It’s the final day of Comic Con 2022, and while there aren’t usually too many BIG panels set for the last day in San Diego, there were still a couple notable panels to talk about. And check out just some of the cosplayers on display this year:
Mayans M.C.
The show has been renewed for a 5th season by FX.
And here is a video interview from the folks at Entertainment Weekly with a few of the cast members:
What We Do in the Shadows
You can watch this video interview with some of the cast of and creatives behind What We Do in the SHadows courtesy of the folks at IGN.
It’s Day Three of San Diego Comic Con, and that means the big guns are pulled out (metaphorically speaking) with movie trailers, big name stars and tons of reveals made all throughout the convention center and the surrounding area.
The first big trailer to be shown was for the upcoming sequel movie Shazam: Fury of the Gods and it does NOT disappoint. You can see the trailer below:
DC Universe
Here is the Comic Con Sneak Peek at Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam:
Here is an article from the folks at Variety about what else the DC Universe did (and didn’t) share in Hall H today.
Apple TV+
The third and final season of the Jason Momoa series See will premiere on the streaming service on August 26, and here is the trailer for that final chapter:
Evil
Check out this video interview, featuring some of the cast of the Paramount+ (formerly CBS) thriller series Evil courtesy of the folks at Entertainment Weekly.
House of the Dragon
Here is an article from the folks at Variety about the much-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon.
You can also see the official trailer for the new series below:
Star Trek Universe
Here is a teaser trailer for season 3 of Star Trek: Picard:
Here is an article from the folks at TV Line about Star Trek: Strange New World.
Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire
Again, thanks to the folks at Variety, here is an article [which includes a trailer) about the much-anticipated small screen series adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire.
The Sandman
From the visionary author Neil Gaiman, Netflix will debut the highly anticipated small screen adaptation of The Sandman with an impressive ensemble cast. You can see the trailer below:
The Orville
Check out this video interview with much of the cast of The Orville courtesy of the folks at Entertainment Weekly.
Resident Alien
Here is a video interview with the hysterical cast of Syf’s Resident Alien via the folks at Entertainment Weely.
Marvel Studios
And, of course, the folks at Marvel Studios had a TON of movies and projects to provide details about.
Here is an article from TV Line about plans for Phase 5 of the MC Universe
In line with that article, it’s official that Daredevil will back this time on Disney+. Check out this article from TV Line for more details about that.
Here is an article from Variety about the next movie in the Ant-Man franchise.
Here is an article from Variety about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Here is an article, also from Variety, about the MCU’s latest reboot of the Fantastic Four set for November 2024.
Here is an article from Variety about two new Avengers movies to end the MCU Phase 6 in 2025.
And, here is the visually stunning trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever:
Kevin Smith
Check out this article about the Comic Con “God” Kevin Smith and what’s on tap from him thanks to the folks at MSN.
Make sure to check out the Comic Con Portraits done by the folks at TV Insider.
Make sure to come back tomorrow for the final report on Day 4 of Comic Con as this year’s fete comes to an end.
It’s Day Two of San Diego Comic Con, and while there were endless panels and events all over the place around and inside the convention center, the following were some of the bigger shows and/or movies that were highlighted throughout the day today:
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
You can check out this article from the folks at TV Line.
And, here is a direct link to the full trailer for the much anticipated small screen adaptation of the legendary movies based on the even more legendary story by J.R.R. Tolkien:
Paper Girls
The brand new Amazon Prime retro series is based on the comic book of the same and set in the early hours after Halloween in 1988, centered around four paper girls who are out on their delivery route where they get caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers.
You can read this article about the show’s panel courtesy of Yahoo News; and watch the Entertainment Weekly interview with the cast and creatives too.
Here is a trailer for the new drama:
The Walking Dead Franchise
Here is the trailer for the latest installation of The Walking Dead Universe: Tales of the Walking Dead:
As well as an article from the folks at Variety about the new show.
And here is an article, also from Variety, about the final episodes of the flagship series – The Walking Dead.
Then there is the news that the Rick Grimes movies are being scrapped for a limited series that will star Andrew Lincoln and Danai Guirira. You can read more about it here courtesy of the folks at TV Line.
For All Mankind
Not only has the show been given a season four renewal (YES!!), but they made an appearance at Comic Con. You can read an article from Deadline here, and they included a couple pictures of the cast and creatives who were on hand to talk all things alternate space drama.
