Each day, our newsfeeds blow up with items of more amazing sci-fi/fantasy books being optioned for film or TV, and bookstore shelves are filled with cinematic tie-in novels to geeky summer blockbusters. But what does it take to make the jump from page to screen, and back again? Authors explore the journey of stories from page (both prose and comics) to screen (multi-media) and even stage, and vice versa. Maybe this illustrious group will be able to answer the question of whether it really is better to read the book before seeing the movie! Ransom Riggs (Tales of the Peculiar), James Dashner (The Maze Runner), Melissa de la Cruz (The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Prequel), Scott Westerfeld (Uglies, Zeroes), Ben H. Winters (Underground Airlines), and Comic-Con special guest Peter David engage in conversation with moderator Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly
Saturday July 23, 2016 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 7AB
How many great (or terrible?) scripts lie forgotten in the bottom of Hollywood filing cabinets? How did they get there? Why are they still there? Why were they never made? Jon Schnepp and Holly Payne (the dynamic duo behind the hit documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?)and surprise panelists uncover some of Hollywood's greatest urban legends, from Superman Lives to Jodorowsky's Dune.
Saturday July 23, 2016 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Room 6A
Day 3 of our course on microbudget moviemaking deals with how to direct actors, organize a crew, and keep them all happy without anybody making a dime. Panelists for the class include Valerie Perez (producer/star, Paula Peril series), Nick Murphy (writer/director, Pizza and Bullets), Jack Conway (actor, Nazis at the Center of the Earth), Sean Rourke (writer, Ballistica), and actors Megan Rees, Kelsey Walmer, and Bradley Upton.
UPDATED: Tue, Jul 12, 10:14AM The Playback Room will be showing the following panel presentations from either or both Hall H and Ballroom 20: Once Upon A Time, The Vampire Diaries, and Warner Bros. Pictures. (Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
Welcome to Monster High! Be the first to experience exclusive scenes from upcoming movies with new character introductions and real-time commentary from the creators! The panel, hosted by "Draculaura" (voice actress Debi Derryberry), also allows for fan Q&A with toy and packaging designers and content creators. There will also be fan costume contest with fantastic prizes for the winners.
Saturday July 23, 2016 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Room 5AB
UPDATED: Mon, Jul 18, 05:37PM Warner Bros. Pictures will showcase several of its most-anticipated upcoming feature releases in its Hall H presentation, headed up by master of ceremonies Conan O’Brien: Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Connie Nielsen and director Patty Jenkins. Suicide Squad stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach and Karen Fukuhara, along with writer/director David Ayer. Director Chris McKay and star Will Arnett from The LEGO Batman Movie. Charlie Hunnam, who plays the title role in Guy Ritchie’s epic actioner King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. Stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts of Warner Bros.’ and Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island. Director David Yates with stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller and Colin Farrell from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Saturday July 23, 2016 11:30am - 1:30pm PDT
Hall H
The production designer reads 100 pages of nothing-but-words-on-paper and then must literally dream up the most perfect of all possible worlds in which the tale should take place. Though the story may be set in some mythic past, the here and now, or some nearly unimaginable future, it's always human emotion rendered in color and composition. And following that, the designer must gather and organize an army of artists who, over months or years, in plaster or in pixels, will somehow render that design for the big screen. Panelists are Dave Blass (Preacher), James Chinlund (War for the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Avengers), Sean Haworth (Deadpool), and Patrick Tatopoulos (Die Hard 4, Dark City, I, Robot). John Muto (Home Alone, Species) moderates.
Saturday July 23, 2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Room 23ABC
UPDATED: Fri, Jul 22, 11:21AM Directors, actors, producers, and film financiers from Bollywood, Hollywood, and Dubai reveal the ins and of outs of getting projects funded and produced in the heart of tomorrow's movie production super-triangle. The panel will explore Dubai's recently constructed Dubai Studio-City and Bollywood's new international production policy, both of which are looking for productions shot in partnership with the U.S. The panel covers aspects of this new production formula, from financing to shooting a movie to premiering. Panelists include Ismail Khan (Hollywood Global Productions), Griff Furst (Ghost Shark), Sunny Vachher (producer, One Under the Sun), Maureen Hubley (Ancient Temple Films), Jude Gerard Prest (director), Radhika Chaudhari (Indian director, produce and actress woking in both Bollywood and Hollywood), Stephen Kaplan (feature film producer specializing in international film financing) and moderator Eric Forsberg (Mega Prianha).
