Over the past weekend geeks, nerds and all-around pop culture enthusiasts descended on the San Diego Convention Center for this year’s instalment of Comic-Con. The annual event has become a pilgrimage of sorts for fans of the science-fiction and fantasy genres. Film studios often hold panels at the event bringing along their star studded casts to announce their upcoming projects.
This year movie fans were probably expecting some big things from Marvel’s two upcoming projects, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant Man, but aside from some cast appearances and a bit of new footage, they came away empty handed. The same held true for Warner Bros. upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But even though there wasn’t a lot of superhero news, there were some great new reveals including the first footage of the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road and the next instalments of the Hobbit and Hunger Games franchises. We’ve gathered all the clips in one spot below with plot synopses where available.
Mad Max: Fury Road
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Directed by George Miller. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannized by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Ian Mckellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures.
Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain. As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore. Courtesy of Entertainment One.
The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. Starring Jessica Alba, Powers Boothe, Josh Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green. Courtesy of Entertainment One.
Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite to bring Miller’s visually stunning “Sin City” graphic novels back to the screen in SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR. Weaving together two of Miller’s classic stories with new tales, the town’s most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR is the follow up to Rodriguez and Miller’s 2005 groundbreaking film, FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY.
Horns
Directed by Alexandre Aja. Starring Daniel Radcliffe. Courtesy of Radius-TWC.
Blamed for the murder of his girlfriend, Ignatius Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe) awakens one morning to find he’s grown a pair of horns. Armed with new supernatural powers, he sets out to find the true killer.
The Maze Runner
Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter. Courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based upon the best-selling novel by James Dashner.
Tusk
Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment. Courtesy of A24 Films.
A man is captured by a maniac and tortured, physically and mentally, into becoming a walrus.
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