SAN DIEGO — Here's a rundown of TV shows introduced at this year's Comic-Con.
'Terra' firma: Fans finally got a look at Fox's special-effects spectacular, "Terra Nova," as the pilot episode was shown in public for the first time.
"Terra Nova," executive-produced by Steven Spielberg and due Sept. 26, follows a 22nd-century family that journeys 85 million years into the past to try to find a way to save an overpolluted and overpopulated Earth. Executive producer Brannon Braga ("24") describes the series as "aspirational. ... It's humanity's new hope, but they carry baggage with them."
Jason O'Mara, Landon Liboiron, Naomi Scott, Alana Mansour and Shelley Conn in "Terra Nova." The special-effects spectacular is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg.
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"Terra Nova" has its share of mystery, as the new civilization defends against a break-off faction. "We're suggesting a future and a past that has questions to be answered," says Avatar's Stephen Lang, who plays the compound's leader.
Producers promise plenty of dino action. A scene featuring a dinosaur killing a human drew cheers. "We'll satisfy your bloodlust," Braga says.
Once upon a series: Fairy tales are big not only in movies (Snow White) but also in prime time this fall. New NBC supernatural thriller "Grimm," due Oct. 21, will likely get a look from fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel," as "Buffy's" David Greenwalt and "Angel's" Jim Kouf are executive-producing.
The series stars David Giuntoli as detective Nick Burckhardt, a descendant of the Grimm brothers who can sense the monstrous alter egos of some people and investigates crimes with fairy-tale ties. "In Cinderella, her sisters had their eyes plucked out," Greenwalt says. "We try to find what the crime is and turn it on its head."
Then there's ABC's "Once Upon a Time" (Oct. 23), about characters who live in two worlds, a fairy-tale one and the real one.
"We have every week a back-and-forth between both worlds," executive producer Edward Kitsis said. "It's not a retelling of fairy tales. We're telling you the parts you didn't know."
Characters include Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin), Prince Charming (Josh Dallas), the evil queen (Lana Parrilla), Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) and Jiminy Cricket (Raphael Sbarge). Each actor also portrays a character in the real-world town of Storybrooke; Jennifer Morrison (House) co-stars as Emma, who may be the missing daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and could hold the key to the puzzle.
Lost writers Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are producing the show; "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof moderated the panel. Time shares some characteristics with "Lost," including a deep mythology and clues for the faithful.
The pilot even featured numbers referencing "Lost's" famous digits. But they don't want it to be too demanding.
"Viewers can put their slippers on" and relax, Kitsis says. "Or take out a magnifying glass."
The running dead: Hold on to your hat when AMC's "The Walking Dead" returns for Season 2 Oct. 16. "It picks up about five seconds in an overlap (with Season 1). Literally, you see them driving away from the CDC," executive producer Frank Darabont says. "None of that six-month-later stuff."
A trailer of clips was shown, but producers and stars offered few details.
"Really, the most dangerous thing out there are the monsters inside (the survivors)," says Sarah Wayne Callies, who plays Lori Grimes. Robert Kirkman, author of the zombie comics on which "Dead" is based, says it will take the series a while to catch up with the comic books.
"The plan is to get there, but it's something we can't rush."
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