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Though Marvel isn’t hitting Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, the event is in full swing and excitement has been high over the sneak peeks at Tron: Ares and Predator: Badlands and the toy booths for Lego and Hot Wheels. But there’s more news coming for TV shows, movies and games. We’re enthused about what we’ve seen from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Gen V and Welcome to Derry, so we’re riding along with fans as announcements and trailer drops come out.
We’ll be posting highlights here from the four-day affair to help you keep up with the hottest, weirdest and most interesting stuff that hits. Stay tuned for our daily updates as the weekend rolls on.
Peacemaker season 2 trailer gives a portal and Rick Flagg Sr.
James Gunn arrived in Hall H with the Peacemaker crew on Saturday, giving an intro for wrestler-actor John Cena, who hit the stage in full costume. Gunn ceremoniously set fans up for the official season 2 trailer debut, which is set to the tune of Ozzy Osbourne’s Road to Nowhere. An interdimensional portal, two Peacemakers and a vengeance-seeking Rick Flagg Sr. should make for an interestingly chaotic season. Peep it below, and get ready to welcome the series back to your screen on HBO Max come Aug. 21.
Starfleet Academy joins Star Trek family
An original Paramount Plus series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set to arrive in 2026, just in time to celebrate the franchise’s 60th anniversary. Saturday’s panel presentation included a teaser trailer of the new show, which focuses on a group of young student cadets looking to earn their place as Starfleet officers. Check out the clip and Paul Giamatti’s villainous turn as Nus Braka.
Talent on hand at SDCC included Holly Hunter, who plays Nahla Ake, the captain of the USS Athena and the school chancellor. Panelists also included co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, along with Starfleet cadets Sandro Rosta (who plays Caleb Mir), Karim Diané (who stars as the Klingon Jay-Den Kraag), Kerrice Brooks (playing Sam), George Hawkins (who stars as Darem Reymi) and Bella Shepard, who plays Genesis Lythe, the daughter of an admiral.
Coyote vs. Acme gets release date
After being rescued from the pile of scrapped ashes left by Warner Bros. Discovery, the Coyote vs. Acme movie will hit theaters next year thanks to Ketchup Entertainment. Footage screened during a Comic-Con panel showed John Cena playing Acme’s attorney in a case that pits Wile E. Coyote against the corporation for faulty goods. Cast members Will Forte, Eric Bauza and Martha Kelly were on deck, along with director Dave Green. The film is set to debut on Aug. 28, 2026.
Michael James Shaw stars as Axel in season 2 of Twisted Metal on Pea***.
The next clip finds John Doe being vulnerable as he talks about living a life without any childhood memories. But, as he realizes, things could be much worse if he had all that knowledge. The big reveal in this clip comes toward the end, as Axel (played by Michael James Shaw), the character who’s attached to two giant wheels, comes barreling through flames, all smiles. Get ready for a trip back into the wastes. Twisted Metal season 2 drops its first three episodes on July 31.
Outlander, season 8 teaser
Outlander’s final season is due out early next year, ending the love-and-war saga for Jamie and Claire. How will their story — and history — play out? Starz shared a teaser for the last chapter, and Frank Randall’s book has everyone on edge. Check out the clip and mark your calendar for this series’ end and the beginning of the spinoff, Outlander: Blood of My Blood.
Invincible VS trailer shows Battle Beast
Gamers were treated to a trailer for the new Invincible VS, a bloody superhero game based on Robert Kirkman’s animated Prime Video series. We’ve been following all the details for this upcoming release, but watch below to see Battle Beast bare his teeth in this latest character reveal.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is ending soon
AMC served up a new trailer for season 3 of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, but Hall H news revealed that the show is renewed for a fourth and final season. Season 3 sees Norman Reedus’ Daryl and Melissa McBride’s Carol heading to Spain in the new installment, as they try to find their way home. Although production for season 4 starts soon, there aren’t any details about its plot. In the meantime, fans can tune in on Sept. 7 for the next round.
Rick and Morty’s President Curtis gets a spinoff
Adult Swim announced that the popular President Curtis is getting his own animated series, with star Keith David reprising his role as the voice behind the titular character.
“President Curtis has always been a blast to play,” David said in a statement. “Getting to explore his world more deeply in this new series is a dream. I can’t wait for fans to see what kind of chaos he stirs up when Rick isn’t around to steal the spotlight.”
Alien: Earth brings the Xenomorph to TV
Alien: Earth fans in attendance were treated to a world premiere screening of the pilot episode. After that, show creator Noah Hawley and executive producer David W. Zucker took the stage with cast members Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Babou Ceesay, Samuel Blenkin and Alex Lawther to give further insight into what to expect from the sci-fi drama.
The first immediate detail any fan of the franchise will notice is how familiar-feeling things will be in the first few moments of the series. Hawley revealed during the panel that the Maginot, the ship in the series, “was built to the exact specifications” of the Nostromo from the original 1979 movie.
Jared Leto is Ares in Tron: Ares, which will hit theaters on Oct. 10.
After nearly 15 years, Tron returned to San Diego. The last time fans headed to the grid, Tron: Legacy took Hall H by storm. It’s been a long time coming, and director Joachim Rønning and stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson and Evan Peters gave the Comic-Con crowd an exciting look at the next entry in the iconic franchise, Tron: Ares.
One clip showed Peters’ Julian Dillinger (who shares the name of the villain from the 1982 movie) sending Leto’s Ares and Turner-Smith’s Athena on a mission to get Eve Kim (played by Lee) and the stick of important code that she stole from Encom, Dillinger’s company. Eve evades them and steals Athena’s light cycle. She barely escapes, and another clip found her entering the Grid for the first time. Ares rescues her from an ocean of digital water. She finally agrees to help Ares find the code. Glitzy red and blue laser light beams bounced across the room and screen, dazzling the crowd for a final time when Nine Inch Nails’ music video for As Alive As You Need Me to Be played.
Crunchyroll to launch ‘Anime Nights’
Crunchyroll’s presence at SDCC this year includes a FanFest music event featuring artists across multiple genres in a two-day anime-inspired concert series. But on Saturday, the anime giant announced the addition of Anime Nights, which will see the company screen feature films in theaters across the US each third Monday of the month.
Beginning Oct. 20, fans can gather to see films like Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved. Crunchyroll says it will offer programming at 225 movie houses across the US, including Alamo Drafthouse, AMC, Cinemark, Harkins, Landmark and Regal theaters.
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