Marvel Studios plans to return to Hall H this year, the Clayface trailer delivers a sculpted first look at that film, and there’s steady heat at the box office. All of that and more coming up right after this.

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Marvel Studios Will Return

Perhaps hope will spring eternal after all with the announcement that Marvel Studios will be back in Hall H this year at San Diego Comic-Con. There’s a lot on the line this year with Avengers: Doomsday, so the franchise giant must see the sense in returning to their iconic presentation time and space. Post-COVID, Comic-Con has seen success wax and wane in these presentations, but is it do or die time for the MCU?

Skin-Deep Villainy

DC Studios delivered a teaser trailer for Clayface, premiering this fall on October 23. The haunting trailer shows the titular character and flashes of violence happening to and around him. We’re also getting the whole Harvey Dent family in The Batman II with legendary actor Charles Dance in talks to play Harvey’s father. Dance is known for his role as Tywin Lannister on Game of Thrones and joins a powerful family with Sebastian Stan and Scarlett Johansson already slated to play Harvey and Gilda Dent, respectively. Things are feeling spooky in the best way, right?

Space-Crazy Box Office

Space is dominating the space at the box office, with The Super Mario Galaxy Movie crossing the $740 million mark recently and Project Hail Mary bringing in more than half a billion dollars. Though perhaps not well-known in the states, Super Mario just blew by China’s race car film Pegasus 3, which has garnered more than $600 million. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy opened last weekend to a $34 million global start as well with a different trajectory than space and keeping the horror box office strong. It appears that the movie theater is back…?

Coming up in the Lightning Round: David Harbour joins Rambo prequel, The Elden Ring movie is a go, another, yes ANOTHER, Texas Chainsaw Massacre property, and Rings of Power Season 3 coming soon. Don’t go anywhere!

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Who won CinemaCon this year?

Disney - 71.4%

Warner Bros. - 21.4%

Sony - 4.8%

Paramount - 0%

Universal - 2.4%

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Lightning Round

• David Harbour has joined the cast of Rambo prequel John Rambo, Lionsgate and Millennium Media’s action feature being directed by Jalmari Helander.

• A24 has entered production on Alex Garland's film adaptation of the video game Elden Ring, which now has a release date of March 3, 2028. Several cast members have also been announced including Cailee Spaeny, Jonathan Pryce, Nick Offerman, and Peter Serafinowicz, among others.

• Kathryn Newton is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Doomsday after starring in 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. She announced her return to the franchise on Instagram last week.

• A24 is in talks with Obsession filmmaker Curry Baker to write and direct a Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, which will exist separately from the planned TV series from Glen Powell.

• AppleTV has released the first teaser trailer for season 3 of Silo and set a release date. The 10-episode season will premiere with the first episode on July 3, followed by one new episode every Friday through September 4.

• The Multiverse News lore runs deep today: Ketchup Entertainment has released the first trailer for Dave Green's Coyote vs. Acme.