It’s all happening in San Diego.Credit: Chris DELMAS / AFP
San Diego Comic-Con, the annual gathering for all things comic books and nerd culture, is here. This year’s event kicked off on July 23 and runs through July 26, so you’d best prepare for a weekend of big reveals and new movie trailers.
This year’s edition of the long-running pop culture showcase features panels from all over the world of movies, TV, video games, and maybe even a comic book or two, here and there. Our friends at IGN created an excellent rundown of the weekend’s schedule of events, but there are a few announcements in particular we’re looking forward to. (Mashable and IGN are both owned by the same parent company, Ziff Davis.)
So, here are some of the biggest panels and announcements we expect this weekend at SDCC 2026.
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Somehow, Spaceballs returns
Comedy legend Mel Brooks just celebrated his 100th birthday, and he still has jokes to tell, as a long-awaited sequel to his old Star Wars parody, Spaceballs, is in the works. Spaceballs: The New One comes out next April. There’s a panel at SDCC on Friday featuring the cast and crew of the new movie, where they will discuss the project in detail, and maybe even give us a real look at it, since it’s only been shown in brief teaser form thus far.
Prime Video shows off its Blade Runner and Lord of the Ringsshows
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Earlier on Friday, you can expect some new info from Amazon about two of its higher-profile streaming TV projects.
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First, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set to return for its third season, after season two took the series to new heights all the way back in 2024. Amazon’s panel will feature a look at season three of the expensively produced and divisive fantasy epic.
Beyond that, Blade Runner 2099 will make its debut at this panel. The new Prime Video series stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer and returns viewers to the bleak techno-dystopia that somehow became a nearly 50-year-long media franchise.
A look at the future of Apple TV
Apple is holding a panel focused on original Apple TV programming, which has really hit its stride recently with shows like Silo and Widow’s Bay. Apple’s official description for this panel is very vague, but hopefully, we’ll get updates on the streaming app’s best new shows. Check in on Saturday if you want to hear more about the next moves for Apple TV.
Some fresh God of War: Laufey insight
SDCC is not generally a big gaming show, especially with Gamescom coming up in August. But PlayStation will have a presence at the show, and that includes a God of War: Laufey panel on Friday night.
And finally, the MCU returns with Doomsday
You may have heard that there’s a new Avengers movie coming out. I mean, there usually is, but this one seemingly has way more guys in it than usual. It also features the MCU debut of fan-favorite villain Dr. Doom, played by returning star Robert Downey Jr.
Saturday night will see a Comic-Con panel featuring Kevin Feige and other “special guests,” and they should give us an idea of what to expect not just from Doomsday, but from the next year or two of the MCU.
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Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. Alex can be found on Bluesky at yelix.bsky.social.
