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Why Was Comic-Con So Stingy With Movie News? Here's the Deal

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At Comic-Con, no news is not good news.


Before this year's nerd prom I predicted a flurry of major movie announcements would come out of Hall H: new titles from Marvel and DC/Warner Bros., some splashy casting announcements, and the inevitable jaw-dropping, out-of-nowhere surprise. I have never been more wrong — and the reasons for that do not bode well for Comic-Con's future as the major marketing moment for genre films.


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As a pure fan event, Comic-Con 2014 was a classic parade of cool first-looks, including the Batman v Superman tease, Avengers: Age of Ultron footage, an extended reel for Interstellar and that Mad Max: Fury Road sizzle reel that has the fanboy press, myself included, trying to out-hyperbolize each other. But it was also the most news-free event I can remember. Read more...


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