{"id":38846,"date":"2016-07-11T21:14:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T01:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=38846"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:29:54","slug":"wonder-woman-kong-warner-brothers-san-diego-comic-con-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/11\/wonder-woman-kong-warner-brothers-san-diego-comic-con-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"WONDER WOMAN, KONG And More For Warner Brothers’ San Diego Comic Con Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warner Brothers is bringing in some of their big guns this coming weekend for San Diego Comic Con with the studio announcing their plans for their big presentation in the show’s Hall H on Saturday. Talent announced to be on hand include cast members of their upcoming Wonder Woman<\/strong>, Suicide Squad<\/strong>, The Lego Batman Movie<\/strong>, King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword<\/strong>, Kong: Skull Island<\/strong> and Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As always, as the news from these panels break, we’ll have plenty of analysis for you. In the meantime, here is the studio’s press release with more details. <\/p>\n

WARNER BROS. PICTURES BRINGS HEROES, MAGIC AND MYTH TO THIS YEAR\u2019S COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO<\/p>\n

The Studio will highlight its upcoming slate of features, including \u201cWonder Woman,\u201d \u201cSuicide Squad,\u201d \u201cThe LEGO\u00ae Batman Movie,\u201d \u201cKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword,\u201d \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d and \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans attending Q&As in Hall H and activations on the convention hall floor will see such stars as Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Charlie Hunnam, Will Arnett, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman and more, with special guest Conan O\u2019Brien hosting the Warner Bros. panel presentation.<\/p>\n

BURBANK, CA, July 11, 2016 \u2013 Warner Bros. Pictures will once again commandeer the convention when the Studio\u2019s biggest stars, DC\u2019s best Super Heroes and \u201cworst\u201d Super-Villains, fantastic beasts great and small and more head to this year\u2019s Comic-Con International: San Diego.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, July 23, beginning at 11:30 a.m., Warner Bros. will showcase several of its most-anticipated upcoming feature releases in its Hall H presentation, headed up by master of ceremonies Conan O\u2019Brien:<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cWonder Woman\u201d stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Connie Nielsen and director Patty Jenkins.
\n \u2022 \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach and Karen Fukuhara, along with writer\/director David Ayer.
\n \u2022 Director Chris McKay and star Will Arnett from \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie.\u201d
\n \u2022 Charlie Hunnam, who plays the title role in Guy Ritchie\u2019s epic actioner \u201cKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword,\u201d from Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures.
\n \u2022 Stars Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts of Warner Bros.\u2019 and Legendary Pictures\u2019 \u201cKong: Skull Island.\u201d
\n \u2022 Director David Yates with stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller and Colin Farrell from \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on Saturday, convention floor activities include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 In the Warner Bros. Booth: a \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u201d Wand Station and talent signing; \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie\u201d Selfie Booth; and an autograph signing with \u201cKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword\u201d star Charlie Hunnam.
\n \u2022 In the DC Booth: \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d and \u201cWonder Woman\u201d talent signings and costume displays; lifesized LEGO Batman character.
\n \u2022 In the LEGO\u00ae Booth: \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie\u201d talent signings and Selfie Booth; \u201cbuilding zone\u201d activation for fans to help LEGO Master Builders build life-sized LEGO Batman, Batgirl and Joker from \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, stated, \u201cComic-Con is one of our favorite annual events and we\u2019re thrilled to have an extraordinary lineup of films to highlight this year. It\u2019s always exciting for us to give these fans a taste of what we\u2019re bringing to theaters in such a direct way, connecting them with the talented actors and filmmakers who work so hard to make everyone\u2019s movie-going experience a memorable one.\u201d<\/p>\n

About \u201cWonder Woman\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWonder Woman\u201d hits movie theaters around the world next summer when Gal Gadot returns as the title character in the epic action adventure from director Patty Jenkins. Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers\u2026and her true destiny.<\/p>\n

Joining Gadot in the international cast are Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Sa\u00efd Taghmaoui. Jenkins directs the film from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns, story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg, based on characters from DC Entertainment. Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston. The film is produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Richard Suckle, with Rebecca Roven, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, an Atlas Entertainment\/Cruel and Unusual production, \u201cWonder Woman.\u201d The film is scheduled for release on June 2, 2017, and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. www.wonderwomanfilm.com<\/p>\n

