Comic-Con travel fun and the sound of Mothra

By Glenn Whipp, Film Writer

Friday is guaranteed to be a better day at Comic-Con because, if for no other reason, there probably won't be a big rig overturning, catching fire and shutting down Interstate 5 in the early morning hours, turning a drive from LA to San Diego into a seven-hour endurance marathon.

Ask Dakota Fanning.

Fanning was supposed to take part in an afternoon panel for "Push," a psychological horror movie in which she plays a "special person" hunted for her psychic abilities.

When the presentation began at 2 p.m., Chris Evans and Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou took the stage with director Paul McGuigan. But no Dakota.

About 90 minutes later, a moderator brought little Dakota (now 14, not quite so little any more) out on stage.

"I'm sorry!" she said, waving to the crowd. "I was in my car ... for seven hours!"

Fans did get to see a clip of Fanning in action. She and Chris Evans were in an outdoor Hong Kong market, being chased by bad mind-readers capable of delivering a high-pitched wail that shatters glass and eardrums.

The screeching sound seemed straight from Godzilla's C-movie cousin, Mothra.

That or the sound of a thousand teen-aged girl "Twilight" fans, driven to delirium at the sight of Robert Pattinson running his hands through his hair.