Marvel Studios Is Skipping Hall H at Comic-Con (Update: Other Studios Follow Suit Due to Strike fukkery)

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Marvel Studios won’t be headed to San Diego Comic-Con for its year for its customary Hall H presentation in July, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The Disney-owned studio has long maintained it will only attend the con when it can truly deliver (Marvel panels are far and away considered the highlight of most years, with attendees camping out overnight for a seat in the 6,500-person hall). The Wrap first reported the news.

In 2022, Marvel Studios boss laid out an expansive slate for its Multiverse Saga. This year’s convention, to be held July 20-23, comes as Marvel has pressed pause on a few titles — including Thunderbolts, Blade and Daredevil: Born Again. Work is not expected to start up until after the writers strike, and as a result, Disney also pushed back a few of its key films in a release date shuffle announced last week.

 

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Another article over at The Wrap says this, FWIW:

The writer’s strike along with a potential strike by SAG-AFTRA are making it tough for studios to show up to the annual convention without product and performers to promote their wares. If SAG-AFTRA is unable to reach a deal on a new labor contract and orders a strike, actors would not be able to do any promotional work for their films and TV shows as part of the labor stoppage.

SAG-AFTRA could order a strike anytime after their current contract with Hollywood studios expires on June 30 if a deal is not reached. San Diego Comic-Con is set to take place on the weekend of July 21.

Marvel Studios isn’t the only one skipping the annual geekfest as TheWrap is also hearing that Universal and HBO are possibly sitting out Comic-Con as well.

 

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Comic-con about mostly just comics?

Stan Lee is spinning in his grave

 

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I just wanted the FF casting

 

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