Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. So, those sneaky monkeys over at Comic-Con.org have quietly posted the full schedule for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. It’s going to be a big year. CLICK HERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOUR BIG DAYS OF GEEK AWESOMENESS!!! Sometimes I run down my exact schedule, but I won’t do that this year. I will tell you what I will not miss, no matter what, though. Thursday – Paramount’s Panel (Hall H – 1:30pm-3:30pm) IRON MAN, INDY 4, STARDUST, THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, HOT ROD, BEOWULF and TREK, with JJ Abrams there as well as Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Andy Samberg, Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary… plus some surprises. I’ll probably also try to catch some of the Max Brooks/George Romero Panel (4:45-5:45, Rm 6CDEF) as I love Romero’s movies and Brooks’ books, but that might run into LIONSGATE’s panel (3:45-5:15, Hall H) where they’ll show stuff from MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN, SAW IV and have Jessica Alba onstage. I think I might skip out on that one in order to hit the LOST panel (5:00pm-6:30pm, Ballroom 20) since I’m a LOST whore. Friday – The big, must see panel of the day is without a doubt Warner Bros’ panel (10:30am-12:00pm, Hall H). WATCHMEN, WATCHMEN, WATCHMEN… plus some ONE MISSED CALL, GET SMART, INVASION, TRICK ‘R TREAT and SPEED RACER. But Zack Snyder confirmed with WATCHMEN talk and surprises. There’s also a Fox Panel with stuff from AVP 2 (bleh), a New Line Panel for SHOOT ‘EM UP (with Clive Owen there) and GOLDEN COMPASS. I want to be there for that, I really do… but at the exact same time is the DIMENSION Panel featuring Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN and Frank Darabont’s THE MIST. I’m sure you can guess which one I’m excited for, but I’m curious to hear what Zombie has to say about the movie and what he brings to show for it. THE MIST, though. I can’t wait to see some footage from that and if it’s what was being talked about onset, then you’ll be in for a treat at this panel (2:30pm-4:00pm, Ballroom 20). The day also has panels featuring Ridley Scott and half the BLADE RUNNER cast talking about the big DVD, Kevin Smith doing one of his classic style Q&As and the Chiodo Bros talking about their work. God, I love Comic-Con. Saturday – I’m really torn on this day. Do I go for the big HEROES panel or the Rogue/Focus panel at the exact same time? I love me my HEROES and all of them will be there, but new Neil Marshall footage (DOOMSDAY) and BALLS OF FURY… urgg… Disney has a panel on PRINCE CASPIAN and Pixar’s WALL-E, which I will not miss, Universal has a panel on INCREDIBLE HULK with Ed Norton and the whole cast there and Sony has a panel on 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, RESIDENT EVIL 3 and SUPERBAD. So much stuff! Sunday – Is actually almost totally free. I’ll probably watch the webmasters panel with Moriarty up on the stage, sweating under the hot lights and use this day to run around the convention floor, blowing way too much money on geek shit. I’m in the process of cementing some interviews, especially with WB and Paramount stuff. Should be a good year. Hope to see some of you guys there. If you can’t make it, I’ll do my best to bring the experience to you. -Quint quint@aintitcool.com
