July
19 Fox pulls out of Comic-Con panel

A report from Variety's own Marc Graser and Peter Gilstrap confirms that 20th Century Fox has canceled its Comic-Con panel. What's more, they say the reason for the cancellation was that Comic-Con organizers considered the footage they planned to show for "Aliens v. Predator 2" and "Hitman" too violent for the increasing number of children and families at the show.

From the full article:

"AVP" and "Hitman" are both R-rated pics, and if Fox wasn't going to be able to impress young males -- the target demo for both -- with violent material, then it didn't want to show anything at all, sources close to the situation at the studio said.

Last year, the studio produced a panel for "Borat," during which it showed footage with nudity from the film. Studio received flak for the move and opted not to tone down what it would have shown this year.

What's more, the pics Fox wanted to promote are all f/x-intensive, with many of the money shots not yet complete.

Since the big Hollywood boom at Comic-Con, this is the first major studio to pull out of its planned presentation.