SDCC 2025 Highlights: Key Reveals and Dates for Peacemaker S2, Alien: Earth, Predator: Badlands, and More

IGN’s roundup from San Diego Comic-Con 2025 spotlights eight projects that drew the biggest buzz across film and TV. Peacemaker returns on August 21, following Chris Smith one month after the events of Superman, with fresh glimpses of how the character transitions from the DCEU to the DCU. Alien: Earth, launching August 12, begins with the Maginot crash‑landing on Earth carrying Xenomorph samples, and early screening impressions tease a prequel filled with Facehuggers, Synthetics, and hybrids. Predator: Badlands introduces Dek, a young Predator outcast, and Thia, a Synthetic companion; the creative team cited influences ranging from Chewbacca carrying C‑3PO to Shadow of the Colossus, Half‑Life 2, Uncharted, and God of War. IT: Welcome to Derry premieres in October 2025 on HBO Max, with footage set in 1962 exploring the origins of Pennywise’s form and hinting at future seasons that delve deeper into Stephen King’s mythos. Project Hail Mary, adapted from Andy Weir’s novel and starring Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, unveiled first looks at spacefaring sequences and the alien “Rocky,” ahead of a March 20, 2026 release. Gen V Season 2 arrives September 7, bringing crossovers from The Boys, including Starlight, Black Noir, and The Deep, and teasing fallout from recent events. King of the Hill returns August 4; an SDCC‑screened episode, “The Beer Story,” shows a retired Hank Hill taking up homebrewing while Arlen evolves (and stays the same) 15 years later. Finally, Prime Video’s God of War series, led by Ronald D. Moore, promises a tone faithful to the games, centering the father‑son dynamic of Kratos and Atreus. Together, these announcements outline a late‑summer and fall slate heavy on franchise expansions and character‑driven storytelling.