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Live Updates From San Diego Comic-Con 2026 🔴 - Gizmodo
Entertainment and CultureBy Jen Lennon, Cheryl Eddy, and Germain Lussier7/23/20261 min read
Join io9 as we bring you news and updates from the biggest pop culture convention of the year.
✨ Key Highlights
- San Diego Comic-Con 2026 runs Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26, with io9 reporters Cheryl Eddy and Germain Lussier reporting live and noting the crowds appear livelier than in 2025, when studios such as Marvel skipped the convention.
- Thursday's schedule was anchored by panels for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender and an Aliens 40th anniversary event, while Friday featured a combined Prime Video panel for Blade Runner 2099 and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
- Friday's lineup also included Common Side Effects, The Vampire Lestat, President Curtis, and Lanterns, with Spaceballs 2 at 4:00 p.m. PT and Pan's Labyrinth at 5:15 p.m. PT in Hall H, plus a horror authors panel moderated by Eddy at 2:30 p.m. PT.
- Saturday's agenda covers Star Trek, Apple, and Prime Video's Carrie series before Marvel takes its headline 5:30 p.m. PT slot, following the earlier reveal of the Avengers: Doomsday trailer.
- Coverage highlights included a well-received Spaceballs: The New One panel, new Star Wars books marking the franchise's 50th anniversary, a Season 4 renewal for Interview With the Vampire teasing Queen of the Damned, and a Season 2 renewal for President Curtis.
- Additional standout moments featured the first full Lanterns trailer and a Transformers: The Movie 40th anniversary concert described as a nostalgic celebration.
Every year, pop culture fans descend on Southern California in late July for San Diego Comic-Con. The long-running convention is a battle of attrition to see who’s strong enough to make it through fo