Marvel, Sony and Paramount All Skipping Comic-Con

FreeAgent · Jun 19, 2015

Jun 19, 2015

San Diego’s lucrative fanboy convention is going to be missing some key players next month: Marvel Studios, home of the Avengers, won’t be dressing up for Comic-Con while Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures have also decided to skip the Hall H presentations.

“It wasn’t a knock against Comic-Con,” one spokesperson explains, “the film cycles just didn’t allow it.”

Sony and Paramount just didn’t have the fanboy material to promote, said sources, while Marvel, who last missed the confab in 2011, already unveiled its new wave of Avengers at a special fan event in October.

Plus, the cost of sending a number of movies to Comic-Con can set back a studio a few hundred thousand dollars, so “why force the issue?”, one exec asks.

But don’t expect it to ruin the party in Hall H: In addition to the new “Star Wars” and final “Hunger Games,” fans could see the rumored coming out party for Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment’s Justice League, which features Batman, Superman, The Flash and Aquaman, among other surprises.

The 46th edition of Comic-Con will be held July 9-12 at the San Diego Convention Center.
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http://variety.com/2015/film/news/marvel-sony-and-paramount-all-skipping-comic-con-1201523593/

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