Live from New York, Comic Con celebrates its 20th anniversary! This past weekend, the East Coast’s largest pop culture convention welcomed fans, artists and stars for a four-day festival. There was an attempt to break the world record for the largest gathering of Spider-Men, a cosplay contest with a $1,000 prize, and, of course, tons of news about your favorite franchises. We break down everything that was announced at the con.
Day 1
The cast of Dexter: Resurrection take to the main stage to celebrate the franchise’s 20th anniversary and reveal what’s in store for Season 2 of Resurrection. Executive producers Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds and Marcos Siega joined cast members Michael C. Hall, Uma Thurman, James Remar, Jack Alcott, Bokeem Woodbine and Krysten Ritter to preview the new season, which features the notorious Bay Harbor Butcher (Hall) as he tackles a mid-life crisis and New York’s latest serial killers. Eric Stonestreet crashed the panel, hinting at the return of Rapunzel, the one killer Dexter failed to catch in Season 1.
It may not have been Hall H, but Marvel still brought some heat to the Javits Center. The countdown to Avengers: Apocalypse continued with the costume exhibition and a special evening doomsday– F1 themed car presented in collaboration with the Atlassian Williams F1 team. During a 90-minute panel, the studio also revealed updates to its television and animation lineup.
The biggest news from the panel was the announcement of the new live-action series. Zodiacwhich will be released on Disney+ in 2028. The series, which begins production in the spring, is billed as a “spy thriller,” according to Brad Winderbaum, head of television at Marvel. Keen-eyed fans may notice allusions to SHIELD in the logo of Zodiacand avid comic book readers might look forward to the introduction of Jake Fury, younger brother of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and leader of the Zodiac crime organization.
Hell’s Kitchen traveled to Midtown as the Defenders – Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Danny Rand (Finn Jones) – reunited to debut an exclusive preview of the third and final season of Daredevil: Born Again. And another surprise, the casting of VisionQuest appeared to offer panel attendees a special premiere of the first episode, which will be released on Disney+ on October 14.
In animation news, Winderbaum announced three new specials for Marvel Zombies. The Winter Soldier decline in 2027, The Fist of Khonshu in 2028, and The last guardian in 2029. Also, season 2 of Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man set its release date for January 13 and the studio showed a teaser for season 3 of X-Men ’97.
The first day of NYCC also included two exclusive screenings. The first was for Crystal Lakethe Peacock/A24 prequel series Friday the 13th. Showrunner Brad Kane said a sequence from the series, which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees and premieres Oct. 15, includes “shot-by-shot recreations of scenes from (Friday the 13th).” The second screening, just before Crystal Lakewas the world premiere of Season 3, Part 1 of Boss from hellwhich will be released on Prime Video on October 14.
Day 2
The day of the premiere of Avatar: Seven Havens, Legend of Korra star Janet Varney hosted a panel celebrating the show and revealing the upcoming slate of Avatar universe. The panel, which included executive producers Mike DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Ethan Spaulding and Sehaj Sethi, as well as cast members Saheli Khan, Aishu Devan and Major Curda, announced that the series had been renewed for two additional seasons, telling the story of the Seven Havens through seasons 3 and 4. Avatar: Seven Havens follows young Earthbender Pavi (Khan), who, after learning that she is the reincarnation of the Avatar, works with her sister Nisha (Devan) to discover their origins and save their home from danger.
The panel also announced a new series, Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaosa prequel story to the franchise. First looks of Wave of Chaos shows a waterbending character carrying a surfboard, but it’s still unclear how far Wave of Chaos is adjusted in relation to The Last Airbender.
Next, AMC+ revealed updates for four TV shows. First, Catherine Zeta-Jones previewed her new show. Kill Jackie with executive producers Tom Butterworth and Peter Lawson. Next, Carrie-Anne Moss previewed the streamer’s new horror mystery Yagaa modern adaptation of the Slavic legend Baba Yaga premiering October 23. Then, return of the show Witches of Mayfair announced the third season of the series Salem Assembly would premiere on December 30, and The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon teased the fourth and final season with a new trailer paying homage to the 15-year history of Caryl, the fan name of Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Carol (Melissa McBride).
