15 Things We're Looking Forward To At Comic-Con 2012
Django Unchained, Man Of ✅Steel, Pacific Rim and much, much more...

Pacific Rim
Why We’re Excited: We adore Guillermo del Toro at Total Film , and we’re ridiculously excited about hi𒉰s monsters vs mech-suits movie.
From what we’ve heard, it’ll make Transformers: Dark Of The Moon look like Robot Jox .
at . Expect the Internet to explode wit▨h glee sh﷽ortly afterwards.What We’re Hoping To Get: As many scrap scenes as possible, and🐎 some glorious concept art that reveals the 💯various creature designs.
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Godzilla
Why We’re Excited : Just the sight of the classic design is enough to get us giddy, and we’re really hoping this latest instalment in the franchise gets Gojira right.
With Total Film ’s pal G🐠areth Edwards at the helm, we have 🧔high hopes.
What We’re Hoping To Get: We want to feel giant footsteps thundering through Hall H, before hearing Godzilla’s distinctive roar bellowing out. Then, after the gooꦡsebumps have settled back down, we want footage. Lots and lots of footage.
Keep checking for all the l🎃atest news and ann𝔍ouncements

Django Unchained
Why We’re Excited: Quentin Tarantino will be bringing his cast, ꦫand exclusive footage fr🐼om to .
As😼 long as QT is his usual fast-talking super-knowledgeable self, the panel will be dawesome (the d is silent).
Expect much discussion about Lucio Fulci’s brief foray into the western genre, Sergio Corbucci’s use of snow in The Great Silence , and the advantages of usꦇing ‘70s funk to soundtrack six-gun shoot-outs.
What We’re Hoping To Get: As much new footage of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Calvin Candie as we can get - from the trailer glimpses, he looks like a fascinating villain.🃏 We want to see more. A bit of dialogue fro꧃m Sam Jackson's Stephen would probably bring the house down.
Keep check🔯ing for all the latest news and announcements

Man Of Steel
Why We’re Excited: We know foot🍬age of exists, but no-one outside of a VFX conference has seen it.
That will change this weekend.
With The Dark Knight Rises hype-machine winding down, we’re expecting Warner Brothers to unveil a jaw-dropping presentation, complete with footage that’ll have everyone in attendance hitting their favourite social network to turn #manofsteel into a universe-widℱe trending topic.
What We’re Hoping To Get: Superman, Zod, and Lois to get their own stand-out moments in an extensive footage presentation. A full trailer, ready to go into cinemas before The Dark Knight Rises , would be a nice surprise.
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Looper
Why We’re Excited: We have a very good feeling about .
It’s been slightly lost amongst the more recognisable bloc🌸kbuster brands hitting cinemas this year, but we’ve taken a quick trip into the future, and we can comfortably report back that it’s one of the few 2012 films people are still talking about decades later.
Okay, so we might have made that last bit up. But keep your eyes on this one, we have it on good authority that Looper is very special indeed.
We’re looking forward to seeing more at .
What We’re Hoping To Get: Footage, footage and more footage. The film’s completely in the can, so we’d expect nothing less. Expect the buzz to build rapidly almost as soon as it’s revealed this Friday.
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Iron Man 3
Why We’re Excited: Post the disappointment of Iron Man 2 , post the excitement of The Avengers , post the threequel redefinement of The Dark Knight Rises 🧜 , will be carrying a large weight of expectation on its metal shoulders.
We’ll find out how it plans to handle that pr🤡essure this wꩵeekend.
What We’re Hoping To Get: It’s been shooting for a while, so some triumphant footage sh🍬ouldn’t b♔e out of the question.
If we don’t get it, only Robert Downeওy Jr cha♏rming the pants off Hall H will do.
Keep checking for all the latest🌸 news and announcements

Elysium
Why We’re Excited: We’re huge fans of District 9 , so all of our attention will be on Neil Bl🧜omkamp’s next SF social-metaphor at the Sony presentation.
M⛄att Damon and Jodie Foster will be on-hand to introduce the first footage from – their presence turns this sneak-peek into a fairly 🦩major event.
What We’re Hoping To Get: A tꩵrailer is probably too much to hope fo꧑r, but a sizzle-reel of Matt Damon in action mixed with stunning dystopian / utopian imagery will be enough for us.
Keep checkiꦯng for all the latest news and announcements

