Marvel Studios Confirmed To Skip Hall H Panel At SDCC; Will Still Have A "Major Presence"

Marvel Studios Confirmed To Skip Hall H Panel At SDCC; Will Still Have A "Major Presence"

We now have confirmation that Marvel Studios will be skipping a Hall H panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, but it sounds like there will still be some surprises in store...

By MarkCassidy - May 31, 2025 09:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios

Unfortunately, rumors that Marvel Studios will not be holding its usual Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con this year have now been confirmed.

This won't be the first time the studio has decided to skip Hall H - which is typically reserved for the biggest announcements relating to future projects and exclusive first-looks at upcoming movies and shows - but with two massive MCU event films on the horizon in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars (not to mention the long-awaited X-Men reboot), this is sure to come as disappointing news.

Even so, it sounds like fans should still have plenty to be excited about.

According to THR, "Marvel will still have a major presence at this year’s SDCC, with numerous panels about comics, games and more. And sources tell Heat Vision that it will a massive footprint in the San Diego Convention Center, with a fully redesigned and immersive booth that leans into the release of Fantastic Four. And there could be some surprises in store, as well."

With The Fantastic Four: First Steps opening on the Friday of SDCC, Marvel has decided to make the MCU reboot its main focus at the Con. We might get some Avengers: Doomsday news, but with the still-shooting movie recently pushed to December 2026, the thinking within the studio is that "it didn’t feel like the right timing for a Hall H panel."

THR has also weighed-in on the much-discussed First Steps test-screening that was held on Wednesday at the Regal Long Beach, with Kevin Feige and director Matt Shakman in attendance. The trade declined to comment on the reactions that have been doing the rounds online, simply noting: "Suffice to say, the movie is eight weeks away (that’s two months, an eternity in today’s moviemaking world), and it’s still being worked on."

The FF reboot has been described as "good, not great," with a few "mids" thrown in for good measure (see MTTSH's post below). We have heard a few things ourselves, but the feedback was slightly more positive.

From what we can gather - and keep in mind this is just one person's opinion - First Steps is a "pretty good" MCU movie with some terrific elements, but it probably won't be viewed as the "saviour of the MCU" some are hoping for." We were also told that some of the humor fails to land (a frequent complaint with these films), and that while the "wholesome" tone works overall, it does sometimes come across a little "hokey."

We'll get to see the movie for ourselves when Marvel's First Family make their MCU debut  on July 25.

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Lisa89
Lisa89 - 5/31/2025, 9:39 AM
This portends fuсking trouble for sure.
Nonameforme
Nonameforme - 5/31/2025, 10:20 AM
@Lisa89 - they have nothing coming but f4 and they're basically giving that movie away with marketing. So yea you're right
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 10:32 AM
@Lisa89 - it portends that they don’t have anything to show this year.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 5/31/2025, 11:29 AM
@Lisa89 - All current Marvel Studios movies are in Early Stage of Production. Nothing to show except Fantastic Four: First Steps.
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 5/31/2025, 9:43 AM
Will Marvel ever truly be back?
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 5/31/2025, 9:48 AM
@0bstreperous - If DOOMSDAY/SECRET WARS don't both scratch a billion dollars at the box-office; we may finally be seeing a permanent "settling" of the comic-book movie genre as a whole going forward. Always a part of pop-culture but no longer the bright, shiny, new toy either. 🤨
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 5/31/2025, 9:54 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - new?

Batman Begins was 20 years ago.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 5/31/2025, 9:55 AM
@0bstreperous - sure.

After the reboot.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 9:55 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - the idea that these movies won’t do a billion is absurd.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 10:02 AM
@Rpendo -

You sure about that?

Are you suuuuure about that?

Ladies and gentlemen, let's send a message to companies.

They don't own us.

We can make major changes.

We can make things extremely successful.

And we can make sure things gigantic financial failures.

Wake people up and make them take notice.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/31/2025, 10:20 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - you're the only one with a pitch fork, you aren't changing anything
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 5/31/2025, 10:30 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - I just want a good Captain America film I'm hoping they reboot soon
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 5/31/2025, 10:31 AM
@UltimaRex - I can't wait to have the big three back in a film
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 10:31 AM
@Rpendo - they don’t stand a chance now with @makeamericagrea against them. He’s like the next Joe Rogan with the level of influence he has on here 🤡
epc1122
epc1122 - 5/31/2025, 10:31 AM
@bobevanz - so true 😂😂
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 10:34 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - yeah, I am sure.

Y’see, I brought receipts.

You brought rhetoric.

The biggest theatrical hits this year were all, by your childish standards, “woke.”

