Booths, displays, celebrities, and oddities! Here are literally tons of photos from the Exhibit Hall of the infinite wonders at Comic-Con 2009…
Be aware that if you click through the “more” link, the page you will get is HUGE with almost 200 photos!

Instead of a booth, this year Syfy (formerly Scifi Channel) branded a local restaurant

One of many promotional pieces for the movie District 9

The stars and writers of Fox’s Fringe appeared in a panel today to talk about the show’s success and what to expect from Season 2. Here are a few photos and my video footage of the entire panel!

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Everyone likes to complain about how there are so few new ideas in Hollywood these days, that studios are churning out remakes by the bushel. And sure, there’s some good stuff in the mix, but for every gem like Battlestar Galactica you’ve got four or five stinkers like Bionic Woman or Flash Gordon.

V creators Scott Peters and Jeffrey Bell
Based on the hour-long pilot episode screened at Comic-Con, the new reimagining of V is off to a very strong start. It’s not a new plot — alien “visitors” arrive on Earth promising peace, but secretly plan a subversive takeover — but …read more

Comic-Con is always a great place to see literally hundreds fans of all ages dress up in their best homemade costumes. Here are just a few pics of costumed characters roaming the halls at Comic-Con 2009…

Tron

Predator

Master Chief from Halo
Spongebob Squarepants
Spider-Men

Bionicle
Mandalorian warriors from Star Wars
More Mandalorians

Giselle and Prince Edward from Enchanted
On the right is Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Giselle from Enchanted; no idea who that is on the left

I know it’s blurry, but it’s just too good not to share

Silk Spectre from Watchmen
Transformers (the animated variety, if I’m not mistaken)
Silk Spectre, Night Owl, Rorschach, and the Comedian, from Watchmen
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Saturday morning at Comic-Con, the masterminds behind Lost held their annual panel, filled with tons of surprises, unexpected guests, lots of laughs, and a plenty of hints about what’s to come in the show’s forthcoming final season. Here’s my full video of the entire panel… Note that the final video contains one moment of very strong language.

Saturday night at Comic-Con, NBC set up a full carnival, complete with games, food, and prizes, in promotion of the upcoming Volume 5 of Heroes. Volume 5, “Redemption,” features a group of characters with powers that have integrated into society by becoming carnival acts, so the Comic-Con carnival was made to resemble the one from the show. Aside from all the fun and games, there were tons of images of the cast, stills from the upcoming season, and even a special tent showing the trailer for Volume 5 on a loop.
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Peter Jackson made his long awaited first trip to Comic-Con this year to promote his protege Neill Blomkamp’s feature film debut, District 9. Rather than tell you all about this amazing-looking movie, I’ve got the full video of the event for you to watch and hear about it straight from Jackson, Blomkamp, and star newcomer Sharlto Copley.

Jackson fans will be keen to hear that he also discusses the current status of The Hobbit and the full details on what really happened to the Halo movie (and whether they hope to get back to it).
Enjoy!
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Director Scott Stewart is known for his amazing visual effects work on the likes of Pirates of the Caribbean, Iron Man, Live Free or Die Hard, and more than a dozen other films. Legion is his first major directorial effort, which he also co-wrote, and it stars Paul Bettany as the archangel Michael, who descends to earth to protect it when God decides to wipe out humanity for a second time (you know, after the Flood) by sending the rest of his angels to destroy us. Michael takes it upon himself to protect a nine-months-pregnant woman named Charlie, who is …read more

9 is an animated fantasy adventure from the talents of Shane Acker, a first-time director whose credits include animation work for The Lord of the Rings. It’s a “stitch punk” tale about nine little robotic creatures who are imbued with the spark of life by their human creator — just before the human race becomes extinct, thanks to malevolent robots who wipe them out. These nine robots, each named after their sequential number in order of their creation, become caught up in a wild adventure when the same machines that destroyed the humans set their sights on them. The entrance …read more

For the true geeks among us, there could be no bigger event at Comic-Con than uber-director James Cameron showing up to promote his shrouded-in-secrecy new project, Avatar. Not a single frame of footage, not one rendering or piece of concept art has been shown from the film. Until today.
Cameron chose Comic-Con 2009 as the venue at which to unveil Avatar to the world, and he did not disappoint, delivering an in-depth preview of the film that stacked up at about 25 minutes of total footage! The film, which details a human war against an alien race set on their homeworld …read more