Green Lantern: Beware My Power
The animated movie, starring Aldis Hodge as the voice of John Stewart, was one of the big, end of the day panels to take the stage. Read this exclusive article from the folks at ComicBookMovies.com
You can also check out this cool cavalcade of photos, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, showing just some of the celebs and creatives who were on hand at Comic Con yesterday.
Again, this was just a small sample of the panels and events that took place at San Diego Comic Con 2022 today.
Make sure to come back tomorrow for even more, as Saturday is always the BIG day at the annual fete.
This year’s annual fete actually took place in person in San Deigo, starting off with a big panel in Hall H for the upcoming box office movie Dungeons & Dragons that will star Chris Pine (Star Trek reboot franchise), Rege Jean-Page (from Bridgerton), Justice Smith (from the Jurassic World movies), Michelle Rodriguez (from the Fast & Furious franchise) and the one and only Hugh Grant.
Here is a trailer for Dungeons & Dragons:
Nathan Fillion and Niecy Nash for The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds
Here is a trailer for the new small screen adaptation series of the popular book franchise:
This is just a small sample of the panels and events that took place at San Diego Comic Con 2022 today.
Come back tomorrow for more!
REVISED: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer herself) will star and executive produce the Paramount+ original series Wolf Pack, the sequel of sorts to Teen Wolf. The story behind the new thriller series is based on the book series by Edo Van Belkom, followiong a teenage boy and girl whose lives are forever changed when a California wildfire awakens a terrifying supernatural creature. Gellar will star as arson investigator Kristin Ramsey, a highly regarded expert in her field and no stranger to personal loss, brought in by authorities to catch the teenage arsonist who started a massive wildfire which may have also led to the reawakening of a supernatural predator terrorizing Los Angeles.
Today is the final day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will include panels for the Freeform fantasy series Motherland: Fort Salem, the upcoming FOX drama nExt and the final season of The CW’s post-apocalyptic series The 100 as well as a panels focusing on Who’s the Best Doctor Who, the Psychology of Pop Culture and Christmas and A Conversation with (the one and only) Nathan Fillion [among many other panels].
The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 4 PM.
For many years now, Supernatural has been a part of the Sunday line-up in Hall H, and it only feels right to include pictures – taken by our own Dominick Dusseault – from last year, which was the show’s final appearance at Comic Con since it is coming to an end after 15 seasons on The CW.
Supernatural:
Jared Padalecki
Jensen Ackles
Mischa Collins
Alexander Calvert
Mischa, Jensen and Jared
Rob Benedict and Richard Speight, Jr.
It also seemed like the right time to include pictures – also from Dominick Dusseault – from last year’s panels for The Witcher and Game of Thrones:
The Witcher:
Henry Cavill
Anya Chalotra
Freya Allan
Series Creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Freya, Henry and Anya
Game of Thrones:
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Maisie Williams
Isaac Hempstead Wright
John Bradley
Liam Cunningham
Conleth Hill
Jacob Anderson
Here’s to next year’s event (that will hopefully be held in person).
Today is the third full day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will feature panels for TV shows For All Mankind, the new Peacock series Brave New World, Netflix’s The Order, the new HBO thriller Lovecraft Country, ABC’s Stumptown, the fan favorite Wynonna Earp, the AMC thriller NOS4A2 and a salute to the popular sci-fi series Farscape as well as a reunion/salute to the original box office movie Constantine – that is expected to include Keanu Reeves, who is also expected to show up for the panel focusing on the new Bill & Ted movie and An Evening with Kevin Smith [among many other panels].
The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 6 PM.
