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Bob’s Burgers Cast and Crew Drop Hints About Season 11 (But Not Much About the Movie)

Like most restaurant owners, the Belchers are taking a break from serving burgers during the pandemic, but the team behind Bob’s Burgers has been hard at work. In fact, the show “never stopped being in production,” show creator Loren Bouchard revealed at today’s San Diego Comic-Con panel. That doesn’t mean covid-19 won’t loom over season … Continued

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Adventure Time and Summer Camp Island Are Going Even Deeper on HBO Max

A key element of HBO Max’s animated offerings is a number of brand new cartoon shows created for the streaming platform. But that’s not to discount the inclusion of a handful of shows like Adventure Time and Summer Camp Island that originated on Cartoon Network. During this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the creative teams behind some … Continued

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Marvel’s Hellish Helstrom Comic-Con Trailer Is Light on Hell, Comic-Cons

Let’s be honest: our first look at Hulu and Marvel’s Helstrom did not inspire…the greatest confidence. And now we’ve been given a look at in motion, and we can once again confirm: this does indeed look like a television show that exists. Helstrom is pretty much the only Hulu x Marvel show left standing after … Continued

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The Walking Dead: World Beyond Shares a New Teaser and Details About Its Characters

Fans of The Walking Dead have been waiting for its latest spin-off since it was announced last year, an anticipation that’s only grown since a couple of intriguing trailers dropped. Then, The Walking Dead: World Beyond’s planned April debut was postponed—but today’s virtual Comic-Con panel brought all kinds of news about the younger-skewing new series. … Continued

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Infinity Train’s Season 3 Trailer Throws a Shocking New Mystery Onboard

After spending years living on an endless train, the Apex kids probably think they’ve seen everything. But as we see in the debut trailer for season three of Infinity Train, there are some mysteries that can shock even the most seasoned passenger. In this case, that would be the story of Hazel and the “Cult … Continued

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The Walking Dead SDCC Panel Shares a New Look at the Maggie-tastic Adventure to Come

The long-awaited return of Maggie (Lauren Cohan) to The Walking Dead has taken longer than anticipated, as season 10 was cut short because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But AMC has given a peek at what we can expect when that finally happens—and the date when we can expect it. AMC debuted a new clip … Continued

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Fear the Walking Dead Will Return for More Humans vs. Humans vs. Zombies Just in Time for Halloween

Fear the Walking Dead’s fifth season wrapped up back in September, and a promo (dropped in April) for season six hinted of more grim Wild West vibes ahead, complete with cowboy hats, mask-wearing horseback riders, and flaming oil wells. Today’s Comic-Con panel revealed even more about what’s to come. First up: an official premiere date … Continued

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Charlize Theron Hopes Furiosa Can Be for This Generation What Ripley Was for Hers

Aeon Flux, Atomic Blonde, Hancock, Snow White and the Huntsman, Prometheus, The Italian Job, The Old Guard… you sometimes forget just how many incredible genre movies Charlize Theron has starred in throughout her career. Of course, though, one does seem to stand above the rest: Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road. During a Comic-Con … Continued

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A New Ship From Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars Episode IX Is Revealed

A San Diego Comic-Con panel Thursday revealed a very cool piece of Star Wars trivia we did not expect. Speaking to Collider, director Colin Trevorrow revealed a brand new Star Wars ship he designed with his nine-year-old son during the development of Star Wars Episode IX. The ship is called the TIE Marauder and, as … Continued

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Image’s Crossover Series Wants to Blow Up the Idea of Comic Book Events

In a world where San Diego Comic-Con is being held remotely due to a global pandemic, and comics publishers are fighting to hold onto the mental real estate they have in fans’ minds, Image’s new series Crossover, from writer Donny Cates, artist, Geoff Shaw, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer John J. Hill, imagines what it … Continued

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These TV Companies’ Comic-Con Livestreams Went Dark Thanks to Their Own Copyright Claims

It wouldn’t be a virtual event without a few technical difficulties. Though I can’t imagine the media giants showcasing at San Diego Comic-Con’s online event were worried about copyright violations affecting their panels. Considering, you know, they’re the ones that own the copyright. Of course, that’s exactly what happened. On Thursday, ViacomCBS livestreamed an hour-long … Continued

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ThunderCats Roar Got Thundercat to Play (and Sing About) a Classic Villain

I mean… what else are you gonna do when there’s a musician out there who loves your franchise so much his stage name is literally Thundercat? ThunderCats Roar may have only aired a few episodes so far, but it skipped Cartoon Network’s other panel on day one of Comic-Con for its own Q&A session—and quite … Continued

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Craig of the Creek‘s Resident Magical Girl Is on Her Way to Beat the Heat

Every single one of the kids who hangs out in Craig of the Creek’s titular overgrown wonderland has some sort of defining trait that sets them apart from their peers and reflects the sort of interests that drive their imaginations. Craig, for instance, likes cartography and exploring, whereas Sparkle Cadet, a hero from “another dimension,” … Continued

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The Boys Gets Wet, Wild, and Disgusting in a Season 2 Clip

The first trailer for The Boys’ second season was an unsubtle reminder of how the series is every bit as gory and stomach-churning as the Dynamite comics it’s based on. The latest footage from the show to come out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con doubles down on that reality with a little help from … Continued

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The New Mutants Dropped Tons of New Footage at SDCC

The New Mutants’ San Diego Comic-Con panel just revealed an exclusive look at the film’s opening sequence. If you missed it, no sweat, we’ve got it right here. Directed by Josh Boone, The New Mutants was famously supposed to be released back April of 2018. As that was happening, Disney purchased Fox and shelved the … Continued

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In the First Teaser for Amazon’s Utopia Reboot, a Comic Book Has a Strange Effect on the Real World

Comic books often take inspiration from the real world—but most of them are not hiding actual conspiracy theories within their pages. In Amazon’s upcoming series Utopia, however, that’s exactly the case. Biological warfare! String beans! A viral pandemic and… bunny masks? Check out the first teaser here. Utopia—which has nothing to do with the Thomas … Continued

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His Dark Materials‘ First Season 2 Trailer Heads to a Whole New World [Updated]

Two children from opposite ends of reality are about to collide, and all the worlds will change with them. The first trailer has arrived for season two of BBC and HBO’s His Dark Materials thanks to San Diego Comic-Con 2020, which sees Lyra Silvertongue (Dafne Keen) and Will Parry (Amir Wilson) joining forces while stranded … Continued

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Justin Roiland’s Solar Opposites SDCC Panel Shared a Campy Clip and a Few Hints About the New Season

At last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, we got our first glimpse of Solar Opposites, the aliens-on-Earth animated series that Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland was working on for Hulu. This year, of course, we’ve already devoured the show’s first season—and eagerly tuned into the SDCC 2020 panel to find out what’s in store next. The … Continued

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The First Clip From Star Trek: Lower Decks Introduces Our Motley Heroes

Welcome aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos, ya goofballs. Hope you like second contact? Star Trek: Lower Decks beamed into the franchise’s San Diego Comic-Con @ Home panel, not with a trailer—we just got one of those!—but with a full scene from the very first episode of the series. In it, we’re introduced to two of our … Continued

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SDCC 2020 Exclusives From Mondo Include Ghostbusters, Bill and Ted, and Toothless

Anyone out there completely overwhelmed with the sheer mountain of Comic-Con 2020 exclusives available online? If so, our apologies, we’re about to make it much, much, worse. Along with all the great toys, Mondo is releasing a ton of exclusive posters and we’re excited to debut just three of them. We’ve got Ghostbusters by We … Continued