SDCC 2024 Highlights: Downey Jr. Is Doctor Doom, Avengers 6, ‘The Penguin’ and More

CNET in attendance San Diego Comic-Con 2024it was a big weekend for fantasy and sci-fi fans, and we’re bringing you all the biggest news from Marvel. Prime VideoMax, Peacock and other entertainment giants. Deadpool and Wolverine There was also a drone show on Thursday featuring Galactus from the Fantastic Four. For those who couldn’t make it to California, we’ll be bringing you the latest in TV, movies and animation, including new trailers, panel soundbites, and the biggest news from Hall H.

Now that the event is over, we have a glimpse of new information, including: penguinPeacock teacup, Alien: Romulus, Like a Yakuza and Ring of Power There was also a Marvel showcase with releases for Prime Video and a big announcement about Avengers 5. Here’s a roundup of this week’s biggest dropoffs in TV shows and movies.

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Robert Downey Jr. plays Doctor Doom

During Marvel’s panel in Hall H, some big news about Avengers 5 was announced: the film’s title has been changed to Avengers: Doomsday. The Russo Brothers will be directing the film (as well as Avengers 6), and Robert Downey Jr. will also star. Playing Doctor Doom in DoomsdayThe film is scheduled to be released in May 2026.

Avengers: Secret Wars is happening now

As a sequel to Doomsday, Avengers: Secret Wars will be released in May 2027. The film was first announced in 2022 as the conclusion of Phase 6, with the Russo brothers returning to the saga they created. Marvel has announced that the Fantastic Four, along with Doctor Doom, will appear in both of the new Avengers films.

Fantastic Four: The First Step

It’s been almost a decade since the last Fantastic Four movie, but this time Marvel is back at the helm. Though the new film won’t hit theaters until July 2025, fans have gotten their first look at the star-studded cast in action. The new crew includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, and Ebon Moss Bachalak as the Thing.

Ralph Ineson will also be joining the cast as the iconic villain Galactus, a role Marvel teased earlier this week with a spectacular drone show that painted the character’s distinctive face into the San Diego sky before morphing into the Team 4 logo.

The Thunderbolt is Coming

Before the Fantastic Four hits theaters, fans can see the Thunderbolts make an appearance on the big screen in May 2025. The cast took to the stage, where Marvel showed off a clip from the upcoming film that will tie directly into Captain America: Brave New World. The clip showcases a team of supervillains who specialize in government-sanctioned covert operations. In it, Russian spy Elena visits Alexei and realizes that he’s been slacking off while she’s busy with contract work. While Elena talks with him, the footage shows her fighting her way through a secret location, where she encounters several Marvel characters, including Agent John Walker and Ghost. Elena ends up jumping off a skyscraper, and the words “be careful who you recruit” appear on screen. Later in the clip, the group meets up in an elevator and enters Valentina’s office.

Florence Pugh will reprise her role as Yelena, along with David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Wyatt Russell as Agent Walker, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra De Fontaine and many other characters.

penguin

Colin Farrell plays a different kind of character in the new crime drama series The Penguin, which premieres on HBO and Max on September 19. The show is a spinoff of Matt Reeves’ 2022 Batman film, in which Farrell also plays a Gotham gangster. Check out the dark official trailer below.

‘Vought Rising’, the prequel to ‘The Boys’

Prime Video’s gory superhero show is getting a spinoff, with Jensen Ackles returning as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash reprising her role as Stormfront. The prequel, Vought Rising, will take audiences back to the corrupt corporation’s early days in the 1950s and when Stormfront was once known as Clara Vought. Eric Kripke will serve as showrunner and executive producer.

Ring of Power season 2 goes nuclear

The new season premieres on Prime Video on August 29, and clips shared by Hall H show a huge battle with the orcs and the casting of the ring. The showrunners say Ring of Power season 2 will see “the start of the nuclear age, everybody wants the bomb, everybody wants the nuclear codes, but what they don’t know is that it all leads to this guy.” [Sauron]” Adar and Sauron are at odds with each other and there are plenty of giant creatures in this one. Check out the latest trailer here:

Like a Yakuza

“Ryu ga Gotoku: Like a Dragon” is a TV series based on the Sega video game series that will be recreating Kamurocho on Prime Video. On Friday, fans were treated to some footage of Kiryu Kazuma, played by Takeuchi Ryoma, and Nishikiyama Akira, played by Kaku Kento. The show is a sort of origin story, charting the first decade of Kiryu Kazuma’s life and his brother-like bond with Nishikiyama. The first three episodes will be available on Prime Video on Oct. 24. Check out the teaser trailer, which dropped on Friday, below:

James Gunn’s Creature Commandos

James Gunn made a surprise appearance at a panel hosted by DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee to promote the new animated series Creature Commandos. Similar to Suicide Squad, the show follows a team of imprisoned monster misfits tasked with saving the world. Voice cast members include Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Steve Agee as Economos, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Frank Grillo as Rick Flagg Sr., Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein, and Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus. Gunn has written all seven episodes of the series, which is due to premiere in December.

Doctor Who has a new spinoff

Disney has announced a new Doctor Who series that will take place back in time to the 1970s and feature a group of ancient creatures that emerge from the ocean, the Sea Devils. The show, which is produced in partnership with the BBC, stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Alexander Devrient and Jemma Redgrave. The show will air on Disney Plus and fans can stream it now. Doctor Who Season 14 Starring Ncuti Gatwa.

Peacock horror series “Teacups”

While the streamer is currently busy livestreaming the Olympics, one of its upcoming releases is “Teacups,” a new horror series directed by James Wan. A Peacock original, the show is based on the novel “The Stinger” by Robert McCammon and combines suspense, drama and horror. Check out the teaser trailer for the series, which premieres this fall on October 10th.

Season 3 release date announced

Following last season’s cliffhanger ending, mystery horror series From will premiere its third installment on September 22. The show, which streams on MGM Plus, is set in a town with (seemingly) no escape, terrorized by bloodthirsty monsters.

Michael C. Hall returns to Dexter

The world of Dexter continues to expand. During the Ballroom 20 panel for the upcoming prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, viewers got their first look at the show’s breakfast-making credits sequence, a fun callback to the original series’ opening credits. The program also stars Patrick Gibson as the titular antihero and Christian Slater as Harry Morgan. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Milian and Patrick Dempsey round out the cast.

Michael C. Hall took to the stage during the panel to reveal what his role will be in the series. We’ll hear him deliver his inner monologue when the show premieres on Paramount+ in December. “It’s pretty exciting. I’m very happy with it,” he said. “I’ve spent so much time with this character, so it’s awesome to go back and fill in the gaps in my imagination.”

Additionally, Hall announced that he will be reprising the role that made him famous in the upcoming Dexter series, Dexter: Resurrection, which is set in the present day and will premiere in the summer of 2025.

Legend of Vox Machina Season 3 First Look

Prime Video’s animated series based on the wildly popular live-action Dungeons & Dragons streaming series “Critical Role” returns with its biggest adventure yet. “Everything is at stake,” according to the official synopsis for the third season of “The Legend of Vox Machina,” which premieres on October 3rd.
Isn’t that always the case in the world of Critical Role?

Matthew Mercer, Marisha Rae, Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham and Liam O’Brien all gathered at Ballroom 20 on Saturday to discuss the future of the series, its highly anticipated spinoff The Mighty Nine (check out a preview of that below) and the future of Critical Role.