Ed Weeks, Allegra Edwards, Jaren Lewison, Helen J. Shen, Parker Young and Rose Abdoo star in new CBS sitcom Eternally yourswelcomed fans to New York Comic Con to celebrate the series premiere and reveal what’s to come. Upcoming guest stars in the series include Tim Meadows as a vampire dentist, Asif Ali as a bureaucratic vampire, and Jeff Hiller as Aldrict, a troublemaking vampire. The show also announced that a special Christmas-themed episode would air later this year.
In other CBS comedy news, the panel for Specters announcement Survivor Star Parvati Shallow is said to have a special role in the show’s 100th episode, which will air in 2027 and is also expected to see Matt Walsh return as the demon Elias Woodstone. With this and two holiday specials coming in 2026, the Ghosties have a lot to look forward to in the months to come.
As Whale fall Released in theaters on October 16, stars Austin Abrams (freshly returned from a trip to Raccoon City) and Josh Brolin (who plays Abrams’ father in the film) landed at the Empire Stage to discuss the film. Co-writer and author Daniel Kraus shared behind the scenes of the adaptation Whale fall film, like consulting marine biologists to find out if a person could actually be swallowed by a whale and admitting that they never thought Whale fall would be adapted for cinema. Additionally, Abrams recalled filming an audition in a tent to mimic the claustrophobia of being inside a whale, Brolin teased that he provided the heartbeat of the whale that swallows Abrams’ character Jay, and director Brian Duffield shouted out Wētā Workshop for creating a biologically accurate whale.
Perhaps the most anticipated panel of the day was BlumFest 2026, hosted by YouTuber MatPat. If fans were looking for updates on new horror releases from Blumhouse, they got them: the production company announced 9 new films for its 2027 slate. Notable titles include The Revenge of La Lloronathe continuation of that of 2019 The Curse of La Lloronawhich comes out on February 26; The Exorcist: Martyrsthe seventh film in the franchise, released on March 12; Everything but ghostswritten by and starring Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson, released May 7; Paranormal Activity 8released May 21; and a restart of The Blair Witch Project released September 24.
With its own announcement, MatPat revealed that it is teaming up with Blumhouse to work on adapting its “all-time favorite indie games and horror channels from the online interwebs” to the big screen. The studio announced that the first film resulting from this partnership is a live-action adaptation of Amanda the adventurera horror game in which the player solves puzzles to find VHS tapes of a children’s show where the characters can interact with the outside world on television. After the theatrical success of horror on YouTube Behind the scenesMatPat might be the internet’s best authority on horror. But that’s just a theory…
Day 3
Bob’s Burgers And Futurama teamed up for a double feature panel Saturday morning. While we could say goodbye to Futurama(for now at least), head writer David Bob’s BurgersReturning in early 2027, the cast announced that a Hulu-exclusive holiday short, “Christmas Day Fort,” would premiere on December 7.
For more TV news, Greendale Community College alumni Joel McHale, Danny Pudi, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash were next for a Community retrospective. McHale called Community creator Dan Harmon during the panel to directly ask for updates on the long-awaited film, but was sent to voicemail, so fans will unfortunately have to wait.
Walker Scobell then made his Comic Con debut to discuss Season 3 of Percy Jackson and the Olympianswhich adapts The Titan’s Curse and premieres on Disney+ on November 20. Scobell announced that the new season would release two episodes per week, a change from previous releases of episodes per week.
Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh showed off a new trailer, key art and production stories for Blade Runner 2099which sees Yeoh as Olwen, a Replicant days from dying who teams up with Blade Runner and hidden fugitive Cora (Schafer) to track down a fugitive in a Los Angeles shaken after a Replicant uprising.
“It’s hard to be in front of someone so gorgeous,” Yeoh joked. “But it was very difficult to follow her, because we had a lot of racing in the series.”
Lashana Lynch, Tosin Cole, Amandla Stenberg, Thurso Mbedu, Cynthia Erivo, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Damson Idris, the stars of 2027 Children of Blood and Boneclosed the day with a preview of the upcoming film. Mbedu, who plays Zélie Adebola, said she learned to use the bow stick for the film’s action sequences, saying stunt coordinator Danny Hernandez “built a choreographic language…that was a mix of wushu, capoeira and other African-inspired fighting styles” for the film.
Day 4
On Sunday, the convention concluded with panels for NCIS: New Yorkthe Fox comedy…
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