The Cast and Director of GODZILLA Survive the Godzilla Encounter at SDCC

Legendary Pictures rented some warehouse space in San Diego, scarred the sides with colossal claw marks and challenged fans to figure out a code word that would unlock tickets to the GODZILLA ENCOUNTER; an interactive experience recreating a little piece of Tokyo complete with a noodle shop, warning signs, evacuation gear and a GIANT RAMPAGING LIZARD THAT SHOOTS FIRE FROM ITS MOUTH!!! Hows that for a night time activity? Follow along with director Gareth Edwards, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston as they navigate the thrilling interactive environment and share some behind-the-scenes info about the set of Godzilla.

SDCC 2013: Our Favorite Cosplays

Shows like San Diego Comic-Con...DragonCon (before it became distasteful)...New York Comic Con...when you get into the thick of it and experience the sheer number of costumes at the show..feeling the passion behind each creation..it's a fantastic opportunity to capture each one and bring it all back for those not lucky enough to attend. Today, we'll show you our favorites from among the over 800 pictures dropped on us by our SDCC photo crew. Special thanks to Nicole Marrokal, Emilie Noetzel, Kristel Proctor and Breanna Scott for shooting all these great pics! Let's dive in.

SDCC 2013: Dissecting The Marvel Universe Diorama

Be you long time collector, long time fan or just a new school Avengers movie loving sort, if you entered the Hasbro booth this past weekend at San Diego Comic-Con, you were stopped dead in your tracks in front of the Marvel action figure diorama. This epic display has become a yearly tradition, mixing long past Marvel Universe figure releases with brand new items soon to hit stores, an item or two clearly meant to test the fan reaction (ie; if we go OMIGOD IT'S DEVIL DINOSAUR!!! and start throwing money..they just might make him) and those things that are kit bashed customs meant to drive us insane with the wanting for things they'll probably never make. Clearly. It's evil. This year, it seems like Hasbro had been tipped off on the "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" announcement and pitted an army of Ultron robots against the entirety of the Marvel Universe. Of course, the baddies still felt it necessary to fight their arch nemesi, even in the face of a Terminator-esque scorched Earth. Hey, villains gotta be villains. Let's take a look at a sampling of this mega-awesome display and then do what dorks do best. SPECULATE!

SDCC 2013: Geek Plague Outbreak Map

They were all there, in one place....touching things..coughing..sniffling..wiping their germy phalanges all over every surface..grabbing your shoulder as they took a picture with you in costume...and shaking your hands as they left your booth. The infection has begun, and as the teeming masses longing to fall into a post Comic-Con coma arrive home, they are kissing their loved ones,  coughing on small children and touching the world. THEY. ARE. TOUCHING. THE. WORLD. We've identified the "Hot Spots" to avoid. Infection is currently spreading outward from San Diego to all points global. Infection is inbound to Fantasia in Montreal, though we are told movie geeks are more paranoid and so, touch each other less. Not as immediate but still impending sites of future outbreak include Boston Comic Con, Wizard World Chicago and New York Comic Con. We are expecting the first round of plague to be defeated by October for NYCC, but this event will launch a new strain and if the previous one has survived, it could mutate.

Here are some helpful tips to avoid the post San Diego Comic-Con Plague that is surely arriving in your town as we speak.

SDCC 2013: Marvel Studios: An Evening with Loki and Winter Soldier Insight

It's hard to believe there is only ONE DAY left to San Diego Comic Con 2013! I've been going for nearly 12 years straight now, broken by this year's lack of funds to make the trip...and it sounds like I picked like a hell of a year to sit this one out! The Marvel Studios panel is probably still washing over those fans who were in Hall H a short time ago, and well it should. LOKI JUST ASKED THEM TO JOIN HIM IN GLORIOUS BATTLE!!! Yes..while I sat in New Jersey, sans pants, as Emi caught up on Once Upon a Time Season 1, Tom Hiddleston took the stage dressed head to to as Loki and the crowd damn near lost their minds. He paced the stage and asked "Where are your Avengers now??!!" The crowd went berzerk. "Pledge your loyalty to me." One man in the audience shouted NEVER as the women around him were practically throwing their panties. To prove that man was outnumbered, Lokie said three simple words. "Say my name." LOKI came the chant. "Say...my name." LOKI came the call. "SAY MY NAME!" he demanded with arms raised. LOKI came the screams. "It seems I have an army" was his resolute parting remark as he motioned to the screen about to show the Thor: The Dark World footage and left the stage. Wish you were there? Holy damn man...I'm right there with you! We've got the next best thing...