Since there are a few panels dedicated to the world of Marvel – included a scientific salute to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – it felt only right to take a look back, courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault, – to the plethora of Marvel cast members who appeared at a huge Marvel event last year:
Black Widow:
Scarlett Johansson
David Harbour
Rachel Weisz
Florence Pugh
O-T Fagbenle
Blade:
Mahershala Ali
Doctor Strange:
Benedict Cumberbatch
The Eternals:
Angelina Jolie as Thena
Richard Madden as Ikaris
Salma Hayek as Ajak
Dong-seok Ma as Gilgamesh
Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo
Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos
Lauren Ridloff as Makkari
Lia McHugh as Sprite
Falcon and Winter Soldier:
Anthony Mackie
Sebastian and Anthony
Sebastian Stan
Hawkeye:
Jeremy Renner
Loki:
Tom Hiddleston
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings:
Simu Liu
Thor: Love and Thunder:
Chris Hemsworth
Natalie Portman
Tessa Thompson
Taika Waititi
WandaVision:
Elizabeth Olsen
Paul Bettany
Teyonah Parris
What If:
Jeffrey Wright
And, since this year’s event features a panel dedicated to Kevin Smith, it only seemed fitting to include pictures – courtesy of Dominick Dusseault – from last year’s panel that featured Kevin along with a few of his co-stars from the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot movie:
Today is the second full day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will feature panels for TV shows such as Vikings, Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead, the new spin-off series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, the new drama The Capture from Peacock, The CW’s Pandora and the upcoming Quibi thriller Don’t Look Deeper as well as the annual Brave Warriors panel sponsored by Entertainment Weekly, the annual Fan Favorites panel hosted by TV Guide Magazine, a salute to the work of actress Charlize Theron and A Zoom with Joss Whedon [among lots of other panels].
The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 6 PM with the 32nd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards getting underway at 7 PM, which rounds out the night.
Since there are three panels dedicated to the world of The Walking Dead included among the panels for this events at-home event, let’s take a visit back to last year’s Comic Con – courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault – when actors from Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead appeared at the 2019 event:
Fear the Walking Dead:
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Lennie James
Danay Garcia and Maggie Grace
Jenna Elfman
Karen David
Austin Amelio, Alexa Nisenson and Rubén Blades
The Walking Dead:
Danai Gurira
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Cailey Fleming
Norman Reedus
Melissa McBride
Avi Nash and Ryan Hurst
Nadia Hilker
Eleanor Matsuura and Cooper Andrews
Last year also found some of the cast of The CW sci-fi series Pandora taking to the stage, and this year’s event will find some of the panel participating in a video panel. Let’s take a look at some of the pictures that Dominick Dusseault took from last year’s Pandora in-person panel:
Priscilla Quintana
Oliver Dench
Tehmina Sunny
John Harlan Kim
Johann Urb
And, as a way to honor both of this year’s TV Guide Magazine and Entertainment Weekly annual events, let’s look back at the ladies who participated in the Women Who Kick Ass panel as well as the cast of Westworld; all taken by Dominick Dusseault:
Women Who Kick Ass:
Shohreh Aghdashloo from The Expanse
Colbie Smulders from Stumptown and The Avengers franchise
Freema Agyeman from Doctor Who and New Amsterdam
Betty Gilpin from GLOW
Jeri Ryan from Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Voyager
Today is the first full day of panels for Comic Con @Home, which will feature panels for TV shows such as the rebooted Star Trek universe, His Dark Materials, Utopia, Upload and The Boys (all three Amazon dramas) and Van Helsing as well as a salute to LGBTQ Characters on TV and Building a Better Heroine, among many other panels.
The first panels start at 10 AM and the final panels start at 6 PM.
There is one panel today focusing on the Marvel franchise, so let’s take a visit back to last year’s Comic Con – courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault – when some of the creative minds behind the franchise made an appearance at the 2019 event:
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Writers for Avengers: Endgame)
Joe and Anthony Russo (Directors of some of the Avengers franchise movies)
Since Star Trek was also included in one of the panels today, let’s take a look at pictures also taken by Dominick Dusseault for the same panel at Comic Con 2019:
For the first time in its 50 year history, San Diego Comic Con will not be held – at least not in person.
Due to the global pandemic, the annual fete that has become the mega entertainment event of the year for pop culture geeks and nerds alike will be conducted online through You Tube. There is a separate link for every panel scheduled throughout Comic Con @Home.
While this year’s schedule isn’t as voluminous as in years past, there are still plenty of interesting panels scheduled throughout each day of this year’s at home event.
The first panels start at 3 PM and the final panels start at 6 PM.
Among the highlights for today’s panels are comic books, graphic novels, books, GeekEd and more.
To tie in with this year’s event, and today’s focus on comic books, let’s take a visit back to last year’s Comic Con – courtesy of photos taken by our very own Dominick Dusseault – when the leads of Riverdale made an appearance at the 2019 event:
Rueben’s Ramblings is celebrating its 10th Anniversary!!
In honor of that I decided to highlight some of the big events that took place during each year of the past 10 years.
