San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Announcements So Far: Soldier Boy Prequel, Like a Dragon and More

CNET is on the ground live at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, and the event is packed with an exciting lineup from Marvel, Peacock, Prime Video, Max and other entertainment giants. Deadpool & Wolverine made an appearance on Thursday, but that’s not all. If you’ve been waiting to hear about the latest in TV, movies and animation, we’re sharing new trailer arrivals, panel soundbites and the hottest from Hall H. 

As the days march on, we’re expecting to catch a glimpse of what’s new, including The Penguin, Peacock’s Teacup, Alien: Romulus, Like A Dragon: Yakuza and Rings of Power for Prime Video and Marvel’s showcase (fingers crossed for Avengers 5). A collection of the week’s biggest drops in TV and film is below, and be sure to stay tuned here for daily updates.  

Read more: Comic-Con 2024: Rings of Power Season 2 Has Sauron vs. Adar, Orc Destruction

The Boys gets a prequel: Vought Rising 

Prime Video’s bloody superhero show is getting a spinoff featuring Jensen Ackles returning as Soldier Boy and Aya Cash reprising her role as Stormfront. The prequel, Vought Rising, will take viewers back to the 1950s to the early days of the corrupt corporation and Stormfront’s old identity as Clara Vought. Eric Kripke will serve as showrunner and an executive producer.

The Rings of Power, season 2 gets ‘nuclear’

The new season premieres on Prime Video on Aug. 29, and clips shared in Hall H show a massive fight with orcs and rings being forged. Showrunners say that Rings of Power season 2 is about “entering the nuclear age and everyone wants the bomb, everyone wants the nuclear codes, but what they don’t know is it all feeds into this guy [Sauron].” Adar and Sauron will have conflict with one another, and giant creatures will abound this time around. Check out the latest trailer here.

Like a Dragon: Yakuza

Adapted from Sega’s video game series, the Like a Dragon: Yakuza TV show brings Kamurochō to life on Prime Video. Fans were treated to clips on Friday that feature Ryoma Takeuchi as Kazuma Kiryu and Kento Kaku as Nishikiyama Akira. The show is sort of an origin story and will cover 10 years of Kazuma Kiryu’s life and his brotherly bond with Nishiki. The first three episodes will drop on Prime Video on Oct. 24. Check out the teaser trailer below, which dropped on Friday.

Creature Commandos from James Gunn

In a surprise appearance at a panel hosted by DC Comics’ Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee, James Gunn showed up to promote the new animated Max series, Creature Commandos. Much like the Suicide Squad, this show follows a crew of incarcerated monster misfits charged with going on world-saving missions. The voice cast includes Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Steve Agee as Economos, Anya Chalotra as Circe, Zoe Chao as Nina Mazursky, Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr., Sean Gunn as GI Robot & Weasel, David Harbour as Frankenstein and Alan Tudyk as Dr. Phosphorus. Gunn wrote all seven episodes for the upcoming release, which will drop in December

Doctor Who gets new spinoff

Disney revealed a new Doctor Who addition to the franchise that will jump back to the 1970s with the Sea Devils, an ancient group of beings who arise from the sea. Made in partnership with the BBC, the show will feature Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Russell Tovey, Alexander Devrient and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The show will air on Disney Plus, where fans can currently stream season 14 of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa.

Peacock’s horror series, Teacup

The streamer is knee-deep in live streaming for the Olympic Games right now, but one of its upcoming releases is Teacup, a new horror series from James Wan. A Peacock original, the show is based on Robert McCammon’s novel, Stinger, and blends suspense together with drama and scares. Take a look at the teaser trailer for the series, which premieres this fall on Oct. 10. 

From season 3 gets a release date

From is following up on its cliffhanger ending last season with a third installment premiering on Sept. 22. The mystery horror series is set in a (seemingly) inescapable town threatened by bloodthirsty monsters and streams on MGM Plus.