Firefly had its long awaited reunion at Comic-Con yesterday, much to the delight of the thousands of rabid Browncoats in attendance. Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive photo shoot with the cast and creator Joss Whedon, CinemaBlend posted a great live blog of the panel, and Collider has a nice wrap up and video of the emotional question that had the crowd on their feet cheering, and brought both Joss Whedon on Nathan Fillion to tears. Science Channel was on hand to cover the event and will air a Firefly Reunion Special on November 11th.
(EW, CinemaBlend, Collider)
Although Jessica Biel is reportedly set for the female lead opposite Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine as Viper, she held firm at Comic-Con while promoting Total Recall that “It’s a little bit too soon for that kind of an announcement,” in an interview with Hitfix.
(Deadline, Hitfix)
(NRS, CinemaBlend)
AMC released a trailer for The Walking Dead ‘s upcoming third season following its Comic-Con presentation, and has confirmed its season premiere for Sunday, October 14, at 9pm. The sixteen episodes will be split into two parts, with the show returning on February 13, 2013 for the remaining eight episodes
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Following his inadvertent loose lips slip last week of the super secret identity of the villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek 2, Karl Urban revealed to Ain’t It Cool News exactly how director J.J. Abrams reprimanded the actor, and what he is is to do if asked anything further regarding the sequel while promoting Dredd at Comic-Con.
(SFX, Ain’t It Cool News)
Here is a hot trailers and clips Comic-Con roundup from Oz The Great And Powerful, Frankenweenie, Dexter, and Dredd.
(NerdyRottenScoundrel)
20th Century Fox is fast tracking their reboot of The Fantastic Four, setting both a director and screenwriter this week. Chronicle helmer Josh Trank has been confirmed to direct the reboot of the Marvel Comics super team. The now done deal follows the rumors regarding Trank inheriting the franchise that started hot on the heels of the success of his found footage ‘teens with superpowers who go bad’ hit for the studio. In addition, Fox has tapped Jeremy Slater to pen the script.
(CinemaBlend, The Hollywood Reporter).
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