10 Things We Learned From Comic-Con 2014

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Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro teased new vampire TV drama The Strain. Chronicling the NYC head of the Centers for Disease Control Canary Team it follows a group of scientists trying to figure out a mysterious viral outbreak that arrived in America via a jet full of ‘seemingly dead’ passengers. The show will air in the UK on Watch later this year.

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Mad Max

Mad Max

Mad Max: Fury Road stars Tom Hardy in the role made famous by Mel Gibson. Thirty years on from his original trilogy director George Miller showed some amazing demolition derby footage from the film which also stars a shaven headed Charlize Theron and Brit actor Nicholas Hoult. The “western on wheels” hits UK cinemas next May.

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Robert Rodriguez showcased a super-stylized first look at the follow up to his 2005 film. He promised Sin City: A Dame to Kill, based on the graphic novel by co-director Frank Miller, would be “100 times better” thanks to improvements in green screen tech. The film stars Eva Green, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba and hits cinemas from August 22 2014.

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Season four ended with a bloodbath showdown at a sniper protected gated community. With the show set to revisit familiar locations Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his team will face the devious Terminus gang in a bid to try and cure the zombie plague once and for all. The first trailer unveiled promised a chomp load of gory action.

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