Live Updates From New York Comic Con 2026 🔴

Don’t despair, though: keep an eye on io9 in the coming days for more post-convention coverage. Thanks for joining us this year; let’s do it again sometime, yeah?

That take on “Nighthawks” though!

We’ll have more detailed photos of the VisionQuest experience later today.

As expected, Blade Runner 2099 stole the show today, releasing a new full-length trailer and several in-room exclusive clips. The convention officially comes to a close tomorrow, but we’ll still be here, posting news and updates throughout the day.

New York Comic Con has officially crossed the halfway mark. It’s a sign of the times that Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 series has nabbed the coveted Saturday evening panel slot at 6:45, while Star Trek—even with the benefit of an appearance by Captain James T. Kirk himself, William Shatner—takes a more modest 3:15 panel time. Elsewhen, Marvel Comics has its Spider-Web panel at 3:30 and its House of Ideas panel at 5:00, and Godzilla Minus Zero stomps into NYCC at 12:30. At 8:00, cosplayers take center stage in the regional qualifier for the Cosplay Central Crown Championships. Stay tuned; we’ll be bringing you updates throughout the day.

We’ll be back tomorrow with more dispatches from NYCC 2026.

A couple of good announcements there, but let’s be real: The Exorcist: Martyrs overshadowed everything else.

Craig Zobel (The Hunt, Z for Zacariah) will direct the film based on James Tynion IV’s comic book series.

It’s called Molepeople.

Now THIS is how you do it 🤩@jason_blum drops the 2027 Blumhouse and Atomic Monster film slate at NYCC pic.twitter.com/QXf324mTP6

— Movies (@Movies) October 9, 2026

…and their first project is an Amanda the Adventurer movie.

Harry Hamlin: “The operative phrase tonight is ‘batshit crazy.’ And as Julien Mayfair, I get to make out with my mother. [Pause] Yeah, no, Anne Rice was batshit crazy.”

Creator and showrunner Kat Sandler on Yaga: “It’s extremely fucked up, but in the best way. We’ve had people saying this whole time, like, ‘Kat, your brain is so wild, so fucked up, what a fucked up thing.’ And I just actually don’t think a world where women are powerful and punish the invisible monsters in society is fucked up at all.”

Brb, tattooing that final sentence on my forehead.

We’ll have a more detailed post on the new announcements soon. For now, it’s on to One Piece in 15 minutes.

‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ will have four books (aka seasons).

Konietzko described the new series as an “action comedy.”

Today, the schedule at New York Comic Con gets a little more crowded as the everyone vies for prime Friday panel slots. A retrospective for the 30th anniversary of Scream kicks the day off at 11:00, overlapping with Avatar: Seven Havens at 11:15. After that, One Piece takes the stage at 12:45, AMC+ settles in for a marathon two-and-a-half hour panel covering Kill Jackie, Yaga, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon at 3:30, Blumfest takes over at 5:30 with Violent Night 2, lucky attendees will see the U.S. premiere of the “Face Thief” episode of Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights at 5:45, and Common Side Effects nabs a coveted Friday evening slot with its season two world premiere and Q&A at 7:00. Strap in; it’s going to be a long one, folks!

…and there’s a Spider-Man cosplay world record attempt going on in the Javits Center. We’ll have coverage of that, and everything else NYCC throws at us, when we head back out tomorrow.

Some fun anecdotes, not a whole lot of new information. We’ll have to wait until October 15 to see exactly what tricks Crystal Lake has up its sleeve.

Showrunner Brad Caleb Kane explained, “[There are] shot-by-shot recreations of scenes from the movie, lovingly recreated, that recontextualize things that you think you know.”

The new Friday the 13th prequel series is screening its first episode right now. There’ll be a livestreamed Q&A when it’s over, which should be in roughly 45 minutes. In the meantime, here’s the trailer.

Marvel really brought it this year. I wasn’t expecting much, but a mysterious new show, three surprise Marvel Zombies specials, a release date for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season two, new footage from X-Men ’97 season three (even if it was only seen by NYCC attendees), and a Defenders reunion is a pretty good haul.

…but it’s only for folks in the audience at NYCC, for now.

Charlie Cox, Finn Jones, and Krysten Ritter reunite on the #NYCC stage! #Daredevil pic.twitter.com/XUJ200rP8w

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 8, 2026

This is the first official confirmation that Finn Jones will return as Danny Rand/Iron Fist in Daredevil: Born Again season three. Previously, leaked set photos revealed Jones would be back, but Marvel didn’t officially announce it until now.

🕸️Marvel Animation’s #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan Season 2 THWIPs onto Disney+ January 13, 2026. pic.twitter.com/KNk0zcY35l

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 8, 2026

Starting Halloween 2027, Marvel Animation’s #MarvelZombies returns with all-new specials on Disney+:

🧟 The Winter Soldier 2027
🧟 The Fist of Khonshu 2028
🧟 The Last Guardian 2029 pic.twitter.com/pct8iespWI

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 8, 2026

Revealing the newest show from Marvel Television… #NYCC pic.twitter.com/J1K1YF08GT

— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) October 8, 2026

You can buy Mister Fantastic and H.E.R.B.I.E. here, Invisible Woman and Human Torch here, and the Thing here.

It’s the first day of NYCC, and the big panel today is Marvel’s television and animation showcase. What do you think we’ll see there? More footage from VisionQuest? A look at Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season two? Maybe even Daredevil: Born Again season three? The panel starts 4:15 PM ET; we’ll be bringing you news as it breaks.