San Diego Comic-Con 2009

Comic-Con 2009 is Over. Or is it? Steve Explains

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 26th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

I’m finally home. After spending the last few days in San Diego at Comic-Con, I can say this year’s Convention was one of the best I’ve ever been to. I saw some great footage, interviewed a ton of people, and got to visit Flynn’s Arcade from “Tron”. The only thing I can say that’s a negative is…I wish I could have attended more panels. Unfortunately, this year had so much going on that you had to pick what was most important to you and let go of the rest. So while it pained me to miss the “Lost” panel and the “Avatar” footage, I decided to focus on landing as many exclusive interviews as I could. More after the jump:

UPDATED AGAIN! – TRON Goes Viral – Could Flynn’s Arcade be at Comic-Con 2009?

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 21st, 2009 at 12:07 pm

Like many other websites, Collider received a package this morning from San Diego and inside were two coins and a flash drive. As you can see, the coins are related to the movie “Tron” and they say ‘Flynn’s Arcade’ on one side and ‘Home of Tron’ on the other. Since Disney is promoting the sequel to “Tron” at this year’s Comic-Con, this package can only mean one thing: something very special is being planned for convention goers and these coins are the key. Want to know more, it’s after the jump:

Walt Disney Announces Comic-Con Schedule – TRON, Miyazaki, Tim Buton, TOY STORY, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and a lot more

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 9th, 2009 at 10:13 am

Walt Disney Studios has just announced their 2009 Comic-Con plans and it’s filled with “firsts”. That’s because Hayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter, Robert Zemeckis and Tim Burton will take part in their first ever Comic-Con. If you’re a fan of any of these guys, it should be a hell of a presentation.

Also, with the abundance of great projects at Disney right now, their footage is going to be some of the highlights of the convention. According to the press release, they’re showing footage from “Ponyo”, all the “Toy Story” movies, “A Christmas Carol”, “The Princess and the Frog”, “Beauty and the Beast in 3D”, “Alice in Wonderland”, and “TRON”! If you thought last year’s “Tron” footage was cool, I promise you this year is going to blow you away.

For more details on what Disney is planning on doing, the full press release is after the jump:

Director Ruben Fleischer Interview ZOMBIELAND

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: July 7th, 2009 at 12:38 am

A few months ago I went to the set of director Ruben Fleischer’s “Zombieland”. While on set, we only got a few minutes to talk with Ruben as he was quite busy setting up shots and keeping production moving. So instead of just being able to post the brief quotes we got on set, Columbia Pictures set up a phone interview a few days ago and after the jump is the transcript.

During the interview, Ruben talked about how he got into the business, what’s the plan for Comic-Con, Twitter, what were the big challenges in making his debut movie, and what he might do next. It’s a great interview so take a look.

ABC Wants You To Write An Opening Theme Song for LOST

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 6th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

Before you freak out and think that the final season of “Lost” is going to have an opening theme song, relax.  They’re not looking to change the ominous title-zoom or anything like that.  But IF “Lost” had a theme song, they’re looking to the fans to find out what it would be.  Would it be a “Dallas”-like riff or maybe a pop-music-inspired ditty.  Or perhaps just the theme from “Gilligan’s Island” (although I’m pretty sure you’re not allowed to submit that as your own composition).

The winner will get their tune played at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con “Lost” panel in Hall H on Saturday, July 25th in front of 6,000 adoring fans who will then twitter about how much they hated your tune.  Of course, this is all totally moot since College Humor already made up a theme song for “Lost”.

Click here for official rules and regulations.  The final season of “Lost” airs on ABC in 2010.  And hit the jump to see what College Humor came up with a few years ago.

TV at Comic-Con 2009 – What’s Been Announced So Far

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 12th, 2009 at 11:33 am

With Comic-Con only 5 weeks away, some of the TV related programming has been announced. While it’s not on the official Comic-Con website, many producers/directors/actors have begun talking about when they’ll be in San Diego and thanks to E Online, Seat 42F, and Dollverse, an early schedule has been put together.

While many events will still be added, things are already looking pretty great if you’re going to Comic-Con this year. Here’s Thursday and Friday’s schedule, with Saturday and Sunday after the jump:

THURSDAY

Psych - Thursday, July 23rd

Dexter – Ballroom 20 Thursday, July 23rd 5:00 – 6:00PM

FRIDAY

Dollhouse - Ballroom 20 Friday, July 24th Time TBD

DOLLHOUSE will have a presence at this year’s COMIC-CON in San Diego as series creator/writer/director and executive producer Joss Whedon and star/producer Eliza Dushku will appear at a special 2-hour DOLLHOUSE session on Friday, July 24 (exact time TBC) where audience members will have the first opportunity to watch an exclusive screening of “Epitaph One” (which will be included on the Dollhouse Season One DVD released) and then open the floor for a Q & A about their thoughts on the series’ freshman year and what they have planned for the upcoming season two.

Flash Forward - Room TBD Friday, July 24th Time TBD

The Big Bang Theory – Ballroom 20 Friday, July 24th 1:00 – 2:00PM

Past Life – Room 6A Friday, July 24th 2:15 – 3:15PM

Fox to Show Extended 3D Scenes of AVATAR at San Diego Comic-Con

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 4th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

While it’s been rumored for some time, a trusted source tells us that Fox will be showing extended 3D scenes from James Cameron’s upcoming film, “Avatar” at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.  We don’t know how much we’ll be seeing but I sure like that word “extended” (there are so many commercials that use it when talking about making a man “larger”, whatever that means).  We don’t know where they’re showing this footage and if it will be for the public or just press.  It’s possible they could show it in Hall H, but the difficulty there is projection.  3D projectors ain’t cheap and it’s not like Hall H just has one really big screen.  It’s a big stage with lots of flat panel monitors hung from the ceiling and scaffolding that falls on your editor-in-chief.  So what then?  Do they get one of the larger conference rooms and try to just keep cycling people through to watch footage and then return their glasses for other people to use (eeeewwwww)?  Or do they rent a local theatre and use that to show footage?

Either way, “Avatar” isn’t going to be the only film that needs to find a way to show off 3D footage.  As the technology becomes more prevalent, other studios are going to need a way to show off their 3D footage to the unwashed masses of convention-goers.  There’s already word that we’ll be seeing a brand new trailer for “TRON” and keep in mind that Steve lost his already fragile mind when he saw the 3D test footage for the film at “ShoWest”.  Throw in films like “Toy Story 3″, “Alice in Wonderland”, or really any upcoming film either from Disney or DreamWorks Animation in addition to anyone else that has a 3D movie and it’s not unrealistic to think that 3D is going to have a presence at Comic-Con and “Avatar”, more than any other 3D movie, wants to make that presence known.

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