Paramount, Grownup Swim, Planet of the Apes Pop-Ups

San Diego Comic-Con formally begins in the present day, however io9 has already checked out among the activations popping as much as entertain followers. We visited Paramount+’s Lodge, Grownup Swim’s “Pirate Parrrty,” and “Enter the Forbidden Zone: The Planet of the Apes Expertise.” Right here’s simply a few of what we noticed!

First up, you may see a few glimpses of Paramount+’s Lodge, a ski lodge riff full of stations themed round completely different Paramount tasks, together with a customized Star Trek t-shirt stand and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza parlor. (It was additionally jammed with followers; this can be a well-liked one!) It’s situated at Comfortable Does, 340 Fifth Ave in San Diego; if reservations can be found you may snag them here.

Then, the Grownup Swim “Pirate Parrrty” is an outside attraction (search for it on the inexperienced house behind the conference middle, on Fifth Avenue Touchdown and Conference Manner—you may’t miss it) crammed with video games (alas, the Mr. Nimbus Dunk Tank was not but up and operating) and barely harrowing “rides” (the Rick and Morty Cthulhu Battle includes climbing a rope ladder right into a monster’s… mouth?).

There’s additionally a giant stage that will probably be sharing first-look screenings and extra all through the con; go here to be taught extra.

And, lastly, “Enter the Forbidden Zone: The Planet of the Apes Expertise” is situated throughout the San Diego Wine and Culinary Heart (simply throughout the road from the conference middle, at 200 W. Harbor Drive), and it’s received a spread of props, costumes, and different mementos from the long-running sci-fi collection, together with a couple of from the 1968 authentic and its 1970 sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

The exhibit leans extra closely on the latest movies, particularly this 12 months’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, however Tim Burton’s 2001 entry additionally has a presence. On the press preview, we additionally received to satisfy a Harris’s hawk, much like these used to assist create the CG birds of prey that seem within the 2024 film.

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