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  • Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2016
Film company guilty in "Star Wars" accident that injured Harrison Ford
In this December 10, 2015 file photo, Harrison Ford greets fans during a Star Wars fan event in Sydney. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
LONDON (AP) -- 

A film production company on Tuesday admitted health and safety breaches over an accident on the set of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" that broke the leg of star Harrison Ford.

The actor was struck by a hydraulic door on the set of the Millennium Falcon — his character Han Solo's spaceship — at Pinewood Studios near London in June 2014. He was airlifted to a hospital for surgery.

During a hearing at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court in Britain, prosecutor Andrew Marshall said the door "could have killed somebody" had an emergency stop button not been hit. Britain's Health and Safety Executive said the metal-framed door struck Ford with a power comparable to the weight of a small car.

Foodles Production Ltd, which is owned by the Walt Disney Co., admitted two breaches of health and safety law, although its lawyer, Angus Withington, said Foodles would contest the level of risk involved.

The company will be sentenced next month More

  • Sunday, Jul. 24, 2016
"Vampire Diaries" to end after 8 seasons 
This file photo shows Ian Somerhalder attending "The Vampire Diaries" panel on day 4 of Comic-Con International in San Diego. The eighth season of "The Vampire Diaries" will be the supernatural series' final entry. The cast and crew of the CW show announced Saturday, July 23, 2016, at San Diego Comic-Con International that the forthcoming season will be its last.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

The eighth season of "The Vampire Diaries" will be the supernatural series' final entry.

The cast and crew of the CW show announced Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con International that the forthcoming season will be its last.

"The Vampire Diaries" executive producer Julie Plec called the ending "bittersweet and emotional."

"We're all going to be crying in a minute," Plec said. "It's been a beautiful run."

Plec was joined at the pop-culture convention by executive producer Kevin Williamson and cast members Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Matt Davis and Michael Malarkey.

The adaptation of the book series debuted in 2009 and centered on the spooky happenings in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.

The eighth and final season will premiere Oct. 21.

  • Sunday, Jul. 24, 2016
A title and ship for new "Star Trek" series: "Discovery"
William Shatner, from left, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, and Jeri Ryan attend the "Star Trek" panel on day 3 of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 23, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

The next chapter of the "Star Trek" franchise will be called "Star Trek: Discovery."

The title and footage of the starship Discovery were teased at the end of a Comic-Con panel Saturday celebrating the series' 50th anniversary with actors from every previous "Trek" series.

"Discovery" executive producer Bryan Fuller said the show coming to the CBS All Access streaming video service will draw upon the optimistic tone established by "Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry.

"We have to celebrate a progression of our species," Fuller told 6,500 fans gathered inside the San Diego Convention Center. "Right now, we need a little help."

The brief teaser featured close-ups of a Starfleet vessel called the U.S.S. Discovery moving out of a docking station located within an asteroid.

"The idea of naming it 'Discovery' just felt so intrinsic to what 'Star Trek' represents and where we need to go as a species and how we're going to More

  • Sunday, Jul. 24, 2016
Brie Larson confirmed as "Captain Marvel"
Brie Larson walks on stage at the "Kong: Skull Island" panel on day 3 of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 23, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

Oscar winner Brie Larson has a new title to add to her resume: Superhero.

Disney and Marvel announced Saturday at Comic-Con that Larson will star in "Captain Marvel" as the butt-kicking air force pilot Carol Danvers who gets special powers after an alien encounter.

"Captain Marvel" will be the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to center on a female character. The film is scheduled for release in March of 2019.

"Guardians of the Galaxy" writer Nicole Perlman and "Inside Out's" Meg LeFauve are co-writing the screenplay. No director has been announced.

Larson won the Best Actress Academy Award this year for her performance in "Room." She was on stage earlier in the day promoting the upcoming King Kong film "Kong: Skull Island."

  • Friday, Jul. 22, 2016
"Game of Thrones" cast reflects on last season during Comic-Con session
Nathalie Emmanuel, left, and Conleth Hill attend the "Game of Thrones" panel on day 2 of Comic-Con International on Friday, July 22, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

Jon Snow isn't dead, but he is missing - at least from Comic-Con.

The cast of "Game of Thrones" gathered Friday at the annual fan convention, minus a few key figures including Snow actor Kit Harrington, George R. R. Martin and Emilia Clarke.

Those present included co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, actress Sophie Turner and others.

With few questions as juicy as last year's "is Jon Snow dead," the panel was mostly retrospective but still lively - Benioff said Turner made them all take shots of vodka before they came out on stage.

They also offered a few insights into possible character motivations left unexplained by the show. Turner, for one, said that her character Sansa might not be entirely thrilled that her half-brother (at least to her knowledge) Jon Snow was declared King of the North.

