DAY TWO: Friday, July 24
An update to Thursday’s schedule has moved the panel for the “Twilight” sequel up a few hours to 1:45pm, with Fox’s “Avatar” taking place afterwards at 3pm.
10:00am-12:30pm: Warner Bros. Pictures Footage and panels for “Where The Wild Things Are,” “The Book of Eli,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “The Box,” “Jonah Hex” and “Sherlock Holmes”. Hall H
10:30-11:30am: Coraline Henry Selick & Neil Gaiman Q&A session about the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release. Room 6A
10:30-11:30am: Stargate Universe Cast and Crew Q&A session and footage from the upcoming spin-off series. Ballroom 20
11:30am-12:30pm: The Prisoner Jim Caviezel, Jamie Campbell-Bower, Lennie James and crew do a Q&A session and an official sneak preview of the six-part mini-series remake of the classic 60’s cult series.
12:45-2:15pm: Disney Animation Footage and panels for “The Princess and the Frog,” “Toy Story 3,” “Ponyo,” “Prep & Landing,” and the 3D re-releases of “Toy Story 1 & 2″ and “Beauty and the Beast”. John Lasseter hosts the panel and legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki appears. Hall H.
1:45-2:45pm: Shorts Robert Rodriguez sits down for a Q&A and talks his upcoming family film. Room 6DE
2:15-3:00pm: 24 Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Anil Kapoor and Katee Sackhoff along with the showrunners will do a panel and show a sneak peek at the Season 8 premiere episode. Ballroom 20
2:30-3:30pm: 9 Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov and Shane Acker will do a Q&A session and show footage from the animated fantasy epic. Hall H
3:45-5:00pm: Sony Pictures Entertainment Footage and Q&A session for apocalyptic horror thriller “Legion” and alien invasion dark comedy/thriller “District 9″. Paul Bettany, Peter Jackson, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Neill Blomkamp and Doug Jones will be in attendance. Hall H.
4:00-5:15pm: Dollhouse Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku do a no-holds-barred Q & A about the upcoming second season and screen the never-before-seen “Epitaph One” episode. Ballroom 20
4:45-5:45pm: The Mighty Boosh Creators/stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, along with actors Michael Fielding, Rich Fulcher, and Dave Brown give a Q&A about the British cult comedy. Room 6A
6:30-7:30pm: Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries A discussion with iconic filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Peter Jackson (District 9) on the Future of Film. Hall H
It’s that time of year again. In two weeks kicks off San Diego Comic Con, the biggest annual geek celebration on the planet with over 120,000 people cramming the South Californian city and convention center for the four-day event.
The entire convention sold out ages ago, hotel rooms across the city have been booked out as per usual, and everyone’s rushing to organize themselves for the craziness. I’ve been every year since 2001 and will be back again as usual, mostly in Hall H covering the various panels, and then likely drunk at the various parties afterwards.
The official site has begun rolling out the schedule and funnily enough it seems that Thursday looks to have most of the major premieres this year with “Avatar,” “Twilight” and the “Tron” sequel all doing big panels.
DAY ONE: Thursday, July 23
10:15-11:15am: “Astro Boy” Freddie Highmore and Kristen Bell Q&A, along with exclusive debut footage. Room 6BCF
10:30-11:30am: TheOneRing.net presents “The Hobbit” The site’s staff talk early stuff, potential behind-the-scenes footage and/or guest. Room 7AB
11:00am-12:30pm: Disney Pictures 3D Panel 3D Footage from Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” “Alice In Wonderland” and “TR2N”. Guests include Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton, Sean Bailey and Steve Lisberger. Hall H
12:00-1:00pm: “Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey” Several cast members and crew will show off clips and discuss the 3D, CGI Large Format film featuring animated sequences with actual space imagery.
1:45-2:45pm: Summit Entertainment Footage from “Astro Boy”, “Sorority Row” and “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”. Various cast members (to be confirmed) will appear. Hall H.
2:00-3:00pm: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” Footage from the animated family comedy. Q&A with Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg. Room 6BCF.
3:00-4:00pm: Masters of the Web Web-heads Robert Sanchez, Ryan Rotten, Mike Sampson, Jeremy Smith, Brad Miska, Drew McWeeny, Devin Faraci, Paul Christensen, Wilson Morales, Vic Holtreman, and George Roush give a fiery debate on the film news world. Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington will show off “Dead of Night”. Room 32AB.
3:00-4:15pm: “Avatar” The first public screening of footage in 3D. James Cameron, Jon Landau, Sigourney Weaver and Zoe Saldana will appear for a Q&A. Hall H.
3:30-4:30pm: “The Hole” “Gremlins” helmer Joe Dante and Haley Bennett Q&A about his new 3D horror thriller. Hall H
4:45-5:15pm: “The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus” Footage from and Q&A session with Terry Gilliam about the fantasy film starring the late Heath Ledger. Hall H.