SDCC 2013: Concept Art Reveals Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Looks

The Marvel Studios panel just wrapped at San Diego Comic-Con 2013. Want to get a good idea of what Drax, Rocket Raccoon and friends will look like in the new Guardians of the Galaxy film? Take a peek...

SDCC 2013: And the Next Avengers Movie is Titled...

From ComicVine: Set in an apocalyptic future, Ultron has returned to earth, and ruined it, using his superior technology to enslave the mankind. Certain villains do as Ultron commands and get higher privileges but at the end of the day Ultron rules. Most of the heroes live underground whilst thinking of a way to rid the world of Ultron. Amongst these heroes are Captain America, Luke Cage, Iron Man, and Emma Frost. Hawkeye is with them, but he's willing to go out into Ultron's world if it means saving his friends. The event follows the heroes plan to prevent Ultron from ever returning from the future, and the consequences of these actions.

That's the plot from the epic Marvel Comic book event, the most interesting point, movie wise, being the inclusion of X-Men characters. Of course they could write them out of it entirely...but...what if.... The real question is, with Days of Future past taking on the "time travel for the sake of preventing an apocalypse" theme, how will Joss Whedon pull this story off? Ohhh...many..many...many ways. The mind races with possibilities. 

Update: Empire Magazine says "The title is 'borrowed' from the comic, but bears no relation to that arc." ...so I'd just expect a Terminator-esque story line! Terminators vs Avengers. I'm in.

SDCC 2013: The Veronica Mars Teaser

If you had asked me what the most anticipated, possible (maybe) return-from-the-dead of a TV or movie series to ANY form of moving media is at the moment, without thinking, I would have said Firefly. Of course I'm wrong, because while I am a straight up Browncoat and Mal is my Captain, the throngs of people screaming for more Firefy probably make up a small segment of the public. NOW...some months back, Veronica Mars took to Kickstarter to make a new film fans have been clamoring for and...low and behold...it rained money. Who knew? You did? I did not. Anyways, team Mars took to the San Diego Comic Con stages to show their thanks for the overwhelming support and gave a sneak preview of things to come....and we've got that preview...right...meow. Hit the jump and hit the vid!
 

SDCC 2013: The Game of Thrones "Memorium" Video

Yesterday, amid the chatter of a packed house waiting for word on the latest plot twists from the cast and crew of Game of Thrones at San Diego Comic Con, a video rolled, featuring the dulcet tones of Boys 2 Men and their classic "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday". Almost comically, this was a memorial video for the fallen cast of the show. I say comically, because the crew is well aware of the weight of each dramatic moment and the cast themselves are constantly floored by the shows ability to snuff one of them out of existence at a moment's notice...and usually in the most bloody way possible...so a sweet song like that sort of works in counterpoint to our memories of spurting, split open veins, knives to the eye, back, stomach, face...and the old standard beheading. HBO has made this mini tribute available for us today. Hit the jump and enjoy!

SDCC 2013: The Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer

It's hard to believe in a mere 3 months...a little less really...we'll be back in that damned alternate universe where the world has gone to hell, the undead roam the streets, and the real threat is what is left of mankind. The Walking Dead ended last season with a sort of anticlimactic assault on Rick and his happy prison family, and a now legendary freak out from the man we came to know as the Governor that left us, and his own people, jaw dropped! Sunday, October 13th, it all returns to your television, along with our having to threaten bodily harm upon our Facebook and Twitter friends to NOT SPOIL THE DAMN SHOW BEFORE WE CAN WATCH IT...and I can't wait. AMC just posted the San Diego Comic Con Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer...and you can drink in the zombie goodness right after the jump!

The Kick-Ass 2 NSFW Extended Trailer

Sorta speaks for itself.

SDCC 2013: Vikings Season 2 Trailer

It was a time when men were men...and they roared and bled and years later, the History channel decided this would make a damn good TV show. Here's a preview of season 2, fresh from San Diego Comic Con 2013...

SDCC 2013: The World's End Panel

It's not every day we even have the time to consider sitting in a panel in the middle of the madness that is San Diego Comic Con, but when Edgar Wright calls, we come a'runnin. Emilie Noetzel beams in her report.

Chris Hardwick hosts Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg

Matt smith was at the World's End party last night. Chris Hardwick thinks the movie is fantastic, says it did feel like it had a Doctor Who element to it. "Retitle it Doctor Hooch as it has Doctor Who element" Says Edgar. Simon Pegg feels like Gary (his character) is like the "Dark Doctor." Gary is a bit of dick, villain and hero, nutcase... Dickishness is explained. Gary is stuck in the 90s. Their Tardis is beer. Nick Frost is Andy, the buttoned up character. They play different character (types) as they wanted to change it up. Nick Frost says he (Andy) is a hardnut. They say they are closer to their Shaun characters (in real life).

