Warner Bros. Pictures Comic-Con Panel Live Blog

Warner Bros. Pictures Comic-Con live blog featuring Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Keen to deliver a taste of one of next year’s most eagerly-awaited pairings, director Zack Snyder and stars Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill take the main stage with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. They are joined by castmates Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter and Gal Gadot for a sneak peek at the 2016 action adventure that brings the Super Heroes together on the big screen for the very first time, from Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment.

From Pan, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund and Peter himself, Levi Miller, together with director Joe Wright, soar into town with their high-flying adventure, coming to theaters this fall from Warner Bros. Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment.

Henry Cavill takes the stage with Armie Hammer, a duo with a very different dynamic in this summer’s fresh, über-stylish actioner from filmmaker Guy Ritchie, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., along with fellow stars Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki.

The Warner Bros. Pictures panel takes places on Saturday, July 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

UPDATE: You can read an archived version of our blog below.

9:16

ComingSoon.net: Stay tuned for our live blog from the Warner Bros. Pictures panel in Hall H at Comic-Con starting at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

9:17

ComingSoon.net: On the schedule are Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Pan and The Man from U.N.C.L.E., but will there be more surprises?

9:38

Comment From Alexpelosi99 

I’m pumped

9:38

Comment From TommyEL 

i cant wait

9:39

ComingSoon.net: WOO!

9:40

Comment From G.Godfrey 

I’ve been following your live blog during the 2013 WB panel, last year and am doing so again now. I remain loyal to you beautiful geezers! But if you let me down I will make you bleed! Cheers and beers!

9:40

ComingSoon.net: Awesome!…. wait!

9:41

ComingSoon.net: Lots of questions about the time. The panel is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time, which is in about 49 minutes.

9:41

Comment From Brendan 

i cant believe im following a blog for the next few hrs on a goregeous saturday – nerds be desperate

9:42

ComingSoon.net: Welcome!

9:43

Comment From Brendan 

like last guy, stumbled upon you guys a few yrs ago when age of ultron was announced and been main blog for comiccon since

9:43

Comment From Max Evry 

I like the typing noises this live blog makes. It’s rather pleasant and soothing.

9:43

ComingSoon.net: That was for you.

9:45

Comment From Wade Wilson 

the typing noise instantly raises my heart rate with anticiaption of news

9:45

ComingSoon.net: What was that? 🙂

9:46

Comment From Rhyss 

2:43 AM in Australia, hoping trailer is released online simultaneously, pumped!

9:46

ComingSoon.net: Australia in the house!

9:47

ComingSoon.net: We hear ya Florida and Texas. Still hot?

9:47

Comment From Apurv 

will you folks be posting any images from the panel?

9:48

ComingSoon.net: We might, not sure yet.

9:48

ComingSoon.net: Hello Venezuela, France and England!

9:49

Comment From Vinny 

About how many people can Hall H hold?

9:49

ComingSoon.net: 6,500? Last year we beat that on this blog. Let’s do it again. Tell your friends. 🙂

9:49

Comment From Steef 

Netherlands in the house!

9:49

ComingSoon.net: Hallo Nederland, hoe gaat her ermee?

9:50

Comment From Apurv 

How long is the panel again? I hope they tell us more about the DC Movies Slate..

9:50

ComingSoon.net: An hour and a half.

9:51

Comment From do you think the new trailer for BvS will be released online anytime soon? 

hey shh, hello from france!! my third year following your live blog for WB panel !!

9:51

ComingSoon.net: Singapore, India… wow, pretty crazy. Thanks everyone for joining us around the world!

9:52

ComingSoon.net: Edward Douglas will be live blogging this panel today. He’s already in Hall H and has a great seat.

9:53

Comment From Hi shh, greetings from Chile…hope we get a trailer online today!! 

do you think we’ll get anything from Suicide Squad aswell?

9:53

ComingSoon.net: You would think so? But not sure.

9:55

Comment From Apurv 

Heard that Aisha Tyler is moderating the Batman v Superman panel. She told EW Radio the footage they’ll show is “bad ass”!

9:55

ComingSoon.net: Will they have a bleeper on hand for her cussing? 🙂

9:56

Comment From mipaulse 

Yall said the trailer was rated and ready to be viewed. do you think they will release it online as well since its a finish product like the star wars trailer??

9:56

ComingSoon.net: We assume they will, yes.

9:59

ComingSoon.net: About 30 minutes…

10:06

Comment From Aug GA 

Following this while at work, so excited!

10:06

ComingSoon.net: Get back to work!

