U.N.C.L.E. stars to promote movie at San Diego Comic Con

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. teaser poster

The stars of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie will promote the film at the San Diego Comic Con on July 11, according to a WARNER BROS. PRESS RELEASE.

Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer, who play Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, are scheduled to be joined by female leads Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki, the studio said in announcing its activities at the convention.

Cavill and Hammer reprise the roles that Robert Vaughn and David McCallum played on the 1964-68 television series. Vikander plays Gaby Teller, the “innocent” of the story while Debicki is the lead villain. The movie, directed by Guy Ritchie, is a different take on U.N.C.L.E., without familiar memes such as the organization’s secret headquarters.

The convention appearance will take place a little more than a month before the U.N.C.L.E. movie’s Aug. 14 release date.

Cavill is doing double duty for Warners at the event. He’s also scheduled to be promote Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice. That movie, which comes out in March 2016, features a conflict between Superman (Cavill) and Batman (Ben Affleck). It also an attempt to be Warners’ answer to Disney/Marvel’s Avengers franchise. The press release leads off with details about the Batman v Superman promotion.

Cavill first played Superman in 2013’s Man of Steel. He was cast as Solo in U.N.C.L.E. around the time Man of Steel came out in June of that year.

Some early U.N.C.L.E. reactions arrive

Logo for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie

Following this week’s early press screenings of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie, reactions are starting to appear on social media.

None of them have been detailed. The guess here is that an embargo is in place before those invited to the see the movie can comment in detail.

That’s standard operating procedure, involving movie reviews and feature articles about films. Occasionally you’ll hear about a flap where a scribe published before the embargo time. The U.N.C.L.E. screen is unusual because it took place six weeks before the movie’s Aug. 14 release date.

In any case, for what it’s worth, here are some tweets that have come out since the screening.

From a Reuters scribe (included in an update of our post the other day about the screening):

Just came out of an early screening of #ManFromUNCLE – slick, funny and loved the cast. The rise of Alicia Vikander continues!

— Piya Sinha-Roy (@PiyaSRoy) June 30, 2015

From a film critic who has written for BlackFilm.com and Latino Review, according to the Rotten Tomatoes website:

#ManFromUNCLE is a winner. As cool as the other side of the pillow lol, top marks @realguyritchie @wbpictures #HenryCavill #ArmieHammer

— Julian Roman (@realjulianroman) July 1, 2015

A film writer at Uproxx weighs in.

I saw The Man from U.N.C.L.E. last night. Halfway through the movie I said out loud, “Oh my gosh, Henry Cavill is GREAT!” What a world.

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) July 1, 2015

A writer for BlackFilm.com (spotted by Henry Cavill News, which is how we saw this one):

Saw #ManFromUNCLE starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Alicia Vikander. Very stylish and Guy Ritchie-esque! pic.twitter.com/7qazIfJOXN

— Wilson Morales (@blackfilm) July 1, 2015