San Diego Comic-Con has been struggling ever since the COVID-19 pandemic forced just about everything to shut down in 2020 Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Since then, it seems like one thing after another is making it tough for these live events to go on. Many of the big studios we’re used to seeing in San Diego every year will be absent for San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Variety reports.
It’s a long list: Disney’s Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, HBO, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Netflix are all skipping SDCC this year. Warner Bros. hasn’t made an official announcement one way or the other, and NBC is waiting on rumors of an impending actors’ strike, Variety notes. Paramount and Amazon, however, do plan to have some presence.