9. 2009

This year's event is looking even bigger, though attendance will be capped around the 126,000 mark simply for safety issues.

All passes sold out months in advance, and anticipation is high for what we might see.

Given its accelerated production schedule and late 2009 release date, the Twilight series is expected to feature heavily once more, with New Moon's cast and crew showing up and other events getting quickly out of its way.

If there's a challenger this year, it's undoubtedly Avatar, with James Cameron (alongside Warners and Disney's 3D releases) finally forcing the event to outfit Hall H as a 3D-ready display area.

Talking of Disney, they'll have the Pixar gang back, alongside legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, who is bringing his new movie Ponyo.

And Tim Burton will be previewing scenes from Alice In Wonderland, which we can't wait to see.

Sadly, it looks like they'll be no Edgar Wright touting Scott Pilgrim or Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with their new pic Paul (since they're all still shooting), but don't count them out as surprise guests yet...

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