Marvel, HBO and More Skipping Comic-Con

The previous few years haven’t been variety to San Diego’s big celebration of all issues popular culture, Comic-Con. Despite a excessive level within the early-mid 2000s the place huge crowds confirmed as much as hear about new developments in franchises resembling ‘Twilight’ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the view of the occasion as a premium launching level for brand new motion pictures and TV exhibits has taken successful extra lately.

And the COVID pandemic, which noticed the 2020 and 2021 variations of the occasion decreased to a sparse digital shadow of its former self, didn’t assist.

But whereas hopes had been raised by a largely triumphant return final 12 months (together with the standard huge panel from Marvel saying its upcoming slate and trotting out stars and creators to generate buzz), it seems that the most important concern on Hollywood’s thoughts will now have an effect on which corporations are bringing something to the occasion.

Writers’ strike delays

According to a brand new story in The Wrap, Marvel specifically has determined to make this a skip 12 months, deciding to not convey any of its exhibits or motion pictures to the large Hall H area the place it has historically been a spotlight of the four-day occasion. It will nonetheless, nevertheless, have a presence on the commerce present ground of the Con.

While the studio has not proven up earlier than (or had a decreased presence as a consequence of it saving some huge reveals for guardian firm Disney’s personal D23 occasion, which falls after the July dates of the Con), the writers’ strike is reportedly behind the brand new transfer.

Movies resembling ‘Blade’ and ‘Thunderbolts’, together with TV sequence together with ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ are all being delayed, and all the assorted launch date shifts are impacting what will likely be value exhibiting off.

And it’s not simply the writers –– performing union SAG-AFTRA has but to make its personal take care of the studios, and that might imply expertise on strike, unavailable to take the stage since they a forbidden from promotional duties whereas engaged in industrial motion. Which would put a dampener even on tasks Marvel might conceivably promote, together with ‘Captain Marvel’ sequel ‘The Marvels’.

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Other corporations?

Marvel shouldn’t be alone on this resolution, as The Wrap moreover mentions that Universal and HBO are among the many different names talked about as pondering whether or not to point out up this 12 months.

HBO is maybe comprehensible, since its personal guardian firm, Warner Bros. Discovery is on a critical cost-cutting run (together with news that it’s exploring licensing huge HBO sequence for viewers to look at on Netflix to drum up additional income) and wouldn’t need to splash the money to convey expertise to the Con when resort lodging and different bills can be extraordinarily excessive. And, like Marvel, the businesses are additionally seeing tasks being pushed again due to the strike.

Comic-Con continues to be scheduled to run between Thursday July 20 and Sunday July 23, nevertheless it appears like its influence will likely be smaller this 12 months.

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