Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn revealed in March that Marvel Studios was sitting out next month's San Diego Comic-Con. Now two other major Hollywood studios have also opted to skip the biggest annual geek gathering promoting comics, movies, TV, games, toys and more.

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Variety reveals that both Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures will not be at the July convention. The Sony-Marvel absence means no new Spider-Man reboot stuff. Paramount is revving up future plans for the Transformers franchise, and has Ninja Turtles 2 now filming as well as Star Trek 3 in pre-production. Alas, none of those projects will be showcased there.But fret not. Warner Bros. will have a massive DC movie presence, with Lex Luthor himself, Jesse Eisenberg, confirming he'll be there to promote Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Lionsgate will also be there promoting Katniss' last hurrah, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2, as well as Vin Diesel's The Last Witch Hunter.Comic-Con is held at the San Diego Convention Center from July 9-12. Not able to make it? Don't worry! IGN will be there in force to bring you all the new s and developments from the show!