Comic-Con Isn’t Just For Comics
Posted on 24 July 2008 by brian
San Diego is about to get a lot “geekier” this weekend with the arrival of the phenom that is Comic-Con. Traditional comic book fare like Watchmen, The Spirit and Punisher are all scheduled to make appearances. But so are films not necessarily associated with this genre.
Comedies like Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express and family films Land of the Lost and Race to Witch Mountain also will be featured.
“The same audience that likes genre movies likes comedy,” says producer Peter Safran, who will push his aptly named Disaster Movie. “It’s the right audience. There are few places you can go that have a targeted demographic.”
The hardcore fanboys won’t feel left out, however. For sci-fi enthusiasts, there’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Terminator Salvation and The Day The Earth Stood Still. And horror buffs will be salivating over the relaunch of The Wolfman, Mirrors, the latest Saw installment and female-driven Twilight.
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