CNET is live on-site at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, and we’ve got all the biggest news from Marvel, Prime Video, Max, Peacock, and other entertainment giants. Deadpool and Wolverine even made an appearance on Thursday before their new movie hits theaters on Friday. If you couldn’t make it to California, we’ve got all the latest TV, movie, and animation news to keep you up to date. That means we’re sharing new trailer arrivals, panel sound bites, and the hottest stuff from Hall H as it happens.
Over the days, we’ve gotten an interesting look at new releases including The Penguin, Peacock’s Teacup, Alien: Romulus, Like A Dragon: Yakuza, and Rings of Power for Prime Video, as well as Marvel’s showcase, which offered some big Avengers 5 reveals. Below is a roundup of all the biggest TV and movie drops of the week. Check back here for daily updates.
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Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he will play Doctor Doom in Avengers 5, now known as Avengers: Doomsday.
Robert Downey Jr. is Doctor Doom
Marvel’s Hall H conference brought some big news regarding Avengers 5. The movie has a new title, Avengers: Doomsday. The Russo Brothers are directing the movie (and Avengers: Secret Wars), and on top of that, Robert Downey Jr. will play Doctor Doom in Doomsday.
The Penguin
The Penguin, the new crime drama starring an unrecognizable Colin Farrell, will premiere on HBO and Max on September 19. The series is a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ 2022 film The Batman, in which Farrell also played the Gotham mobster. Check out the dark official trailer below.
The Boys is getting a prequel: Vought Rising
Prime Video’s bloody superhero series is getting a spinoff, with Jensen Ackles returning as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash returning as Stormfront. The prequel, Vought Rising, will take viewers back to the 1950s, the early days of the corrupt corporation and Stormfront’s former identity, Clara Vought. Eric Kripke will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Jensen Ackles stars as Soldier Boy in season 3 of The Boys on Prime Video.
Rings of Power Season 2 Goes ‘Nuclear’
The new season will premiere on Prime Video on August 29, and clips shared in Hall H show a massive fight with orcs and rings being forged. The show’s creators say Rings of Power season 2 is about “the coming of the nuclear age and everybody wants the bomb, everybody wants the nuclear codes, but what they don’t know is that it all feeds off of this guy (Sauron).” Adar and Sauron will be in conflict with each other, and giant creatures will be abound this time around. Check out the latest trailer here.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Adapted from Sega’s video game series, Like a Dragon: Yakuza brings Kamurochō to life on Prime Video. Fans were treated to clips on Friday featuring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu and Kento Kaku as Nishikiyama Akira. The series is an origin story of sorts, spanning 10 years in the life of Kazuma Kiryu and his brotherly bond with Nishiki. The first three episodes will premiere on Prime Video on October 24. Check out the trailer below, which was released on Friday.
James Gunn’s Creature Commandos
In a surprise appearance at a panel hosted by DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee, James Gunn showed up to promote Max’s new animated series, Creature Commandos. Much like Suicide Squad, the series follows a team of incarcerated, misfit monsters tasked with going on world-saving missions. The voice cast includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Steve Agee as Economos, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein, and Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus. Gunn wrote all seven episodes of the upcoming outing, which will be released in December.
Doctor Who Gets New Spin-Off
Disney has revealed a new addition to the Doctor Who franchise that will take a trip back to the 1970s with the Sea Devils, a group of ancient beings that emerge from the sea. Made in partnership with the BBC, the series will star Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Alexander Devrient and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The series will air on Disney Plus, where fans can currently watch Doctor Who season 14 starring Ncuti Gatwa.
⛰️ THE WAR BETWEEN LAND AND SEA 🌊
Just announced in Hall H: a new Whoniverse spin-off begins filming next month with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient leading the cast.To learn more, visit the #Doctor Who website https://t.co/vNkQffl4BV pic.twitter.com/enRr2T8Kw6
— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) July 26, 2024
Peacock’s horror series Teacup
The streamer is currently in the midst of live streaming the Olympics, but one of its upcoming releases is Teacup, a new horror series from James Wan. A Peacock original series based on Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger, it mixes suspense, drama, and scares. Check out the trailer for the series, which premieres this fall on October 10.
There is something there. #Tea cupfrom executive producers Ian McCulloch and James Wan, arrives October 10 on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/c6ssGKeeoM
— Peacock (@peacock) July 25, 2024
Season 3 has a release date
Horror mystery series From follows up its season finale with a third installment set to air September 22. Airing on MGM Plus, the series is set in a (seemingly) inescapable city threatened by bloodthirsty monsters.
Michael C. Hall Returns to Dexter
The Dexter universe continues to expand. At the Ballroom 20 panel for the upcoming prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin, the audience got their first look at the breakfast sequence, a fun callback to the original series’ opening credits. The show stars Patrick Gibson as the titular antihero and Christian Slater as Harry Morgan. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Christina Milian, and Patrick Dempsey round out the cast.
Michael C. Hall took the stage at the conference to reveal his role in the series. When the show premieres on Paramount Plus in December, we’ll hear him deliver his inner monologue. “It’s pretty intoxicating. It’s so rewarding,” he said. “I’ve spent so much time with this character, and to go back and see all the holes of imagination filled in is going to be awesome.”
As a bonus, Hall announced that he would be reprising the role that made him famous, in a new series called Dexter: Resurrection. The series will be set in the present day and will premiere in the summer of 2025.
First Look at Season 3 of The Legend of Vox Machina
Prime Video’s animated series, based on the wildly popular D&D streaming game series Critical Role, is back for its biggest adventure yet. According to the official synopsis for The Legend of Vox Machina’s third season, which premieres October 3, “everything is on the line.”
In the world of Critical Role, isn’t that always the case?
Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham and Liam O’Brien took to Ballroom 20 on Saturday to discuss the future of the series, the highly anticipated spinoff The Mighty Nein (check out a clip below) and the future of Critical Role.