Everything You Need To Know About San Diego Comic-Con’s 2023 Panels (Including The Cancelled Ones)

While Hollywood faces an uncertain future of fair treatment for its creatives, San Diego Comic-Con’s 2023 line-up is forging on ahead, albeit in a much more reduced capacity. Typically one of the industry’s biggest events for major announcements from such juggernauts as Marvel Studios, DC Studios and Lucasfilm, this year has seen a number of studios have to pull out from the event due to the Writer’s Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Marvel was the first to confirm they’d be skipping SDCC 2023, with Netflix, Disney, HBO, Sony and Universal all following suit.

Even with these roadblocks, San Diego Comic-Con 2023 will still have a number of exciting panels running from July 20-23. Screen Rant will not only be in attendance of many of these panels, but will also be hosting a special media room interviewing many of the creatives from the projects being shown at the event, as well as moderating panels! Check out the full schedule of panels still moving ahead, as well as those that are confirmed to be cancelled due to the actors and writers strikes, below:

Note: Any actor or writer involvement in the panels and events listed below are subject to change for the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes, during which this piece was written. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the shows and movies being covered here wouldn’t exist.

Every San Diego Comic-Con Panel Confirmed

Wednesday, July 19

• 4 p.m.: Adult Swim is hosting a press-only preview of some of their upcoming projects, with the network’s Head of Marketing Deena Beach and Head of Creative Jake Escobedo.
• 6 — 9:30 p.m.: Warner Bros. Television is hosting their annual Preview Night featuring the world premiere of the highly anticipated series Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, alongside all-new episodes of Riverdale and Teen Titans Go!, and screenings of Mrs. Davis and Superpowered: The DC Story. The Preview Night will be hosted in Ballroom 20.
• 6:15 p.m.: FUNKO will be hosting their special Funkoville presentation for press, during which they will preview exclusive SDCC products across all of their brands.

Thursday, July 20

• 11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.: Max Original Animation will be celebrating many of their new and returning animated shows, including Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake with showrunner Adam Muto and supervising director Ryann Shannon in attendance; Young Love, the new animated spinoff show of the Oscar-winning short Hair Love, with short and series creator Matthew A. Cherry attending along with supervising director Mark Davis; and a special Harley Quinn season 4 preview with supervising producers Cecilia Aranovich & Ian Hamilton. The Max Original Animation panel will be moderated by TV Guide Magazine‘s Damian Holbrook and take place in Ballroom 20.
• 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.: Paramount Pictures is hosting a special Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem panel in which they will present new footage from the animated movie reboot and a panel discussion with its filmmakers, who were not specified at the time of writing. The Mutant Mayhem panel will be held in Hall H.
• 12:45 — 1:45 p.m.: CBS & Paramount+ are bringing the hit supernatural sitcom Ghosts back to SDCC for a special presentation panel. At the time of writing it’s unclear which of the show’s creatives will be in attendance, though the presentation is expected to reflect on the season 2 cliffhanger in which Sam saw a piercing white light shoot from the heavens directly into her home.
• 2 — 3 p.m.: On behalf of Screen Rant, Joe Deckelmeier will be teaming with BOOM! Studios and Hasbro for a special Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers 30th anniversary panel. Featuring Melissa Flores, Power Ranger HyperForce‘s Meghan Camarena and comic series editors Allyson Gronowitz and Dafna Pleban, the panel will look back at the history of the beloved comic books, what’s next for the franchise, and feature some special surprises. The Might Morphin’ Power Rangers panel will be held in Room 25ABC.
• 2 — 3 p.m.: FX will be bringing What We Do in the Shadows season 5 to SDCC with the special premiere of an episode from the new season. The presentation is set to be hosted in Ballroom 20.
• 2:15 — 3:15 p.m.: Paramount+ is hosting a special Good Burger 2 panel which, at the time of writing, is said to feature original stars Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell along with the sequel’s newcomers Lil Rel Howery, Josh Server and Kamaia Fairburn all in attendance to discuss the movie. The Good Burger 2 panel is set to be hosted in Room 6BCF.
• 2:30 — 3:30 p.m.: Insomniac Games is hosting an exciting panel entitled Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Symbiotic Relationships, which is set to feature creative director Bryan Intihar, game director Ryan Smith, narrative director Jon Paquette, senior art director Jacinda Chew, stars Yuri Lowenthal, Nadji Jeter, Laura Bailey and Tony Todd, and Marvel Games’ VO & creative director Bill Rosemann. The panel is set to discuss the long-awaited PlayStation 5 sequel game, including giving attendees a behind-the-scenes look at Venom’s arrival, and how the symbiote will be a major player in the title. The Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 panel will be held in Hall H.
• 3:15 — 4:15 p.m.: FXX will be hosting an Archer season 14 panel to celebrate the final season of the long-running animated spy comedy. The panel will see a special screening of both the season 13 finale and an SDCC-exclusive premiere of the season 14 opener, in which Lana has now become the leader of The Agency. The Archer season 14 panel, which is also set to feature a giveaway for those in attendance, will be hosted in Ballroom 20.
• 3:30 — 4:30 p.m.: Kevin Smith is returning to SDCC for a special Masters of the Universe: Revolution panel in which, at the time of writing, he will be joined by stars Chris Wood, Melissa Benoist, Griffin Newman and Tiffany Smith to discuss the Netflix animated sequel show. The panel, which will also feature exclusive scenes, a “goliath appearance by a special cast member” and behind-the-scenes look at the show, will be hosted in Room 6BCF.
• 4:15 — 5:15 p.m.: A24 will be hosting a special Talk to Me panel in which writing/directing duo Danny and Michael Philippou will be discussing their journey from YouTube creators to debuting with the horror movie and their love of the genre. The Talk to Me panel, which will be hosted in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom, will also feature cast members Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen and Zoe Terakes.

