If you were hoping to see some hairy-footed Middle-earth action at Comic-Con this weekend, some distressing news: Peter Jackson and The Hobbit won't make an appearance at the pop culture mecca because -- in the director's words -- it's "too early." Jackson took to Facebook to make the disappointing announcement, but like any good geek icon, he offered some consolation: another production video! Click through for Jackson's Facebook post and the clip.
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With vampires, superheroes, and, um, Oscar winners galore, this year's Comic-Con is shaping up to be a memorable one for geeks of every stripe. Movieline's own Jen Yamato and Julie Miller will be reporting from the ground in San Diego starting tomorrow to bring you the biggest news, footage reports, and sightings from the annual pop culture fest. And what are we looking forward to most? Hit the jump for 10 of the biggest film-related Comic-Con highlights to keep on your radar.
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Consider this the calm before the storm. Starting later tonight in limited preview and rolling out in full on Thursday, movie geeks of all shapes, sizes, creeds and fan-bases will hit San Diego for Comic-Con 2011. Only some geeks -- and here at Movieline, we use that term as lovingly as possible -- are already waiting for the fun to start. Hey, they don't call 'em Twi-hards for nothing!
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The Big Bang Theory actress is on to something when she calls out the ubiquity of Slave Leia costumes at Star Wars conventions. Cosplayers and Comic-Con attendees, listen up: There are plenty more ladies with perfectly hewn braids to imitate.
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Movieline will offer you complete Comic-Con coverage later this week of everything, including Francis Ford Coppola's gothic indie Twixt, which he will be previewing at the geek-riffic convention. Until then, take a first look at the Oscar-winning director on set with his latest muse and Twixt star Elle Fanning.
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Also in this Thursday edition of The Broadsheet: Mila Kunis's schedule could keep her from the Marine Corps Ball (no!)... Harry Potter producer David Heyman looks for the next big thing... What to Expect When You're Expecting hires your favorite Bridesmaids cast member... and more ahead.
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The hilariously massive schedule for day three of Comic-Con has been released, and while it doesn't offer as many geek-bait treats as days one and two did, it does have Francis Ford Coppola front and center. The Oscar-winning director brings TWIXT to San Diego later this month, where he'll be joined by Kevin Smith, Snow White and the Huntsman, Immortals, and plenty of your favorite television shows. Click through for the day three lineup.
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Breaking Dawn highlighted yesterday's announcement of the Day One schedule for Comic-Con, but today's unveiling of Day Two's line-up promises even more star wattage in Hall H. Among the talent making appearances in support of upcoming projects: John Cusack, Steven Soderbergh, Jeff Bridges, Alex Proyas, Guillermo del Toro, Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Nicolas Cage, and Andrew Garfield. Hit the jump to see how many award nominees and Oscar winners will come through the geek event on Friday alone!
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For fanboys, a sigh of relief; the just-announced schedule of events for Thursday at this year's Comic-Con will slate ladies first, generally speaking, as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn holds its presentation early in the day, thus allowing for thousands of sweaty non-Twilighter geeks to pack Hall H in time for their most-anticipated panels. Official Breaking Dawn panel times and more from Thursday's schedule after the jump!
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Legendary Pictures -- the production company behind Batman Begins, Watchmen, Clash of the Titans, and all the movies you can't wait to see in 2012 and beyond -- will host its first Comic-Con panel later this month, and while footage will likely be scarce, expect a parade of talent to come through Hall H for upcoming films Pacific Rim, Seventh Son, Paradise Lost, and the Mass Effect video game adaptation. Hit the jump for Legendary's roster of talent!
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Twenty four-year-old Lyndsy Fonseca has been familiar to television fans since her days on The Young and the Restless (she also appeared on Boston Public, Big Love, Desperate Housewives, and as Ted Mosby's future daughter on How I Met Your Mother) but she made herself known in fierce fashion last fall as Maggie Q's cunning and loyal protégé, Alex, on The CW's lady spy series Nikita. This week Fonseca adds to her growing film slate with a turn in John Carpenter's The Ward, a '60s-set psychological horror tale also filled with complex female relationships, themes of survival, and endless twists and turns.
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Take note, nerds: Francis Ford Coppola is about to invade your favorite geek event of the year. The director will bring his latest film, Twixt, to showcase at the July convention, where he'll integrate live music by Dan Deacon to demonstrate the project's boundary-pushing interactive presentation. What treats are in store for lucky Con-goers?
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Mark your calendars, boys and girls! Summit Entertainment will fill Hall H with the magical sound of thousands of screaming Twi-hards on Thursday, July 21, when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 director Bill Condon brings exclusive footage to Comic-Con, along with his cast. But who cares about the cast, amirite? It's all about the cinematic art. Also, vampire sex.
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Community earned a lot of buzz in its first season on the air, but there's still a lot of people who have yet to discover it, and Joel McHale met almost all of those people on the red carpet for the Chopard pre-Emmy bash in Los Angeles last weekend (among the odd questions he had to field: "Growing up, did you prefer the Backstreet Boys or N Sync?"). Needless to say, he was happy to actually talk about the show to Movieline, and dished on the cast's recent Comic-Con sojourn, guest star Betty White, and his favorite unaired pilot.
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Maybe Fox canceled the Terra Nova Comic-Con panel because they knew they could just do another one next summer. Today, the network announced that Steven Spielberg's dinosaur time travel series had been bumped from a planned January start to fall 2011. Still, those hoping for an early peek should keep next May open -- as they did with Glee Fox will air a preview of the series during sweeps week. [Deadline]
