Apple TV’s got big plans for the 2026 San Diego Comic-Con. The streamer’s scheduled panels for its popular series Widow’s Bay, Dark Matter, and Silo, along with films Mayday and Matchbox The Movie. Apple TV’s also hosting a special immersive fan experience/activation in support of the new season of Silo.
The 2026 SDCC will mark Apple TV’s debut in the largest hall, Hall H, with plans for a special two-hour panel. This year’s Comic-Con runs July 23 through July 26 in downtown San Diego.
Apple TV’s SDCC 2026 Plans:
Friday, July 24 – Sunday, July 26, 2026
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM (subject to change)
The Silo Experience
The Lot @ 1st & J, 450 2nd Ave, San Diego
Free and open to all SDCC attendees and the public
Friday, July 24
10:00PM – 11:00PM
Special Sneak Preview of Dark Matter Season two – Room 6DE
Join Apple TV and Den of Geek for an exclusive fan screening of the first episode of Dark Matter season two. Participating guests include star and executive producer Joel Edgerton; cast member Dayo Okeniyi; author of the novel, creator, and executive producer Blake Crouch; writer and executive producer Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry; and executive producer Matt Tolmach.
Saturday, July 25
2:00PM – 4:00PM
Apple TV Hall H Panel
Join Apple TV for a sneak peek at upcoming films and series. Josh Horowitz will moderate conversations with the casts and filmmakers of Matchbox The Movie, Dark Matter, Mayday, Silo, and Widow’s Bay.
Matchbox The Movie
Inspired by the iconic Mattel toys, Matchbox The Movie is an action-packed, globetrotting adventure about a group of friends since childhood who have their lives upended when undercover CIA agent Sean (John Cena), their long-absent former leader, returns to their small town and unwittingly gets them embroiled in a frantic international pursuit to save the world. Alongside Cena, the film stars Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, Arturo Castro, Corey Stoll, Bill Camp, Danai Gurira, and Golshifteh Faranhani.
An Apple Original Film hailing from Skydance Media and Mattel Films, Matchbox The Movie is directed and executive produced by Sam Hargrave and written by David Coggeshall. Matchbox The Movie premieres on Apple TV on October 9.
Confirmed panelists: John Cena, Jessica Biel, Arturo Castro, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris
Widow’s Bay
In Widow’s Bay, something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again.
Blending genuine horror with character-driven comedy, Widow’s Bay stars Rhys alongside Kate O’Flynn, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Kevin Carroll, and Dale Dickey. The supporting cast includes K Callan and Emmy Award-winner Jeff Hiller.
Hailing from Apple Studios, Widow’s Bay is created, showrun, and executive produced by Katie Dippold. Season one is available to watch now on Apple TV.
Panelists to be announced.
Dark Matter
Hailed as one of the best sci-fi novels and celebrating the 10th anniversary of its release this year, Dark Matter is a story about the road not taken. In season one, the series followed Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived.
Season two picks up with the Dessens as they settle into a quiet life in a world that finally seems safe until the unimaginable forces them to run once again. As Jason’s obsession with the Box deepens, Daniela’s (Jennifer Connelly) growing paranoia pushes her to the brink, threatening to tear their fragile stability apart. Elsewhere, Amanda (Alice Braga) and Ryan (Jimmi Simpson) join forces in a desperate attempt to find their way home. With Blair (Amanda Brugel) determined to stop him, while Leighton (Dayo Okeniyi) relentlessly chases his grand vision of creating a perfect world.
Blake Crouch serves as creator, executive producer, showrunner, and writer alongside executive producers Matt Tolmach, Richard Lederer, and Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, who co-wrote every episode of season two with Crouch. In addition to starring, Edgerton and Connelly also serve as executive producers.
Season two will launch Friday, August 28 with one episode and a new episode weekly through Friday, October 30.
Confirmed panelists: Blake Crouch, Matt Tolmach, Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Dayo Okeniyi
Mayday
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in Mayday, a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips the spy thriller on its head. When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly (Reynolds) is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines.
Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov (Branagh), a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast — but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue and a bond neither saw coming? Alongside Reynolds and Branagh, the ensemble cast includes Marcin Dorocinski, Maria Bakalova, David Morse and more.
Mayday is written, directed, and produced by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Mayday premieres on Apple TV on September 4.
Confirmed panelists: Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Silo
Based on Hugh Howey’s New York Times bestselling trilogy, season three of Silo reveals an origin story set centuries earlier while continuing the saga of a dystopian society of 10,000 people living underground under mysterious circumstances. In the present, Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) survives her forced “cleaning” but returns with memory loss as the silo recovers from rebellion and faces a dangerous new threat.
Meanwhile, in the “Before Times,” journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.
The ensemble cast returning alongside Ferguson includes Common, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, Shane McRae, Remmie Milner, Rick Gomez, Billy Postlethwaite, and Clare Perkins. Joining the cast for season three alongside Zukerman and Henwick are Laura Innes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Morven Christie, Reed Birney, and Matt Craven, with Colin Hanks set to recur and Steve Zahn also set to return.
Season three of Silo launched on Friday, July 3, and new episodes premiere weekly through Friday, September 4.
Confirmed panelists: Graham Yost, Rebecca Ferguson, Common, Ashley Zukerman, Jessica Henwick, Alexandria Riley
Also of Interest:
- Disney Announces 2026 SDCC Panels
- HBO Max Brings Stuart Fails, House of the Dragon, and Lanterns to SDCC