It would seem Universal is sitting things out, possibly missing the chance to get fans fired up about The Bourne Legacy, 47 Ronin, Oblivion, Identity Thief, The Fast & The Furious 6, R.I.P.D. Related: Quentin Tarantino, ‘Iron Man 3’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Pacific Rim’ Juice Comic-Con Saturday Abrams first showed scenes publicly at a touring press event, which was great for media outlets (including Deadline) but less good for the regular fans who were not invited. Abrams Trek, the following year no footage was shown, so this sort of maintains that tradition. While it was at Comic-Con that Zachary Quinto’s casting was announced for the first J.J.
Likewise, maybe Paramount is saving Star Trek stuff for a Trek convention, the biggest being in Las Vegas, August 9-12. Also, no Star Trek - similar to Disney’s skipping last year and instead screening Avengers footage at its own convention, D-23.
The Marc Forster-directed Brad Pitt movie’s absence likely has to do with reshoots and rewriting by Damon Lindelof which pushed the movie out of December this year to midsummer 2013. Specifically, on Sunday, World War Z novelist author Max Brooks has a whole panel to himself entitled “Zombie Survival 101,” which calls attention to the fact that Paramount is not coming and bringing anything World War Z-related (unless Brooks manages to sneak a clip, or drop some hints). With Sunday’s schedule at Comic-Con pretty much a dead zone in terms of movie news - Hollywood people tend to start bailing as early as Saturday afternoon, which is why nearly all parties are scheduled Thursday with a few on Friday - the final, comprehensive schedule’s release highlights who isn’t coming. Thompson is contributing to Deadline’s Comic-Con coverage.