Comic-Con 2025: The biggest moments, trailers and announcements you should know

Legacy

• George Lucas unveiled new details about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art during Sunday's Hall H panel with Guillermo del Toro, Doug Chiang and Queen Latifah, drawing one of the weekend's largest crowds. The museum opening in 2026, will celebrate storytelling through comics, film and illustration.

• Jackie Estrada announced her retirement after decades running the Eisner Awards, earning a standing ovation at Comic-Con Friday evening.

Superheroes

• A new "Peacemaker" Season 2 trailer debuted in Hall H, set to Ozzy Osbourne's "Road to Nowhere." James Gunn said the soundtrack is his favorite yet, and called Osbourne's recent death "really sad." The new season is set to premiere Aug. 21 on HBO Max.

• Amazon debuted a sneak peek of "The Boys" Season 5, featuring surprise cameos — including Jared Padalecki — ahead of a likely 2026 release.
• "Gen V" Season 2's trailer unveiled major crossovers with "The Boys," introduced Ethan Slater as Thomas Godolkin and confirmed a Sept. 17 release date.

• "Invincible" creator Robert Kirkman revealed Matthew Rhys will join Season 4 as Dinosaurus and debuted the character design at his panel.
  

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Horror

• HBO screened the first 10 minutes of its upcoming prequel series "IT: Welcome to Derry" during a late-night panel Saturday at Comic-Con, revealing a chilling new origin story and confirming the return of Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise. A second teaser was also shared:

• "Interview With the Vampire" revealed a behind-the-scenes teaser and a new title for Season 3 — "The Vampire Lestat" — along with first-look footage and five new cast members, including Jennifer Ehle as Lestat's mother.

• AMC's new Anne Rice series "Talamasca" debuted a teaser, confirming an Oct. 26 premiere and a crossover appearance by Eric Bogosian's Daniel Molloy from "Interview With the Vampire."

• AMC unveiled the Season 3 trailer for "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon," set in Spain, and confirmed the series will end with an upcoming fourth season that’s now in production.

• The "Five Nights at Freddy’s 2" trailer premiered ahead of the film's Hall H panel, where Skeet Ulrich teased his mysterious new role in the Blumhouse sequel.

• The upcoming horror sequel "The Strangers: Chapter 2" was previewed at Comic-Con, where director Renny Harlin called it "a town invasion" and revealed an exclusive clip to attendees.

• A new trailer for "The Long Walk" debuted during its Comic-Con panel, with Stephen King introducing the dystopian adaptation via video.

Fantasy

• Starz debuted the first trailer for "Spartacus: House of Ashur," revealing the franchise's first female gladiator, Achillia (Tenika Davis).

• Starz announced "Outlander" Season 8 will conclude the series in early 2026, though it won’t fully adapt Diana Gabaldon's final novel.

• The "Outlander" prequel "Blood of My Blood," debuted two clips and confirmed an Aug. 8 two-episode premiere.

• Prime Video shared a first look at "The Mighty Nein" and announced a Nov. 19 premiere, along with the animated series' all-star guest cast.

• Nickelodeon celebrated 20 years of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" by sharing the first image from the upcoming series "Avatar: Seven Havens" and announcing "The Legend of Aang" movie will premiere Oct. 9, 2026.

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'Avatar: The Last Airbender' is in its element, celebrating 20 years

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Fans from all over moved earth and sky to attend Comic-Con and honor this milestone in the show's history. Nickelodeon welcomed guests at their 1,800-square-foot booth on the convention floor and even released a preview of what's to come in the show.

• Disney+ confirmed "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" Season 2 will premiere Dec. 10 in a teaser clip.

Sci-Fi

• Ryan Gosling, star of the upcoming sci-fi comedy "Project Hail Mary," presented the first five minutes and additional footage at Comic-Con's Hall H, offering a first look at Rocky, the alien who teams up with his character to save the universe. The film, based on Andy Weir's novel, is set to release March 20.

• At Hulu's "Paradise" panel, star Sterling K. Brown and creator Dan Fogelman shared first footage from the upcoming second season featuring new star Shailene Woodley. Then, the actress shocked the Indigo Ballroom crowd with a surprise appearance.

• The "Star Trek" Universe Hall H presentation closed with the first trailer for "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy." Showrunner Alex Kurtzman praised a star-studded cast that mixes veterans like Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter with fresh talent.

• "Star Trek: Khan," a new scripted podcast launching Sept. 8, dropped its first trailer at Comic-Con and confirmed George Takei and Tim Russ will reprise their roles alongside Naveen Andrews as Khan.

• "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" revealed a puppet-themed episode for its upcoming fourth season, featuring Muppet-style versions of the Enterprise crew created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

• Dan Trachtenberg debuted a new extended cut of Hulu's "Predator: Killer of Killers," then shared 15 minutes of footage from "Predator: Badlands," which flips the franchise by focusing on the Predator's perspective. The film opens Nov. 7 and stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

• Jeff Bridges joined the "Tron: Ares" cast at Hall H to unveil new footage from the sci-fi sequel, arriving in theaters Oct. 10.

Comedy

• "Abbott Elementary" teased a mystery live sports tie-in during its Comic-Con panel, with Quinta Brunson hinting that Philly fans in particular will be pleased in Season 5, arriving this October.

• "Coyote vs. Acme," the once-shelved Looney Tunes movie, will hit theaters Aug. 28, revealed a new poster and teaser trailer, and showed footage featuring Wile E. Coyote and his lawyer (Will Forte).

• The "King of the Hill" reboot screened new footage and introduced a more diverse cast at Comic-Con, including Ronny Chieng and Kieth David.
• Adult Swim announced "President Curtis," a "Rick and Morty" spinoff starring Keith David as a dimension-hopping commander-in-chief.

• Rob Reiner, in character as Marty Di Bergi, premiered the trailer for "Spinal Tap II" during Collider’s Directors on Directing panel.

• "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone responded to Season 27 backlash with their usual dry wit during a Comic-Con panel.