• 5:30 — 6:30 p.m.: Kevin Smith continues his SDCC reign by moderating a panel for Chasing Chasing Amy, the acclaimed documentary in which queer director and subject Sav Rodgers sought to explore the legacy of Smith’s 1997 rom-com and its impact on the LGBTQ+ community, though ultimately inspired his own journey of self-discovery. Rodgers will be joined on the panel with his wife and principal subject Riley, lesbian writer and culture critic Trish Bendix and writer/YouTuber Princess Weekes. The Chasing Chasing Amy panel is set to be hosted in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom.
• 10 — 11:30 p.m.: Adult Swim and Warner Bros. are hosting the special world premiere for The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart. The R-rated movie will act as a series finale to the animated adventure comedy, picking up immediately from the season 7 finale in which Hank has run away from home after awakening from his coma and leading to manhunt exposing unexpected secrets, including The Monarch’s relation to Rusty and the return of an imposing evil. The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart panel, which will be hosted in Room 6BCF, is also expected to feature the filmmakers and cast for a discussion and audience Q&A.

Friday, July 21

• 10 — 11 a.m.: Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network & Amblin Television are hosting a Tiny Toons Looniversity panel, in which the cast and crew are expected to be in attendance to discuss the upcoming reboot. The panel will feature a screening of the show’s premiere, as well as sneak peeks of the final batch of Looney Tunes cartoons and upcoming episodes of Cartoonito’s preschool-focused title Bugs Bunny Builders. The Tiny Toons Looniversity panel will be held in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom.
• 10 a.m. — 8 p.m.: Universal Pictures is celebrating Jurassic Park‘s 30th anniversary with a special timed-entry event entitled Step Into Jurassic Park. The activation, which will also be available during the same time slot on Saturday, July 22, will allow fans of the franchise to recreate many of the movie’s iconic dinosaur attacks, including the infamous T. rex toilet scene, as well as be the chance for giveaways, Jurassic-themed food offerings, and more.
• 11 a.m. — 12 p.m.: Warner Bros. Animation is back and soaring to the sky with the Adult Swim comedy My Adventures with Superman. The new show centers on Clark Kent as he tries to build his secret identity as Superman and explores his mysterious origins, all while Lois Lane rises as a star reporter in Metropolis, and the two secretly have a crush on one another. The panel will feature a new episode screening of the show and is expected to feature the cast and crew discussing familiar friends and foes, the rest of season 1 and the show’s potential future. The My Adventures with Superman panel will be held in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom.
• 11 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.: Collider‘s Editor-in-Chief and founder Steve Weintraub returns for his annual Directors on Directing panel. The panel will see Bullet Train‘s David Leitch, The Creator‘s Gareth Edwards and Haunted Mansion‘s Justin Simien all sitting down for a wide-ranging and in-depth discussion about the craft of directing, their projects from the past, present, and future, and exclusive new footage from The Creator and Haunted Mansion, as well as an SDCC-exclusive poster of the former. Collider‘s Directors on Directing panel will be held in Hall H.
• 12:30 — 1:30 p.m.: Prime Video is getting apocalyptic with their Good Omens: The Ineffable Season 2 panel. Attendees will be offered a sneak peek at the next chapter of the hit show, in which angel and demon best friends Aziraphale and Crowley find their quiet lives again interrupted when the archangel Gabriel arrives with no memory of who he is or how he got there, resulting in a century-spanning adventure. The Good Omens: The Ineffable Season 2 panel will be held in Ballroom 20.
• 1 — 2 p.m.: AMC will be bringing an in-depth first look at the future of The Walking Dead Universe, including the highly anticipated spinoffs Daryl Dixon and Rick & Michonne, as well as the currently airing The Walking Dead: Dead City. The Walking Dead Universe panel will be held in Hall H.
• 2 — 3 p.m.: Adult Swim is back with a special Rick and Morty 10th Anniversary panel, in which the cast and crew are set to celebrate and reflect on the beloved sci-fi comedy’s legacy thus far. The panel, which will be held in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom, is also set to include the first look at Rick and Morty season 7.
• 3 — 4 p.m.: Lionsgate and Peacock are inviting audiences to head back in time for The Continental: From the World of John Wick panel. The three-episode miniseries will act as a prequel to the John Wick movies, exploring the origins of its eponymous hotel for assassins and Winston’s involvement in the business. The Continental panel, which will be held in Ballroom 20, is expected to feature the show’s cast and executive producers Basil Iwanyk and Albert Hughes to discuss the show and present an exclusive first look.
• 3 — 4 p.m.: Hulu is getting wacky with their Solar Opposites season 4 panel. The next chapter of the animated sci-fi comedy show will see the central group of aliens encountering more chaos in their neighborhood, new mayhem in the Wall and more Silvercops adventures. The Solar Opposites season 4 panel, which will feature a first look at the new episodes, will be held in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom.
• 4:30 — 5:30 p.m.: Robert Kirkman and Skybound are heading to Room 6BCF for a special Invincible 20th Anniversary panel. Kirkman will be joined by co-creators Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley, as well as Skybound SVP/publisher Sean Mackiewicz, creative director Mike Rogers and Skybound Animation’s studio head Marge Dean to look back at the comic book franchise and its future on the page, on screen with its animated show, video games, tabletop games, and more.
• 5:45 — 6:45 p.m.: The Invincible celebration continues in Room 6BCF with A Conversation with the Cast and Creator of the Prime Video show, in which Kirkman is set to be joined by unspecified stars to break news about the show’s future and discuss key storylines from the long-awaited season 2.

