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The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International is a yearly four-day event that is pretty much the equivalent of nerd heaven. From July 21 to July 24, there will be panels and announcements made for some of the biggest movies, TV shows, comic books, and video games in the world. The majority of the important news will break at Hall H, as this is the biggest facility at the San Diego Convention Center. It holds a whopping 6,500 people, so let’s break down what’s on tap for all these lucky geeks over the long weekend.
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Thursday, July 21
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – DreamWorks Animation will introduce their latest film, Trolls. Chris Hardwick will moderate the panel, and it will feature actors Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, as well as director Mike Mitchell, co-director Walt Dohrn, and producer Gina Shay.
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Director Oliver Stone and actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scott Eastwood, Shailene Woodley, and Zachary Quinto will discuss the upcoming Open Road Films biopic about Edward Snowden, which is the aptly-titled Snowden.
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – This will be the first public sneak peak of the science fiction film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Josh Horowitz will moderate the panel that will include director Luc Besson, producer Virginie Besson-Silla and actors Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne.
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Feral Audio will record a live podcast, featuring Dan Harmon, Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, Johnny Pemberton, Steve Agee and many more. The podcast will be moderated by Feral Audio’s General Manager/Creative Director Shawn Kittelsen.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – This panel will discuss the best genre fare from the festival circuit. It will be moderated by Fandango’s Erik Davis, and it will also include a look at director Ti West’s new film, In A Valley of Violence, starring Ethan Hawke and John Travolta.
Friday, July 22
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Firefly actors Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion will discuss the sophomore season of Con Man.
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Chris Hardwick will moderate panels for both Fear The Walking Dead and The Walking Dead. Actors such as Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Cliff Curtis and Kim Dickens will be in attendance.
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. – Executive producers and writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss will be joined by a ton of cast members to talk about seasons six and seven of Game of Thrones. The panel will be moderated by Rob McElhenney, a.k.a. Mac from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. – Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampie Slayer and Serenity, will discuss comics, television, and movies.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – In honor of South Park‘s 20th season premiering this September, Chris Hardwick will moderate a panel celebrating all 267 episodes.
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Kevin Smith will moderate a panel including Preacher‘s executive producers Seth Rogen and Even Goldberg, comic book co-creator and series co-executive producer Garth Ennis, and cast members Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun and more to discuss the series’ first season.
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Saturday, July 23
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Warner Bros. will showcase some of their upcoming releases such as Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, The LEGO Batman Movie, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Kong: Skull Island and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – This panel will celebrate Star Trek‘s upcoming 50th anniversary in September. Bryan Fuller, executive producer of the new Star Trek television series, will moderate a panel including William Shatner, Scott Bakula, Michael Dorn, Jeri Ryan, and Brent Spiner.
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton and others will discuss the 30th anniversary of Aliens.
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Entertainment Weekly is hosting a “Women Who Kick Ass” panel. It will feature Morena Baccarin, Melissa Benoist, Nathalie Emmanuel, Lucy Lawless and others.
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. – Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige will discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. – Kevin Smith will talk about his upcoming projects.
Sunday, July 24
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Amanda Abbington (actor), Mark Gatiss (co-creator/executive producer/writer), Steven Moffat (co-creator/executive producer/writer) and Sue Vertue (producer) will discuss Sherlock in a panel moderated by Chris Hardwick.
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Actors Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins and Mark A. Sheppard and executive producers Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb will talk about the upcoming 12th season of Supernatural.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – FOX is hosting a panel with actors from Prison Break and the 24 reboot series, 24: Legacy.
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Founder of Niantic John Hanke will use Ingress and Pokémon GO to discuss the future of video games.