10:07

Comment From What time is the 20th Century Fox panel if you dont mind if asking? Ready for info on Deadpool! 

I’m not wearing pants

10:07

ComingSoon.net: Please put some pants on.

10:08

Comment From Towelie 

Hey comingsoon.net, think we might get some suicide squad action today?

10:08

ComingSoon.net: Hope so.

10:09

Comment From brucewayne23 

Any reason my comments aren’t being approved?

10:09

ComingSoon.net: What do you mean?

10:09

ComingSoon.net: Seeing a lot of the same questions. All your answers are in the description above this live blog. 🙂

10:10

Comment From DC fan 

I love your site because you guys ain’t pro-Marvel and biased against DC! Keep it up!

10:10

ComingSoon.net: Go Marv…. oh wait.

10:11

ComingSoon.net: In case you missed it, Batman v Superman director Zack Snyder surprised fans in the Hall H line last night with the Batmobile.. https://www.comingsoon.net/m…

10:18

ComingSoon.net: 1200 readers. Let’s beat Hall H attendance. Tell your friends. 🙂

10:23

Comment From Jorge 

Im confused, will you be broadcasting live from the panel or just a blog here?

10:23

Spencer Perry-SHH: Just blogging, no cameras allowed in Hall H

10:24

ComingSoon.net: Unless you’re periscoping, then cameras are allowed. (sarcasm) 🙂

10:25

Comment From Joey 

It is a shame most of the movie studios passed on coming this year. I was hoping for a surprise film announcement like Skull Island last year.

10:25

Spencer Perry-SHH: Legendary’s panel is later today, so maybe they’ll have another surprise!

10:26

Comment From Centurium 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — I hope we get a surprise from this upcoming film!

10:26

ComingSoon.net: Ooh, didn’t think of that. Maybe.

10:27

Comment From Ryan 

Will you guys be covering the H8ful 8 panel? and Fox as well? I was really concerned when I didn’t find you guys covering The Force Awakens last night. Took me forever to find another blog. Been using you guys as a news source for four years, and I’ve been following these SDCC panel livestreams since 2013 (along with a few other people apparently).

10:28

ComingSoon.net: Yes and yes. Star Wars was out of our control.

10:32

ComingSoon.net: Edward Douglas is live-blogging this panel for us. We’re waiting for him to come on.

10:34

ComingSoon.net: 2300 readers. Hi everyone! Wish we could respond to all your comments. It’s a bit crazy watching them stream by. 🙂

10:34

ComingSoon.net: Here’s Ed…

10:37

ComingSoon.net: Almost 3,000 readers.

10:38

EDouglasCS: Hello everyone! Sorry for the delays… I won’t go into the gory details.

10:38

EDouglasCS: Hopefully the Hall H/MTV WIFI holds up cause Verizon is tapped

10:38

EDouglasCS: They haven’t started yet but earlier I had a chance to hijack the Warner Bros DCP when I was in the elevator with the guy holding it… but I was good and didn’t 🙂

10:40

EDouglasCS: I think it’s going to start soon

10:40

ComingSoon.net: From WB rep: I can confirm the following scoop: those of you in Hall H are in for a treat. PREPARE FOR SQUEALING.

10:41

EDouglasCS: Damn, and I don’t have earplugs

10:42

EDouglasCS: Will do my best to post some photos while writing stuff up but I expect this to go fast and I’m the only one here.

10:42

EDouglasCS: We might have more people in here later

10:42

ComingSoon.net: 3,500 readers. Now I’m squealing!

10:42

EDouglasCS: I better say something witty to keep them entertained

10:42

EDouglasCS: “Something witty” (ba dum bum)

10:43

Spencer Perry-SHH: I’ll tell the bad jokes around here thank you very much

10:43

EDouglasCS: It’s about to start!

10:44

EDouglasCS: Here comes Director of Programming Eddie Ibrahim as the lights dim… here we go!

10:47

EDouglasCS: They just opened up the wide screens which go ALL THE WAY AROUND HALL H

10:47

EDouglasCS: It’s insane!

10:48

EDouglasCS: Aisha Tyler from Archer is the moderator

10:48

EDouglasCS: This wraparound screen is INSANE!

10:48

EDouglasCS: I can’t even capture it in a photo because it goes all the way from the back of one side of Hall H all the way to the other side.

10:49

EDouglasCS: She’s joking that she has watched the footage 3 times “alone in bed at night”… hmm..

