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What was the best surprise or biggest letdown of Comic-Con 2013?

If you were at San Diego Comic-Con this year, what was the thing that blew you away, even more than you expected? Also, what was the thing that didn’t quite impress you, or failed to live up to your hopes? We’d love to hear. Top image: Mooshuu/Flickr.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Kick-Ass 2 promises supervillain sex toys and Hit-Girl’s daddy issues

The foul-mouthed, four-minute trailer for Kick-Ass 2 debuted at the movie’s Comic-Con panel this weekend, and the cast and crew were on hand with plenty more dirty jokes and teases for the film. Learn the origin of Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s gimp suit and why Nicolas Cage’s Big Daddy looms large over the sequel. During the Friday…

Movies Lauren Davis

Holy crap, Oz the Great and Powerful was a remake of Army of Darkness

Don’t believe me? Watch this video and you’ll be completely convinced that Sam Raimi remade his 1992 classic too (spoilers for Oz, by the way — and Army of Darkness too, I guess, if you were still waiting to see it or something). I tell you, Oz would have been a lot better if James…

Movies Rob Bricken

Bryan Singer has a special word for what the new X-Men movie will be

Yesterday at Comic-Con, everybody was buzzing about X-Men: Days of Future Past. The whole cast came to the Con for a photo-op, and director Bryan Singer told us how this awesome new adventure could change everything in the previous movies’ continuity. During the press conference about the film, Singer used a term for the movie…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The first line Kristen Bell uttered on the Veronica Mars film set

Veronica Mars might not be science fiction, but we still have a lot of love in our hearts for this geeky girl detective. Here’s the first line Kristen Bell delivered when she returned to her quippy character. Veronica may not be a detective at the star of the film, but she’s still Veronica. If you…

Movies Lauren Davis

Watch Comic-Con’s Marvel Cinematic Universe panel in all its glory

Are you interested in Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, Tom Hiddleston in character and costume as Loki, Karen Gillan removing her wig, or any of the other insanity that happened at last night’s Marvel movie panel? Then you probably want to actually…

Movies Rob Bricken

Why Riddick was easier to make as a brutal R-rated movie

This weekend brought us a brand-new trailer forRiddick, pitting Vin Diesel against a fresh set of alien horrors. Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff, and Riddick director David Twohy sat down at San Diego Comic-Con to discuss how Riddick advances the series’ mythology and why they wanted to make it an R-rated film. “Once we realized that…

Movies Lauren Davis

Marvel movie panel nearly destroyed us with glorious madness

There was a lot of great stuff in Hall H today at Comic Con — but Marvel Studios blew it all out of the water. We saw so many incredible reveals just now. Including mind-blowing Captain America 2 footage, a big chunk of Guardians of the Galaxy… and a short teaser for Avengers 2: The…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

First X-Men: Days of Future Past footage gave us goosebumps

We saw the first teaser of X-Men: Days of Future Past just now at San Diego Comic-Con, and it was the most exciting X-Men moment in a decade. Here’s our rough impressions of what we saw. UPDATE: More details added! Spoilers ahead… Seriously, I hope this footage shows up online soon, because my description is…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Caesar is War-Painted and Grizzled in the Planet of the Apes Teaser

We saw the first teaser trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes just now at Comic-Con — and damn, Caesar has changed a lot. Top image: Viral site Apes2014.com, via IGN This movie takes place a decade after Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Caesar is older and more seasoned —…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The movie X-Men, new and old, come together at Comic-Con

The X-Men: Days of Future Past panel at Comic-Con is crowded. Not just because of the audience, but the massive amount of movie cast members on the stage! There’s also been a stunning reveal, as Peter Dinklage, who was thought to be cast as Sentinel creator Bolivar Trask, has revealed his actual role: Mystique!

Movies Rob Bricken

Is The LEGO Movie really the best film ever? Signs point to yes!

We saw some wild and crazy promo footage from the LEGO Movie — and directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord told us they want this movie to feel like a LEGO fan film that’s just somehow gotten a “ton of money.” The LEGO Movie is part-CGI and part actual real LEGO bricks in stop-motion, and…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

I, Frankenstein looks like next year’s Hansel and Gretel. Get excited.