Today’s salute is focused on 2019:
A couple of the more memorable shows that debuted during that year included:
* A Discovery of Witches – Based on the book by Deborah Harkness, this series starred Matthew Goode as a centuries-old vampire and Theresa Palmer as a historian (and reluctant witch) who fall in love despite the long-held distrust between witches and vampires.
* Whiskey Cavalier – This action series was a breath of fresh air and just so damn fun to watch during the spring of 2019. The chemistry between leads Scott Foley and Lauren Cohen was pretty terrific too. The most upsetting thing was the network cancelled the show after only 13 episodes, disappointing all of its fans and especially the cast.
* His Dark Materials – This HBO drama may not have pulled in the ratings as expected or even hoped – given that it took over the Game of Thrones time slot – but it certainly was grand in scope, had Lin-Manuel Miranda recurring – and a giant talking polar bear. There was much more to the show than that, but those were the stand-outs for me.
* The Witcher – The draw for this Netflix fantasy series was, of course, Henry Cavill (Superman himself), but I found myself captivated by the action, the magic and even the grunts and growls from Geralt. Despite less than positive critic response, this series became one of the most in demand original series on streaming platforms.
* Pennyworth – This EPIX series gave viewers a much different look at Alfred Pennyworth, the long-time butler to the Wayne family from Batman legend. Viewers got to see a young man looking to find his own place in the world while becoming a target for a conspiratorial group wanting to take over the British government.
* Batwoman – The most recent installment of the DC Universe was introduced in the fall of 2019, bringing Kate Kane, cousin to Bruce Wayne (aka Batman) to live in a Gotham City where the Caped Crusader has been MIA for the past three years. Sure, at the end of the debut season viewers were very surprised that Ruby Rose (series lead) left the show, making it necessary for the series to be revamped for its sophomore season.
Some of the big events that took place throughout the year included:
Jane the Virgin came to an end in 2019 and Gina Rodriguez had an impressive 7-minute monologue where she talked about her situation between the unexpected return of her late husband Michael (who had been believed to be dead for YEARS) and her relationship with Rafael. And, during the series finale of the show it was FINALLY revealed that the narrator of the series was actually a grown-up Mateo, Jane and Rafael’s son.
NOTE: Sadly the video of Jane’s monologue is not available online, but the video of the Mateo reveal is available, and you can see that below:
The final season of Game of Thrones was raked over the coals by fans for being hot-and-cold, disappointing a lot of fans; but one of the best events to take place in the final season was watching 5′ 1″ tall Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) kill the Night King, ending all of the White Walkers.
You can see that scene below (go to 4:48 in the video to see the BIG moment):
A big milestone that took place in 2019 was the 20th Anniversary of the TV series Angel with a reunion of the cast members on the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
Check out the cover photo for that issue:
[Photo Credit: Entertainment Weekly]
One of the final episodes of Supernatural (sure, the very last 7 episodes will air in 2021 because of the pandemic, but…) featured the return of John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). It was an emotional episode for the cast and the fans.
You can see the family picture below:
Five years after the box office movie was released, Veronica Mars FINALLY returned for a much anticipated fourth season, and the episodes were even released early as a way to not only appease the fans but also in celebration of lead star Kristin Bell’s birthday.
That being said, though, the fourth season brought about a major controversy [Spoiler Alert if you haven’t watched] that rocked the fandom to its core. Veronica and Logan got married BUT then Logan was killed – yes, killed – in the final episode shortly after they exchanged their vows.
Needless to say, fans were in an uproar over that unnecessary and unwelcome twist and what made it even worse was the fervor over how Kristin Bell and series creator Rob Thomas handled the fans ire over Logan’s death, and the resulting efforts to stop a season 5 from ever being made without Logan.
The top movie at the box office in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame. Meanwhile some of the worst movies for the year were Stuber, Cats and the Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway film Serenity. Two movies that SHOULD have done well but turned out to be flops were Dark Phoenix and Terminator: Dark Fate.
NOTE: Regardless of how poorly those two movies performed at the box office, our photographer Dom got some great shots of cast members at Wonder Con and San Diego Comic Con.
Following in the tradition, I had started a number of years earlier, I selected a group of interesting people as part of my faces of the year and new faces to be on the look out for in the new year.
Some of the people I picked for 2019 included: Cynthia Erivo, Marsai Martin, Kaitlyn Dever, Simone Missick, Andrew Scott, Samara Weaving and Beanie Feldstein.
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