Sinestro, Celeborn and Gandalf on the screen?
It’s Friday, the second full day at San Diego Comic-Con, and CNET is onsite for all the happenings. While we eagerly await Marvel’s Hall H presentation on Saturday, we’re gathering here to bring you trailer drops and release dates for upcoming movies and TV shows. Though fans have gotten an early round of official trailers for Clayface, Other Mommy and Avengers: Doomsday ahead of the convention, Disney, Warner Bros., Prime Video, Paramount and more studios are will dish out clips, news and the latest scoop on premiere dates for some of their hottest titles.
What are the must-watch trailers so far? Catch The Rings of Power, Lanterns, Blade Runner 2099 and more below, then check here later to see any expected (or surprise) drops throughout the event.
Lanterns
When the Earth-heavy Lanters teaser dropped from DC a few months ago, it felt pretty full. There was Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan challenging John Stewart’s worthiness to carry a Green Lantern Corp. ring, desert-bound conspiracy vibes, flashbacks to John’s childhood and even a flash of Guy Gardner on screen. DC teased the ring’s powers, but with its new Comic-Con trailer released on Friday, things ramp up when Manhunters arrive on the planet to take out the Lanterns. Take a look at the interstellar enforcers and Sinestro in the trailer, and prepare for the series to land on HBO Max on Aug. 16.
Blade Runner 2099
Several years in the making, Blade Runner 2099 will debut on Nov. 25 on Prime Video. The eight-episode limited series is a sequel to the 2017 film Blade Runner 2049 and stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer, along with Sheila Atim, Katelyn Rose Downey, Dimitri Abold and Daniel Rigby among the cast.
Set in an alternate version of LA where replicants run things and the humans play second fiddle,the series sees Yeoh’s replicant Olwen chasing down outlaw replicants who’ve gone missing. With her own shelf life on a ticking clock, the stakes are high for her and for her human fugitive partner, Cora (Schafer).
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Season 3
Remember in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, all that talk of “the One Ring to rule them all”? Well, season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is going to be all about that. These episodes take place five years after season 2, and by the looks of things, Sauron’s war with the elves is going strong, and he’s expanded his power across the majority of Middle-earth. Now all Sauron has to do is forge that pesky One Ring so he can, well, rule them all.
Jamie Campbell Bower joins the cast as the elven lord Celeborn, Galadriel’s husband and noble warrior in the fight against Sauron. This season will also introduce Nazgnagôl, better known as the Ringwraiths, in an early form of the corrupted ringholders in the story. The new season debuts on Nov. 11 on Prime Video.
Coyote vs. Acme
Formerly shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery, the film is an animation-meets-live-action story that Ketchup Entertainment picked up and will open in theaters on Aug. 28. Fed up with Acme’s unreliable products, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a lawyer and sue the company. Will Forte plays Kevin Avery, who represents Coyote in his case, with John Cena as Buddy Crane, corporate counsel for Acme. The movie also features Lana Condor along with a host of Looney Tunes characters like Porky Pig, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn and Granny (who gets dinged by an anvil).
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, season 3
A host of new gods and demigods are set to descend in season 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, including Aphrodite and the children of Hades. The new eight-episode installment will premiere on Nov. 20.
Back in January, Disney Plus gave viewers a tease of what’s to come when it dropped with a scene of Percy (Walker Scobell) and Annabeth (Leah Sava’ Jeffries) hitting the dance floor at a middle school dance. But things get a little darker and more dangerous this time for the Camp Half-Blood kids.
Based on the third book in Rick Riordan’s series, The Titan’s Curse, this season takes Percy and crew on a rescue mission to save the goddess Artemis (played by Dafne Keen). Viewers will be introduced to the titan Atlas (Holt McCallany), Annabeth’s human dad (Jesse L. Martin), and Olympian gods Hera (Ming-Na Wen), Demeter (Jennifer Beals) and Apollo (Hubert Smielecki). Kate McKinnon plays Aphrodite.
Ebenezer
Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at Comic-Con, donning a costume as Ebenezer Scrooge for the upcoming movie, where he plays Charles Dickens’ legendary miser. The film, due in theaters on Nov. 13, also features Rupert Grint, Ian McKellen, Daisy Ridley and Sam Claflin in a star-studded cast.
Avatar: Seven Havens
From the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender, this new series picks up after The Legend of Korra and follows a pair of twin avatars, one of whom is Korra’s successor. Marked as an omen of destruction during a time when the spirit world and physical world are imbalanced, Pavi — and her sister Nisha — will need to look to the past to discover who they are and find a way to save the Seven Havens. The animated series debuts this fall on Paramount Plus.
Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO
Kenji Kamiyama is directing the new anime film from Sola Animation, which will serve as a sort of prequel. Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO takes place about 100 years before Gundam Rogue Orbit, breaking down the origins of the world that fans are familiar with. Guided by Kamiyama’s vision, the 2027 movie will also tie in with a video game universe.