10:49

EDouglasCS: Re: Panorama. I’m using a real camera, not a phone. It would take too long to try to do that

10:51

ComingSoon.net: Here’s one side https://twitter.com/akstanw…

10:51

Comment From CUMediaCo 

https://pbs.twimg.com/media… This is a picture of the whole thing

10:51

EDouglasCS: They’re starting with MAN from UNCLE (see? Aisha is perfectly suited for it)

10:51

EDouglasCS: They showed an amazing wrap-around animation introducing this section

10:52

Comment From hey theres video? 

my comments never get posted 🙁

10:52

ComingSoon.net: Yes they do.

10:57

Spencer Perry-SHH: For those wondering, computers have to be closed when footage is being shown. Ed will return shortly

10:58

EDouglasCS: Sorry guys it’s been non-stop footage so I’ve had to close my computer

10:58

EDouglasCS: They showed an amazing wrap-around animation introducing the panel with a timeline going back to WWII

10:58

EDouglasCS: After that they showed an intro from Guy Ritchie who is shooting Knights of the Round Table

10:59

EDouglasCS: And then they went right into extended footage from the movie

11:00

ComingSoon.net: Wow, 6,690 readers. You guys have officially beat Hall H.

11:00

EDouglasCS: The actors are all here: Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill, Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki (who plays the villain)

11:00

EDouglasCS: They’re being asked about doing comedy

11:00

Comment From Apollo.james88 

What movie BvS??

11:01

EDouglasCS: There was a lot of new footage and it starts with a car chase where Cavill and Vikander are trying to get away from the bad guys

11:01

ComingSoon.net: They are doing The Man From UNCLE right now.

11:01

EDouglasCS: Aisha already made an Archer reference asking if Man from UNCLE takes place in the same year.

11:01

EDouglasCS: Alicia Vikander is talking about doing a period piece and how they had to act differently

11:02

EDouglasCS: Not sure if I’ve seen the most recent trailer but this is the most footage I’ve seen of the movie and it was really great

11:02

EDouglasCS: Shows Hammer and Cavill’s characters meeting each other and basically getting into a fight before learning they need to team up

11:03

EDouglasCS: Armie Hammer is being asked about his Russian accent and he’s giving the same answer every actor does when asked about accent

11:03

EDouglasCS: There going right to audience questions

11:03

Spencer Perry-SHH: For those asking, PAN will be next with Batman v Superman to follow

11:03

EDouglasCS: Thanks Spencer!

11:03

EDouglasCS: I feel like we’ve already written a lot about both movies on CS from our set visits

11:04

EDouglasCS: BTW, I think there’s a romance thing going on between Hammer and Vikander. They show her dancing and trying to convince him to dance and when he refuses, she starts beating on him

11:04

EDouglasCS: This is definitely a three-hander

11:06

ComingSoon.net: 5-minute Comic-Con trailer now online https://www.youtube.com/wat…

11:11

Spencer Perry-SHH: Just to reiterate, when they show footage, laptops have to be closed. So Ed will resume the live blog momentarily

11:17

ComingSoon.net: Ed’s trying to get back on Wifi, but this is from him: “they just showed the new trailer for Pan which looks great. We got to see the Croc, Tiger Lilly in various outfits, a battle between two flying pirate ships”

11:20

EDouglasCS: Sorry guys, had some technical difficulties but they moved onto Pan and they showed a brand new trailer and just showed a clip

11:21

EDouglasCS: the clip is the introduction of Jackman’s Blackbeard

11:21

EDouglasCS: on hand is director Joe Wright, Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller (the new Pan) and Garrett Hedlund (the younger Hook)

11:22

ComingSoon.net: 7,400 readers. No pressure, Ed.

11:22

EDouglasCS: the footage shows Peter’s arrival in Neverland on the ship after being kidnapped. The ship swoops down from the air into the water and then flies up with large globes of water and flying fish all around

11:22

EDouglasCS: The ship then flies into a cavern in a mountain ahead and then flies out to the other side where it’s received with huge cheers from a crowd below

11:23

EDouglasCS: Peter asks “Is this Canada?” (I actually know the background of this joke from my set visit)

11:23

EDouglasCS: Joe says there’s “no real goodies or baddies, they’re all flawed” even Peter who steals ideas and is above reading/writing

11:23

EDouglasCS: Anyway, back to the clip

11:24

EDouglasCS: They’re done with Pan after one audience question…they’re crushing!

11:24

EDouglasCS: I got some pictures to post

11:24

EDouglasCS: I’ll get back to footage cause I have to shut my computer off again… BvS is next!

11:27

EDouglasCS: First things first… the movie is going to be “Green Lantern Corps”!

