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Comic-Con At Home Announces Friday Panels: Charlize Theron, Joss Whedon, Walking Dead, And More

Comic-Con has announced the programming line-up for the Friday, July 24 day of the virtual event Comic-Con@Home. The entire event will take place July 22-26. All of the below can be viewed later for free on SDCC’s YouTube channel and comic-con.org. If you’re looking for a more curated list for the virtual event, make sure to check our GameSpot’s must-watch Comic-Con@Home panels.

Like the rest of the world adapting to the reality if COVID-19, Comic-Con has had to shift its original plans from an in-person San Diego event. As the above paragraph suggests, it has pivoted to a free, online day event across multiple days. Lots of networks and studios like HBO, Disney, and Amazon are just a few of the content providers who have stepped up to announce a virtual presence at Comic-Con@Home.

Here are our picks for the must-watch panels with their official descriptions.

Charlize Theron: Evolution of a Badass – An Action Hero Career Retrospective

Friday, July 24 at 10 a.m. P.T.

Actress and producer Charlize Theron reflects on portraying over two decades of action heroes, from Æon Flux to The Old Guard’s Andromache, Mad Max: Fury Road’s Furiosa to Atomic Blonde’s Lorraine Broughton. In a lengthy retrospective Q&A moderated by IGN’s Terri Schwartz, Theron discusses the evolution of the modern female action hero, the roles that inspired her and what drives her to constantly push her limits with fight training.

AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead

Friday, July 24 at 12 p.m. P.T.

Fear the Walking Dead will present a panel for the series’ upcoming sixth season, premiering later this year. Moderated by Chris Hardwick, the panel will feature TWDU chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, showrunners and executive producers Andrew Chambliss and Ian Goldberg, and cast members Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia, Karen David, Jenna Elfman, and Rubén Blades. Season six of Fear the Walking Dead explores what has become of the unlikely family once united by a mission to help those in need. After being torn apart by Virginia (Colby Minifie) and her Pioneers, the group is now dispersed across her far-reaching settlements. Morgan’s (James) last message at the end of season five implored the group to “Just Live” and this season we’ll see what that means to each of them. Some will find the stability and opportunity within Virginia’s communities to be intriguing, some will sink into darkness, while others will fight back against what has been forced upon them. Life behind Virginia’s walls will test each and every one of them in different ways, forcing them to define who they are in this new world.

AMC’s The Walking Dead

Friday, July 24 at 1 p.m. P.T.

The Walking Dead will make its 11th San Diego Comic-Con appearance with a panel spotlighting “A Certain Doom, ” which will air as a standalone episode later this year. Moderated by Chris Hardwick (Talking Dead), the panel will feature TWDU chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, showrunner and executive producer Angela Kang, executive producer Greg Nicotero, who directed the episode, and cast members Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Josh McDermitt, Seth Gilliam, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, and Paola Lazaro. In The Walking Dead episode 1016, “A Certain Doom, ” Beta engages in the final battle of the Whisperer War.

AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Friday, July 24 at 2 p.m. P.T.

The Walking Dead: World Beyond makes its Comic-Con International debut as the third series in the wildly successful The Walking Dead Universe. Moderated by Chris Hardwick, the series’ panel will feature TWDU chief content officer Scott M. Gimple, showrunner and executive producer Matt Negrete and cast members Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicholas Cantu, Nico Tortorella, Julia Ormond, and Joe Holt. The Walking Dead: World Beyond delves into a new mythology and story that follows the first generation raised in a surviving civilization of the post-apocalyptic world. Two sisters along with two friends leave a place of safety and comfort to brave dangers, known and unknown, living and undead on an important quest. Pursued by those who wish to protect them and those who wish to harm them, a tale of growing up and transformation unfurls across dangerous terrain, challenging everything they know about the world, themselves and each other. Some will become heroes. Some will become villains. But all of them will find the truths they seek.

First Look at Hulu’s Helstrom

Friday, July 24 at 3 p.m. P.T.

Talk about some family drama! Join Helstrom showrunner Paul Zbyszewski and cast–Tom Austen, Sydney Lemmon, Elizabeth Marvel, Robert Wisdom, Ariana Guerra, June Carryl, and Alain Uy–for one hell of a sneak-peek look and conversation around bringing this terror-filled comic to life as Hulu’s next horror series. Moderated by IGN’s Laura Prudom.

Bob’s Burgers

Friday, July 24 at 4 p.m. P.T.

The Emmy Award-winning animated FOX series Bob’s Burgers invites fans into their homes for a virtual panel with all of the laughs and surprises they generally bring to the Indigo Ballroom. Creator and executive producer Loren Bouchard will break news about the upcoming season, and the always entertaining cast including H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman, Dan Mintz, and Larry Murphy will have you howling with laughter with never-before-seen footage, followed by a lively panel discussion and fan Q&A.

A Zoom with Joss Whedon

Friday, July 24 at 5 p.m. P.T.

Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/comiccon-at-home-announces-friday-panels-charlize-/1100-6479584/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f