Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence is the latest filmmaker to take a stab at a Stephen King adaptation. Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Charlie Plummer star as the young men who’ve signed up for a competition where they must walk until one of them is the last man standing.

Jack Colwell, of Dickenson, TX, reads while hundreds of people wait in line to enter the San Diego Convention Center behind him during Preview Night for the 2025 Comic-Con International convention on Wednesday. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

This year's Comic-Con may not be featuring as much star power as usual, but attendees dressed up for opening day on Thursday were just as pumped as ever to be there. Richard Cao, 38, from San Diego, said he has been preparing for a long time,