Convention - San Diego Comic-Con International: The Show is coming

By Mulder, San Diego, 03 july 2016

With under 2 weeks left until San Diego Comic-Con kicks off a lot of news as been coming out, lots of panel info has been leaking out. So lets talk about some it, why dont we.

Lets start with television announcements:

Warner Brothers Television announced in a press release that a lot of their shows (from various networks) are coming. From a press release they said “The 100,” “Arrow,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Blindspot,” “DCs Legends of Tomorrow,” “The Flash,” “Gotham,” “iZOMBIE,” “The Originals,” “Supergirl,” “Supernatural,” “Teen Titans Go!” and “The Vampire Diaries” are all back in San Diego for panels throughout the convention. As well as on preview night (Wednesday of SDCC) WB TV is once again doing a block of tv show screenings. This year they are world-premiere screenings “Riverdale,” “Powerless,” “People of Earth,” “Frequency” and “Time After Time” and an advance look at a new episode of “Teen Titans Go!” and the debut of “Justice League Action.”

Marvel Television have said they are bringing Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Luke Cage (making the first time a Netflix TV show will appear) as well a panel about the various Marvel Animation shows.

Fox Television will be bringing quite a few shows including American Dad, Bobs Burgers, Family Guy, The Last Man on Earth, Salem, Scream Queens, The Simpsons all returning along with newer (or restarted) shows like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Exorcist, Prison Break and Son of Zorn.

HBO and Cinemax shows that are scheduled to appear are Silicon Valley, Game of Thrones, as well as 2 new shows Vice Principals and Outcast.

FX will be back again, but this year with only 2 shows Archer and The Strain.

MTV has said they will be bringing only Teen Wolf this year.

SyFy have only announced one show (so far) from their large catalog of shows, that one being the new Van Helsing show.

Starz are bringing back Ash vs Evil Dead and new this year American Gods.

History Channel are bringing Vikings back again.

A&E are returning with Bates Motel

Comic-Con HQ are making their SDCC debut and bringing along Con-Man (along with stars).

AMC has said (not a shock) that both The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead are both coming again, along with Preacher (which was also at WonderCon)

BBC Americas slate includes Orphan Black (which will be its final panel at SDCC) and brand new series Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency.

NBC is bringing a few series this year, including Grimm returning as well as a sneak peek of Emerald City (which was featured on the outside of the Los Angeles Convention Center during WonderCon) and Timeless.

In terms of movies, quite a few studios have announced they are bringing movies including Valerian from Europacorp, The Killing Joke from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (which is making its world premiere), Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy from Marvel Studios, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The LEGO Batman Movie, Suicide Squad, and Kong: Skull Island from Warner Brothers.

The full schedule will start coming out this week (Thursday the 7th will see the official schedule for both Wednesday and Thursday of SDCC, Friday the 8th will see the Friday SDCC schedule, and so on each day).