Nag Ashwin's upcoming directorial made a grand debut at the San Diego Comic con on July 20. The team unveiled the teaser and new title of the film at the popular comic con event. Nag Ashwin, Prabhas, Kamal Haasan were present at the event while Amitabh Bachchan joined virtually. Rana Daggubati who was present at the event to announce his own content slate also supported team of 'Project K' (now Kalki 2898 AD).

The grand announcemet was preceded by a traditional performance at the San Diego comic con stage. Representing the culture of India, the audience were treated to a traditional chenda melam performance by experts and a semi classical performance by a group of women dressed in white traditional Kerala saree. The Chenda melam is a popular music form from Kerala. The Chenda is used as a percussion instrument for almost all Kerala art forms like Kathakali, Kodiyattam, Theyyam etc. Chenda melam is the most popular form in Kerala, for more than 300 years.