Next Wednesday, the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con starts where Hollywood comes out for the geeks to promote their upcoming movies and television shows. The schedule is finally up for this year and the highlights include a 10th Anniversary panel for Firefly (oddly without any of the ladies attending), Iron Man 3 and The Hobbit. TV Shows, both new and current are also represented including Warehouse 13, Psych, Merlin and so forth. Comics, cartoons and toys are also represented but can get lost of the all the noise for the more famous events. The Hobbit will have two panels. One is fan specific panel hosted by The One Ring Thursday morning. The other is the official panel from Warner Bros on Saturday. The 2 and half hour panel shares its time with Pacific Rim and Man of Steel so exactly when the Hobbit portion starts and how long it lasts is unknown. Since Director Peter Jackson, writer Phillipa Boyens, Andy Serkis (Gollum, 2nd unit director), Martin Freeman (Bilbo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Richard Armitage (Thorin), and possibly Guillermo del Toro (initial director, pre-production design) might be on hand, hopefully the movie will get a lion's share of the time. Below is the Hobbit related panels and descriptions. The full schedule is here.
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