San Diego's annual Comic-Con announced the full lineup for the convention's first day, Thursday, July 18.

Comic-Con's July 18 schedule was announced Thursday with full descriptions of the panels.

Here are the highlights from the movie and television panels:

On Thursday, July 18 at 4:45 p.m., Entertainment Weekly is holding a panel called "Brave New Warriors", featuring young stars from some of the biggest sci-fi/fantasy shows on television. Actors Matt Smith (The Doctor in Doctor Who), Kit Harington (Jon Snow in Game of Thrones), Steven Yeun (Glenn in The Walking Dead), Tyler Posey (Scott McCall in Teen Wolf), and David Giuntoli (Nick Burkhardt in Grimm) will be panelists, discussing how they feel about portraying iconic characters.

At 5:30 p.m., "An Unofficial Sneak Peek of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with TheOneRing.net" panel will be held for one hour. Details for the second film in the Hobbit franchise will be discussed, including rumors and inside info. Reporters Cliff Broadway (Ringers), Lisa Crouch (Barliman's), Larry D. Curtis (set visits), Rebecca Perry and Alex and Kellie Rice (Happy Hobbit), and other staff members will be on hand to discuss the latest Hobbit news.

At 6 p.m., cast members of the hit MTV show Teen Wolf will be on hand with executive producer Jeff Davis to discuss the show, currently in its third season. Actors Tyler Posey (Scott McCall), Crystal Reed (Allison Argent), Dylan O'Brien (Stiles Stilinski), Tyler Hoechlin (Derek Hale), Holland Roden (Lydia Martin), Charlie Carver (Ethan) and Max Carver (Aiden) will all be part of the panel.

At 6:30 p.m., the cast and crew of the long-running Showtime series Dexter will be panelists discussing the show and the current final season. On hand will be Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Jennifer Carpenter (Deb), David Zayas (Batista), and James Remar (Harry) in addition to executive producers John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, and Manny Coto.

For the full Thursday lineup of panels at this year's Comic-Con, click here.

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