Comic Con is into Day Two with a Bang!

Comic Con is into Day Two with a Bang!

Jeri Jacquin, Movie Maven

Day two has ended and I couldn’t be more thrilled! In Hall H today there were some heavy hitters and fans were just crazed with excitement. Starting off the morning was the every funny and charming Simon Pegg and Nick Frost along with director Edgar Wright to promote the upcoming film THE WORLD’S END. All I can say is these three got everyone off to a giggling morning with their antics.

For Kickstarter fans the Hall was abuzz because of the highly anticipated panel and the return of Kristen Bell as VERONICA MARS. That’s right, the entire cast of the original series has been brought together by funds raised on Kickstarter and the film is wrapping up. Kristen Bell reprises her role as the private investigator Veronica Mars along with cast mates to see what has happened all these years later. It was a fun panel indeed.

Of course when Vin Diesel shows up in a room everyone stop breathing! Bringing his new film RIDDICK to audiences along with cast mate Katee Sackoff, the audience got a chance to see an extended look what our favorite outlander has been up to. He’s still quiet, his eyes still glow and he’s still a bad ass to the max.

Not to be outdone, KICK ASS 2 came to Hall H bringing the director and cast along with Aaron Taylor-Johnson who you might not even recognize and Hit Girl herself via satellite. Along with Christopher Mintz-Plasse and new cast member John Leguizamo. KICK ASS 2 is bringing double the mayhem and double the story so prepare for a super hero smash up!

The hall became increasingly tense as time dragged until the lights lowered and Chris Hardwick entered the room and that could mean only one thing, THE WALKING DEAD panel is about to begin. The roar of the crowd was deafening as each producers and writer Robert Kirkman was brought onto the panel but it became mayhem when Andrew Lincoln who plays Rick Grimes entered on the stage. Along with cast mates Danai Gurira as Michonne, Steve Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Scott Wilson, Chad Coleman, David Morrisey and the bow and arrow weilder himself Norman Reedus. It was a fantastic panel and yes, I saw a first hand look of what’s to come for Season Four and no, I’m not telling – you’re welcome!

What can be better than the previous panel? How about we double the intensity and add HBO’s highly successful series GAME OF THRONES. Oh yes, you read me right! Another panel of major cast members that set Hall H practically on fire. From the shows writers, to the author himself George R.R. Martin it was the cast that drew cheers. Tyrion Lannister himself Peter Dinklage brought deafening levels of applause followed by Michelle Fairley, John Bradley, Kit Harrington, Rose Leslie, Richard Madden, and the mother of dragons, the Caliese herself Emilia Clark.

Sony brought their offerings to Hall H with a panel of the cast CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 starring the voices of Bill Hader, Terry Crews and Anna Faris along with writer/creators Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn. This is definitely a family film that is filled with colorful creatures and loads of humor for everyone in the family.

Following this panel was THE MORTAL INSTRUMENT: CITY OF BONES with director Harald Zwart and cast Lily Collins, Jamie Campell Bower who some might remember from the TWILIGHT films, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers and Godfrey Gao. All the Shadow Hunters were thrilled with the first look at the film about a girl who enters a world with creatures she must deal with to save her missing mother played by Lena Headley.

Sony also brought to the panel at Hall H the group responsible for ROBOCOP. Director Jose Padiha introduced the new Robocop Joel Kinnaman who many might know as Det. Holder in the AMC series THE KILLING. Also in the film are Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton (yes, Batman!) and Samuel L. Jackson to round out the new cast.

Finally, no Comic Con would be complete without a visit from THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx as Electro. It was a love fest between Garfield and Foxx when they broke out into song together for the fans.

That’s it for day two! Tomorrow promises to be even bigger as Warner Brothers brings out the big guns with five panels, Lionsgate has audiences catching fire, 20th Century Fox has a few things up its sleeve and rounding out the day with Marvel’s offerings.

After a good nights sleep I’ll be back in line to make sure you get every bit of information on what’s happening at this year’s 2013 Comic Con from the Convention Center in downtown San Diego. This weekend looks to be a good one!