Saturday July 23, 2016 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Room 23ABC
UPDATED: Fri, Jul 15, 02:29PM The Playback Room will be showing the following panel presentations from either or both Hall H and Ballroom 20: The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad.(Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
UPDATED: Thu, Jul 14, 05:08PM This exciting new panel features powerful, talented women changing Hollywood from the inside. As creatives, directors, and producers, they are breaking box office records and showing Hollywood altering the status-quo just makes for better movies. Scheduled to appear are Victoria Alonso (exec producer, Doctor Strange, Captain America: Civil War), Deborah Snyder (producer, Wonder Woman, Justice League), Angela Robinson (writer/director, D.E.B.S., TrueBlood, How to Get Away With Murder), Catherine Hardwicke (director, Twilight, upcoming Love Letters to the Dead) and Kirsten Schaffer (exec director, Women in Film: LA) and other special guests, talking about positive changes in tinsel town, their work, and future projects. Moderated by Leslie Combemale of Cinema Siren.
Saturday July 23, 2016 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Room 25ABC
UPDATED: Wed, Jul 13, 11:06AM Icons of entertainment reunite as the Mystery Inc. gang and WWE Superstars team-up for their second animated adventure, Scooby-Doo and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon. When Scooby and the gang attend an off-road racing competition, the last thing they expect is to stumble upon a menacing phantom. However, before they can say "ruh-roh," things take a turn for the worse, as Inferno schemes to sabotage the race and cause chaos for everyone. With the help of WWE Superstars Triple H, Paige, Sheamus, Mr. McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Lana™, Rusev®, The Miz®, Kofi Kingston® and Goldust®, as well as Scooby's new driving partner, The Undertaker, it's up to Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang to save the race before it's too late! Be among the first public audience to see footage from the sequel to one of the best-selling films in Scooby-Doo history. WWE Superstars Sheamus and Paige join the longtime voice of Daphne, Grey Griffin (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated), along with producer Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under the Red Hood, Young Justice), director Tim Divar (Young Justice), WWE Studios President Michael Luisi, Warner Bros Animation Senior Vice President Jay Bastian - and a few mystery guests - for an in-depth discussion about this all-new animated film. IGN's Eric Goldman will moderate the festivities, which will include special prizes for a few lucky fans. Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon, will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on August 9, 2016, just in time for the excitement of this year's WWE SummerSlam.
Saturday July 23, 2016 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
Room 6BCF
Writer/director James Cameron (Avatar) and producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead) join cast members Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Bill Paxton (True Lies), Lance Henriksen (Millennium), Michael Biehn (The Terminator), and Paul Reiser (Red Oaks)for a look back at the iconic science fiction classic in honor of the film's 30th anniversary.
UPDATED: Tue, Jul 12, 10:16AM The Playback Room will be showing the following panel presentations from either or both Hall H and Ballroom 20: Star Trek,Grimm Season 6, and Aliens: 30th Anniversary. (Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
UPDATED: Fri, Jul 15, 03:16PM Lewis Smith (Perfect Tommy), Billy Vera (Pinky Carruthers), Damon Hines (Scooter Lindley), Gerald Peterson (Rug Sucker) and Pepe Serna (Reno Nevada) discuss their experiences making this cult classic, their participation in the upcoming Shout Factory special edition Blu-ray, and their potential involvement in the new Banzai television series being spearheaded by Kevin Smith. Moderated by Joe Parrington (publicist, Raining Hollywood Publicity).
The creatives and select cast behind 2015's cult-classic in the making, The Final Girls, and actual fan-favortie final girls from horror films throughout the years discuss the film's road to the screen, its midnight movie roots, what the rules are for a final girl in this day and age, and what makes a modern and classic midnight movie favorite! Bonus: watch select scenes with the cast and final girls and join them in suggesting Rocky Horror style rituals to enact in future viewings of the film. Panelists include director Todd Strauss-Schulson, writers Joshua Miller and M. A. Fortin, director of photography Elie Smolkin, cast members Thomas Middleditch and Angela Trimburs, and a surprise slate of actual final girls from horror film history! Featuring exclusive signed giveaways from the film.
