Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Comic-Con 2010 begins on Thursday, July 22, and the first day’s presentations were announced this morning. It’s an epic day of celebrity epicness, and it’s just under two weeks away.

Taking a look at the movie announcements, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World seems to have one-upped the first-day competition. Mere weeks after the movie’s ace international trailer blew away the summer movie competition like so many evil ex-boyfriends, Universal and the Pilgrim team have a personalized gift in store for fans: customized t-shirts by Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, and director Edgar Wright will be created “somewhere in the Gaslamp district” for those of us who love to swarm around celebrities. Of course, the movie will have a standard presentation in Hall H the same day. It’s a cute move, even if it sounds like a craft moment brought to us by Paper Heart.

Of course, what might cause a greater sensation is the idea of Wright sharing the stage with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who will be on hand to preview their new movie, Paul, which just received a release date of March 18, 2011.

With equal doses of anticipation and hype, I nominate Tron: Legacy as the next big presentation of the day. But after two years of clever publicity stunts, I’m wondering what else Disney can do to whet our appetite for all things Flynn. Patton Oswalt will moderate a panel that includes Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen, Bruce Boxleitner, and director Joe Kosinski.

Helen Mirren will raise the temperature in Hall H with her first Con appearance; she’ll take to the stage with Bruce Willis, director Robert Schwentke, and comics writer Warren Ellis for the action-comedy Red from Summit Entertainment, the studio without a Twilight movie at this year’s convention. The movie’s final trailer will make its debut here, too.

The big question mark hanging over Day One (for now) is whether another lovely woman will be on hand. Angelina Jolie is tipped to shill for Salt, especially since Brad Pitt is rumored to be a big part of the Megamind panel alongside co-stars Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Jonah Hill. Remember that Angelina and Brad don’t like to spend more than three days apart, so this is a win-win-win.

I’ve heard good things about Jonathan Liebesman‘s alien invasion flick, Battle: Los Angeles, which he’ll present with the equally sexy Michelle Rodriguez and Aaron Eckhart. Liebesman is rumored to be the frontrunner for Clash of the Titans 2, which will shoot in 3D (what an idea!).

Lastly, will The Expendables be this year’s Snakes on a Plane? In other words, as much as action fans seem to love the idea of Sylvester Stallone leading a crew of tough buds into South American danger, how many people will storm theaters during opening weekend? We’ll only have to wait a couple weeks after the Con to find out, but we’ll get to see Sly on stage along with Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews.

If I’m not too distracted/wiped out from all of the above, I plan on fitting in the Danny Elfman retrospective, TheOneRing.net’s thoughts on the now-delayed Hobbit movies, and a late-night screening of the cool-looking project, Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated.