Comic-Con trailers ticks the fan box
AS THE San Diego Comic-Con International rolled out its sense of history, Hollywood brought trailers to the five-day event that pulled in viewers. Here are the favourites:
IT: Chapter Two
Twenty years on, the return of Pennywise is reuniting the gang. Soon the jump-scares are back – “I’ve craved you,” Pennywise says as Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy join the franchise, with Andy Muschietti back in the director’s chair and Bill Skarsgard back as the killer clown. (September)
Star Trek: Picard
Like in Logan, Sir Patrick Stewart encounters a powerful female warrior who could be the future. In this case, CBS All Access is extending its Star Trek line with the stand-alone Picard and little more than hearing Stewart delivers his resonant lines is needed to pique the interest of many Trekkies. (2020)
Watchmen
In the same week that Alan Moore announced his retirement from comics, HBO rolled out its teaser on Saturday for the series that adapts characters from Moore and Dave Gibbons’s graphic novel masterpiece. It’s been a decade since Zack Snyder hewed close to the book for the feature film. It stars Regina King, Jeremy Irons and Don Johnson. (Late 2019)
Top Gun: Maverick
We see Goose and the original gang in flashbacks, but Tom Cruise soldiers on more than 30 years later, as Maverick answers to Ed Harris’s leader. Times change, but the hard-charging Maverick, like Cruise, refuses to be eased towards irrelevance. (June 2020)
Rick and Morty
Die-hard fans of Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s brand of comedy genius have to wait long stretches between seasons, so this short teaser scene to preview the Adult Swim show’s fourth season is welcome. Taika Waititi spins sly lines like “That’s not how apps work” as Glootie, the alien. (November 2019)