SAN DIEGO — A Hollywood-style movie event didn’t seem so alien to Comic-Con fans, who waited in line Saturday for the world premiere of “Cowboys & Aliens” at the San Diego Civic Theatre.
Director Jon Favreau and stars Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde were among the celebrities expected to attend, along with hundreds of Comic-Con attendees, who followed clues texted to their cellphones to win tickets to the event.
“This kind of overshadows Comic-Con,” said 22-year-old Khalil Tiner of Las Vegas, a six-year veteran of the fan festival. “This is something new, and it’s exciting.”
Wendy Lee of Los Angeles and Chris Saguisag of San Francisco, both 44, said they enjoyed dashing around town trying to win tickets.
“We got a lot of cardio running after the bricks” that contained a chance to attend the premiere, Lee said. “It’s something we worked for really hard.”
The couple was in line hours ahead of the scheduled 8 p.m. showing but didn’t mind missing the happenings in the San Diego Convention Center.
“We already saw everything we wanted,” Lee said. The Associated Press