5:15-5:45pm: “Pandorum” Ben Foster, Cung Le and Antje Traue appear to hype the sci-fi horror thriller. Hall H.
5:45-6:45pm: “Kick-Ass” Director Matthew Vaughn, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and a surprise guest will give a Q&A and present world premiere footage. Hall H
6:30-7:00pm: “Thirst” Rare U.S. appearance by acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook to promote the vampire melodrama. Hall H
8:00-9:30pm: “Green Lantern: First Flight” World Premiere screening of the DC animated title. Ballroom 20
9:30pm-12:00am: “Trick ‘r Treat” Michael Dougherty’s darkly comic Halloween-set horror flick screens. Dougherty, Anna Paquin, Tahmoh Penikett and Brian Cox on a panel moderated by Harry Knowles. Ballroom 20.
It appears Paris Hilton put on quite a perfomance in court today (July 10).
The baby-voiced celebutante reportedly fussed with her hair and makeup over and over again and then amused the judge with a little pageant wave on the way to the witness stand.
Chief U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno: “I’ve never had a witness wave at me before.”
When Paris was finally on the stand, though, the mood changed as she defended herself against an $8 million lawsuit’s claiming that she didn’t promote the 2006 box-office flop Pledge This!
While admitting that the flick was awful to watch, she insists she did her job to promote it. “If I have my name attached to something, I want it to be as big as it can be,” she testified. “It could have been a lot better if it was done more professionally. I wanted it to do as well as possible.”
Angelina Jolie was back on her plane today (July 10) — but this time she brought along her children!
Clad in a black tank top and black fitted jeans, the jet-setting actress could be seen getting out of her Cirrus Sr-22 plane after completing a flight. She was joined by her brood, consisting of Shiloh, Zahara and Pax. No word on whether they tagged along for the ride.
While family patriarch Brad Pitt has been zooming around L.A. on his motorcycle, Angie has spent the week taking flying lessons with a private insructor in Santa Barbara, CA.
And while you may be asking yourself, ‘Could she be any cooler?” the answer is ‘yes.’ Angelina was named in a new poll today as the “ultimate lesbian heroine.”
Causing heads to turn and cameras to flash, Reese Witherspoon was seen leaving a workout class in Brentwood, CA today (July 10).
Joined by a minder from the club, the 33-year-old star looked refreshed following a one-hour spinning class at the exclusive Burn60 studio on South Barrington Place.
Meanwhile, Reese was hiding a black eye behind a pair of oversized sunglasses after she was injured while training for her new movie.
A spokesperson for the Oscar-winning actress has revealed the star picked up the injury during a game of softball, in preparation for her upcoming untitled baseball film.
Making the most of his day of, Zachary Quinto was seen taking his dog Noah for a walk through his Silverlake, CA neighbourhood today (July 10).
After a brief stroll under the hot California sun, the Star Trek stud and his best friend stopped in for a refreshing iced coffee at Intelligentsia.
Zachary is currently filming the upcoming season of Heroes. Season four of the hit NBC series is set to start with a two-hour premiere September 21.
Time for some good news.
Jennifer Aniston reportedly picked up the tab for the entire cast and crew to have an extra day off of her new movie The Bounty.
Their Fourth of July weekend started on Thursday, July 2, a day earlier than expected.
Says one member of the crew: “Jen is such a genuinely good person. How many people in this world would pay for an entire movie set to have off for the day? Not just anyone does that. We’re talking big bucks.”
What a gal!
Publications like Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen and Aftonbladet claim they don’t like the fact that the pop star’s contract bars the papers from reselling the pictures and from publishing them more than 30 days after the concert.
Roger Turesson, photo editor of Dagens Nyheter, tells the Associated Press today (July 10) “the next step would be to tell critics they can’t write anything critical.”
Talk about a fashion statement!
Michelle Obama donned a traditional head veil for her visit today (July 10) to the Vatican in Rome. The First Lady and her President hubby were greeted warmly by Pope Benedict XVI, despite their opposing views on some issues such as abortion and stem cell research.
Once their meeting was underway in the Papal Library and cameras began going off, Barack Obama said, “You must be used to having your picture taken.” While the Pope nodded, the President added: “I am still getting used to it.”
As for Malia and Sasha’s whereabouts? They were busy getting a private tour of St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel.
The jetsetting lifestlye of the Beckham bunch simply knows no boundaries.
After arriving in London yesterday from celebrating their wedding anniversary in the Seychelles, David and Victoria Beckham were back at Heathrow Airport today (July 10) — this time joined by their boys Romeo, Brooklyn and Cruz – as they prepared to board a flight to L.A.
The boys all wore matching outfits of blue t-shirts and checked shirts, perhaps picked by their fashion icon mother.
And while 13-hour flights and time differences can take a toll on the average traveler, it certainly didn’t stop Posh from looking simply fab.
We’d hate her if we didn’t already like her!