11:27

EDouglasCS: That intro was insane. it started with all sorts of pictures of the DC characters going all the way back to the beginning and then it had a couple soundbites from Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Zack and Debbie Snyder

11:27

EDouglasCS: This intro then showed concept of the Justice League

11:29

Comment From Nick 

the green lantern movie is titled “Green Lantern Corps”?

11:29

EDouglasCS: They also showed the first footage from Suicide Squad and just showed concept art from the movie wrapped around Hall H

11:29

EDouglasCS: Yes… they announced the title and showed images of all your favorite GLs’

11:29

EDouglasCS: They also showed the first concept art of Ezra Miller as The Flash with longer dark hair

11:30

EDouglasCS: Also concept art of the Justice League with all of the characters including Cyborg, WW, Flash

11:30

EDouglasCS: David Ayer just came on the stage to talk about Suicide Squad after showing the concept art

11:30

EDouglasCS: “We’re here to talk bad guys and no one has bad guys like DC Comics”

11:30

EDouglasCS: He’s showing footage

11:32

ComingSoon.net: 8,200 readers. Hi!

11:34

EDouglasCS: Holy sh*t guys, I cannot even put into words how amazing the Suicide Squad footage was

11:34

EDouglasCS: It opens with Viola Davids’ Amanda Wller

11:34

EDouglasCS: The whole cast is here too!

11:35

EDouglasCS: Waller is talking to the police commissioner saying that they have captured someone and put them away where o one can find them

11:36

EDouglasCS: Everyone is here except Jared Leto… including Will Smith and Margot Robbie

11:36

EDouglasCS: “David Ayer is the absolute truth” – David Ayer

11:36

EDouglasCS: No one is saying anything.. they all came on to wave and say “hey”

11:36

EDouglasCS: But the footage.. holy shit.

11:37

EDouglasCS: Pardon my French

11:38

EDouglasCS: And they’re right into Batman vs. Superman which opened with an amazing visual of Batman on one side of Hall H and Superman on the other.

11:39

EDouglasCS: The footage focused on introducing the characters including Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn who is locked up in a cell in the middle of a large room like Hannibal Lecter with armed guards approaching her

11:39

EDouglasCS: We see her hanging from the ceiling of the cage by ribbons and doing gymnastics when Waller appears on the catwalk above the cell

11:39

EDouglasCS: Harley asks “Are you the devil?”

11:40

EDouglasCS: The footage was shown to the tune of a version of the Bee Gee’s “I started a joke” and we got to see glimpses of many of the cast

11:40

EDouglasCS: Including a lot of great group shots of them finding soldiers

11:40

Comment From Dc fan 

How’s her Harley voice?

11:40

EDouglasCS: Back to BVS, Zack Snyder is here, as is Holly Hunter , Jess Eisenberg, Amy Adams

11:41

EDouglasCS: Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck

11:41

EDouglasCS: Gal Gadot and Jeremy Irons

11:46

EDouglasCS: Holy crap… sorry guys, this is really intense. You cannot imagine

11:46

EDouglasCS: As has been reported, Superman’s destruction in Man of Steel is what causes Batman to return and we saw footage of Wayne Tower collapsing as Affleck’s Bruce Wayne looks on

11:46

EDouglasCS: It opens with Holly Hunter’s Senator talking about the destruction of Metropolis

11:47

EDouglasCS: “Today is a day for truth”

11:47

EDouglasCS: We see Superman flying down to the Senate hall with a bunch of people picketing him

11:47

EDouglasCS: “The world needs to know what happened and what he stands for”

11:47

EDouglasCS: “That kind of power is very dangerous”

11:47

EDouglasCS: (That’s all Hunter still)

11:48

EDouglasCS: It looks like there are people instigating the battle, Luthor being one and possibly the Joker is the other (although we may not see him in full)

11:48

EDouglasCS: There’s a scene of the Bat suit with the words scrawled “You Let Your Family Die” (and later another image of the words “The Joke’s On You Batman”)

11:48

EDouglasCS: But the Senator turns to Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor to help with the issue and he is clearly the instigator

11:48

EDouglasCS: We saw one scene of Luthor looking at a glowing green rock

11:49

EDouglasCS: We did get to see Wonder Woman in action, basically two scenes of her fighting and she looks great!

