All news from San Diego Comic-Con 2018

Every year in San Diego Comic-Con, there is – to put it lightly – a lot to do. There were many new movie trailers and TV shows to watch and very special experiences for our writers Verge . But there was also no news for the world of cinema, television and comics. Here are some of the biggest ads you could have missed over the weekend.

James Gunn was fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

After a right-wing troll and a conspiracy theorist with antecedents of progressive voices spread offensive tweets made years ago by James Gunn, the director of Guardians of the Galaxy was abruptly fired from the third. slice of the Marvel film series. The reaction of the fans was strong and firmly in opposition. Currently, there is a fan petition with over 200,000 signatures requesting his reinstatement. His colleagues also spoke, including Dave Bautista (aka Drax) who expressed his support for Gunn and the actor Michael Rooker (aka Yondu) who left Twitter in protest.

Gunn was supposed to have made an appearance on the Sony Pictures panel in Hall H on Friday night, but a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter tweeted that this invitation would have been revoked . (The alleged aggressor Johnny Depp, meanwhile, has yet to make his own surprise appearance at the Warner Bros. panel. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald .)

The Reboot of Buffy

Nobody asked for that, but that does not mean that we will not end up wanting it. Fifteen years after the television debut of Buffy the Vampire Slaye 20th Century Fox Television announced Friday night that she was bringing back Joss Whedon's beloved hero to the small screen for another series.

Instead of a meeting with Sarah Michelle Gellar and company, the planned series (which has not yet found a home) will be a restart of the original series with a brand new cast. Whedon will produce, writer Monica Owusu-Breen ( Midnight, Texas, Agents of SHIELD ), and – in the greatest turn – the titular killer will be played by a black actress, who does not have a role to play. has not yet been named. (Why we did not just get a series Kendra centered instead remains unknown.)

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George Takei makes a graphic novel about childhood in the camps internally

When he was about five years old, Star Trek (and social media) star George Takei was imprisoned, with his family, in an internment camp dating from the Second World War world for Japanese-Americans. Now he makes a graphic novel about his experience, entitled They called us enemies . The book will be scripted with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott, illustrated by artist Harmony Becker, and published by IDW Publishing.

For Takei, it's more than just a return to the past. It's also a warning to all of us about where growing xenophobia in America might take us. "It has always been my mission in life to raise awareness of the unjust imprisonment of Japanese Americans in barbed wire prison camps during World War II," Takei tells The Hollywood Reporter on the book. "But I had no idea of ​​the relevance of this dark chapter of American history for our time."

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Supergirl launches activist Nicole Maines as first trans superhero

If a studio dominated Saturday at the Comic-Con International Con San Diego, it was Warner Bros. At the two-hour H Hall panel, the studio cinema arms debut trailers for Aquaman Shazam Fantastic Beasts and Godzilla: King of Monsters . The Warner Bros. Announcement on CW's Supergirl Television on Saturday, announcing that she had launched Nicole Maines, the young trans activist who had won a lawsuit against her school. District in 2014 after they banned him from using the appropriate restrooms – like the first trans superhero on the screen.

Maines will play Nia Nal, aka Dreamer, a version of Nura Nal / Dream Girl, a DC superhero Adventure Comics whose precognitive abilities allow him to predict (and prevent) the death of his teammates. According to what emerges from the panel, Maines & # 39; Dreamer will be explicitly trans and will follow the same journey as a hero towards the one that Kara Zor-El experienced while assuming the role of Supergirl at the beginning of the series.

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Spock, Number One, and Digital Shorts at Star Trek: Discovery

Friday afternoon, the cast of Star Trek: Discovery – with co-creator and showrunner Alex Kurtzman, executive producer Heather Kadin, and guest star Tig Notaro – enter Hall H for a glimpse of what's going to happen in the second season of the new property Star Trek . There was a trailer, which was mostly related to the revelation that Captain Christopher Pike was worthy of taking control of the Discovery of Acting Captain Saru. We also learned that CBS All Access will add Short Treks a series of short episodes that will debut monthly alongside the main show and extend backstories of characters like Saru and Tilly as well as the Trek the universe as a whole

But perhaps the most eagerly awaited news between these two big drops: one was Kurtzman's confirmation that Spock would actually appear in season 2, as many fans have asked for it. And the other was a totally unexpected spoiler of new cast member Anson Mount, who plays Pike: the new season would also do a bit of retonning needed and would bring back Number One, the female second-in-command of the original Star Trek pilot whose role was abandoned by the studios in favor of Leonard Nimoy's Spock because Hollywood of the 1960s was sexist like hell. The character was originally portrayed by Majel Barrett, who was both the wife of the creator Gene Roddenberry and the actress who was going to play Deanna Troi's mother, Lwaxanna Troi, as well as the computer. of the ship, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mount also rumored that the new number one would be played by none other than the genre icon Rebecca Romijn

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Marvel Digital Original Comics: Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist

After noticing that digital The comics about the character that appear in his Netflix series are selling particularly well, Marvel launches a line of original digital comics focusing precisely on that. The first series to be launched will be Jessica Jones followed by Luke Cage Iron Fist and Daughters of the Dragon (aka Misty Knight and Colleen Wing). Rather than the typical model of print comics that publishes a 20-page issue each month, the original digital comic book series will publish three issues of 40 pages every three months. The current digital series Cloak and Dagger will also become part of the line

Magic Leap signs an agreement with Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison, the enigmatic writer behind The Invisibles and All-Star Superman (who is also a practitioner of the magic of chaos), signed an agreement with Magic Leap to create experiments for the company's virtual reality headset . This follows the news that Magic Leap associates with Madefire for mixed reality comics. More at DC Comics, Morrison will also direct a new Hal Jordan series, The Green Lantern with artist Liam Sharp.

DC's streaming platform will cost $ 7.99 per month

Everyone seems to want their own streaming platform these days, and DC Entertainment is no exception. We already knew that the company plans to launch DC Universe, a subscription center for their shows that will also include a comic book library and animated series, but we now know what it will cost: $ 7.99 per month – the same amount as a Netflix Basic Plan or a Hulu Limited Advertising Plan – or $ 74.99 per year. Will fans be willing to pay as much for the DC service as for the streaming giants? We will discover this autumn.

Assorted Comics News

As you might expect, there were also great announcements for traditional comics, including big changes or new series for some of its most prominent creators. The long-time DC Comics writer, Gail Simone (19459004) Birds of Prey Batgirl ), is moving into a new world of superheroes, the Catalyst Prime Universe of Lion Forge Comics. his stories, while the writer Kelly-Sue Deconnick ( Bitch Planet Captain Marvel ) joins Aquaman . Fans of Star Wars also have a lot to gain, including a spooky Halloween special (from IDW Publishing) and an upcoming cross epic (at Marvel) that went through 24 issues and three eras: Age of Republic (the prequels); Age of Rebellion (Original Trilogy and Age of Resistance (the future).