Marvel To Host Special “Deadpool & Wolverine” Hall H Panel At SDCC
Later this month, Marvel Studios is returning to San Diego Comic-Con to hold a special presentation in Hall H, where it will share details on some of the projects coming from the studio to cinemas and Disney+.
Over the years, Marvel Studios has made many major announcements at the event and this year hopefully will continue the trend, as while Marvel has suffered from some recent setbacks, that have resulted in many of the projects being delayed, this presentation will be an opportunity for Marvel to outline its plan for the next few years.
This year Marvel Studios is releasing its newest film, “Deadpool & Wolverine” in cinemas on the same weekend as when San Diego Comic-Con takes place and Disney is taking advantage of the situation, as Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has revealed in an interview with Deadline, that they will be doing a special Hall H panel at the event to celebrate the launch of the movie.
I think people know we’re going to be there on Saturday for our traditional Hall H panel with a lot of fun stuff to look at about our upcoming movies. But what I don’t think people know is that we’re also going to be in Hall H on Thursday for the first time ever. Marvel Studios is going to be in Hall H twice during Comic-Con. Thursday, of course, is the opening of Deadpool & Wolverine, so we’re going to be doing a fun Deadpool panel in Hall H to commemorate the opening and Shawn [Levy], Hugh [Jackman], Ryan [Reynolds] and I will be there.
Currently, the other major Marvel Studios Hall H panel is scheduled to last an hour and it would make sense for Disney to take advantage of the additional publicity of getting Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman out on the stage to promote the movie. So doing a special panel dedicated to the movie will help free up some time in the main presentation.
During that same recent interview, Kevin Feige revealed why the event is so important to the company.
For Marvel, it’s important on all aspects; it’s important for publishing and for the roots of everything we do. And you’re right, we have a whole brand-new booth this year that we spent a long time designing and trying to make as impressive as possible and diverse as possible with the amount of events going on in that booth, many and most of which relate to the comics and to the artists and to the storylines that we’ve made and of course tapping into games and movies. The entirety of Comic-Con started in the comics, and I love seeing the amount of stuff that C.B. [Cebulski], our editor on the publishing side, is doing each year and every year. On the movie side, which I’m emotionally of course connected to, that’s where everything started for us. I remember showing clips of X-Men 2 for the first time before Hall H existed in San Diego Comic-Con and Sam Raimi with Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and, of course, our Iron Man panel with Favreau and Downey Jr. We build movie schedules oftentimes, and obviously the pandemic and the strike that threw a wrench into it for a few years. But what we’re able to do this time is to get back to literally designing our film schedules around what we would have ready to show at Comic-Con — to announce and set the expectations and the tonality of what’s to come over the next couple of years. And that starts in Hall H. I think Hall H has become such an iconic venue that people who’ve never been to Comic-Con know what Hall H is or know that Hall H stands for the unveiling of important, fun pop culture moments.
Generally, Marvel doesn’t livestream any of the panels onto the internet, but any major news will be recorded and shared to get the most publicity for the upcoming movies and shows, but for the lucky fans in attendance, getting into either of these panels will no doubt be an amazing experience.
Roger’s Take: I think this is a great idea for Marvel, hosting two different Hall H panels at San Diego Comic-Con will help on many levels. On a promotional level, there will be lots of buzz around the release of the movie, so this panel can tap into that and create some viral moments. While the Saturday panel can focus on upcoming releases and any major announcements won’t be overshadowed by “Deadpool & Wolverine”!
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