But keep on screaming at clouds, lil’ guy.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 5/31/2025, 10:41 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - The entire genre now rests in the hands of Superman and Doomsday. If both fail to deliver, then we'll likely only get Spider-Man and Batman movies going forward.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 10:41 AM
@DSAC294 - I go back and forth between thinking he’s just an attention-starved troll who doesn’t actually believe half of what he’s saying, or if he’s actually this much of a true-believer man child.

I am honestly leaning towards the latter. If it’s the former, I admire his commitment to the bit, even if it is utterly pathetic.

One thing is for sure…either way, our boy has never been laid.
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 10:54 AM
@Rpendo - he has all the hallmarks of a troll. I thought for a minute it was just a bit but then realized it’s aka tyrantmediaboss. He is true man-child believer. He tried to be legit with this crap on. FB and instagram and got laughed off the platforms. 💯 this clown is not getting laid by anything humanoid
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 11:02 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - you can probably get your 5 followers on instagram to boycott the films 🤣
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 11:03 AM
@bobevanz - but he has 5 followers on instagram. Just think of the boycott he could organize; he might bring down the whole industry 🤣
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 11:17 AM
@DSAC294 - is it really that tyrant dude?

lol

I have to meet this guy in real life. I must see what he looks like…
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 11:21 AM
@Rpendo - lol yea the obsessive use of certain catch phrases and nicknames all match up, and he’s been calling for boycotting for years.

Same -it might be more interesting than meeting some of the comic artists or actors/actresses. But I do picture it like meeting the Mole Man
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:00 PM
No joke, probably most women would say I'm more attractive than you.

I had one other account here that I used about ten years ago, for about a month or two.

There's nothing wrong with being a virgin. Many good men and women are virgins.

I am not a virgin.

Everyone saying I haven't had sex, tell us how many women you are getting with each month.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:04 PM
@bobevanz -

Lots of people have pitchforks.

How else do you explain the failures of so many woke movies, shows, comics, and video games?
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 12:05 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - “I am not a virgin”

Lol

Yes, you are.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:06 PM
@Rpendo -

Provide a list of 2025's biggest financial hits.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:08 PM
@DSAC294 -

I'm not on Instagram.

But there are millions of like-minded women and men.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:10 PM
@Rpendo -

It's ultimately not that hard to have sex.

Most of us can agree with that.

You consider it at least a small possibility that I am not a virgin.
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 12:12 PM
@Rpendo - finally after all these incessant comments @makeamericagrea , he says something funny 🤣🤣
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 12:13 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - so you are proud to be part of a hive mindset?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:14 PM
@DSAC294 -

So what's your body count, esé?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 12:16 PM
@DSAC294 -

There have to be some shared values.

Some cohesion.

To overcome and win and bring sanity and peace back.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 12:22 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea -

Sinners: R rated, racially charged subject matter, period piece, written/directed/starring black people… 340 million and counting on a 90 million budget

Moana 2: “girlboss” lead, non white, a billion-plus late 2024 release, played well into 2025)

Lilo: Two nonwhite, female leads… on its way to a billion

Wicked: nonwhite lead, two female leads, material and story a child like you would consider “woke,” 755 million, huge VOD hit ( came out in late 3024, but still playing into 2025)

Minecraft: didn’t see it, but an objective hit

Sinners, Moana 2, Lilo… all smash hits. All “woke.”

Keep calling for boycotts though, virgin.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 12:29 PM
@DSAC294 - he gets so defensive about it, you know it has to be true.

The poor little spud. I would be sympathetic if he weren’t such a twat.
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 12:29 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - night and day difference between shared values and the ad hominem attacks you spew from a hive mind set. Look at your own comments; there is nothing original said. The only difference between you and what you hate is what side of the tribal coin you sit on.

marvel72
marvel72 - 5/31/2025, 12:30 PM
@SuperiorHeckler - Marvel Studios confirmed to be skipping hall H at SDCC 2025.....General audiences confirmed to be skipping Marvel Studios movies and shows.
Rpendo
Rpendo - 5/31/2025, 12:32 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - “ It's ultimately not that hard to have sex.”

Lol oh my god dude, please stop…

I mean, or don’t. Responding to your unintentional hilarity is a great time killer in between sets.
DSAC294
DSAC294 - 5/31/2025, 1:00 PM
@Rpendo - 🤣🤣🤣 I wish I could say I’m laughing with him but nope definitely laughing at because of these responses.

You hitting the gym?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/31/2025, 1:08 PM
@Rpendo -

Sinners, less than $500 million, in 2025?

Yeesh. Not good.

Didn't you leave out the Chinese movie?

Moana 2 isn't a 2025 movie.

If you're gonna cover 2024 movies, list its biggest hits.

Wicked, wow you saw a remake of it from a millennium into the future?

You know you don't believe I'm a virgin.
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