#SDCC: ‘Megamind’ – UPDATED
And we’re off! The first Hall H presentation goes to DreamWorks Animation, making its Comic-Con debut with
Megamind. Riffing on a certain super origin, Megamind and Metro Man are jettisoned to Earth as
babies when their home planets are destroyed. Megamind crash-lands inside a
maximum-security prison, where he evolves into the wicked and diabolical
genius he is today, while the dashingly handsome superhero Metro Man grows
into the universally adored savior of Metro City, beloved by every man, woman
and child — and especially the city’s ace reporter Roxanne Ritchie.
Megamind stars Will
Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Jonah Hill and director Tom McGrath were on hand to show footage. Brad Pitt, the voice of Metro Man, was unavailable, but a cardboard substitute was found. Ferrell, as you can see, dressed in character. Either that or he’s decided to go in a different career direction and audition for Blue Man Group.
Jonah Hill, however, stunned audiences when he announced that he would be taking over the role of the Hulk in the Avengers movie.
UPDATE: Here’s the new trailer for MegaMind that was shown at the panel:
It’s one of the images that defined the fantasy illustration industry we geeks love so much. And to a lucky buyer, Frank Frazetta’s 1971 Conan the Destroyer sold in a 1.5 million gold piece private sale agreed to at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con with Robert Pistella and Stephen Ferzoco of Frazetta Management Corporation. No word yet on who purchased the piece of where it will be hung, but we assume it’ll adorn a wall next to fine mahogany bookshelves full of leather bound collections of Tolkien, maquettes of scantilly clad heroines, and signed Rush LPs.
As promised, Paramount Pictures released more images from Thor, opening May 6, 2011. Director Kenneth Branagh has clearly cleaned up Jack Kirby’s vision of Asgard, making things nice and shiny.
