THE GREAT 2018 COMICCON ROUNDUP

We take a look at the most popular fan conventions and launches that took place during the fourday 2018 San Diego Comic Con, which wrapped up on Sunday

THE REST OF THE FESTIVAL

Apart from trailers and announcements for films and shows, this edition of the festival also saw over 1,00,000 guests, which made sure that the festival was more about TV shows and movies. Another announcement revealed that Batman will ditch pants for trunks. And in a special moment, actor Jamie Lee Curtis hugged a fan who had told her that Jamie’s character in Halloween (1978) inspired him to save his own life.

FOR THE TUBE

Apart from the season trailers of The Flash and Arrow, the TV verse saw historic announcements. Supergirl announced the first-ever transgender superhero, Nia Nal, to be played by Nicole Maines. The DC universe’s first trailer for the awaited liveaction Teen Titans series, titled Titans, was also premiered. The trailer had Robin aka Dick Grayson shouting, “F**k Batman”, inviting mixed reactions from fans. Also, Don Cheadle will voice Donald Duck on DuckTales on the series’ Season 1 finale.

FOR THE SILVER SCREEN

For film geeks, the 2018 Comic Con saw the trailer releases of several much-awaited upcoming superhero films such as Aquaman and Shazam! But the most talked-about trailer at the four-day festival was the trailer of M Night Shyamalan’s highly-anticipated Glass, which melds the world of the director’s previous films, Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2016). The movie will see actors Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis and James McAvoy reprise their roles in the previous films. In other news, though the makers did not present a teaser for the second instalment in the Wonder Woman franchise, they did share details from the film, set in 1984, including Kristen Wigg’s look as Cheetah and the return of Chris Pine, whose character, a WW1 pilot, died in the first film.

PHOTO: RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP Cosplayers dressed as Batman, Wonder Woman and Iron Man at Comic Con 2018. The festival saw over 1,00,000 guests in attendance

AP PHOTO Cosplayers dressed as a Stormtrooper (left) and Han Solo (right) from Star Wars

PHOTO: JOE SCARNICI/GETTY IMAGES/AFP LR: Members of the Aquaman cast — James Wan, Yahya AbdulMateen II, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Amber Heard, and Jason Momoa, who plays the titular role. The film’s trailer was launched and the cast gave away autographs at the festival

PHOTO: KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES/AFP Aaron Paul (left) and Bryan Cranston had a Breaking Bad reunion, with the former even dressing his daughter, Story, in a mini version of his hazmat suit from the show

PHOTO: KEVIN WINTER/ GETTY IMAGES/AFP Johnny Depp, dressed as Gellert Grindelwald, from the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

PHOTO: KEVIN WINTER/GETTY IMAGES/AFP LR: Riz Ahmed and Tom Hardy, who star in the upcoming SpiderMan spinoff, Venom. Ahmed’s role as the villain, Riot, to Hardy’s titular protagonist, was finally revealed

Chris Pine (centre) will be back in the second Wonder Woman film

Andrew Lincoln (above) revealed that season 9 of The Walking Dead will be his last

Jamie Lee Curtis (right) hugs a fan

Don Cheadle, who will voice Donald Duck for DuckTales season 1 finale

PHOTO: CHRIS DELMAS/AFP LR: Actors Jodie Whittaker and Regina King at Dr Who’s panel discussion

PHOTO: MIKE COPPOLA/GETTY IMAGES/AFP Melissa Benoist at a panel discussion for Supergirl