Finally, the Comic Con crowd will once again be able to use Twihards as their punching bag. After taking last year off, Summit Entertainment has announced they'll be bringing the Twilight saga back to San Diego Comic Con this year, with a panel in the massive Hall H to promote part one The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, due in theaters November 18 this year. The panel will take place on the first day of the Con, Thursday, July 21, and Summit only specifies that it will be "one of the first panels of the day," getting ahead of the frequent complaints from two years ago, when crowds of Twilight fans camped out in Hall H all day waiting for the afternoon panel, locking out hundreds of fans who couldn't find room inside. Of course their argument was that the largely teenage, largely female crowd of Twilight fans couldn't possibly care about the earlier panels, but who's to say they weren't also psyched to learn about Tron: Legacy?

Breaking Dawn has pretty much nothing to do with comic books, being based on a novel series and all, but at this point that doesn't really matter-- San Diego Comic Con attracts movie studios and TV networks promoting nearly anything and everything, from Disney's multi-year effort to promote Tron: Legacy (based on an 80s film) to last year's panel dedicated to the Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt, which was already in theaters by the time Jolie flew to San Diego to rally the nerd base. Rumor has it that a number of studios will be sitting out the Con this year, possibly wary of that exact kind of misplaced promotion, meaning Breaking Dawn and the recently announced premiere for Cowboys & Aliens will be able to draw all the more attention.

Summit won't just be courting the Twihards either-- they'll also have panels for the Paul W.S. Anderson-directed The Three Musketeers and the Russian alien invasion film The Darkest Hour, which stars Olivia Thirlby and Emile Hirsch. They're also starting promotion early for a number of films that will be based on books, holding signings with all of those authors. The full details are below, and keep coming back for more Comic Con planning as July 22 grows nearer.

For the fourth year in a row, Summit Entertainment will provide the Comic-Con® International audience with a unique, interactive booth experience featuring films from the studio’s upcoming slate, including an action adventure update of the beloved THE THREE MUSKETEERS, the alien invasion thriller THE DARKEST HOUR with effects from visionary filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, and the highly anticipated THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1.

Those who stop by will be able to speak live via phone with select actors and filmmakers from Summit films, as well as participate in contests and giveaways. The authors of three novels that Summit Entertainment is bringing to life on the big screen will also complete autograph signings at the booth.

Erin Morgenstern is the author of NIGHT CIRCUS, a novel about 19th century teenage illusionists.
Isaac Marion is the author of WARM BODIES, in which an existentially tormented zombie begins an unlikely romance with the girlfriend of one of his victims. Jonathan Levine is attached to direct, with Nicholas Hoult (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS) and Teresa Palmer (I AM NUMBER FOUR) attached to star.
Veronica Roth is the 22-year-old author of DIVERGENT, which launched on the New York Times best-seller list. In the dystopic future of DIVERGENT, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to a particular virtue: honesty, selflessness, bravery, peacefulness, or intelligence.

In addition to Summit’s booth presence at Comic-Con®, the studio will also host one of the first panels of the day in Hall H on Thursday, July 21st dedicated to THE TWILIGHT SAGA franchise. Fans interested in the story’s final chapters will be shown exclusive footage from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1 and be treated to a filmmaker and cast Q&A session providing details on the first half of the epic two part finale, in theatres November 18, 2011.