screened at the panel, showing off the classic G1 designs that the Transformers
will have in the movie, along with a glimpse at Optimus Prime as a hologram, also looking
very much like his G1 self.
The Sony Pictures panel was one of the most anticipated events of the convention today,
and with good reason.
We got another brand new glimpse at Sony’s upcoming Venom movie, and more on Spider-Man:
Into the Spider-Verse.
Into the Spider-Verse news includes the confirmation that Spider-Ham will be featured, and he’s
voiced by John Mulaney.
Those in attendance also saw new footage of Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir, and Penny Parker
and her robot.
Phil Lord also noted that all of these characters (specifically Peter, Gwen and Miles) are all
born of tragedy, and they finally have someone who can relate to them in this story.
As for Venom, director Ruben Fleischer has stated that the film is made for the fans,
and that it has “no heroes”.
The footage revealed was in tune with that, and depicted some more gruesome moments with
Hardy’s Eddie Brock, along with a full body shot of Venom, which many a fan noted looked
straight out of the comics.
There’s also a moment where the character came face to face with Riz Ahmed’s Carlton
Drake’s symbiote, which could potentially be Riot, who was confirmed to be in the film.
Carnage, on the other hand, was not confirmed.
Venom is set to be released October 5th of this year.
There we have it!
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