SAN DIEGO (AP) — Here’s the latest from the Comic-Con International fan festival Saturday in and around the San Diego Convention Center (all times Pacific):
11:45 a.m.
The first footage of director David Ayer’s “Suicide Squad” was shown at Comic-Con to thunderous applause. Audiences saw the misfit supervillains get recruited by Viola Davis’s Amanda Waller to conduct shadowy black ops missions.
As Deadshot, Will Smith says in the trailer “So that’s it, we’re the patsies. We’re some kind of suicide squad. So let’s save the world.”
The trailer also showed a sinister, sniveling Jared Leto as the Joker.
The cast, including Smith, Margot Robbie and Davis walked on stage, waved, and exited quickly.
Smith said, “we’ll see you all next year.”
“Suicide Squad” opens on August 5, 2016.
11:30 a.m.
“Pan” is not the Peter Pan story you know already.
Director Joe Wright said at Comic-Con that it is a “complete reframing” of J.M. Barrie’s book. Hugh Jackman stars as Blackbeard, the main foe to newcomer Levi Miller’s Peter in the fantasy adventure.
Garrett Hedlund, who plays James Hook before he gets the hook, said Wright sold him on the idea for the story by telling him that he wanted to make it as dark as possible. Hedlund said, “it will teach children that no matter how dark the fear they can always overcome the nightmare.”
Wright built real sets to create the Neverland experience, which Jackman said were about three times the size of the massive Hall H room.
They also debuted new footage of “Pan” introducing Jackman’s ruthless Blackbeard.
“Pan” hits theaters on October 9, 2015.
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10:45 a.m.
Merida is galloping into Storybrooke.
The ABC drama “Once Upon a Time” revealed that the Scottish heroine from Pixar’s animated “Brave” will appear in the upcoming fifth season of the live-action fairytale drama. A clip was shown at the end of the show’s Saturday morning Comic-Con panel teasing a young red-haired woman armed with a bow and arrow.
Disney-Pixar released “Brave” in 2012.
The fifth season of “Once” will focus on Jennifer Morrison’s Emma Swan’s new role as the Dark One.
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9:31 a.m.
The showroom floor isn’t the only place to acquire exclusive art pieces at Comic-Con this year.
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock, along with Gotham Chopra and Kevin Smith, launched “Geeks for Peace” late Friday, a fundraising party that included an auction of more than 25 one-of-a-kind paintings and sculptures.
The event benefits Kids for Peace, a nonprofit that encourages young people to respect others and serve as worldwide advocates for peace.
Red superhero capes, each emblazoned with a big, white peace symbol, were also for sale.
Spurlock plans to make Geeks for Peace an annual event.
“Next year will be even bigger, even better,” he said.
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2:19 a.m.
Nighttime at Comic-Con is a study in randomness. The parties all boast red carpets, step and repeats, and long lines, but what you find inside isn’t usually standard fare.
On one end of the Gaslamp District, Elijah Wood was disc jockey on a diverse set of house music and ’80s fare for the crowd at Mashable’s MashBash party. Instead of tiny passed hors d’oeuvres, servers walked around with full pizza boxes as guests danced, ate, chatted and applied temporary tattoos.
A few blocks away, “Arrow” star Stephen Amell braved the crowds and scantily clad women at the boisterous Playboy party. Clips from the film “Self/less” played on the screens, while women in skintight dresses danced to the pulsating music amid the flashing blue and purple lights.
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12:34 a.m.
Zack Snyder knows how to pick a car. The “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” director drove through the streets of the Gaslamp District at Comic-Con early Saturday morning in the Batmobile.
Snyder also stepped out of the hulking superhero car and tossed T-shirts to the many fans planning to spend the night camping outside of the convention center.
He’ll be taking the Hall H stage in a few hours to preview the film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill.
“Batman v Superman” hits theaters in March.
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