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A loving unpacking of narrative themes, a bundle of toy reveals and other material debuts, and a surprise appearance from none other than William Shatner marked the highlights of a special panel presentation celebrating the 40th anniversary of Masters of the Universe at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 on Thursday, July 21. Moderated by director (and Masters of the Universe: Revelation creator) Kevin Smith, the event looked both backward and forwards, digging into the history of the pop culture sensation — which began as an original line of toys and accompanying mini-comics in 1982, and has in the decades since spanned action figures, film, publishing, videogames, and of course a plethora of animated TV series (sometimes existing in parallel), in addition to a variety of other media platforms.

After several years of shutdown owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, San Diego Comic-Con was finally back in full swing this year, welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd of dedicated genre fans. Kicking off a full day of Hall H presentations on Thursday, July 21, was a debut look at the big screen fantasy action-adventure comedy Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, releasing March 3, 2023, from Paramount Pictures.

Making Delia Owens’ bestselling book Where the Crawdads Sing into a film of the same name took a powerhouse like Reese Witherspoon, who cast Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, the Marsh Girl – ostracized by a small town and accused of murder. Reese then roped in none other than Taylor Swift to contribute a song.

Few movies have successfully utilized the found footage formula that the 1999 juggernaut The Blair Witch Project took all the way to the bank (grossing over 4,000 times its original budget). The technique of narration through a series of (supposedly) discovered raw, candid, and startling, video recordings naturally lends itself to the horror genre.

Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo have directed four of Marvel Studios' most epic movies. They started out directing TV sitcoms like Arrested Development and Community and occasional feature films like Welcome to Collinwood and You, Me and Dupree.

For all science fiction fans, knowing that actor – and now, astronaut – William Shatner will be in the famous Hall H of Comic-Con 2022, makes it a mandatory stop inside the San Diego Convention Center. It will be a highlight to see and hear the actor who made his film and television character, James T.

Berlin. On a beautiful summer day, 30-year-old Sasha collapses in a park.

As a child, everything seemed impossible to Kyle Westphal – going to school, socializing with other kids, looking someone directly in the eye. Wrapping himself in a blanket comforted him as he felt safe in his world where he could be himself.

Once upon a time, there was a young man determined to be a filmmaker. He had studied Physics and English at Fullerton College in Brea, California, where his Canadian family had relocated, but soon was caught with a new passion: movies.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) and the Narrating Behavior Change Program of the World Bank announced the panelists participating in the first in a series of Global Forums focused on the growth of edutainment programming around the world and the use of entertainment media with educational objectives. Educational entertainment programming was first coined by Walt Disney in 1954, but its roots go all the way back in history with writers using literary devices to convey meaning and to educate on important issues of the day.