SDCC 2013: Preview Night Cosplay

We are a liiiiiitle bit behind the show, but hey, my people like free drinks and that means the pics come in at 3am..and Paul's gotta pay the bills by daylight. We'll kick off the show coverage with a small stack of Preview Night Cosplay pictures courtesy of the always excellent Nicole Marrokal. There weren't many people in costume in that first flurry of Comic-Con passion as the doors opened and a Tsunami of dork rushed onto the convention floor, but as fate would have it, the queen of cosplay herself, Yaya Han, managed to be out first shot..as the Baroness no less. I swear she's stalking me...she just doesn't know it yet. SO! We've got the 1st Slave Leia, the 1st Harley Quinn, a sexy Vader and...a bunch of costumes I can't identify...but one thing is for sure. If this is just a sampling of the talent at San Diego Comic Con this year, we are in for some fun. Hit the jump for the pics!

SDCC 2013: Insidious 2 Delivers Comic-Con Treats

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The INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 ice cream truck will be in San Diego today, and then head to LA, Chicago and NY. Follow the Twitter accounts below to find out when the truck will hit your city!

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Choose from four chilling treats:

Specs & Tucker Pop (Firecracker)

iScream Sandwich (ice cream sandwich)

Push Up Into the Further (push-up pop)

Insidi-licious Red Demon Bar (frozen fruit bar)

SDCC 2013: Shout! Factory Brings Back Pee-Wee's Playhouse

Shout! Factory announced they are bringing Paul Reubens’ groundbreaking TV series PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE to the home entertainment marketplace and a variety of digital entertainment platforms. Shout! Factory recently secured extensive distribution rights to all 45 episodes of PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE and PEE-WEE’S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, including worldwide home entertainment, select digital rights and broadcast for cross-platform releases. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos.

“We could not be more excited to collaborate with Paul Reubens on this fantastic venture. PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE is a cultural touchstone for a generation, and its visually dynamic design and offbeat sense of humor were a genuine phenomenon,” stated Shout! Factory’s founders. “We are thrilled that this extensive restoration project is underway and look forward to presenting the series, for the first time in incredible high-definition and with behind-the-scenes bonus material. Fans will experience PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE as never before and share it with a new generation audience.”

SDCC 2013: Game of Thrones Figures Have Arrived

Well..technically they won't "arrive" til 2014, but ever since I did that lengthy interview when Dark Horse first announced their Game of Thrones license, and they said they are aware people want and NEED GOT action figures, folks have been asking when they are coming and from whom. Welp..the whom is still Dark Horse. The when is 2014..so start clearing shelf space and saving your dimes! Swing by the Dark Horse booth #2315 and see the first two; Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow; in the flesh...or plastic..fleshy plastic.

SDCC 2013: Power Rangers Take Comic-Con by MEGAFORCE

Saban’s Power Rangers will be back in action at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, taking place July 18-21. Fans can expect a MEGA presence in honor of the Power Rangers’ 20^th Anniversary. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet some of their favorite Legendary Rangers of all time, collect Power Rangers Comic-Con exclusive premium items, get a first look at upcoming products, pose for photos with the Power Rangers Megaforce, participate in giveaways and so much more.

 

“We have an exciting, jam-packed schedule planned for the Power Rangers at this year’s Comic-Con,” said Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands. “We encourage all attendees to check out the latest and greatest Power Rangers merchandise at our partners’ booths, as well as follow us on social media to learn how to participate in our various on-site activations to win MEGA prizes!”

SDCC 2013: Hasbro Marvel Legends & Universe

Cool Toy Review strikes first blood in the war for toy dominance at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 with some super quickie cell phone snaps of the Hasbro Booth, specifically in the Marvel Comics section. Plenty of new Marvel Legends on display and very few Marvel Universe...so a mixed bag of happy there. Happier still is the news that those Marvel Legends move away from all those new school comic designs (RED SHE HULK!! BLARG!) and visit some classic characters that will fill gaping holes in your Marvel Legends collection. Here's what we could spot...

SDCC 2013: BBC & IDW Celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary

IDW Publishing and BBC Worldwide will conclude their joint celebration of the Doctor’s 50th anniversary with the release of a Doctor Who Special the final week of 2013. This oversize issue will be written by fan-favorite Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell and features art by Jimmy Broxton.

In this special one-shot story, a strange force flings the TARDIS and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the Doctor Who TV show. The Doctor grapples with being a fictional character as well as and a monster lurking at the girl’s school on the way to coming face-to-face with the actor who portrays him, Matt Smith!