Guess what happened at Comic-Con this year!

• Batman vs Superman Full Length Trailer

Perhaps one of the biggest reveals of all of Comi-Con was the brand new full trailer for the Batman vs Superman movie. With a trailer over 2 min long we got an in depth look at how the dynamics of the DC cinematic universe will be shaped after the events of Man of Steel. Bruce Wayne is clearly shown as having been present the day metropolis was practically leveled during Superman’s fight with Zod one of the buildings is even shown to be one of Wayne enterprises! (No wonder he doesn’t trust Superman) we also see that Superman is clearly being held accountable for his actions by the government and is seemingly asked to appear at a hearing of sorts. But most importantly I think was the reveal of Wonder Woman in action! I don’t know anything about the actress Gal Gadot but she looks the part and will clearly be featured heavily in the movie. I for one am incredibly excited to see a female heroine on screen. Hopefully this will lead to more in the future. Other awesome parts from the trailer showed us our first real look at Lex Luthor and his amazing locks of hair (I’m sure he’ll lose them eventually though since Lex ain’t really Lex unless he’s bald) along with evidence of past Robins implying that characters like Nightwing and the Red Hood may already be present! And then there is of course all the action and destruction. This movie looks like it will follow in The Man of Steel’s footsteps with a heavy helping of both drama and massive action. From what I’ve seen this movie is going to be amazing!

• Suicide Squad Trailer

Another heavily anticipated event this year was the new Suicide Squad trailer which gave us our first glimpse at what the deadly team will look like in action. Most characters will likely be unfamiliar if you’re not a hardcore DC comics fan. With the exception of course being Harley Quinn. I for one really hope that they don’t over sexualize her character. While Harley is supposed to be very pretty I find that anytime a character is made to be nothing more than a sex object they lose any potential of actually being a character I can care about. Hopefully they can balance her out by giving her more depth with her twisted relationship to the joker. SPEAKING OF WHICH! We finally get to see Jared Leto as the Joker! Oh man is it gonna be good! While this new take on his appearance is going to take some getting used to I swear if I had closed my eyes for that last scene I wouldn’t be able to tell you if it was classic Joker or the Heath Ledger version. It sounds to me like Jared Leto is going to capture his personality with the perfect amount of brutal cruelty mixed with light hearted humor. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

• Flash Season 2 Trailer

If you are even remotely a fan of superheroes you should be watching The Flash! It is now one of my favorite TV shows of all time! This weekend at comic-con we were treated to the first trailer for The Flash season two which introduces a new character to the show. None other than the speedster Zoom. I can’t wait to see how he changes things up for Barry Allen this fall.

• First look at Apocalypse

Images have leaked online showing us what the villain Apocalypse will look like in the next installment of the X-men franchise.

He looks freaking cool! Have to wonder what he's seemingly doing in the mansions hideout though...

• Hugh Jackman's Last Movie 

On a more bitter sweet note Hugh Jackman confirmed the rumors that his next and last movie as Wolverine will be based on the comic line Old Man Logan. I personally haven’t read it (yet) but it is reputed to be one of the best Wolverine comic stories ever made. It’ll be sad to see him go but I think it’s a smart move to quit while he’s ahead.

• Behind The Scenes at Star Wars Episode 7 

 

The spectators of the massive H hall showing for the Star Wars episode 7 panel were treated to a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie. In it they boasted their heavy use of practical effects over relying on CGI. Proving again that they fully intend to keep consistent with the original trilogy while simultaneously utilizing all the capabilities that modern tech has to offer. Watch out this may still be the biggest movie of the year folks.

• Deadpool Trailer (language)

The highly anticipated Deadpool trailer finally debuted to hundreds of fans last weekend, and it almost broke the internet, in the process(again). They are clearly capturing our favorite Merc with a mouth the way he is supposed to be. However with it being a rated R movie this one is definitely not going to one for the whole family. Looks like a lot of fun still.

• Green Arrow Himself Ushering in the New Season

I love the costume! and with the producers trying to take a page out of the Flash playbook and going for a lighter, more fun approach this season I fully expect this to be one of the best seasons yet.

•  Fear the Walking Dead Trailer

One of my personal favorites for upcoming stuff was the first full length trailer for the new Walking dead spin off show Fear the Walking Dead. This show has me more excited than any other right now. It’s going to be very cool to get to see how the world falls apart when the outbreak begins. This should add a fresh new perspective to an already awesome show.

• Walking Dead Season 6 Trailer

As has become tradition now, we were also graced with yet another preview for the next season of the walking dead. Based on what I saw it looks like this is going to be one of the most intense seasons we've seen! If only we didn’t have to wait all the way till October :(

• New Standalone Green Lantern Movie
  

 

Not necessarily big news but it was announced that the Next Green Lantern Movie will be titled Green Lantern Corps and will feature both Hal Jordan and my personal favorite the Black Green Lantern John Stewart. 

• Batman the killing Joke Animated Movie

 DC has consistently been pumping out two or three animated movies each year. Most of which are aimed to young adults who were fans of the cartoons growing up. I would highly recommend you give them a look if you’re in the mood for a movie some night and don’t know what to watch. The next one on DC’s list will be based on none other than The Killing Joke. This comic is regarded almost undisputedly to be the best Joker story ever written! The fact that they are going to make it into a full length animated movie has me ecstatic to say the least! If you’re a joker fan at all then you should definitely check this one out when its released.

• Other Stuff

Other side notes included a cast photo of the new Ghost Busters in Uniform,

Confirmation that the cult classic TV show Firefly will likely be returning, with the original cast

a new trailer for the Heroes TV show reboot,



More information showing that sadley Superman won't be in the new supergirl show comming this fall but the show still looks like its going to be lots of fun with plenty of girl power superheroine action. Check out the trailer this is going to be good!

Also there was news that actor Wesley Snipes has been in talks with Marvel about bringing back the Blade franchise again.... kinda cool

All together this Comic-Con delivered us an awesome amount of material to be excited for.. DC clearly took control this year (with the absence of anything Avengers related it’s really no surprise). Now we just have to wait and see what we get from Salt Lake Comic-con which is coming up fast!