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!
William Shatner kicks off the day with a presentation of his documentary Star Trek: The Captains, moderated by Kevin Smith. Then, John Cusack rolls through Comic-Con — which takes place every year in San Diego, if you didn’t know — with Relativity’s Raven, in which he portrays Edgar Allen Poe. Steven Soderbergh follows with his action pic Haywire, with MMA fighter-turned-movie star Gina Carano in tow.
The afternoon continues as Legendary Pictures brings in the stars and filmmakers of Pacific Rim, Seventh Son, Paradise Lost, and Mass Effect, including Guillermo del Toro and Alex Proyas; Kate Beckinsale and Co. present Underworld 4 (newsflash: they made an Underworld 4); and Craig Gillespie brings the stars of his Fright Night remake.
But it’s Sony who looks to own Friday at the Con, with a star-filled line-up of upcoming films Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 30 Minutes or Less, Total Recall, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
By my count that makes at least three Golden Globes winners and/or nominees and four Oscar winners and/or nominees (and, ahem, a few Razzie honorees) in the span of one afternoon at Comic-Con — not bad for a gathering known better as the genre nerd gathering of the…
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