The Los Angeles Times has confirmed rumors that 20th Century Fox has pulled some of it MAJOR studio projects from this year's panel."The studio previously announced plans to promote its movies with a star- and filmmaker-studded panel next Friday in the main hall. The movies included "Jumper," directed by Doug Liman and starring Hayden Christensen; directors Colin and Greg Strause's update to the popular "Aliens vs. Predator" franchise; the Vin Diesel action film "Babylon A.D."; and "Hitman," starring Timothy Olyphant, based on the wildly popular video game of the same name.... the studio had planned to tease Fox-Walden's "The Dark Is Rising," and "City of Ember." Fox-Walden did not return calls seeking comment."
Why did they pull their line up? The studio's VP of National Publicity Sean Dudas had to say the following:
"The material wasn't ready and we only want to go out when we can put our best foot forward... Obviously, we will have to find other ways to get materials out to the fans and hopefully those will be ready soon..."
David Glanzer, Comic-Con's director of marketing and public relations, said the cancellation was surprising.
"Every major studio usually has a presence at Comic-Con so for Fox to pull out a week before is very unusual," Glanzer said, adding that organizers were still trying to figure out how to fill the studio's time slot. "We're still going back and forth. We have in excess of 350 hours of programming so scheduling is like a giant Rubik's Cube. Otherwise, this year every major studio has committed to show up and participate."
Later that day, the studio was reconsidering its position, says The LA Times.
"Executives said they were still hoping to have some kind of "surprise" for fans at the convention."
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