‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ Panel Teases DC Episode, OG Returns As ‘Big Bang Theory’ Franchise Makes Comic-Con Return

Six years aft nan formed of The Big Bang Theory made their past Comic-Con quality up of nan deed CBS sitcom’s 12th and last season, several Big Bang actors were backmost astatine nan comic book normal pinch spinoff Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe.

The single-camera offshoot’s leads, Kevin Sussman (Stuart), Lauren Lapkus (Denise), John Ross Bowie (Kripke) and Brian Posehn (Bert) — each Big Bang alums — were joined connected nan Hall H shape by bid creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, who besides co-created Big Bang, and Zak Penn.

During a sheet aft a screening of Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe‘s premiere episode, Prady promised much appearances by Big Bang alums.

“Well, you saw 1 awesome personnel of nan the Big Bang Theory family successful that first episode,” he said. “There are more, and location are besides immoderate performers who are immoderate awesome insignificant characters that are coming back.”

Making a “drive-by” quality connected nan sheet was DC Comics’ Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee who teased a DC-focused section of Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe.

“They requested immoderate DC characters to beryllium progressive successful an episode,” he said.

We saw a glimpse of that successful nan charismatic trailer for nan show, which features Mr. Freeze.

“It was conscionable astonishing that they were trying to do thing that was existent to our characters, but astatine nan aforesaid clip find drama successful it,” Lee continued. “What was funny is we had scheduled nan group sojourn to travel to nan set, and I conscionable spot nan dialogue, nan script. And erstwhile I came to nan set, I was conscionable blown away. It was wholly not what I was expecting, I was expecting a multi-cam setup wherever they were sitting around, and past they commencement showing nan ocular effects that they were going to do, and each nan bespoke elements they added to [Stuart’s comic book] store.”

Added Lee, “Then Bill commencement talking astir nan wide arc of nan 10 episodes, and I thought this is ace ambitious, this is wholly not what I expected. It’s for illustration nerds going done Gulliver’s Travels, and I was sold. I was like, this is awesome, this is this is fantastic.”

Lee closed retired pinch praise for really nan show handles nan DC IP.

“And past immoderate of nan DC characters they person successful it, I deliberation are immoderate of nan champion versions I’ve seen of those characters, and truthful I’m ace excited for you guys,” he said.

Inspired by nan group visit, Lee created nan screen for an exclusive Stuart Failed to Save nan Universe comic book, which is besides featured connected nan show.

Elsewhere connected nan panel, Lorre said that nan extremity with Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe was to “try to make a science-fiction drama that nan characters of The Big Bang Theory would watch and reason about.”

Questioning reality aft his acquisition connected nan show, prima Sussman said astir being summoned by Lorre successful 2022 for a gathering wherever nan drama uber shaper sounded him nan thought for Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe.

“That was bully of him to make it look for illustration I mightiness opportunity no,” Sussman quipped.

In Stuart Fails To Save nan Universe, which premieres July 23 connected HBO Max, comic bookstore proprietor Stuart Bloom (Sussman) is tasked pinch restoring reality aft he breaks a instrumentality built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing astir a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided successful this quest by his woman Denise (Lapkus), geologist friend Bert (Posehn), and quantum physicist/all-around symptom successful nan ass Barry Kripke (Bowie). Along nan way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve travel to cognize and emotion from The Big Bang Theory. As nan title implies, things don’t spell well.

Katie Campione contributed to this report.