Seriously, I, Frankenstein comes from the producers of Underworld. But our first taste of it feels more like the glorious fondue-gasm of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. We saw the first footage at Comic-Con and it was like a CG creature meltdown. In the trailer we saw for I, Frankenstein, Aaron Eckhart is a scarred,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The new Hunger Games 2 trailer reveals why it’s no longer a game

Katniss isn’t the only thing aflame in this brand-new trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. A hope has been ignited, and evil Donald Sutherland knows it — which why Katniss’ troubles have just begun. At the movie’s Comic-Con panel, Jennifer Lawrence told us that the love triangle looks very different this time around: originally,…

Movies Rob Bricken

Edgar Wright says The World’s End is like a drunken Doctor Who

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright gathered in Comic-Con’s Hall H today to talk about their latest film, The World’s End, including how it links thematically to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz and why Pegg’s character is like a drunken Doctor. “Well, if you’ve ever watched Doctor Who and thought it would…

Movies Lauren Davis

They’re doing a Superman/Batman movie… but that’s not the big news

Man of Steel director Zack Snyder just came out and rocked our worlds at Comic-Con. Not just announcing that Batman will be in the Superman sequel — which he did with a cool-looking metallic Superman-Batman logo that drove the crowd nuts. But that was not the biggest deal. Spoilers ahead… The biggest deal was, Snyder…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Can you spot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in this photo?

Supposedly this is a picture from the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film set. I say supposedly because although the photo contains Megan Fox, who plays April O’Neil, I don’t see any Ninja Turtles in it. Maybe Donatello is standing behind the morbidly obese hunchback in the trenchcoat or something. [Via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Rob Bricken

Peggy doesn’t need Cap to kick butt in the first “Agent Carter” clip

EW has the first clip from the newest Marvel short “Agent Carter”, and, because they’re jerkfaces, haven’t made the video embeddable (watch it here). That said, it’s pretty terrific, following Peggy as she infiltrates an enemy hideout all by her lonesome. Clearly, you should never send 3-5 men to do a woman’s job. The short…

Movies Rob Bricken

We’ve seen Samuel L. Jackson channel Rush Limbaugh in RoboCop footage!

We got a few peeks at the RoboCop remake this weekend at Comic-Con. It may not stand up to the original, but it will update its themes for the modern era of mechanized warfare and cable news. Plus, we do get to see a suit that looks like classic RoboCop. Spoilers ahead. The footage shown…

Movies Lauren Davis

Against all odds, author Max Brooks didn’t hate the World War Z movie

As we know, the World War Z book and movie share two things in common: 1) Their name, and 2) the fact they were made by carbon-based lifeforms. Yet somehow, after author Max Brooks finally saw the movie “adaptation” of his book, he was surprised as anyone when he discovered he somehow enjoyed it. Via…

Movies Rob Bricken

What was the best surprise or biggest letdown of Comic-Con 2013?

Kick-Ass 2 promises supervillain sex toys and Hit-Girl’s daddy issues

Holy crap, Oz the Great and Powerful was a remake of Army of Darkness

Bryan Singer has a special word for what the new X-Men movie will be

The first line Kristen Bell uttered on the Veronica Mars film set

Watch Comic-Con’s Marvel Cinematic Universe panel in all its glory

Why Riddick was easier to make as a brutal R-rated movie

Marvel movie panel nearly destroyed us with glorious madness

First X-Men: Days of Future Past footage gave us goosebumps

Caesar is War-Painted and Grizzled in the Planet of the Apes Teaser

The movie X-Men, new and old, come together at Comic-Con

Is The LEGO Movie really the best film ever? Signs point to yes!

I, Frankenstein looks like next year’s Hansel and Gretel. Get excited.

The new Hunger Games 2 trailer reveals why it’s no longer a game

Edgar Wright says The World’s End is like a drunken Doctor Who

They’re doing a Superman/Batman movie… but that’s not the big news

Can you spot the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in this photo?

Peggy doesn’t need Cap to kick butt in the first “Agent Carter” clip

We’ve seen Samuel L. Jackson channel Rush Limbaugh in RoboCop footage!

Against all odds, author Max Brooks didn’t hate the World War Z movie

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