11:49

EDouglasCS: One of the best shots was Superman ripping the entire top of the Batmobile off and Batman standing up to him

11:49

EDouglasCS: Luthor has hair in all the footage they showed

11:50

EDouglasCS: Aisha is asking about this iconic battle and the differences between Metropolis and Gotha

11:51

EDouglasCS: We get to see Amy Adams Lois Lane and Diane Lane’s Ma Kent who are clearly on the side of Superman

11:51

EDouglasCS: “You don’t owe this world a thing” says Ma Kent

11:51

EDouglasCS: The actors are talking about taking on the roles payed by other actors

11:52

EDouglasCS: Jeremy Irons went first followed by Gal Gadot

11:52

EDouglasCS: She said something about strong independent women

11:52

EDouglasCS: Jesse Eisenberg is next and he says that there’s been a campy edge to the character before but there’s an emotional grounding to the character (and he once again cites Chris Terrio’s script)

11:52

ComingSoon.net: Did Snyder say something about the proximity of Gotham and Metropolis?

11:53

EDouglasCS: No, it was hard to tell if we were seeing Gotham or Metropolis during the battle footage

11:54

EDouglasCS: We did get to see Jeremy Irons as Alfred in the footage

11:54

EDouglasCS: Henry Cavill is talking about what a fantastic job Christopher Reeve did

11:54

EDouglasCS: BTW, guys, I may have to run as soon as this is over but I’ll post longer descriptions later

11:55

EDouglasCS: We didn’t see any other heroes besides the triumvirate (No Robin either)

11:55

EDouglasCS: Ben says that Zack took him through the process of creating the cahracter

11:55

ComingSoon.net: To answer all the questions. Not sure if they’ll release it online yet. We’re watching.

11:56

EDouglasCS: He tells a story about getting a Halloween costume for his son who is really into Batman and he runs into Christian Bale into the Batman costume aisle

11:56

EDouglasCS: He asked Bale for any tips and he said “Make sure you don’t piss in that suit”

11:56

EDouglasCS: Zack is now talking about putting zippers in the suites and how they put one in Superman’s suit retroactively after learning from the first movie

11:56

EDouglasCS: Zack is talking about Holly Hunter’s part and how he was a huge fan and they wrote a part for her as the senator

11:57

EDouglasCS: BTW, it’s the senator who goes to Luthor for help and he quotes the bible to her

11:57

EDouglasCS: We didn’t get to hear Batman’s voice

11:57

EDouglasCS: Aisha is being a “dick” and hogging up the questions

11:57

EDouglasCS: She’s asking about “Mecha-Batman”

11:58

EDouglasCS: Yes I saw the Joker in the Suicide Squad trailer but this is going so fast (and I have to run as soon as this is done) so I’ll post more later.

11:58

EDouglasCS: No Doomsday

11:58

EDouglasCS: So yeah.. .we saw Jared Leto’s Joker in Suicide Squad

11:59

EDouglasCS: Towards the end of the footage we see him in the shadows shirtless with his tattoos

11:59

EDouglasCS: and he is torturing someone (we don’t know who)

11:59

EDouglasCS: saying “I’m not going to kill you… I’m just going to hurt you really really bad”

11:59

EDouglasCS: And the logo for Suicide Squad is amazing with a skull in it

11:59

EDouglasCS: Will Smith’s Deadshot also liked great both in costume and out

11:59

EDouglasCS: we got to see hear Captain Boomerant

12:00

EDouglasCS: Re: Jared’s voice. Honestly? It’s not that different from Heath Ledger’s

12:01

EDouglasCS: We briefly saw Killer Croc, yes. He didn’t talk

12:01

EDouglasCS: Harley’s voice (for those asking) was not as nasally or high pitched as the cartoon but it worked. I wish I could see it again to describe it.

12:01

EDouglasCS: The laugh was subdued but I think that was on purpose

12:02

EDouglasCS: For those asking, Batman did not speak when in costume

12:02

Comment From bankz024 

What stood out to you in the suicide squadd footage?

12:02

EDouglasCS: Harley Quinn for sure

12:03

EDouglasCS: The scene of her at Belle Reve in the cage was really mesmerizing

12:03

EDouglasCS: I think she might end up being the break-out character of the year

12:03

EDouglasCS: They’re still answering audience questions

12:03

EDouglasCS: I might have to run but I’ll try to write something up on the whole panel

12:04

EDouglasCS: They’re showing more footage

12:04

EDouglasCS: They’re showing it again

12:07

EDouglasCS: Guys, I promise to write something up and post pictures as soon as SI can

12:10

ComingSoon.net: Batman v Superman trailer now online! https://www.youtube.com/wat…

12:19

ComingSoon.net: Thanks for joining us everyone! Enjoy the Batman v Superman trailer!