The 5 Biggest Reveals From Comic-Con 2026: Marvel, Rick Moranis, Johnny Depp and More

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Comic-Con has been over for just over a day now, and having covered it for the site myself, I’m settling back into my daily routine here at JoBlo. In fact, last night, as soon as I got off my plane home, I drove to a press screening of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, so there’s no rest for me! However, it was a stimulating few days full of big reveals. I’m still somewhat new to SDCC, having only started covering it after the pandemic. During the event’s glory days (which everyone seems to agree were in the 2010s), I wasn’t really plugged into this side of the job. However, I have gotten to see just how crazy and chaotic it gets, and this year I had a big job on my hands trying to get us into all the big panels and to cover all the breaking news. Of all the stories that dropped, here are the ones that seemed to score the biggest.

New Marvel Castings

Marvel always dominates whenever it does a big Hall H presentation, and this year was no exception. Not only did the studio bring out the cast of Avengers: Doomsday—with Ryan Reynolds crashing the event as Deadpool—but it also made two huge movie announcements for 2028.

The first was that Ryan Gosling would be playing Ghost Rider for director Shawn Levy in a solo film, fulfilling years of fan casting. The other was that David Jonsson is going to be the new Black Panther in the trilogy-capping third film directed by Ryan Coogler, which is set for a December 15, 2028 release.

Rick Moranis Is Back

Perhaps the most touching part of Comic-Con was the first public reveal of footage from Spaceballs: The New One, which doubled as a long-overdue welcome-back party for the long-retired Rick Moranis. This will be his first live-action film role since 1997, when he starred in the direct-to-video Disney film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves. It’s a long-overdue return, and the audience gave him a lot of love—which you can see for yourselves here:

The Johnny Depp Comeback Begins

Another long-overdue return comes from Johnny Depp, who was at Comic-Con promoting his first major studio release in years, Ti West’s Ebenezer. His appearance was more secretive than Moranis’, with Depp crashing an Ebenezer activation for fans and also showing up unannounced at the “Directors on Directing” panel to debut the film’s first trailer. People at the convention were buzzing about what seems to be a movie that could turn into a major box office comeback.

Blade Runner 2099

Prime Video made a big show of premiering its new Blade Runner series, with stars Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh appearing at the panel and demonstrating their strong chemistry. The premise of the show—that it takes place in a world where replicants dominate—is intriguing, as is the production design. But call me a cynic: I’m still not sure it will work as a series.

Onslaught

While it wasn’t the biggest panel, there was a ton of buzz surrounding Adam Wingard’s latest movie, which serves as his tribute to John Carpenter and continues the world-building he began in You’re Next and The Guest. The new trailer dropped yesterday (see it above), and the extended footage we saw was totally killer.

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