SDCC ’10: What big movies will be present?

It’s safe to say Machete, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Saw VII 3D, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will be showing up for this year’s event, but as of right now, nothing is set in stone. The complete schedule for the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con should be made available to the Press and Media sometime this week, in the meantime, The New York Times has an early look at what huge studio movies will be present in full force.

“Warner Brothers will be there with “Green Lantern,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and a film called “Sucker Punch,” billed as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns.”

Lionsgate will bring an action-thriller, “The Expendables,” which counts Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Jet Li and even Arnold Schwarzenegger among its cast.

Marc Weinstock, Sony’s marketing president, who will attend this year with “Battle: Los Angeles” and “Green Hornet,” neither of which will be released until early in 2011. Because the convention occurs as the blockbuster season is ending, studios often arrive with teasers for movies that will not be seen for a year or more — stretching the powers of their marketing teams to the limit.

DreamWorks Animation, with Paramount Pictures, is scheduled to show scenes from “Megamind,” a superhero satire voiced by the likes of Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt.

This year, Disney will make its third trip to the convention with a presentation for a 3-D film, “Tron: Legacy.” In 2008, conventioneers were shown a test sequence for the film, which mixes live action with computer effects. A year later, the studio showed more scenes, having given the movie a green light.”