Saturday, July 22

• 10:30 — 11:30 a.m.: Apple TV+ is hosting a special Snoopy Lives it Up on Apple TV+ panel exploring the animated Peanuts content in the works for the streamer. The panel will feature a sneak peek at Camp Snoopy, an exclusive reveal of previously unannounced projects, and feature discussions from Camp Snoopy director & executive producer Rob “Boots” Boutilier, WildBrain Studios director Adam Arsenault, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates’ CCO Paige Braddock & Senior Writer Jason Cooper, and Peanuts Worldwide’s SVP of Marketing and Communications Melissa Menta. The Snoopy Lives it Up on Apple TV+ panel will be held in Room 6BCF.
• 11 — 11:45 a.m.: Hulu invites SDCC attendees to venture to the 3000s with the Futurama panel celebrating the revival of the beloved sci-fi animated show. The revival is set to continue Fry and Leela’s love story, the mysterious contents of Nibbler’s litter box, the secret history of evil Robot Santa, and the whereabouts of Kif & Amy’s tadpoles, as well as the crew encountering a new pandemic, bitcoin, cancel culture, and streaming TV. The Futurama panel will be held in Ballroom 20.
• 12:15 — 1:15 p.m.: Battle Island Gala Films are teaming for a special Ghosts of Ruin panel, in which they will offer a behind-the-scenes lok at the dystopian animated show. The panel is also set to feature stars Tony Revolori, K-Pop star AleXa, Josh Keaton, Karen Strassman and John Bentley discussing the show with its creative team led by Hans Zimmer’s Bleeding Fingers Music’s Giovoni Rios, Hendric Beunk, and Russel Emanuel, showrunner/executive producer Michael Ryan, and creator/executive producer P. J. Accetterro. The Ghosts of Ruin panel is set to be held in Hall H.
• 1:30 — 3:30 p.m.: Paramount is heading back to the final frontier with their Star Trek Universe panel, which will feature exclusive content from Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The Star Trek Universe panel is set to be held in Hall H.
• 1:45 — 2:45 p.m.: NBC is back to their time-jumping ways with an exclusive Quantum Leap screening of the season 1 finale followed by a special sneak peek of the highly anticipated season 2. The Quantum Leap SDCC screening will be held in Room 6A.
• 4:30 — 6 p.m.: William Shatner will be hosting a special panel discussion reflecting on his iconic career, of which was recently chronicled in Legion M’s documentary You Can Call Me Bill, as well as his recent real-life journey into space. Shatner will be joined in Hall H with the documentary’s director Alexandre O. Philippe, Legion M execs Jeff Annison and David Baxter, and some surprise guests.
• 4:45 — 5:45 p.m.: The beloved crew of Critical Role — Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham and Liam O’Brien — are gathering for a special fireside chat and short Q&A session The Critical Role: Fireside Chat and Cast Q&A is set to be held in Ballroom 20.
• 5:15 — 6:15 p.m.: Ubisoft and Lucasfilm are bringing an exciting new look at Star Wars Outlaws with a special panel entitled Becoming the Galaxy’s Most Wanted. The panel will feature Ubisoft Creative Director Julian Gerighty discussing the franchise’s first-ever open-world game alongside Lucasfilm Director of Franchise Content & Strategy Steve Blank, Ubisoft’s Narrative Director Navid Khavari, and voice actors Humberly González, Dee Bradley Baker and Jay Rincon. The Star Wars Outlaws: Becoming the Galaxy’s Most Wanted panel will be held in 6BCF.
