New York Comic Con 2018: all the panels, activations, and trailers at this year’s show – The Verge

Doctor Who is off to a bold new start to kick off Jodie Whittaker’s era as the Thirteenth Doctor

2018-10-08T14:28:39-04:00

"All of this is new to you, and new can be scary," remarks Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor early in her debut episode, "The Woman Who Fell To Earth," which kicks off the eleventh (or 37th, depending on how you count) season of the long-running sci-fi show.

And she's right: change can be scary. But in the case of the Thirteenth, it's mostly just a whole lot of fun, with Whittaker kicking off her tenure as the time-traveling, face-changing alien hero with flair and grace.

Some spoilers for Doctor Who's season 11 premiere below:

"The Woman Who Fell To Earth" starts off slow, introducing viewers to the Thirteenth Doctor's three traveling …

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New York Comic Con 2018 trailer round-up: Aquaman, Star Trek, and more

2018-10-08T11:54:37-04:00

The main floor at New York Comic-Con 2018 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, October 4-7, 2018. | Photo by Stefan Etienne / The Verge

New York Comic Con wrapped yesterday, and it was a busy few days, with plenty of news about highly-anticipated titles like Daredevil, Star Trek: Discovery, and American Gods.

Interestingly, much like with San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, the big reveals at this year's NYCC were almost entirely for major television shows, rather than movies. While we did get previews of films like Aquaman, Mortal Engines, and Hellboy (the trailer for which hasn't been released online yet), the slate of late 2018 and spring 2019 television shows dominated the show.

We've rounded up all the biggest and best trailers from this year's show in one place fo …

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Skybound Games will finish the final season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead

2018-10-07T09:00:15-04:00

The final season of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead game will be completed. The failed studio reached a deal with Skybound Games to finish the season, the development of which was halted when the studio laid off most of its employees at the end of September.

At New York City Comic Con, Kirkman told a panel that his company had come to a deal with Telltale to complete the story. According to Variety, Skybound will work with "members of the original Telltale team to finish the story," although that hasn't been finalized yet.

In a tweet, Skybound Games - the gaming division of Skybound Media, which was founded by The Walking Dead creator Rob …

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Bullseye joins Netflix’s Daredevil for season 3

2018-10-06T17:52:30-04:00

Marvel and Netflix took the wraps off a new trailer for the third season of Daredevil earlier this week, and held a panel for the show during New York Comic Con on Saturday. The trailer teases Daredevil villain Bullseye, who is both a fan-favorite and a force to reckon with, while at the panel, the cast and crew explored how the introduction of the classic villain will impact the series.

The main cast of Daredevil arrived on stage to not only answer questions from the panel audience, but also speak on the new dynamic within the cast. Some of season three's newcomers include Maggie (portrayed by Joanne Whalley) and Agent Nadeem (portrayed by …

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The new trailer for Star Trek Discovery’s second season shows off plenty of action and a bearded Spock

2018-10-06T17:14:47-04:00

At New York Comic Con this afternoon, CBS unveiled the latest trailer for its upcoming second season of Star Trek Discovery showing off what's next for the crew of the titular ship. The network also revealed that the show would return on January 17th, 2019.

Set a decade prior to the original Star Trek series, Star Trek Discovery follows the crew of the USS Discovery and disgraced Starfleet officer Michael Burnham as they contend with a war against the Klingons, and end up in the Mirror Universe, where they discover a tyrannical version of their world. Our first look at this second season came earlier this summer at San Diego Comic-Con, with …

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The next big Star Wars book will follow a squadron of rebel pilots hunting down the Empire

2018-10-05T19:31:56-04:00

During the Star Wars publishing panel earlier today at New York Comic Con, Random House Books announced that Alexander Freed will be writing a new novel called Alphabet Squadron, which will focus on "rebel pilots hunting down Imperials." To long-time Star Wars readers, it sounds very much like the Expanded Universe's X-Wing series.

Freed isn't a stranger to the Star Wars franchise. He wrote Battlefront: Twilight Company and the novelization for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as well as a handful of short stories for Star Wars Insider magazine and several comics. There isn't much more known beyond Random House's brief description, aside from …

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You’ll be able to watch Syfy’s Nightflyers starting on December 2nd

2018-10-05T14:44:28-04:00

Syfy will screen the first episode of its upcoming space horror show Nightflyers later today at New York Comic Con. Ahead of the premiere, it announced that the 10-episode series will series will debut on December 2nd; the first five episodes will air between Sunday and Thursday starting December 2nd, while the second half of the series will air the week starting on December 9th. Each episode will be available online as soon as it premieres on television through on demand and via the network's website and app. The online episodes also won't be locked to subscribers; anyone can watch them.

Based on a novella by George R.R. Martin (of Game of …

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A storm is coming in American Gods’ new season 2 trailer

2018-10-05T13:57:42-04:00

Today at New York Comic Con, Starz hosted a panel for the upcoming second season of its fantasy show American Gods, and showed off our first look at what's to come in the show when it returns in 2019.

The trailer shows off the continuing story of Gaiman's novel, which looks to be picking up even more fantastic elements - and gods, old and new -as Shadow (Ricky Whittle) and Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) continue their road trip across America. Also teased is the pending clash between the old gods of mankind's past and the new gods, like Media and Technology, of the future. But mostly, American Gods seems content to just show off all the return …

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Audible brought Harry Potter’s bottled memories to life at New York Comic Con

2018-10-05T13:03:20-04:00

For the last two years at New York Comic Con, Audible has been on a drive to demonstrate that audiobooks are an altogether different experience for readers than sitting down with a book. Last year, the company rolled out an impressive faux museum to support Andy Weir's novel Artemis, complete with a lunar art installation. This year, the company is showcasing a familiar classic, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, with an installation designed to mimic the memories of the books' characters.

Titled "A Harry Potter Pensieve Experience," the activation is a clever reminder that reading and listening are two very different activities. In Harry …

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New extended Aquaman trailer shows off over five minutes of underwater action

2018-10-05T12:40:11-04:00

We're still a few months away from Aquaman hitting theaters, during New York Comic Con Warner Bros. has just given us our best look yet at the Jason Momoa-led film with a new extended trailer that's packed with footage from the movie.

Clocking in at a hefty five minutes, the trailer gives us a general overview of what to expect in December, starting with the basic origin story. Aquaman - aka Arthur Curry - is the son of a human lighthouse keeper and the Atlantean queen (Nicole Kidman), making him the rightful heir to the throne. He'll be teaming up with Mera (Amber Heard) on what's revealed to be a quest for a legendary trident (likely the …

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