In just under two weeks, the San Diego Convention Center will open its doors to thousands of fans for 2025’sSan Diego Comic Con, taking place from July 24–27. As we get closer to the big day, more exciting exhibits, panels, and guests are being announced as people begin to map out their jam-packed weekend. So, whether you’re prepping for your itinerary, or if you can’t make it out but want to know all the details, Collider will have feet on the ground, scoping out the booths, brand-new merchandise, and sharing the scoop on all the most anticipated panels, including our “Inside Hollywood withBob Odenkirk.”
Over the years, SDCC has grown from its original comic book roots to encompass media across all platforms and hasbecome the hub for fandomsto experience exclusive merch releases, fan-made art, the latest comics, huge studio announcements, and much more. Every year, Collider also expands our presence at the con, sharing breaking news, interviews with your favorite artists, and taking our readers behind the scenes of the massive entertainment industry with our “Directors on Directing” panels,Perri Nemiroff’sLadies Night, “Inside Hollywood,” and more. We hope to give fans a peek behind the curtain at the enormous undertaking of movie and television-making, from the biggest stars to the directors at the helm, to the passionate producers. It’s our mission to make all the fascinating details of “inside baseball” accessible to the people who love and support the projects.
This year, Collider’s editor-in-chiefSteve Weintraubwill moderate our “Inside Hollywood with Bob Odenkirk,” inviting the Emmy Award-winningBreaking Badbreakout actor, writer, producer, and director to hitBallroom 20 with us on Friday, July 25, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. This exclusive one-on-one conversation will invite attendees to hear behind-the-scenes stories from Odenkirk’s impressive career, where he’ll reveal never-before-seen footage from the next chapter in his action franchise,Nobody 2. Plus, we always have plenty of surprises in store for the audience.
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Odenkirk and the 87eleven crew talk training in Berlin, bloopers, ‘Nobody 2,’ and plans to expand the short into a feature or series.
Come Hang Out With Bob Odenkirk at Comic-Con 2025
You know him as the standout seedy lawyer, Saul Goodman, in AMC’s hit seriesBreaking Badfor a performance so outstanding it landed Goodman a spin-off series,Better Call Saul. The show was so beloved that it not only spanned six seasons (nearly unheard of in today’s streaming frontier) but also earned Odenkirk six Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor. In 2021, Odenkirkbecame a bare-knuckle action heroas the kickass retired assassin Hutch Mansell inNobody, fromJohn Wick’sDerek Kolstad.
Now that he’s been forced out of retirement, the follow-up,Nobody 2, sees Hutch struggling to balance his suburban dad job with the time-consuming role of a government assassin. To remedy missing out on time with the family, Hutch and Becca (Connie Nielsen) set out on an old-fashioned family vacation with Brady and Sammy (Gage MunroeandPaisley Caldorath) in tow. But after an unfortunate run-in at a local carnival, Hutch and his family are drawn into a “de-escalation” mission that doesn’t go quite as planned. In addition to bringing backChristopher Lloyd,Michael Ironside, andRZA,Nobody 2also introducesSharon Stone,Colin Hanks, andJohn Ortizto the franchise.
Even before he won viewers over with his on-camera antics, Odenkirk was a writer forSaturday Night LiveandThe Ben Stiller Show, winning him two Emmy Awards, as well as writing forLate Night with Conan O’Brien,Mr. Show with Bob and David, and more. As an actor, he got his start with walk-on roles inRoseanne,Wayne’s World 2,The Cable Guy,Seinfeld,How I Met Your Mother, and numerous other projects. Most recently, after the success ofBreaking Bad, Odenkirk can be spotted onFargo, inGreta Gerwig’sLittle Women, his AMC seriesLucky Hank, andThe Bear. In addition toNobody 2, Odenkirk’s upcoming endeavors includeNormal, an action thriller oppositeLena HeadeyandHenry Winkler, andThe Room Returns!, a tribute toTommy Wiseau’s 2003 cult classicThe Room.
Don’t miss out on all Collider has to offer at Comic-Con this year, and keep your eyes on the site forbreaking news throughout the weekend! You can check out last year’s “Directors on Directing” panel below.
