San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Announcements So Far: Soldier Boy Prequel, Like a Dragon, and More
CNET is live at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, and the event is packed with an exciting lineup from Marvel, Peacock, Prime Video, Max, and other entertainment giants. Deadpool & Wolverine debuted on Thursday, but that’s not all. If you’ve been waiting to hear about the latest in TV, movies, and animation, we’re sharing new trailers, panel audio, and the hottest stuff from Hall H.
As the days go by, expect to get a glimpse of what’s new, including The Penguin, Peacock’s Teacup, Alien: Romulus, Like A Dragon: Yakuza, and Rings of Power for Prime Video and Marvel’s showcase (fingers crossed for Avengers 5). A roundup of the week’s biggest drops from across TV and movies can be found below, and stay tuned here for daily updates.
read more: Comic-Con 2024: Rings of Power Season 2 Has Sauron vs. Adar, Orc Destruction
The Boys is getting a prequel: Vought Rising
Prime Video’s bloody superhero show is getting a spinoff with Jensen Ackles returning as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash reprising her role as Stormfront. The prequel, Vought Rising, will take viewers back to the 1950s, the early days of the corrupt company and Stormfront’s old identity as Clara Vought. Eric Kripke will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Jensen Ackles stars as Soldier Boy in season 3 of The Boys on Prime Video.
The Rings of Power Season 2 Gets ‘Nuclear’
The new season premieres on Prime Video on August 29, and clips shared in Hall H show a massive battle with orcs and rings being forged. Showrunners say that season 2 of Rings of Power is about “entering the nuclear age and everybody wants the bomb, everybody wants the nuclear codes, but what they don’t know is that it all feeds into this guy [Sauron].” Adar and Sauron will come into conflict, and there will be gigantic creatures aplenty this time around. Check out the latest trailer here.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
The Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV series, based on Sega’s video game series, is bringing Kamurochō to life on Prime Video. Fans were treated to clips starring Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu and Kento Kaku as Nishikiyama Akira on Friday. The show is an origin story of sorts, covering 10 years of Kazuma Kiryu’s life and his brotherly bond with Nishiki. The first three episodes will debut on Prime Video on October 24. Check out the teaser trailer, which debuted on Friday, below.
Creature Commandos by James Gunn
In a surprise appearance at a panel hosted by DC Comics Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee, James Gunn appeared to promote Max’s new animated series, Creature Commandos. Like the Suicide Squad, the show follows a group of captured monster misfits who are assigned to carry out world-saving missions. The voice cast includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Steve Agee as Economos, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein and Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus. Gunn wrote all seven episodes for the upcoming release, set to debut in December.
Doctor Who gets new spin-off
Disney has revealed a new Doctor Who addition to the franchise that will jump back to the 1970s with the Sea Devils, an ancient group of creatures that rise from the sea. The show is being created in partnership with the BBC and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Alexander Devrient and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The show will air on Disney Plus, where fans can currently stream season 14 of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa.
⛰️ THE WAR BETWEEN LAND AND SEA 🌊
Just announced in Hall H: next month, filming begins on a new Whoniverse spin-off starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient.More information can be found on the #Doctor who website pic.twitter.com/enRr2T8Kw6
—Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) July 26, 2024
Peacock’s horror series, Teacup
The streamer is now knee-deep in livestreaming for the Olympics, but one of the upcoming releases is Teacup, a new horror series from James Wan. The show is a Peacock original based on Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger and blends suspense, drama, and jump scares. Check out the teaser trailer for the series, which premieres October 10.
There’s something out there. #Teacupfrom executive producers Ian McCulloch and James Wan, will be released on Peacock on October 10. photo.twitter.com/c6ssGKeeoM
— Peacock (@peacock) July 25, 2024
From season 3 onwards there will be a release date
From builds on last season’s cliffhanger ending with a third installment set to premiere on September 22. Set in a (seemingly) inescapable city menaced by bloodthirsty monsters, the mysterious horror series is available to stream on MGM Plus.
