Comic-Con 2013: Day 1
by IMDb Editors created 6 months ago | last updated - 6 months ago
Read our round-up of television events from Day 1 of Comic-Con 2013, direct from San Diego.
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“ It's been more than a year and a half since viewers were treated to a new installment of "Sherlock", and fans are getting antsy.
But in the world of Sherlock Holmes, even the modernized version realized by "Sherlock's" executive producers Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue, patience and the ability to pay attention to detail promises to pay off handsomely. Right now in the UK, the second season of "Sherlock" is repeating on air, and viewers can discover key details about the new season by paying close attention to the subtitles. The title of the third episode of the upcoming season, for example, will be revealed during next Friday's telecast. "Use your detective skills!" advises series creator Steven Moffat. There are certain details that no amount of sleuthing can uncover, which is by Moffat and Gatiss's design. To call the pair reluctant to reveal spoilers about unaired episodes of "Sherlock" is putting it mildly. However, at their first San Diego Comic-Con appearance, the producers kindly loosed a few details about the third season -- including a time jump, and a wedding. At least two years will have passed since the events of the second season finale, and John Watson (Martin Freeman) has found the woman for him in Mary Morstan (played by Freeman's partner Amanda Abbington), which Moffat confirmed today in a panel for fans and to press. The bigger question how Sherlock returns following the end of Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall (#2.3) remains to be answered. What Moffat and Gatiss would reveal was the third season's theme. "Real life continues to flow around (Sherlock)," Moffat explains. "He thinks it will stay still, being the man he is, that everything will be identical. But people have their life. People move on. Things happen, and it all flows around him. At the same time, it’s him trying to survive within that." What about the prickly bromance between Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock and Watson? "It’s not quite the same," admits Vertue. "But, you know, Sherlock did go off for a couple of years and not tell Watson he was alive." Clearly "Sherlock's" third season, set to premiere in the U.S. on PBS, will be a case worth investigating. ” Titles: Sherlock (2010 TV Series)
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“ To understand the giddiness that pulses through Comic-Con, one need go no further than the nearest fan panel. On Thursday, the place to be was "The X Files" 20th Anniversary panel, which featured the writers (including Howard Gordon and Vince Gilligan) who shaped the genre series into a ground-breaking phenomenon as well as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully themselves, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.
Although all of them were game to answer questions from fans, Anderson was very clear as to her expectations for future involvement with the mythology that made her famous. When the moderation started to float the idea of possibly resurrecting "The X-Files" as a limited series, a la "24", she immediately blurted, "No. But a film would be great." Duchovny agreed. "I always thought that whenever we can do it and come back together, we will." Series creator Chris Carter did not shoot down the idea. Nor were Anderson or Duchovny averse to seeing the pair finally be in a relationship. When a fan asked what Mulder and Scully would do if they ever went on a real date, Anderson quickly deadpanned, "Have sex." Duchovny paused, then added, "And then, maybe, have dinner?" There you have it -- the truth is out there. ” People: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny
Titles: The X-Files (1993 TV Series)
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“ As Sgt. Damien Scott, one of the main heroes at the center of Cinemax's action series "Strike Back", Sullivan Stapleton comes across as a cocky, devil-may-care soldier who walks with a swagger and its utterly secure in himself.
But at Comic-Con, Stapleton is a regular bloke who is thrilled by seeing guys walking around dressed as Wilfred the dog. At the same time, he admits, "I'm a bit nervous." That's because, while "Strike Back" has a devoted fan base, it's not so well known that the actor can't walk the Con exhibits while enjoying a certain level of anonymity. That's probably about to change. ” People: Sullivan Stapleton
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“ In addition to filming the third season of the show, Stapleton also played the lead in 300: Rise of an Empire, requiring him to trade in guns for swords and hit the gym with a vigor he doesn't seem to be missing now that filming is complete.
That also means his days of walking down the street like a regular guy may be numbered. "I'm a lead in a massive film," he says. "I'm an unknown actor from Australia. It’s kind of…exciting and scary at the same time. I never ...believed I would end up here. You just do what you do and hope for the best." Of course, as Stapleton knows, that kind of fame has its upside -- especially at Comic-Con. "I'm kind of looking forward to seeing some dudes dressed up in denim skirts and leather codpieces," he joked. ” Titles: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
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