We’ve been gone for some time but we are finally back just in time for the 2014 SDCC, this summer’s greatest movie themed event. Of coarse the major announcements begins on the 24th but due to time delay we don’t have any of the big confirmations, exclusive footage or celebrity guests the convention is famed for but the movie industry press are on the scene tracking down all of the awesome new stuff on display. First up we’ve got the very first poster for Chappie, a sci-fi thriller from the brilliant mind of South African Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) that depicts the titular android/child prodigy. It stars Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine, Les Miserables), Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Avatar) and Sharlto Copley (Maleficent, District 9). March 6th 2015
Secondly we’ve got the all new banner for Agent 47, the highly anticipated adaptation of video game smash hit Hitman. Rupert Friend (The Young Victoria) plays the iconic bald assassin alongside Ciaran Hinds (Road to Perdition) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Into Darkness) while debut director Aleksander Bach helms. March 20th 2015
It may not be expecting the biggest gross but apocalyptic reboot Mad Max: Fury Road is shaping up to be one of 2015’s biggest releases. The Road Warrior’s George Miller directs the stellar cast of Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Bronson), Charlize Theron (Monster, Prometheus) and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Warm Bodies). May 15th 2015
It’s hard to imagine a film more tailor made for the SDCC fans than Warcraft. Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) helms the adaptation of the fantasy gaming phenomenon with the cast of Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger, The Devil’s Double), Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, Lone Survivor), Paula Patton (2 Guns, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) and Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, RocknRolla). March 11th 2016
We got the big reveal of Zack Snyder’s reinvention of Batman earlier this year but the 300/Watchmen/Man of Steel director has given an all new look at Batfleck in the first close up ahead of the release of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. DC aren’t set to present any kind of panel but we could expect some major surprise announcements. Dawn of Justice stars Ben Affleck, Jesse Eisenberg, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Holly Hunter, Scoot McNairy, Jeremy Irons, Diane Lane and Laurence Fishburne. April 19th 2016
When the SDCC schedule was announced a few weeks ago the clear frontrunner for the most popular panel was Marvel. We’re hoping that Kevin Feige’s team could shed light on those seven unconfirmed projects, Avengers 2 (more on that later) and the sci-fi adventure Ant-Man, which got its first awesome poster. Peyton Reed (Yes Man) recently replaced The World’s End’s Edgar Wright as director with the cast of Paul Rudd (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy), Corey Stoll (House of Cards), Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug), Michael Pena (Shooter) and Michael Douglas (Wall Street). July 17th 2015
Transformers: Age of Extinction is well on its way to both $1 billion and becoming this year’s highest grossing films but the most likely candidate for surpassing it is the third (of four) instalment of the ever phenomenal The Hunger Games. The first part of the adaptation of Mockingjay is directed by Francis Lawrence (I am Legend) and stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Josh Hutcherson, Willow Shields, Sam Clafin, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright, Natalie Dormer with Donald Sutherland as President Snow as well as one of the final performances of Philip Seymour Hoffman. 21st November
Possibly the coolest of all of these SDCC posters is the stunning teaser for Jurassic World. Thanks to this, we can confirm the presence of the velociraptors and there seems to be some kind of underground exhibit of the park opening its doors to the left while the cranes suggest that the centre is still being built. Indie director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) helms the cast of Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer and Vincent D’Onofrio. June 12th 2015
Seeing as we may not get a trailer till this autumn, it’s a great relief to finally have something tangible from the production of the final instalment of Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth sextet. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will star Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom, Lee Pace, Manu Bennett with Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett as The White Council. December 12th
Finally we’ve got the day’s biggest news as we return to Marvel for some awesome concept posters for Joss Whedon’s mega sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. While these have been presenting themselves as standalone posters they’ll likely combine into one great banner (get it?) once Thor and The Hulk get their one sheets. Age of Ultron will star Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Hayley Atwell, Thomas Kretschmann, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L Jackson and Andy Serkis. 24th April 2015
Expect much more Comic Con coverage from us across the weekend. Bye for now!
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