Day 2 Update...

Well I am back from an evening out to update about day 2.

The morning started w/ me venturing to Hall H for the WB panel. I was a little worried that the hall would be filled to capacity, as it did yesterday for Paramounts panel. Schedule for WB's panel was Get Smart, a remake of The Invasion, a supernatural thriller One Missed Call, another thriller Whiteout and an update to Watchmen. Funny how only one of the movies is comic book related. Anyways, as I arrive, the line had wrapped around the building. I was thinking to myself crap, here we go again. As the line was being let in, there was some sky writing w/ a telephone number. I kind of ignored and later would regret that I did, as it was another viral campaign for the Dark Knight movie. If anyone is interested, the number is 1-800-395-9646, It's basically a recording from someone being held by the Joker.

Back to the details of the panel. The first movie was Get Smart. They showed a extended trailer clip and it looks pretty funny. Anne Hattaway is hot as agent 99. Steve Carell is his funny self as Maxwell Smart. The panel included Steve Carrell, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence and Ken Davitian. Steve and Dwayne are quite entertaining answering the Q&A's from random fans. Which included how much can you bench press? Next up was a clip of The Invasion staring Nicole Kidman, unfortunately she was not there to promote the movie, but we were greeted w/ a special greeting. Not too sure about this as most remakes do not do well. Speaking of remakes, One Missed Call is a remake of a japanese horror. Hollywood has definitely run out of ideas. Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns are the stars of the movie. They made an appearance to discuss about the movie. Interesting thing is that after watching the clip, I had no idea what the movie was about. I guess I was not the only one, as someone ask that question during the Q&A. Crazy thing is that to help promote the movie, they were giving away free iphones. Both actors were to give away four phones each. They decided that the best way to do so, was to reward it to those that ask a question. Damn me for not wanting to leave my seat to ask a question! Next preview was for Whiteout. The movie is about a murder th.t occurs in Antarctica and the explorers must find the killer before the sun sets for the next six month. Highlight of this movie is that Kate Beckinsale is in the movie, although she will being wearing a parka, so I am not sure how enjoyable that might be. The panel originally started w/ only the director and producers. WTF? Where's Kate? Apparently she was running last. So they had to delay until she arrived. Once she did... WOW... She is amazing. She took some Q&A and was quite funny w/ her response. One thing I learned is that she is 1/8 Asian, who knew? Finally the last guest was Zack Synder , the director of 300, who will be helming Watchmen. He announce the official casting, which was cheered for by the fans. Unfortunately I cannot remember it off the top of my head. Also to be honest, I have not read the graphic novel, pretty shocking since I am a comic fan. However, he did not go into great detail, as it is still in pre-production. He did stated that he will keep it true to the graphic novel, as movie studio heads thought they should update the storyline to present day. The original story took place in the 80's, He also revealed an exclusive poster that was made for the convention. That was the end of the WB panel.

Well faithful blog readers, the six of you who are subscribers, It's 2:00 and I am a little tired, so I will have to update another day. ( I am really trying to milk the site points ) Till then stay tuned!!!