Attack on Titan Wants To Devour Your Sanity

Now this is some crazy bowl of cornflakes, lemme tell you. Feast your eyes on the trailer for Shinji Higuchi's live action Attack on Titan, straight from the closing night of Montreal's Fantasia Fest. It's like some frakked-up jambalaya of Snowpiercer and War of the Gargantuas. Ginormous naked people who want to devour you. Future psychiatrists, your jobs are secure.

Bats versus Supes: A Comic Book History

Intrigued by that latest Batman v Superman trailer? But maybe you're confused. You're not much of a comic book guy, and isn't Superman... "nigh invulnerable?" And Batman, well - he's just rich, right? Well, haggard civilian, you need to watch Rob Jefferson's History of Batman vs Superman, from his YouTube channel Comics Explained, where he provides a terrific 11-minute chronicle of the evolution of conflict between The Dark Knight and the Big Blue Boy Scout. It's great stuff!

Comic-Con: The Expanse

While trailers for Batman v. Superman and other tentpoles grabbed most of the Comic-Con limelight, Syfy's ambitious new series The Expanse also had a considerable presence at the Con, along with this new trailer, which reveals that the show will premiere in December. The books The Expanse is adapted from are some pretty remarkable science fiction and the talent both behind and in front of the cameras is first-rate. The Expanse promises to be a return to the kind of solid science fiction SyFy gave us with Battlestar Galactica. Can't wait! Have a look:

Comic-Con: new Batman v Superman trailer!

One more big reveal, with the sturm und drang of Batman v Superman. Director Zack Snyder sees Metropolis as San Francisco, with Gotham City as Oakland, the more weary and beleaguered of the two. The urban destruction in Man of Steel being Gotham's 9/11 - its citizens holding Superman responsible. Affleck is looking better here and more solid as Bruce Wayne, and Snyder is putting together some iconic looking sequences, to be sure. The capes get tangled up next March.

Comic-Con: "Let the Boomstick do the talkin'..."

The other great Friday treat was the reveal of the new trailer for Starz' Ash vs. Evil Dead series, starring the legendary Bruce Campbell. Evil Dead premieres on Halloween, and it looks every bit as awesome as we'd hoped:

Comic-Con Friday: Star Wars Reel Evokes Real Magic

Friday was the big Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel at Comic-Con - and while the still-favorited Colin Trevorrow was not announced (yet) as Episode IX director, J.J. Abrams and all of the key players were there, along with a truly entrancing behind the scenes reel that's probably the biggest thing to appear Friday. Do check it out, it's awesome:

Comic-Con: Big Rumor Du Jour - Episode IX

We're hearing that during today's Comic-Con Lucasfilm panel, director Colin Trevorrow (box office juggernaut Jurassic World) will be brought onstage and announced as the director of Star Wars: Episode IX.