This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Disney had scheduled their Star Wars Celebration convention event to be held in London the week leading up to SDCC, but they still put together an impressive collection of original costumes together for exhibit at San Diego Comic Con at their official booth. This year, it was all costumes from the upcoming Rogue One, which is due in theaters in December. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As has been tradition in recent years, DC had a number of original production costumes from upcoming super hero movies on display in hard cases. Featured this year were costumes from the soon to be released Suicide Squad as well as next year’s Wonder Woman. Also in celebration of Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary was a costume from the 70s television series starring Lynda Carter. This “Part 2” article includes photographs of the Wonder Woman costumes. See the “Part 1” article for images of the Suicide Squad costumes. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As has been tradition in recent years, DC had a number of original production costumes from upcoming super hero movies on display in hard cases. Featured this year were costumes from the soon to be released Suicide Squad as well as next year’s Wonder Woman. Also in celebration of Wonder Woman’s 75th anniversary was a costume from the 70s television series starring Lynda Carter. This “Part 1” article includes photographs of the Suicide Squad costumes. See the “Part 2” article for images of the Wonder Woman costumes. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As with past years, Warner Bros had some original production costumes on display from current television series. They had three this time around: Supergirl, Arrow, and The Flash. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. As with past years, Prop Store had an impressive display of original props and costumes from film and television on display throughout Comic Con. This year, they also used the occasion to announce three live auctions, their Entertainment Memorabilia Auction in London the Fall, The Twilight Saga Live Auction in Los Angeles on November 19th and 20th, and their Phil Tippett Auction in Los Angeles on October 3rd. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. This year, auction house Profiles in History had an all-artwork exhibit, with pieces from their upcoming Frank Darabont Collection on display, including Frank Frazetta works among the highlights. Profiles has marketed “Sea Witch” as “The Only Million Dollar Art Piece at Comic-Con” and “The Single Most Important and Most Valuable Frazetta Painting to EVER be Offered At Auction (pre-sale estimate of $1,000,000 – $1,500,000)”, so it will be interesting to see if it meets the reserve at the July 30th auction. I have been reporting on Profiles in History as registered press at Comic Con International every year for the past nine years (see articles from 2008, 2009 Part 1 & 2009 Part 2, 2010 Part 1 & 2010 Part 2, 2011, 2012, 2013 Part 1 & 2013 Part 2, 2014, 2015), but this is the first in which they did not exhibit any TV and/or movie props and costumes. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. This marked the third year in a row (see 2014, 2015) that HBO hosted a Game of Thrones interactive exhibit at the L Street Fine Art Gallery opposite the Omni Hotel. The Hall of Faces experience proved as popular as ever, with fans lined up one to two blocks. However, this year had far less on display in terms of original props and costumes, with just one piece of wardrobe each for Jaqen H’ghar, Arya and the Waif from Season 6. [Read more…]
This is part of my ongoing coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Across from the main activities at the convention center was “Amazon Village”, which included an experience for their original episodic series, The Man in the High Castle, which is based on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel of the same name, which features an alternative history n which the Axis powers won World War II. The experience also featured original props, costumes, and set pieces from the series. The second season is expected late this year, though specifics have not been announced. [Read more…]