Here’s the rundown of the WB Panel at the San Diego Comic Con. Refresh often as we’re going to update this as the events come out.
This post is/was a live post of the events as they played out at the WB Panel.
Line for Hall H was capped late last night at 10,000 people.
About to get crazeeeee up in this joint!!! #hallH #sdcc #comiccon
— robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) July 26, 2014
10:05: The Event has started. Chris Hardwicke (@nerdist) is moderating, dressed as Marty McFly.
Marty McFlying it up today for Sat SDCC. Just got a weird double take stare from Benedict Cumberbatch. Day already a success.
— Chris Hardwick (@nerdist) July 26, 2014
A glimpse of #sdcc @HallH‘s expanded panoramic screens pic.twitter.com/LQljTbp50J
— Andrew Sorcini (@MrBabyMan) July 26, 2014
BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN
They’ve just revealed the Batman vs. Superman logo.
Warners starts with Batman v Superman art and here’s Zack Snyder. Place goes nuts #sdcc pic.twitter.com/YXLhSzaLy2
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) July 26, 2014
Ben Affleck is now on stage.
THIS JUST HAPPENED! pic.twitter.com/ZXP1ko043Z
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) July 26, 2014
The footage shown features Batman, in the rain, wearing his armored suit. The Bat Signal lights up the sky, revealing Superman hovering as his eyes glow red.
Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot came out on stage, we got to see our first look at Wonder Woman!
The trio were fashioned in the color palette of their characters. Affleck was dressed in a black leather jacket and dark grey shirt. Cavill had a white shirt while Gadot sported a leather vest and pants. – via THR
And that looks to be it for Batman vs. Superman.
JUPITER ASCENDING
Channing Tatum came out talk up the flick.
“It’s the Wachowskis, you never know what you’re going to get with them.” – @ChanningTatum #JupiterAscending
— Warner Bros Pictures (@wbpictures) July 26, 2014
Hall H watched an extended trailer for the movie. I expect the WB site will have it up soon.
Based on reactions I’m seeing online, the five minute piece was a huge, huge success.
MAD MAX
Charlize Theron appeared on the big screen in a taped bit to talk about working on the film. “he idea of working with a filmmaker like George and attempting to reimagine this world was… it felt like such a great opportunity.”
Mad Max director at his first COMIC CON pic.twitter.com/dhtpq8Q674
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) July 26, 2014
The movie is meant to happen “40 years from next Wednesday,” so all the vehicles are ones from right now and meant to be rundown but without a lot of new technology or anything. – via Newsarama
Footage from the film was shown, and one reporter said “This makes a Michael Bay action sequence look tame.”
I could not possibly begin to describe the amazing footage I just witnessed for Mad Max:Fury Road. It’s stunning-Miller strutting his genius
— robertliefeld (@robertliefeld) July 26, 2014
Mad Max Fury Road comes out in May 2015.
THE HOBBIT
Time for the Hobbit! Rumor has it that Jackson wants to split the last movie into two! We’ll find out shortly (I hope…)
Stephen Colbert moderates this portion of the panel dressed as the Lake Town spy!
Who’s moderating @TheHobbitMovie panel? @StephenAtHome in his Lake-town costume! #SDCC pic.twitter.com/ICBJdH9c05
— Warner Bros Pictures (@wbpictures) July 26, 2014
No breaking news on this panel. A gag reel was shown to fans as well as a few clips from the upcoming movie. Looks like WB is going to wrap the movie up in one installment.
The cast of @TheHobbitMovie is here! #TheHobbit #SDCC pic.twitter.com/6FL00HJ6IG
— Warner Bros Pictures (@wbpictures) July 26, 2014
The master #sdcc @TheHobbitMovie pic.twitter.com/iGDHGEQGyV
— Alexandra Cheney (@alexandracheney) July 26, 2014
Best comment from the entire event!
Cate Blanchett: “I lose my sh*t. My Elven sh*t.” @StephenAtHome: “I’m sure it sparkles.” @TheHobbitMovie #SDCC
— Warner Bros Pictures (@wbpictures) July 26, 2014
Only 20 minutes left in Hall H. What else can they show us?
The teaser trailer for Battle of the Five Armies, of course!
Everyone is preparing for battle as very somber music plays over the images.
Teaser trailer looked great for the THE HOBBIT, not a lot was shown but it was good enough for me.
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) July 26, 2014
Jackson says he hopes one day “they” can open a Lord of the Rings Museum and make the props and costumes available to the public. That actually would be very cool, and with the success of the Harry Potter theme park, it wouldn’t surprise me to see something like that happen within two years of the final films release.
Interestingly, there is a Q&A session. Odd that The Hobbit gets a big to-do and others are kind of left off stage.
Fan Q&A. Benedict Cumberbatch says “Button Lady” in his Smaug voice & the crowd goes wild! #SDCC
— Warner Bros Pictures (@wbpictures) July 26, 2014
Oh… that’s why…
Serkis does some Gollum. #sdcc #gollum https://t.co/i59OnjnBbz
— Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) July 26, 2014
Peter Jackson really wanted to make the movies as a six series set. That kind of debunks a two-part finale rumor that I heard over at TheOneRing earlier this week. Jackson hopes people will watch this from the beginning, starting with The Hobbit, and make their way all the way through. I’ve done Lord of the Rings in one weekend, and it was long. I don’t think I could do all six movies (director’s cuts) in one go. It would have to be over a week at least.
And that wraps up The Hobbit segment of the programming.
And that wraps it up for the WB Panel. No big surprises, which saddens me, as I was hoping we would see the Justice League appear on stage, or at least see The Rock clear up the confusion on who he is playing, or not playing, in an upcoming Warner Bros. movie.
Warners panel ends with a Chris Hardwick/Stephen Colbert selfie #sdcc pic.twitter.com/12TCQpsFWG
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) July 26, 2014