"I'm not sure she believes Jon is capable of running Winterfell in the north. She thinks he doesn't have the knowledge, More

  • Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016
"Strain" cast teases third season, new credits at Comic-Con
Bunny Knowble, dressed Galactus Eater of Worlds, crosses the street with the crowd on the way to Preview Night at Comic-Con International held at the San Diego Convention Center Wednesday July 20, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

"The Strain" is evolving in its third season.

The cast and crew of the FX horror series debuted new opening credits and the first part of the third-season premiere Thursday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con International.

"This season is really an all-out battle for the soul of New York," said "The Strain" executive producer Carlton Cuse.

The clip featured Corey Stoll's cautious scientist Ephraim Goodweather tinkering with a biological weapon to combat the series' vampire-like creatures and Kevin Durand's street-wise exterminator Vasiliy Fet teaming up with a group of soldiers.

"This knowledge that he's been compiling since a very young age about the underground New York has made him very valuable at this point in time," Durand said. "He starts working with this new group. We won't go too far into that."

Durand was joined at the pop-culture convention by his "Strain" co-stars Ruta Gedmintas, Miguel Gomez, Richard Sammel More

  • Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016
Trolls take over Comic-Con, but not the internet kind 
Anna Kendrick, left, and Justin Timberlake attend the "Trolls" panel on day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 21, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

Trolls turned out in full force to kick off the first day of programming at Comic-Con - the ones with the wacky hair, not the ones that hurl insults on the internet.

Audience members in brightly colored wigs watched Thursday as DreamWorks Animation debuted 16 minutes of footage from "Trolls," an animated feature coming to theaters Nov. 4. It's based on the toy with tall, neon hair.

Co-directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn said they were excited by the prospect of creating something with no pre-existing mythology

In this world, trolls are tiny packages of positivity, who hug every hour. Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake voice a pair of mismatched trolls who have to rescue their friends from troll-eating giants.

Timberlake served as executive producer on the soundtrack, which includes remixes of classics like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" and four originals such as "Can't Stop the Music."

Part of the More

  • Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016
Luc Besson wows Comic-Con with early "Valerian" footage 
Director/producer/writer Luc Besson, from left, producer Virginie Besson-Silla, Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan attend the "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" panel on day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 21, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

Comic-Con audiences got a sneak peek at seven minutes of heart-racing action Thursday afternoon in footage from the upcoming sci-fi epic "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."

Director Luc Besson, best known for frenetic and colorful sci-fi spectacles like "The Fifth Element" and "Lucy," said that he's been infatuated with "Valerian," based on the long-running comic series "Valérian and Laureline" since he was 10 years old.

The film, an expensive extravaganza from EuropaCorp, stars Dane DeHaan as Valerian and Cara Delevigne as Laureline as time-traveling agents investigating galactic landscapes.

DeHaan described his character as a "space bro."

The footage shown was still very raw, as the film is still in the works and doesn't hit theaters until next summer. But it received rapturous applause from the estimated 6,000-person audience.

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  • Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016
Oliver Stone says studios' boards led to "Snowden" rejection 
Director/writer Oliver Stone attends the "Snowden" panel on day 1 of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 21, 2016, in San Diego. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

Director Oliver Stone said Thursday at Comic-Con that every major movie studio turned down his narrative film about Edward Snowden because of censorship from their corporate leaders.

Stone, who has chronicled many American conspiracies in his films, said he does not believe an entity like the National Security Agency is putting pressure on the studios, but the corporate boards who control them.

He got financing from France and Germany for the movie, which comes out Sept. 16 and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Snowden.

Stone said he believes Snowden is still "a mystery" despite many interviews, articles and the Oscar-winning documentary "Citizenfour" exploring the former NSA contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents about the government's surveillance programs.

Snowden now lives in Russia, and Stone met with him a number of times in Moscow, trying to gain his trust and decide whether to take on the project.

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  • Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016
"Mr. Robot," "Suicide Squad" debut in VR form at Comic-Con
In this image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment, cast members, clockwise from left, Margot Robbie, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joel Kinnaman, Will Smith, Jai Courtney and Karen Fukuhara appear in the film, "Suicide Squad." (Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- 

The anti-heroes of "Mr. Robot" and "Suicide Squad" are breaking into San Diego Comic-Con in 360 degrees.

The creators of the USA Network hacker drama and the Warner Bros. supervillain mash-up respectively premiered virtual reality experiences Thursday in atmospheric venues located outside the San Diego Convention Center.

Unlike most other promotional VR content released alongside films and TV shows, the "Suicide Squad" and "Mr. Robot" short VR films featured their counterparts' casts and crew.

In the case of "Mr. Robot," the original, 12-minute VR experience was directed by series creator Sam Esmail and stars Rami Malek as he undergoes an emotional, marijuana-fueled flashback as "Mr. Robot" protagonist Elliot Alderson.

The short VR film initially premiered Thursday during a Petco Park event before doors opened to a venue a few blocks away that featured a recreation of Alderson's apartment from the series. Inside, fans could More

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