Confirmed: Marvel is skipping SDCC 2015

It's been rumored for months, but we now have confirmation that Marvel will not have a Hall H panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con International. Marvel has been the star of Hall H for quite a few years now and it's a bit confusing as to why they are skipping this year.

Many are speculating this is due to Marvel's somewhat lackluster panel last year. They had attempted to use the platform to announce all of Phase Three, tease Guardians of the Galaxy, and announce Joaquin Phoenix as Doctor Strange, but his negotiations fell through just prior to the convention. As a result, they didn't reveal much at all.
However, there are a couple options why. Seeing that Marvel is a Disney owned entity now, Kevin Feige might decide to save whatever they have for the D23 Convention in Anaheim. They are Disney owned, after all. Another theory is they just don't have enough to show. Captain America: Civil War just started filming, Spider-Man hasn't begun production yet, and there is no point trying to hype Ant-Man because it's hitting next month.

Just a heads up

With all the big Comic-Con news set to hit this weekend I figured I would just put a warning out there that this blog will be a little delayed with news. I am scheduled to work this weekend into the evenings so I will try and keep up as much as I can, but I will most likely miss some stuff.

What I will probably do is do wrap-up posts for stuff that I missed and save individual posts for the major events. I also want to mention that I have somewhat joined the anti-spoiler movement and will be staying away from some things based on principle. If something seems to revealing or is excessive I will be skipping it and you can read about those things elsewhere.
That also explains my lack of posts recently regarding multiple trailers and clips for Guardians of the Galaxy and other films, like the map and plot leak for Jurassic World, because I simply feel like it spoils the movies a bit too much. Truth be told, I haven't watched or read anything about Guardians of the Galaxy since the second trailer was released. I don't like going into a theater feeling like I have already seen the best parts. I mean, we all saw what Sony did with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with the five trailers plus photos plus clips that revealed just about every key point in the film. I think studio marketing has reached a point of being too revealing and I'm sure Comic-Con won't be any different. Simple as that.

So yeah, just a heads up on what to expect this weekend regarding SDCC as far as this blog goes. I'm bummed I can't sit glued to the news like I have in previous years, but what can you do.

Comic-Con schedule for Saturday, July 20th

The big day of events has been released for San Diego Comic-Con 2013. Saturday will feature panels and events for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, ComiKev, and HBO's True Blood. The schedule below is separated by room. Of course this isn't the entire schedule, so to see the full schedule head over to the Comic-Con website and check it out.


Saturday, July 20th:

Ballroom 20:

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole (10:15am)

Once Upon a Time: Off to Neverland (11am)

Futurama (12pm)

The Simpsons (12:45pm)

Family Guy (1:45pm)

American Dad (2:30pm)

True Blood Panel and Q&A (3:30pm)

The Vampire Diaries Video Presentation and Q&A (4:30pm)

Arrow Video Presentation and Q&A (5:15pm)

HBO Presents the Comic-Con International Masquerade (8:30pm)


Room 6A:

A&E's Bates Motel (10am)

The Future of Xbox Gaming Revealed (11:15am)

Marvel Video Games (12:30pm)

Marvel's INFINITY (1:45pm)

Cartoon Network New Comedies: Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe, and Clarence (3pm)

Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment: Superman's 75th Anniversary Celebration (4:15pm)

Gays in Comics XXVI (5:30pm)

Gays Comic Fan Mixer and Silent Auction (7pm)

HBO Presents the Comic-Con International Masquerade - Overflow 6A (8:30pm)


Indigo Ballroom:

Machinima: Redefining the 'Fan Film' (10am)

Geek and Sundry: Leveling Up (11am)

How I Met Your Mother (12pm)

The Originals Video Presentation and Q&A (1pm)

The Awesomes: A Hulu Original Series (2pm)

Nerdist Industries (3pm)

Being Human (4pm)

Warehouse 13 (5pm)

Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey (6pm)


Hall H:

Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures - Godzilla, Seventh Son, 300: Rise of an Empire, Gravity, and The LEGO Movie (10:45am)

Lionsgate - I, Frankenstein and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (1:35pm)

Entertainment Weekly's Women Who Kick Ass (2:55pm)

20th Century Fox [TBA Schedule as of July 6th] (4:15pm)

Marvel Studios - Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (6pm)

ComiKev 2013 - Kevin Smith uses his mouth and you in Hall H (7:15pm)



Still no word on exactly who will be in the panels or exactly what 20th Century Fox will showcase at Comic-Con, but it appears that Saturday is a pretty big day. I would pretty much just camp out inside Hall H seeing that Lionsgate and Marvel are fairly close together.