Day 3 of San Diego Comic Con was packed with trailers, ones that will have a lot of DC
fans pretty jazzed.
From Aquaman to Fantastic Beasts to , here’s what you missed.
The Warner Brothers panel started off day 3 and it brought some heavy hitters, starting
with a brand new trailer for Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald.
We got to see more of Newt and Dumbledore’s relationship, with Dumbledore teaching him
at Hogwarts, along with him telling Newt that Newt has to be the one who goes after Grindelwald
instead of him, accompanied by a shot of him looking into the Mirror if Erised, with Grindelwald’s
face appearing next to his reflection.
We also got to see a lot of Grindelwald persuading wizards and witches to come out of the shadows,
and Newt and Grindelwald coming face to face in a battle.
Plus, the trailer ended off with the reveal of Nicholas Flamel, the creator of the Philosopher’s
Stone.
A trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted, featuring Millie Bobby Brown and
Vera Farmiga, who get kidnapped by a mysterious group Monarch; the secret organization that
was created to hunt and study monsters the likes of Godzilla.
The official synopsis reads, the new story follows the heroic efforts of the cryptozoological
agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god sized monsters, including
the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three
headed King Ghidorah.
When these ancient super species, thoughts to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie
for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
Despite having just begun principle photography for 3 weeks now, the cast and crew of Wonder
Woman made an appearance at the panel and debuted a rough cut of footage for the audience
to take a look at.
It featured Wonder Woman fighting off some gun men in a mall, saving a little girl, crushing
the guns with her bare hands and using her lasso of truth in slow motion to save the
day.
There was also a shot of her running through a crowded street.
Aside from that, director Patty Jenkins was pretty tight lipped on a few things, including
the return of Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor.
A trailer for Shazam was released at the panel, and it featured a revised version of Billy
Batson’s origin story.
Overall, the trailer felt like it was a much lighter take on the superhero who often has
been depicted as pretty cheesy in the past.
Director David F Sandberg also hinted to Isis potentially being in the movie, and didn’t
give a confirmation on whether or not we’d see a Mary Marvel when fans questioned him
about it.
Aquaman’s official trailer also made a splash at the Warner Brothers panel, ending it off
with an additional piece of exclusive footage for those attending.
According to reports, that footage featuring Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry FINALLY wearing
his yellow and green Aquaman suit; a suit that was teased during Comic Con’s preview
night on Wednesday with a figurine of the actor wearing the iconic threads.
As for the trailer, it briefly showed off Arthur’s origins, a whole lot of him and
Mera, gave us some stunning shots of Atlantis, a look at Black Manta, and a few shots of
Arthur and his half-brother Orm’s battle for the throne.
Other news from DC at the panel was that the company is ditching the branding of the DC
Extended Universe, now opting to call it the Worlds of DC, but didn’t give much of a
reason for why the rebranding is happening.
Considering the box office failure of Justice League, kinda makes sense.
Warner Bros announced the lineup of DC Animated films for 2019.
The first, Reign of the Supermen is set to be released in early 2019, Justice League
vs The Fatal Five, an entirely new story, is slated for the spring.
Batman: Hush will be released in the summer, and Wonder Woman: bloodlines, another new
story that DC was pretty tight lipped about, is set for the fall.
We got a slew of new trailers from Arrow, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and The Flash
at this year’s Comic Con.
Supergirl’s panel discussed how the hero’s story will be focusing more on journalism,
and will be introducing new villain Manchester Black.
The show will also be making history by introducing the very first transgender superhero to television,
a character by the name of Dreamer.
Arrow’s trailer highlighted what Oliver Queen has been up to in prison for the last
five months, hinted at Diaz’s revenge plans, and revealed that someone else has decided
to take up the Green Arrow mantle in Queen’s place.
Legends of Tomorrow showed off a new trailer, too, and it featured a whole lot of time travel,
mystical creatures, including a unicorn, and Avalance for all you shippers out there.
The Flash’s trailer revealed that Barry and Iris’ speedster daughter Nora will be
dropping in from the future, seemingly trapped there, having admitted to have made a “big
mistake”, and a new threat was teased at the trailer’s end.
Chris Klein of American Pie fame was confirmed to be playing the big bad of the season, Cicada.
Alright, there we have it!
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