This year’s collectible San Diego Comic Con hotel key cards will feature Warner Bros. Television Group’s Batwoman (The CW), Pennyworth (EPIX), and Watchmen (HBO). More than 40,000 room keys will feature the three upcoming comic book/graphic novel-inspired series. The collectible keys will be distributed at nearly 40 of the hotels participating in hosting 2019 Comic Con attendees.
Batwoman and Pennyworth will be hosting panels during the Con, and Watchmen will also have a presence at the sold-out pop culture convention that runs July 17 through July 21 in downtown San Diego.
EPIX’s Pennyworth stars Jack Bannon as a young Alfred Pennyworth, “a former British SAS soldier who forms a security company in 1960s London and goes to work with Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), Bruce Wayne’s billionaire father.” The series is set to premiere on Sunday, July 28th at 9pm ET/PT. Bruno Heller (Gotham, The Mentalist) and Danny Cannon (Gotham, CSI series) executive produce the one-hour drama.
The CW expands their superhero lineup with the addition of Batwoman on Sunday, October 6th at 8pm ET/PT, pairing the new series up with Supergirl starring Melissa Benoist. Ruby Rose stars in the titular role, playing the “highly trained street fighter who soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman.” Greg Berlanti (Arrow, m>The Flash), Caroline Dries (The Vampire Diaries, Smallville), Geoff Johns (Wonder Woman, Aquaman) and Sarah Schechter (Supergirl, Black Lightning) executive produce.
HBO’s much-anticipated Watchmen will premiere this fall and is executive produced by writer Damon Lindelof, director Nicole Kassell, Tom Spezialy, director Stephen Williams, and Joseph Iberti. The cast includes Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Christie Amery, Hong Chau, Adelaide Clemens, Frances Fisher, Louis Gossett Jr, and Andrew Howard. Jeremy Irons, Don Johnson, Regina King, Jacob Ming-Trent, Tom Mison, and Tim Blake Nelson also star in season one.