--- description: The convention begins this Thursday, causing rumors to spread about what fans have to look forward to. title: The Biggest Things To Look For At Comic-Con This Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f8c4a5a723d25/69869cdd810bbb3044c92b6b/1280-comiccon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 5 Things to Expect at This Year's Comic-Con by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2014 12:00 PM CUT Thursday marks the start of the 44th annual San Diego International Comic-Con, and fans are lining up to be a part of the highly-anticipated action. The panel for the final installment of _The_ _Hobbit_ trilogy will be held on Saturday, and it is rumored that director Peter Jackson will release a trailer for the film. The Marvel panel will be covering details on the upcoming _Avengers: Age of Ultron_. The sequel to the wildly successful _Avengers_ film is expected to get some reveal during the panel. A large number of the _Game of Thrones_ cast, along with George R. R. Martin, have the show’s panel on Friday, where it is rumored they will discuss the show’s overlap with the novels. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3024944/comic-con/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3024944/comic-con/"},"headline":"5 Things to Expect at This Year's Comic-Con","datePublished":"2014-07-24T12:00:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:18:26.442Z","description":"The convention begins this Thursday, causing rumors to spread about what fans have to look forward to.","url":"https://time.com/3024944/comic-con/","keywords":["celebrities","Pop Culture","entertainment","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f8c4a5a723d25/69869cdd810bbb3044c92b6b/1280-comiccon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f8c4a5a723d25/69869cdd810bbb3044c92b6b/1280-comiccon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1280-ComicCon","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3024944/comic-con/","name":"5 Things to Expect at This Year's Comic-Con"}}]}] ```