“Terminator Salvation” star Bryce Dallas Howard felt right at home talking about the movie amid the mania of Comic-Con this week. “I walked the floor today! Oh, it was so much fun,” enthused the actress, who toured several booths at her second Con before duty pulled her away for interviews. “I was actually really disappointed when I was here for ‘Spider-Man [3]’ that we didn’t have time in the schedule to walk the floor. I think Topher [Grace] came several hours earlier with his friends so he could do it. What’s so great about Comic-Con is it’s the fans — it’s people who have spent a significant amount of time invested in admiring the stories, admiring the heroism, the sci-fi aspects of these stories.
“These are the people I’m doing it for,” she said, looking over at the costumed crowd. “Because I’m one of them.”
It's day four of Comic-Con which means yes, sadly the end is near. But our coverage is just beginning today. Before the sun sets on San Diego tonight we'll have talked to everyone from Jason Statham and Wes Craven to the cast of the new "Friday the 13th."
Not a bad lineup and it all comes after a Saturday chock full of scoops. If you weren't with us yesterday you missed McG and Anton Yelchin talking "Terminator Salvation," Frank Miller talking about the "300" prequel, and the latest on "The Clone Wars."
Today the news keeps flying fast and furious. Coming up soon right here you'll find the latest on "The Wolfman," breaking news on James Franco's role as a world famous writer, and Sam Raimi with an "Evil Dead" update. And that's only what we know right now. More big surprises are surely on the way as this crazy Comic-Con wraps up.
McG and the cast of "Terminator Salvation" just about tore the roof of Hall H with their debut of three minutes of bombastic scenes. But aside from the kinetic action the biggest cheer came for Anton Yelchin's Kyle Reese and his recitation of one iconic line, "Come with me if you want to live."
MTV News caught up with Yelchin and McG at their Comic-Con autograph signing to discuss the moment.
Cancel your plans. Lock your doors. Nuke yourself a big old bag of microwave popcorn. Come Thursday the exclusives are going to be coming fast and furious here because Comic-Con is at hand! Yes, just about every huge movie you care about is going to be represented in some way and MTV is going to be all over it!
Here's just a taste of what we've got lined up.
--MTV is moderating the panel presentations for "Terminator Salvation," "Repo: The Genetic Opera," AND "The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe." That means we'll have exclusive clips right here and interviews with EVERYONE, from McG and Common to Paris Hilton and Corey Feldman. You read that right.
--Exclusive interviews with Keanu Reeves, Mark Wahlberg, Joss Whedon, Dan Aykroyd(!), Frank Miller, Guy Ritchie, and the entire casts of both "Watchmen" AND "Twilight"!
--Exclusive first look art from "Red Sonja," and a whole lot more that I really want to mention but just can't. TRUST ME, BIG STUFF!
What movie are you most looking forward to getting news on from Comic-Con? Let us know.
Even as Christian Bale basks in the gargantuan success that is "The Dark Knight," today the actor's standing as a leading man is suddenly a lot shakier thanks to his arrest in London on assault charges. For the latest on the arrest, check out our full report here.
It couldn't be more inopprtune timing for the star as he's in the middle of attempting to re-start another huge franchise in the form of "Terminator Salvation." Only days before the arrest the actor described the way this new effort would be handled on the big screen, "It will be in a similar fashion to the way that 'Batman Begins' revitalized and reinvented," Bale of course is picking up the John Connor role previously occupied by Eddie Furlong, Thomas Dekker and Nick Stahl in the film. Director McG has been known to compare the "Terminator" re-launch with Chris Nolan's Batman series, and Bale revealed to us that he hopes to do several sequels. Read more...
- "The Dark Knight" demolishes midnight records, earning $18.4 million in early screenings. (Fantasy Moguls)
- A whopping 27 exclusive looks at upcoming films, TV shows and comics coming out of Comic-Con, including four new character posters from "Star Trek." (EW)
- Hasta la vista, Arnold. Bodybuilder, Arnold look-a-like, Roland Kickinger to portray the T-800 in next year's "Terminator: Salvation." (Clinton News-Record)
- Could Comic-Con someday leave San Diego? (Variety)
- We've come a long way since Linda Hamilton: Moon Bloodgood cast as female lead in "Terminator: Salvation." (Hollywood Reporter)
- Confirmed: Producer says no plans exist for Narnia franchise after third film. (First Showing)
- A slew of new pictures from "Indy 4" surface online. (/film)
- Guillermo del Toro to make another horror fantasy, talks briefly about "Saturn and the End of Days." (Film Buff)
- I've heard, I've understood, but I flat out refuse to acknowledge that Al Pacino could be the main villain in "Quantum of Solace." (AICN)
- Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes? Three more pictures from "Crystal Skull" pop up online. (l'Espresso)
- One hit is never enough: Redband trailer for "Pineapple Express" is an insta-classic. (/film)
- "Archangel, Archangel (Won't you be mine?)" Paul Bettany joins "Legion" as Michael, the Sword of God (and mankind's last hope). (Variety)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh to "Spread" 'em with Aston Kutcher as pair join indie-sex comedy. (Variety)
- Sam Worthington to play Marcus in "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins." (Variety)
- Sadness, as Steve Gerber, the creator of "Howard the Duck" and numerous other comics/cartoons, passes away at age 60. (Newsarama)
