The upcoming 2011 San Diego Comic Con, which takes place starting July 20th and running through July 24th is a bit of a game changer this year. For one, a few movie studios said they weren’t’ showing up this year. I want to emphasize that they “said” they weren’t. I keep hearing rumors to the contrary but I’m not saying anything until I see the actual news or press releases concerning surprise appearances! To some extent, I get it though. Studios can dump a huge amount of money into marketing the Comic Con event and then the movies crash and burn, comparatively speaking.
Or maybe the wrong movies were viral marketed. Who knows. But for now, what the absence of some studios means is that Hall H is now open for other venues of entertainment, such as television productions. Now TV studios can get a hand-hold on that huge 5,000 seat auditorium and pack in the TV crowd, or, maybe there might be just a little bit more room to sit than Ballroom 20 used to afford.
With that said, looking over the 4-day schedule of Comic Con‘s two most infamous rooms, I see some sneak peek pilot airings, I see popular TV series, some movies from Sony, 20th Century Fox, DC Entertainment, Paramount Entertainment, Relativity Media and much more.
Director/Execituve Producer Jon Favreau arrives at the world wide premiere of "Iron Man 2" Premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre
For personalities, there are a few scheduled for the big rooms: Jon Favreau, Guillermo del Toro, Francis Ford Coppola, Dan Deacon and the ever verbally colorful Kevin Smith! I would always recommend catching Jon Favreau when he speaks. I have never walked away from any event with him in it and not learned some incredible inside perspective on the industry when he talks. He’s like ‘the people’s director’ and fills us in! He talks to the crowds and entertains. It’s great and I look forward to catching what he has to say!
And most panel Q&A’s will have major talent attending.
So check out the Comic Con sched below for these two huge rooms and tell me what you think you’d like to catch! Me, I need to clone myself because I have no ‘Agents of Cinema Static‘ (that are going) and there are good things in both rooms on all days. Also for more details, see the site itself for more, much, much more on details.
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