Comic-Con 2008 News, Gossip and Buzz From San Diego
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The dust has barely settled in San Diego (they're probably still trying to clean up that convention center as we speak), and already, the bitching begins. The Hollywood Reporter has written a delightful piece of snark in which the big studios whine that they're spending too much time and money on us geeks. Apparently, it just doesn't pay to court us because the movies cheered in Hall H (Grindhouse, Snakes on a Plane, and Speed Racer to name a few) just don't do all that well. What a waste of free t-shirts and pins!I'm not going to sit here and insist that ComicCon can make or break a movie. I think we all know there are movies that have benefited from the buzz that begins in San Diego -- people wouldn't be whispering ominously about Star Trek skipping it otherwise. Look at X-Men Origins: Wolverine -- a film that people had been pretty skeptical about is now being raved about from one corner of the Internet to the... Read More
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**FILE** In this July 28, 2007 file photo, Sam Mcclellan, dressed as Captain America, asks a question at a panel discussion for the Marvel Studios film "The Incredible Hulk" at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, file)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actor Robert Downey Jr. (R) poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 28, 2007 in San Diego California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Tricia Helfer poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 28, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Liv Tyler poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 28, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 28, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Ali Larter poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 28, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actresses Tricia Helfer, Mary McDonnell and Katee Sackoff pose at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 27, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Milla Jovovich poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center July 28, 2007 in San Diego California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Milla Jovovich poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center July 28, 2007 in San Diego California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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SAN DIEGO - JULY 28: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses at the 2007 Comic-Con press panel held at the San Diego Convention Center July 28, 2007 in San Diego California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)
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Comic-Con Schedule - Movies Panels
| Thurs., July 24 | |
| 11:30am-1:00pm | Fox: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' 'Max Payne' |
| 1:15pm-2:45pm | Summit Entertainment: 'Push,' 'Knowing,' 'Twilight' |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | 'Red Sonja' |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | 'Race to Witch Mountain' |
| 5:30pm-6:30pm | Warner Bros.: 'RocknRolla,' 'Ninja Assassin,' 'The Hills Run Red,' 'Ferryman' |
| 8:00pm-8:30pm | 'The Punisher: War Zone' |
| 8:30pm-9:00pm | 'Saw V' |
| Fri., July 25 | |
| 1:30pm-2:45pm | 'Watchmen' |
| 2:00pm-2:30pm | 'The Wolfman' |
| 2:45pm-3:45pm | 'The Spirit' |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' |
| 6:30pm-8:00pm | 'Zack & Miri Make a Porno' |
| Sat., July 26 | |
| 1:15pm-2:15pm | 'Terminator: Salvation' |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Pixar: 'Bolt,' 'Up' |
| 3:30pm-5:45pm | Universal: 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor,' 'Land of the Lost,' 'Drag Me to Hell' |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm | Sony: 'Pineapple Express,' 'Quarantine,' 'Underworld 3: The Rise of the Lycans' |
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