Guardians Of The Galaxy
Why We’re Excited: It’s the announcement of a new Marvel franchise an🍃d given their track record♎, that’s cause for extreme exhilaration.
Marvel honcho Kevin Feige has already started ღvaguely talking about the project, we expect to hear more about it at .
It’s very early days for , but the comic fans in the office tell us a big-screen version will have to be as spectacular as The Avengers to do it justice.
Apparently, it involves a gun-wielding racoon, which is always n♍ice.
As long as it’s absolutely nothing like Green Lantern , we’ll be happy.
What We’re Hoping To Get: is sche🍨duled for U🌳K release on August 14 2014, so it's a long way off. Still, a writer / director announcement isn't out of the question.
We're hoping the announcement is so exciting, it'll have us buying back-issues aft🌳erwards.
Ke🍰ep checking for all the late🐲st news and announcements

The Expendables 2
Why We’re Excited: It’s all about the panel with . Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Randy Cout🤪ure🐭, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme and… Arnold Schwarzenegger.
That’s right, Arnie will be engaging with the army of geeks on 's biggest floor. It’s his first major appearance in a movie context since he leꦇft political office. Expect quips.
What We’re Hoping To Get: Banter, basically. The dynamic between Stallon𓆏e, Van Damme and Arnie should be worth the🌠 price of admission alone.
Kee𝓡p checking for all the latest news and announcements

Ant-Man
Why We’re Excited: Edgar Wright recently shot some test footage, and if the rumours are t𝄹o be believed, he’s bringing it to .
Wright’s had several successful Cons in the past, but nothing would comp🍒are to the triumph of bringing his long-awaited ⭕Marvel project to the place it’ll truly be appreciated.
Expect very loud chᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeers, even if he just shows up as a guest at Mar𓆏vel’s panel.
What We’re Hoping To Get: We’d love to see that test footage, but in the absence of that, announcing the identity of our Hank Pym would be absolutely lovely.
Kee💫p checking for all the latest news and announcements

The Hobbit
Why We’re Excited: 's exclusive poster has just been rele🅰ased, but we’re fairly sure it’s just the tip of Mount Doom in terms of what we can expect to see this weekend.
Peter Jackson and pals will be out in💛 force in San Diego. We can’t wait to experience what they’re bringing with them.
What We’re Hoping To Get: New footage, i𓄧deally i🌺n the form of complete scenes.
Keep♛ checking fﷺor all the latest news and announcements

Total Recall
Why We’re Excited: Director Len Wiseman will j💞oin stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston on stage at .
Internet opinion is divided on whether the remake sꦚhould even exi𒈔st, we’re looking forward to seeing the cast make their case.
What We’re Hoping To Get: If ever there was a place to unleash fan-pleasing clips of the 2012 Recall paying homage to the original, it’s Comic-Con . We’re expecting to see the full three-boobed mutant scene, if not a large metal object🌳 coming out of Qua♔id's nose.
Keep checkingಞ for all the latest news aꦆnd announcements

Oz: The Great & Powerful
Why We’re Excited: Sam Raimi’s Wizard Of Oz prequel has intrigue written all over it.
Will be his Lord Of The Rings , or Alice In Wonderland ? We’ll start✱ to get a good idea this weekend.
What We’re Hoping To Get: Raimi’s rumoured to be including black and white footage, in homage to the original Oz – we’dꦉ pay fairly good money to see some of it.
Failing that, confirmation of🌼 Bruce Campbell’s “pivotal” cameo will do.
Keep checking for all the lates𒉰t news and announcements

The Cosplayers
Why We’re Excited: wouldn’t be Comic-Con without fans dressi😼ng up in preposterously detailed costumes♔ in tribute to their heroes.
We can’t wait to see what they come up wit🅷h.
What We’re Hoping To Get: This year, we’re hoping the cosplayers get organised – with all the 🐼Captain Americas, Hulks, Black Widows, Iron Men, Thors, Hawkeyes, Nick Furys, Agent Coulsons and Agent Hills gathering together for the ultimate Avengers costravaganza. If that happens, we feel sorry for all the Lokis.
Oh, and we also wouldn&ꦓrsquo;t mind seeing a few Banes and Catwomans scattered the place.
Keep checking 💟for all the la🐼test news and announcements

The Surprises
Why We’re Excited: Every year, unleashes several unpredictable moments – whether it’s Andrew Garfield in a home-made Spide𒉰y outfit, surprise panels for films we’ve never heard of, or seeing all of the Avengers together for 🍸the first time.
What We’re Hoping To Get: We🐬ll, if we knew that it wouldn’t be a surprise!
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Sam Ash𓆉urst is a London-based film maker, journalist, and podcast host. He's the director of Frankenstein's Creature, A Little More Flesh + A Little More Flesh 2, and co-hosts the Arrow Podcast. His words have appeared on Hu💎ffPost, MSN, The Independent, Yahoo, Cosmopolitan, and many more, as well as of course for us here at GamesRadar+.