It Sure Seems Like All The Big Studios Are Skipping San Diego Comic-Con This Year

San Diego Comic-Con has been struggling ever for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic pressured nearly the whole lot to close down in 2020. Since then, it looks as if one factor after one other is making it powerful for these dwell occasions to go on. Many of the massive studios we’re used to seeing in San Diego yearly can be absent for San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Variety stories.

It’s an extended record: Disney’s Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Netflix are all skipping SDCC this yr. Warner Bros. hasn’t made an official announcement come what may, and NBC is ready on rumors of an impending actors’ strike, Variety notes. Paramount and Amazon, nevertheless, do plan to have some presence.

So what is going on on? Most obvious is the present ongoing writers’ strike and the rumored potential strike by the Screen Actors Guild. While each strikes have an effect on these studios, an actors’ strike can be disastrous–it’s inconceivable to get actors on stage to speak about their upcoming initiatives once they’re busy holding a picket line for truthful pay. Studios aren’t going to need to make plans for a bunch of actor-filled panels in the event that they suppose the actors may not be there.

Additionally, many of those studios are selecting to promote on to viewers. Netflix simply held certainly one of its Tudum occasions in Brazil, for instance, and Star Wars followers can get their repair on the annual Star Wars Celebration occasions. DC Studios held its Fandome occasions in 2020 and 2021, however canceled it for 2022. With a brand new boss and a bunch of recent initiatives within the works, although, Warner Bros. could also be seeking to carry again the occasion or one thing comparable.

Before SDCC was the place to go to see your whole favourite style film stars in a single place, it was only a (actually, actually huge) comedian conference. If this continues, the occasion could also be pressured to return to its roots. San Diego Comic-Con 2023 is scheduled to happen in just below a month, from July 20 to July 23, 2023.