One of the most immersive Comic-Con experiences is back for its 3rd year! Paramount Lodge+ returns to San Diego July 23, 26, 2026 with "Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender," "Dutton Ranch," "Star Trek: Strange New World," "South Park" and more.
Fans can spend 50 minutes enjoying a variety of interactive activations, cool photo ops, premium swags, and select food & beverage (located at the Happy Does Bar, 340 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101).
No Comic-Con badge needed.
Across America, mysterious portals are starting to appear beckoning fans to enter the world of Wildwood. The Forest is Calling Portal Experience is set to make its grand debut outside the Hard Rock Café at San Diego Comic Con on July 23, 2026 (through July 26, 2026) before moving on to multiple cities across the United States.
Inspired by Colin Meloy's beloved novel and brought to life through Laika's signature handcrafted artistry, the experience transports fans to this enigmatic, mystical world through the “Impassable Wilderness".
This is the first physical manifestation of the world of Wildwood and the beginning of a national experiential campaign that unfolds across the country before culminating in the film's theatrical release on October 23, 2026.
Built through a combination of practical fabrication and extensive hand craftsmanship, every scenic element has been individually textured, finished and painted to bring the world of Wildwood to life at human scale.
No Comic-Con badge needed.
"Wildwood" is Laika’s upcoming stop-motion dark fantasy about Prue McKeel and her classmate Curtis, who venture into a hidden magical forest near Portland to rescue Prue’s kidnapped baby brother. Filled with enchanted creatures and dangerous foes, the quest tests courage and friendship. With stunning handcrafted animation, a star-studded voice cast, and Laika calling it their most ambitious film yet, it promises a richly imaginative cinematic event worth watching.
WHAT: HBO Max will invite fans to prove their fearlessness at the “Lanterns Training Headquarters” experience. Inspired by the setting of Rushville, Nebraska, the activation unfolds as a guided training journey where fans will receive a briefing from the Guardians and will be evaluated through a series of interactive challenges designed to reveal if they have what it takes to wear the ring. Along the way, guests will move through hands-on experiences including target practice, trust-based challenges, maze navigation, and escape‑room style mystery scenarios set within in‑world environments like a Sheriff’s office and dive bar. The experience culminates for trainees with a custom Green Lantern ring to take home, an opportunity to simulate using a Green Lantern ring on a Snapchat powered interactive mirror.
WHEN: July 23-26, 2026. July 23 (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.), July 24 (11:00 a.m.-9 p.m.), July 25 (11 a.m.- 9 p.m.)
WHERE: LANTERNS Training Headquarters | Venue 808 - 808 J Street, San Diego, CA 92101
No Comic-Con badge needed.
WHAT: Take an immersive step into the underground world of Silo through a multi-sensory installation that transports visitors into the silo itself, allowing them to experience the tension, intrigue, and atmosphere that has captivated audiences around the world.
WHEN: July 24-26, 2026
WHERE: The Lot, 1st & J, 450 2nd Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
"Silo" is on Apple TV starring Rebecca Ferguson. It follows 10,000 survivors living in a massive 144-level underground bunker, where all history is forgotten and residents are strictly taught that the surface world is a toxic, uninhabitable wasteland.
No Comic-Con badge needed.
From 3/30/2026 press screening:
"Everything is on the table."
You’ll never know what you’ll find when you invite your neighbors over.
The tagline of the movie is right, “It’ll be fun.” But whatever you may guess about “The Invite” from the suggestive trailer, the film will take you to unexpected places.
Angela’s (Olivia Wilde; “Don’t Worry Darling,” “Tron Legacy") and Joe’s (Seth Rogen) marriage has been on the rocks for a while. Angela has an art degree that she’s never used professionally, although she’s put that to good use by artfully decorating their apartment. Joe used to be in a band and was a one-hit wonder; he’s now a school music teacher.
The couple’s resentment has built up over time and it peaks one evening when Angela has invited their new neighbors upstairs, Pina (Penelope Cruz; "Murder at the Orient Express," "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"), a psychotherapist and sexologist, and Hawk (Edward Norton; "The Bourne Legacy," "The Illusionist"), a former firefighter-turned-massage therapist, for a get-to-know-you evening over wine, charcuterie and cheese, to Joe’s dismay.
Truth be told, Joe and Angela have been bothered by loud noises coming from upstairs. The kind of noise that could only come from some prolific adult activities. Joe would like to confront them, to Angela’s discomfort, while Angela would like to actually let their neighbors know how understanding they have been with noises coming from their unit due to renovation.
To make it even more awkward, Pina and Hawk could hear Angela’s and Joe’s quarrel from outside the door prior to their arrival. It’s really amusing watching the apology tour, alternating with sarcasm and snide among the couples.
Don’t mistake the seemingly low-stake encounter. On the contrary, the non-stop dialogues are one-upping bickering, bug-eyed bewilderment, and tense with pressures waiting to burst at any moment, punctuated by the score that never lets up.
The hilariously contentious and anxious evening grows squirmy from there, when Pina and Hawk cross the neighborly boundaries and openly overshare about their personal lives, as well as what they really think of Angela and Joe, saying it with a knowing wink and a wild invite after some salacious secret reveal. Then Pina decides to give a radically honest pep talk about conscious choices, as if from a therapist perspective.
Superficial, inappropriate, uncomfortable, riotous, unpredictable with heartbreaking backstory and gut-punch realization at the same time. Acting all around is superb, with Wilde as a standout among the fractured foursome, on the verge of a nervous breakdown and shooting daggers, while attempting to maintain a polish people-pleaser façade the entire time.
The story progresses into discombobulated directions, from zing to fling and back. Seriously uproarious dramedy, expect the unexpected with “The Invite."
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