Westworld Season 3 Trailer Revealed at Comic Con 2019
A new trailer for Westworld's upcoming third season debuted today during a panel for the series at San Diego Comic Con.
The nearly three-minute trailer provides a better look at life outside of the parks, which seems to be filled with just as many violent delights. Check it out below:
The trailer gives us a better idea of what to expect from Season 3, following the shorter teaser released in May, which focused on Aaron Paul's new character, Caleb. We see Evan Rachel Wood's Dolores, Jeffery Wright's Bernard, and Tessa Thompson's Hale in the real world after the events of the Season 2 finale. Thandie Newton's Maeve, meanwhile, appears to still be within Delos Destinations, in what seems to be a Nazi-filled, World War II-themed park.
Why The Witcher Will Focus on the Original Short Stories
The cast of Netflix's The Witcher talked with IGN about details of the adaptation, and how they chose what to focus on within the franchise for the upcoming series.
Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich specifically spoke about the books and original short stories.
"We're all big fans of the books. We're all big fans of the video games as well, but this is solely based on the books and that's really where we drew our inspiration from – starting with the short stories," Hissrich said.
When asked how they decided to focus the theme around the original stories, Hissrich elaborated, saying, "One of the first things that we did was basically tackle that question. Is do we want to do the short stories or do we want to do the saga, I mean, hopefully we have space and time to do it all."
Amazon’s The Expanse Season 4 Release Date Announcement
Amazon's The Expanse blasted its way into Comic-Con 2019 with a new trailer and an official release date for the upcoming season. You can watch all 10 episodes of Season 4 on Prime Video on Friday, December 13, 2019.
Per Amazon, "Season 4 of The Expanse, its first as a global Amazon Original, begins a new chapter for the series with the crew of the Rocinante on a mission from the U.N. to explore new worlds beyond the Ring Gate. Humanity has been given access to thousands of Earth-like planets which has created a land rush and furthered tensions between the opposing nations of Earth, Mars and the Belt. Ilus is the first of these planets, one rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long-dead alien civilization. While Earthers, Martians, and Belters maneuver to colonize Ilus and its natural resources, these early explorers don’t understand this new world and are unaware of the larger dangers that await them."
The Simpsons Spoofs Stranger Things at Comic-Con
The first footage of The Simpsons: Season 31 debuted at Comic-Con today. The Simpsons panel offered attendees an exclusive first look at this year's "Treehouse of Horror XXX" special, which also happens to be the series' 666th episode.
The first clip comprised the entire cold opening of this year's Halloween special, delivering a rapid-fire parody mash-up of The Omen and The Exorcist. It begins with Marge giving birth to her third child, with Homer alarmed to discover he's about to have a second son. Dr. Hibbert comes to the rescue by offering to swap out their new son for a girl named Maggie, though he warns Homer "She tested positive for evil."
Homer and Marge bring Maggie home, and right away Maggie begins showing Satanic powers and tormenting her family members and other Springfielders. Flanders vows to rid the town of her evil, attempting to sacrifice her inside the church. When Homer and Marge arrive to stop him, Flanders show them the Mark of the Beast on Maggie's head, which turns out to be a Mickey Mouse logo. Clearly, the Simpsons crew are having fun lampooning their new corporate overlords.
Surprising No One, Marvel’s Avengers Footage Leaks From SDCC
Attendees of the San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Marvel Games Panel were treated to an early look of Square Enix's Avengers game and, surprising no one, the footage has leaked.
This early footage was only meant for those in the room, although Crystal Dynamics did confirm that it will be released to the general public a week after Gamescom this August. However, not everyone obeyed the rules and grainy footage taken on cell phones has leaked to the internet at large.
The footage shows Thor, Iron Man, and Hulk gameplay as they fight on and around the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco during the A-Day celebration, which was mostly the same demo shown behind-closed-doors at E3 2019.
Matt Groening Promises A Simpsons Movie Sequel ‘One of These Days’
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening promises fans will get a sequel to 2007's the Simpsons Movie... eventually.
Groening made the announcement at Comic-Con today in response to fan Q&A, revealing that it's mainly a matter of finding the time and recovering from the difficult grind that was the original movie.
"The first Simpsons movie killed us," said Groening bluntly. He reflected on how, because there wasn't a separate team devoted to working on the movie, the regular cast and crew had to squeeze in work between seasons of the TV series. Fortunately, Groening said, "We're almost recovered. No doubt there will be another Simpsons movie one of these days. Disney wants something for its money."
New Picard Trailer, Seven of Nine and Next Generation Cast Members Confirmed
Sir Patrick Stewart hit San Diego Comic-Con today to show off a new trailer from the upcoming return of his iconic character, Jean-Luc Picard. And along the way, we got confirmation of several other classic Trek characters who will also be making their return on Star Trek: Picard.
Jean-Luc will be joined by Brent Spiner’s android Data, the Borg known as Hugh played by Jonathan Del Arco, and perhaps most interestingly of all, Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager. All three joined Stewart at today's panel. Additionally, Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis will also be back in front of the camera on Picard.
The panel was part of CBS All Access’ massive Enter the Star Trek Universe extravaganza, which also featured Picard show regulars and Trek newcomers Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, and Harry Treadaway, plus executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, and Heather Kadin.
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Rick and Morty Producer Debuts First Look
CBS All Access’ huge Enter the Star Trek Universe panel at Comic-Con today didn’t just give us a load of new info on Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, but it also provided a first look at and casting for the upcoming animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Co-creator and executive producer Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty) was on hand to show off the new show, the first official animated Trek since Star Trek: The Animated Series ran from 1973-1974. Also on hand were Star Trek executive producers Heather Kadin and Alex Kurtzman, stars Tawny Newsome (Ensign Mariner, who has a bat’leth) and Jack Quaid (Ensign Boimler), and panel moderator Jerry O’Connell, who is also voicing a character on the show.
Doctor Manhattan Returns in HBO’s New Watchmen Trailer
A new trailer for HBO’s Watchmen show released out of San Diego Comic Con 2019 reveals what appears to be the return of the all-powerful Doctor Manhattan.
As comic readers will remember, Doctor Manhattan departed at the end of Watchmen to further explore his powers and the nature of existence. The trailer’s stinger shows a suited figure reaching down to pick up a blue mask -- and a glimpse of his blue hand seems to confirms his return. Even though Doctor Manhattan had left Earth, the trailer includes lots of imagery evoking the character, including a festival with costumes and masks in his likeness, so his impact on the world is still very much visible. He's as close as the world has ever had to a god living among them, after all.
Pike, Spock and Number One Return for More Short Treks
Big news out of San Diego Comic-Con’s Star Trek panel today as CBS All Access confirmed we will be seeing more stories about the crew of the USS Enterprise from before the era of Captain Kirk. Anson Mount's Captain Pike, Ethan Peck’s Spock, and Rebecca Romijn’s Number One will return for a series of Star Trek: Short Treks.
Peck and Romijn debuted as the characters in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, serving on the iconic starship about 10 years before James T. Kirk would be running things on the classic series.
There will be six shorts this time out. Three will involve the Enterprise crew, two will be animated, and one will be a Star Trek: Picard teaser. The episode titles are “Ask Not,” “Q&A,” “The Trouble with Edward,” “The Girl Who Made the Stars,” “Ephaim and Dot,” and “Children of Mars," as revealed in a trailer for the shorts which debuted during the panel.