{"id":411902,"date":"2026-07-25T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:10:14","slug":"live-updates-from-san-diego-comic-con-2026-%f0%9f%94%b4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411902\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates From San Diego Comic-Con 2026 \ud83d\udd34"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Laika\u2019s next stop-motion animated fantasy, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/laika-wildwood-trailer-coraline-stop-motion-2000757992\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wildwood<\/a>, hasn\u2019t shared too many glimpses beyond a first teaser, but the film, directed by Travis Knight and based on the book by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, does have a bit of intriguing pop-up marketing at San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cThe Forest Is Calling Portal Experience,\u201d it invites attendees to stand before a large screen covered with foliage, which then parts to reveal images from the movie\u2014as if you\u2019re peeking through the leaves to discover its secrets.<\/p>\n<p>As far as \u201cactivations\u201d go, it\u2019s a pretty quick one, but it definitely conveys the vibes of the movie, complete with an aromatic component that really does smell like you\u2019re roaming an Oregon forest.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re at Comic-Con, the portal is located in front of the Hard Rock Hotel across from the convention center and will be open through Sunday, July 26. If you\u2019re not at Comic-Con, keep your eyes out for similar activations in other locations, to be determined, as part of \u201ca national experiential campaign\u201d to promote Wildwood\u2019s release. It hits theaters October 23. \u2014Cheryl Eddy<\/p>\n<p>    \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2372.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2372.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Wildwood display San Diego Comic-Con 2026\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-2000789936\"  \/><\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Cheryl Eddy\/io9<br \/>   \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2373.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2373.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Wildwood display San Diego Comic-Con 2026\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-2000789937\"  \/><\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Cheryl Eddy\/io9<br \/>   \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2370.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Wildwood display San Diego Comic-Con 2026\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-2000789938\"  \/><\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Cheryl Eddy\/io9<br \/>   \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_2371.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Wildwood display San Diego Comic-Con 2026\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-2000789939\"  \/><\/a> \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\u00a9 Cheryl Eddy\/io9   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laika\u2019s next stop-motion animated fantasy, Wildwood, hasn\u2019t shared too many glimpses beyond a first teaser, but the film,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[32456,74,27970,76,75],"class_list":["post-411902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-live-blog","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-comic-con","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}