About \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d<\/p>\n

From director David Ayer comes \u201cSuicide Squad,\u201d starring Oscar nominee Will Smith, Oscar winner Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman and Oscar nominee Viola Davis. It feels good to be bad\u2026 Assemble a team of the world\u2019s most dangerous, incarcerated Super-Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government\u2019s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren\u2019t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it\u2019s every man for himself?<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Ayer based on the characters from DC, the film also stars Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach, and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. It is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, an Atlas Entertainment production, a film by David Ayer, \u201cSuicide Squad.\u201d The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film opens worldwide in 3D, and in 2D, and in select IMAX 3D theaters August 5, 2016. \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language. www.suicidesquad.com<\/p>\n

About \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie\u201d<\/p>\n

In the irreverent spirit of fun that made \u201cThe LEGO\u00aeMovie\u201d a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble \u2013 LEGO Batman \u2013 stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker\u2019s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.<\/p>\n

Will Arnett reprises his starring role from \u201cThe LEGO Movie\u201d as the voice of LEGO Batman, aka Bruce Wayne. Zach Galifianakis stars as The Joker; Michael Cera as the orphan Dick Grayson; Rosario Dawson as Barbara Gordon; and Ralph Fiennes as Alfred. \u201cThe LEGO\u00ae Batman Movie\u201d is directed by Chris McKay and produced by Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It is written by Seth Grahame-Smith and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, with additional screenplay material by Jared Stern & John Whittington, based on LEGO Construction Toys, in association with LEGO System AS. Chris McKay also serves as an executive producer, alongside Ryan Harris. A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, \u201cThe LEGO Batman Movie\u201d will open in theaters on February 10, 2017. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. www.LegoBatman.com<\/p>\n

About \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures\u2019 \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific\u2014as beautiful as it is treacherous\u2014unaware that they\u2019re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.<\/p>\n

\u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Oscar winner Brie Larson, John Goodman and John C. Reilly. The international ensemble cast also includes Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Toby Kebbell and Eugene Cordero. Vogt-Roberts directs the film from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy and Derek Connolly. \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d is produced by Legendary\u2019s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni with Mary Parent. The executive producers are Eric McLeod and Alex Garcia. Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Present a Legendary Pictures Production, \u201cKong: Skull Island.\u201d The film will be released worldwide in 2D, 3D in select theatres, and IMAX March 10, 2017, from Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.<\/p>\n

About \u201cKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword\u201d<\/p>\n

Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to an original King Arthur epic, a sweeping fantasy action adventure starring Charlie Hunnam. Starring with Hunnam are Astrid Berg\u00e8s-Frisbey, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Oscar nominee Jude Law, and Eric Bana. Ritchie directs the film from a screenplay by Joby Harold and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, story by Joby Harold. The film is produced by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman, Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Lionel Wigram, Guy Ritchie and Steve Clark-Hall. David Dobkin and Bruce Berman are executive producers. Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Weed Road\/Safehouse Pictures Production, a Ritchie\/Wigram Production. Slated for release on March 24, 2017, the film will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. www.kingarthurmovie.com<\/p>\n

About \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u201d is an all-new adventure returning us to the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling. Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne stars in the central role of wizarding world magizoologist Newt Scamander, under the direction of David Yates, who helmed the last four \u201cHarry Potter\u201d blockbusters. The film opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident\u2026were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named Jacob, a misplaced magical case, and the escape of some of Newt\u2019s fantastic beasts, which could spell trouble for both the wizarding and No-Maj worlds.<\/p>\n

Starring with Redmayne are Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, two-time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton, Oscar winner Jon Voight, Ron Perlman, Carmen Ejogo, Jenn Murray, Faith Wood- Blagrove and Colin Farrell. The film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, whose beloved Harry Potter books were adapted into the top-grossing film franchise of all time. Her script was inspired by the Hogwarts textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by her character Newt Scamander. The film reunites a number of people from the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d features, including producers David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram. Warner Bros. Pictures has slated \u201cFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\u201d for worldwide release in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX on November 18, 2016. www.fantasticbeasts.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The studio is bringing some heavy hitters for their Hall H presentation at one of the biggest shows of the year.<\/div>\n

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