ADDED: Fri, Jul 15, 02:13PM Back for a fifth helping is Warner Archive's tribute to some of the finest cartoon music ever produced, including a reprise of the immensely popular sing-along with the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode, “Mayhem of the Music Meister.” Join some special guests alongside Warner Archive podcast hosts Matt Patterson and DW Ferranti and moderator Gary Miereanu for a toe-tapping, floor-stomping tour of cartoon music from the past half-decade, featuring the first-time-on-DVD Histeria! and such old favorites as Where’s Huddles, The New Adventures of Gilligan, Jonny Quest, The Herculoids and Devlin!
Saturday July 23, 2016 5:30pm - 6:30pm PDT
Room 6A
UPDATED: Tue, Jul 12, 10:17AM The Playback Room will be showing the following panel presentations from either or both Hall H and Ballroom 20: Supergirl Special Video Presentation and Q&A, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A, The Flash Special Video Presentation and Q&A, and Arrow Special Video Presentation and Q&A. (Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
Documentaries are more prolific than ever and in this panel you will learn how to produce and direct your own with a minimal budget and existing, commercially available equipment. Topics covered will include documentary narrative structure, how to conduct interviews, "writing," documentaries, and anecdotes from our panel of professional documentary filmmakers. Panelists include Edward Doty (host of Documentality podcast), Jessica Hernandez (editor, The Punk Singer,Bhutto), Mike J. Nichols (editor, Last Play at Shea, Who the **** is Frank Zappa) and Amanda Spain (director, Wrestling the Curse).
What if you had a panel and the audience didn't show up? Kevin Smith can tell you what it's like: Last year, the clown prince of Comic-Con saw thousands of people abandon his annua Hall H talk for a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor Star Wars concert. But the plucky, portly director and podcaster is back to tell silly stories and talk about his new movie Yoga Hosers, his AMC Network shows Comic Book Men and Geeking Out, directing an episode of The Flash for The CW, his forthcoming Buckaroo Banzai adaptation, and the Mallrats sequel that's gonna be a TV series! You can't miss this perennial Hall H highlight (unless there's something way better going on at the same time, like a Star Wars concert).
UPDATED: Mon, Jul 18, 11:19AM The Final Fantasy franchise returns with Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, the fully CG animated movie and Final Fantasy XV, the highly anticipated video game. Takeshi Nozue (director), Liam Mulvey (voice/motion capture actor), Andrea Tivadar (capture model), Dan Inoue (lead writer/localization director), and Mat Kishimoto (Square Enix US product marketing director) share exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, debut the full-length movie trailer, and provide fans with a rare opportunity to hear about the franchise from their perspective. Moderated by IGN's Marty Sliva.
Saturday July 23, 2016 7:30pm - 8:30pm PDT
Room 7AB
Patrick Meaney (Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods), Jordan Rennet (She Makes Comics), Cat Mihos (Dream Dangerously), Allan Amato (Temple of Art), Olga Nunes (Temple of Art), Christopher Salmon (The Price), Geoff Notkin (Meteorite Men), and Ethan McQuerrey (The Executive) discuss three different upcoming films featuring Neil Gaiman (Sandman,How To Talk To Girls At Parties).They will show clips from the films and then have a Q&A session/discussion moderated by Ethan McQuerrey and Geoff Notkin.
Saturday July 23, 2016 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Room 29AB
Find out what is happening in Tromaville! Legendary filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, creator of The Toxic Avenger and president of Troma Entertainment, will be filling you in on all things Troma, along with his friends and honorary Citizens of Tromaville. Panelists include Skinner (world-renowned artist), filmmaker Kansas Bowling (writer/director ofBC Butcher, a new release from Troma), Rodney Bingenheimer (DJ, mayor of the Sunset Strip, BC Butcher), and Pat Kaufman (producer, Poultrygeist,Return to Nuke Em High Vol 2). Moderated by Megan Silver, with intro by Mimi Cruz (Night Flight Comics).
Saturday July 23, 2016 9:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
Room 23ABC
Didn't get into Hall H or Ballroom 20 today? We feel your pain! On hand to kick off the panel will be the assistant to the director of programming for Comic-Con, Tommy Goldbach, in this block that rebroadcasts some of the day's popular panels from those two giant rooms. Best of all, those in attendance will get to vote in a show of applause on what they want to see. It's democracy at its finest, and it's a second or maybe even a third chance to see these panels. (Please note: these playbacks will include only the panel discussions. None of the film clips or footage shown at the live events will be shown here.)
