The San Diego International Comics Convention, better known as the San Diego Comic-Con, has been held telematically this July for the second consecutive year. The event, born in 1970 as a regional exhibition in Southern California, has become one of the great meeting points of the entertainment industry in the United States, attracting in 2019 around 130,000 visitors over four days, according to figures from the organizers. In recent years, the series have been gaining presence at this event. This year, the final season of
The Walking Dead
and the return of the
Dexter
series
have been advanced
, which features one of the most charismatic characters on recent television, and debuts its ninth season this fall after ending the eighth in 2013.
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The wave of fans dressed as their favorite characters, the lines of stalls selling all kinds of objects and the excitement of seeing exclusive previews of series and films amid animated screams will have to wait until the summer of 2022. The organizers, instead , offered from July 23 to 25 a series of presentations and telematic talks under the name Comic-con @ Home, which can be seen in their entirety through the organization's official YouTube channel.
A smaller, face-to-face event, called Comic-Con Special Edition, is scheduled for late November in San Diego, but TV channels and
streaming
services
They have not missed the opportunity to show some of the novelties of this and next year, although without the splendor of past conventions.
The trailer for the new season of
Dexter
it has been one of the most talked about releases.
The video shows the serial killer played by Michael C. Hall, who has adopted a false identity in a quiet logging town, having a hard time controlling his darkest impulses.
Hall commented in the telematic colloquium dedicated to the series that, after eight years of absence, viewers will find a Dexter who has accepted that he cannot have a normal and satisfying life and at the same time continue with his serial killer instincts.
"However, I think he has the fantasy that he can balance both," says the actor.
The 10 episodes will start in Spain on November 8 through Movistar +.
Another series with a character who plays with the lines of morality,
Lucifer
, presented a preview of its sixth and final installment. The new experiences of the seductive demon embodied by Tom Ellis, saved by Netflix from the darkness of cancellation in its third season, will be available on the platform on September 10. Next year also says goodbye to
The Walking Dead
in its eleventh season. Scott M. Gimple, current content supervisor for the franchise, promised fans "to give you an epic and extended goodbye that will close more than 10 years in the right way." Nonetheless, AMC's adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic survives through its
spinoff
series
Fear The Walking Dead
and the most recent
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
, both with their own convention appearances, proving that zombies don't die easily.
The British sci-fi classic
Doctor Who
took the opportunity to offer a small look at the new chapters, which will be released in the United Kingdom at the end of 2021. Jodie Whittaker, the interpreter number 13 to embody the extraterrestrial being whose adventures are the focus of the The longest-running series on English television, it returns as the main character in a trailer that promises action through time and space.
A Comic-Con with few releases
The pandemic has not only hurt the convention, but has also made itself felt between premieres. While Comic-Con 2019 featured audiences from series such as
The Boys
,
The Witcher,
and
Star Trek: Picard
, this year's edition featured only a few new fictions, such as the African-American horror anthology
Horror Noire
and the trailer for
Chucky
series
, the most recent continuation of the saga of horror films
The Diabolical Doll
.
Animated productions, meanwhile, have had a greater presence.
The
Star Trek
saga
showed the second season of the comedy
Star Trek: Lower Decks
, broadcast in Spain through Amazon Prime Video, and a first look at
Star Trek: Prodigy
.
Blade runner
is another sci-fi saga that joins the trend for animated adaptations with
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
, a computer-generated co-production between the Japanese animation platform Crunchyroll and Adult Swim. There was also a script reading by the cast of
The Patrick Star Show
, a new cartoon that follows the adventures of SpongeBob's pink friend, and the first images of a four-part
Adventure Time special
for HBO Max were shown. . The Paramount + platform, whose landing date in Spain is still unknown, revealed the trailer for
The Harper House
, its commitment to animated comedies for adults.
Filmmaker Loren Bouchard tripled
The Great North
(Disney +),
Central Park
(AppleTV) and
Bob's Burgers
(Fox).
The first two made their debut at the convention while the third, which opens its 12th season in the United States in the fall, is in the process of making its leap to the movies.
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