Saturday’s rollout of news and trailers at San Diego Comic-Con wrapped up three days of big reveals, and CNET was in attendance to keep up with it all. Marvel’s Hall H presentation was highly anticipated, but there aren’t any new teasers to share.
Still, we want to make sure you’re clued in to all the biggest trailer drops and release dates for upcoming movies and TV shows. Though fans got an early round of official trailers for Clayface, Other Mommy and Avengers: Doomsday ahead of the convention, Apple TV, Warner Bros., Prime Video, Paramount and more studios continued to push out sneak peeks and thrilling teasers for their slates.
What are the must-watch trailers so far? All of them, basically. You can catch Carrie, The Rings of Power, Lanterns, Avatar: Seven Havens and others, and also be sure to scroll through all the SDCC merch reveals that you may’ve missed, too.
Carrie
Stephen King gave his stamp of approval and is an executive producer for Prime Video’s Carrie TV series that’s set to premiere on Oct. 7. From director Mike Flanagan, the show drops Carrie into a modernized world where cell phones and the internet give bullies a larger audience. But just because the novel took place in 1974 and it’s 2026 now, it doesn’t mean this new take won’t have Carrie’s telekinetic abilities setting things on fire.
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.
Reacher, season 4
Season 4 of Reacher, which is based on Gone Tomorrow, the 13th book in Lee Child’s hit novel series, finds Jack Reacher traveling from rural America to the streets of Manhattan. Switching gears from previous seasons, the new installment finds Reacher immersed in a political conspiracy, leaving him with few people he can trust.
Stuck on the streets of New York, with the FBI and CIA on the hunt for Jack Reacher, this season finds our hero once again immersed in a mission to bring evildoers to justice. It just so happens that this time, that bad guy is apparently running for president. Alan Ritchson is back as Reacher alongside series newcomers Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, Sydell Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun and Kevin Corrigan.
Neagley
Maria Sten’s Neagley has been one of Jack Reacher’s fiercest and most skilled protégés. Now in her own spinoff show, she’ll be taking shots in the name of justice and ends up uncovering something grimmer than imagined. Season 1 of the action series debuts on Prime Video on Sept. 16.
Queen of the Damned
AMC’s Interview With the Vampire series is poised to slide into its fourth season with a focus on the vampire Akasha and has titled the new season as Queen of the Damned. Season 3 (titled The Vampire Lestat) brought her into the story and introduced actor Sheila Atim as the very first vampire. Atim, along with co-stars Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman and Eric Bogosian, appeared in Hall H to share the news.
Matchbox The Movie
Kids who played with Matchbox cars when they were young grow up and learn their friend is a CIA agent who gets them caught up in a case. That’s the premise of Apple TV’s new comedy film starring John Cena as the spy and Jessica Biel, Teyonah Parris, Sam Richardson and Arturo Castro as said friends. You can stream the movie on Oct. 9.
Neuromancer
Apple TV’s sci-fi shows tend to be top-notch, and the cyberpunk-themed Neuromancer looks like it could be a remarkable addition. Callum Turner is Case, a hacker who gets drawn into a dangerous life-or-death game involving espionage, artificial intelligence and deceit. Based on William Gibson’s 1984 novel, the TV adaptation will have 10 episodes and premiere on Jan. 22, 2027.
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.
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
An extended sneak peek for the new season of Regular Show: The Lost Tapes is now out for our consumption. When the show was revived as The Lost Tapes, it gave viewers new adventures with Mordecai and Rigby through the lens of Pops keeping up with them from the afterlife. Well, there are more VHS tapes to dig through when the next season lands on Cartoon Network and HBO Max this September.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
HBO Max’s spin-off of The Big Bang Theory follows Kevin Sussman’s Stuart as he tries to undo the damage he caused after breaking one of Leonard and Sheldon’s inventions. A multiversal, reality-hopping, trippy joyride ensues, where viewers see alternate versions of characters they know and much more. The first episode debuted on July 23, but a clip was shared during the show’s Comic-Con panel. You can stream new episodes on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
Dark Matter, Season 2
Apple TV’s panel also included a preview of Dark Matter’s second season, which draws the Dessen family deeper into the mysteries of The Box. Their stability is threatened, as is that of Amanda and Ryan when the series returns on Aug. 28.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4
During Star Trek’s 60th anniversary celebration in Hall H on Saturday, the crew gave the audience a sneak peek of what’s coming in season 4 of Strange New Worlds.
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