With the continuing WGA strike and the looming SAG-AFTRA strike (if agreements aren’t reached by June 30), San Diego Comedian-Con will look lots completely different this yr. If actors be a part of writers and showrunners in hanging, meaning they will not be sitting on panels — and as such, studios are pulling out of the con.
Marvel, Lucas Movies and their father or mother firm Disney aren’t planning any SDCC panels(opens in a brand new tab), Selection reported. Netflix, Sony Photos, Common Photos, and HBO are additionally sitting out the con, which is scheduled to start July 19.
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Others have a “wait and see” perspective. NBC, as an illustration, will solely maintain its panels if there isn’t any actors strike (although that might not be the case for its streaming service, Peacock). Warner Bros. apparently hasn’t decided, however its streaming service Max will apparently convey animation titles to SDCC(opens in a brand new tab). The identical is true for Paramount Photos and a panel for the upcoming animated movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
Apple, in the meantime, hasn’t stated whether or not it is going to go ahead with its panels, in keeping with Selection. Amazon plans to have “some” sort of presence, with The Boys: Gen V and the subsequent season of The Wheel of Time slated for this fall.
“With regard to the strike and its attainable results on Comedian-Con, we are likely to chorus from hypothesis or forecasting,” an SDCC spokesperson informed Selection in an announcement. “I’ll say, our hope is for a speedy decision that may show useful to all events and permit everybody to proceed the work they love. Till then, we proceed to diligently work on our summer season occasion within the hopes of creating it as enjoyable, academic, and celebratory as in years previous.”