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Operation Kino 72: The Dark Knight Rises And Comic Con 2012 In Review
This week on Operation Kino, we're reviewing the most anticipated movie of the summer, The Dark Knight Rises. From there we move on to a recap of this year's San Diego Comic Con, filling David in on what he missed by not attending, and going over the stuff we liked despite being exhausted from being marketed to for four days straight 
Comic Con: Wreck-It Ralph Director Rich Moore On Wowing Hall H And Telling Good Jokes
It didn't make the most noise at Comic Con or have the most star-studded panel, but Disney's animated film Wreck-It Ralph had one of the best receptions of any film at Comic Con this year, with the audience laughing constantly at clips from the adventure about the villain of an 8-bit video game 
Iron Man 3 At Comic Con: Talking Global Scale And What's Next For War Machine
I was lucky enough to get a little bit more up close and personal with Shane Black, the writer and director of Iron Man 3, and Kevin Feige, the Marvel Studios co-chair who pretty much holds the entire Marvel cinematic universe in his hands 
The 6 Best Panels Of Comic Con 2012
If you’ve been reading a lot of Cinema Blend recently, you may have noticed two common occurring words in our headlines: Comic Con. From last Wednesday to yesterday six members of our staff – Katey Rich, Kelly West, Eric Eisenberg, Sean O’Connell, Jesse Carp and Dave Gonzales – ran around the San Diego Convention Center and adjacent hotels working to bring you absolutely every little bit of information we find about upcoming movies and television shows. 
Comic Con: Watch Zach Galifianakis Surprise Robert Downey Jr. On The Red Carpet
I'm not especially proud about being part of that swarm, but at least I did manage to be well-positioned to capture one great thing-- a surprise appearance from Zach Galifianakis, who was doing press alongside Will Ferrell for their comedy The Campaign 
Comic Con: Pacific Rim's Guillermo Del Toro On How To Actually Build Skyscraper-Sized Robots
Before del Toro stepped in front of the adoring Comic Con crowd, though, I caught up with him briefly to talk about Pacific Rim, particularly the parts of the story that are deeper than giant monsters vs. robots, and how he managed to incorporate a lot of practical effects into a movie about creatures that are the size of skyscrapers 
Comic Con: Watch Robert Downey Jr. Surprise A Bunch Of Kids Dressed As Iron Man
Just as Robert Downey Jr. makes every movie he's in better, he also improves photo ops, and as you can see below the gathering of the baby Iron Men got a whole lot more exciting when the man himself took the stage to join the kids 
Comic Con: Charlie Day Says Think Even Bigger About Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro and the cast of Pacific Rim dazzled the crowd at Comic Con on Saturday, showing off footage from the upcoming sci-fi film that will be the movie's only marketing effort until Christmas. Yeah, if you weren't there, you totally missed it-- but that doesn't mean you've totally missed the boat! 
Comic Con 2012 Costumes Day 4: From Wonder Woman To Galactus!
Well, folks, that's a wrap. The doors of the San Diego Convention Center have closed as yet another year of Comic Con has ended. We laughed, we cried, we waited on really long lines, but it was all for a good cause: covering the hell out of the event so all of you readers could feel like you were right there with us. The entire Cinema Blend team has returned to their respective parts of the world, but we're not quite done with Comic Con just yet. 
Guillermo Del Toro Brings Comic Con The First Ever Footage From Pacific Rim
Who in their right mind isn’t excited for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim? In addition to being the new project from one of the most brilliant, exciting filmmakers in the world, it happens to be a movie about giant robots that do battle with giant monsters. And today I got the chance to see exactly what that looks like. 
The Hobbit Brings Riddles, Danger, Fainting And More To Comic Con
Some truly massive blockbusters were featured in San Diego Comic Con’s Hall H this afternoon. Starting off with a panel in the morning featuring Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, the rest of the afternoon was filled with titles like Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Shane Black’s Iron Man 3. 
Comic Con 2012 Costumes Day 3: Kids, Babes, Spider-Men
I decided that I would find and take pictures of all Spider-Men that I could find, which joyusly lead me to a bunch of kids who were at Comic Con because they are fans of Spider-Man. Yes. I was happy 
First Ever Man Of Steel Footage Premieres At Comic Con
Earlier this afternoon, Zack Snyder and Henry Cavill, the director and star of the upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel made a very special appearance at San Diego Comic Con. In addition to participating in a panel in the famed Hall H, where they answered a bunch of fan questions about the new movie, they also showed the first ever footage from the film. And now I’ve recapped every second of it for you below. 
First Look At Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Concept Art
As you probably heard, Marvel finally confirmed tonight that they're in active development on Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie about the team of galactic superheroes who protect the universe from evil in the 31st century 
Iron Man 3 Footage Brings The House Down At Comic Con
Marvel’s Hall H panel was frontloaded with news, from official titles for Thor and Captain America sequels to test footage to Edgar Wright’s Ant Man. (Which hasn’t been confirmed, but who shoots test footage for a movie they aren’t going to do?) Before the audience was able to catch its breath, the panel transitioned into the reason most people camped out outside the San Diego Convention Center for days to get in. |
Operation Kino
2012-07-20