• 6:30 — 8:30 p.m.: Screen Rant is partnering with Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment for a very special Babylon 5: The Road Home panel, which will feature a screening of the upcoming animated movie releasing in time for the show’s 30th anniversary. The screening will be followed by a lively panel discussion moderated by Screen Rant‘s own Joe Deckelmeier with the cast and filmmakers, as well as an audience Q&A. The Babylon 5: The Road Home panel will be held in Room 6BCF.

Every Major SDCC Panel Cancelled

• Marvel Studios confirmed in late June they would be skipping their normal Hall H presentation, which has been speculated to stem from the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes causing production and release delays for many of its upcoming projects.
• Just days later, Disney, Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures and Netflix all pulled out of potential SDCC panels in anticipation of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
• A BTS cast discussion for Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty.
• The Wheel of Time Season 2 panel with the cast and exclusive first looks.
• An Inside Look at Cruel Summer Season 2 with stars Lexi Underwood, Sadie Stanley, and Griffin Gluck, alongside executive producers Michelle Purple and Bill Purple.
• An exclusive sneak peek of Peacock’s Twisted Metal show starring Anthony Mackie.
• A Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar panel featuring clips from the R-rated movie continuation of the Adult Swim show and discussions with the cast and crew, including about the new soundtrack and Dethalbum IV.
• The World Premiere of The Boys spinoff Gen V with unspecified cast members discussing the highly anticipated show.
• An exclusive first-look clip from the upcoming The Strangers reboot trilogy presented by executive producer/star Madelaine Petsch and producer Courtney Solomon, and confirmation of a 2024 release plan.
• A special That ’70s Show 25th Anniversary Panel with stars Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith reflecting on the show and engaging in a fan Q&A.
• Legendary Entertainment was set to hold a very secretive Hall H presentation expected to have included footage and reveals from Dune: Part Two, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and the rest of their MonsterVerse, and the in-development Detective Pikachu sequel, though cancelled just a week prior.
• A Heels Season 2 Preview panel that would’ve offered a first look at the sports drama’s return, with creator Michael Waldron and stars Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Alison Luff, Mary McCormack, Kelli Berglund, Allen Maldonado, and Chris Bauer.
• An Abbott Elementary Class in Session panel with the cast breaking down the hit ABC sitcom.
• An exclusive first look at AMC’s Orphan Black spin-off Orphan Black: Echoes starring Krysten Ritter.
• An exclusive first look at AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire season 2.

Screen Rant will attend most of the listed San Diego Comic-Con 2023 panels above and will be sharing special insight learned both during and after the panels with our readers. We will also be speaking with a wide array of talent in attendance of the event, including Impact Winter creator Travis Beacham, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, the cast and crew of The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon, The Creator director Gareth Edwards, Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien and Invincible stars Gillian Jacobs, Ross Marquand and Khary Payton, among many, many others!

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