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August 14, 2022
This week, Superhero Slate is taking a look at Thick Kingpin, Madame Web gets a character list, Hulk could be back at Marvel by 2023, and more!
What We're Doing: Home Movie Snacks, Prey (2022), Bullet Train (2022), Shark Side of the Moon
News
- The Hulk (18:35)
- She-Hulk (32:35)
- This week on Disney+!
- ~30 minute episodes or less
- I Am Groot (37:10)
- All 5 shorts on Disney+
- 1 is between Guardians movies; other 4 are post Guardians 2
- Ironheart (41:28)
- Echo (50:50)
- Disney+ (53:10)
- New prices coming in for service
- $7.99 with Ads (current price)
- $10.99 without Ads ($109.99 year)
- $9.99 D+/Hulu w/ads
- $12.99 D+/Hulu/Espn+ w/ads
- $19.99 D+/Hulu no ads; Espn+ w/ads
- Launches October
- Madame Web (1:00:25)
- Characters revealed
- Dakota Johnson Is...Cassandra Webb (original Madame Web)
- Sydney Sweeney Is...Julia Carpenter (second Web/Spider-Woman)
- Celeste O’Connor Is...Mattie Franklin (90s character)
- Isabela Merced Is...Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl)
- Adam Scott Is...Ben Parker
- Emma Roberts Is...Mary Parker (and is pregnant)
- DCEU (1:08:55)
- Rumor: Greg Berlanti considered to be Kevin Feige for DC movies
- The Flash (1:14:00)
- 3 options
- Let Ezra Miller get help and release film
- Reshoot ending with a new actor
- Scrap film altogether (not off the table)
- Reshooting it isn’t an option
- The Batman (1:21:35)
- Sequel still hasn’t been greenlit by WB/Discovery
- Pennyworth (1:23:45)
- Season 3 retitled “The Origin of Batman’s Butler”
- Sonic 3 (1:27:25)
- Christian Bale cast as Shadow the Hedgehog
- Christmas 2024
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August 7, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is covering C2E2 2022, DC movie projects are on chopping blocks, the Andor trailer has us believing, Daredevil is getting a yellow suit, and more!
What To Watch: Black Bird (Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser), Sandman on Netflix; Prey on Hulu
News
- C2E2 2022 (7:55)
- Recap & Events
- Cosplay
- Bandai
- Physics Escape Room
- Star Wars Celebrities
- Lack of publishers
- Batgirl (18:05)
- Movie shelved after filming
- $70+ million spent on film
- Will only save $15/20 million on not releasing
- Same test score as Shazam 2
- “WB/DC direction changing”
- Unsure about Blue Beetle/Black Canary/Green Lantern
- WB (25:25)
- Looking to a 10 year plan
- Walter Hamada almost left WB after being told of cancellation
- No more 45 day window to HBO Max
- HBO Max to merge with Discovery+ next year
- Peacemaker (35:15)
- Season 2 confirmed to be “safe” by James Gunn
- Other projects having to confirm statuses
- Joker: Folie à Deux (36:50)
- Release date confirmed for October 4, 2024
- Lady Gaga shared post, confirming involvement
- The Flash (40:15)
- Ending with a shortened season 9
- 2 weeks before “The Flash”
- Andor (44:55)
- She-Hulk (49:45)
- I Am Groot (55:40)
- All 5 episodes this Wednesday on D+
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (56:00)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (58:25)
- Eternals 2 (1:00:20)
- Patton Oswalt seemingly confirms sequel on morning show
- Chloe Zhao to direct
- Punisher (1:03:45)
- D23 (1:06:20)
- Marvel Studios to bring Epic D23 presentation
- 2025 calendar of shows/movies?
- September 10, 2022
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July 31, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is breaking down more SDCC Marvel details, talking about why the X-Men aren’t in the MCU yet, pondering if DC even has a plan for 3 different Batmen, and more!
What We're Doing: C2E2 2022, Paper Girls, Bob's Burgers The Movie, Metal Lords, Umbrella Academy
News
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (20:20)
- Star Wars: Acolyte (26:20)
- Will take place on Sanshiro (world made of Marshlands and Snowy Mountains)
- Village attacked by tribal beings; fought off by Jedi
- Aura (Amandla Stenberg) is not taken by them to train
- Instead joins Acolytes to become Sith apprentice
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (29:40)
- Rumor: Upcoming show depicts Count Dooku killing a Jedi Master
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (32:30)
- Remake of game put on hold indefinitely
- Art director and design director were fired, putting game on pause
- Spider-Man 4 (35:00)
- Feige says “teacher and scientist” are the jobs Peter Parker has that stick with him
- Could be hint into his future ‘career’ in upcoming films
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year (38:45)
- Show confirmed to be in MCU Multiverse, similar to a What If story
- Same entry point up until Tony Stark, now Norman Osborne comes to his apartment to give him ‘funds’
- I am Groot (40:40)
- Takes place between Guardians 2 ending and the post credits scene of Guardians 2
- Does not affect Guardians 3
- Secret Invasion (42:15)
- Rumor: Olivia Colman is playing a gender swapped version of Union Jack
- No super powers, but trained in Espionage
- Possibly exposed to a variant of the Super Soldier Formula
- UK version of Nick Fury?
- Rumor: Reshoots are also happening with a new writer on the series
- Fantastic Four (47:05)
- Feige confirms movie will not be Origin Film
- “A lot of people know this origin story. A lot of people know the basics. How do we take that and bring something that they’ve never seen before?”
- Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (52:15)
- Will be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi)
- Also working on Wonder Man series, Shang-Chi 2, possible Ten Rings series
- Rumored plan is for a different filmmaker for Avengers: Secret Wars
- X-Men (57:45)
- Due to previous Fox contractual rights with actors and producers, any Marvel X-Men projects would require compensation to that team
- Could include even some creative control
- Patrick Stewart returning as Xavier fits with rumor
- Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool as well
- Unsure about status of film, if tied up with previous producers
- Samaritan (1:03:55)
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July 24, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is covering San Diego Comic-Con 2022! From DC’s movie trailer offerings, to Marvel’s Multiverse Saga plan, and more!
News
- Deadpool (5:40)
- Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan added to Disney+
- First R rated movies in America
- Werewolf by Night (7:12)
- Leaked plot says Elsa Bloodstone, Man-Thing will be in special
- Agents of SHIELD (7:53)
- Quake character to get re-introduced to MCU
- New backstory, with homages to AOS
- SDCC (9:26)
- Wrapping up in San Diego
- Best presence since 2019
- John Wick (10:05)
- Primal (13:45)
- First 2 episodes debut for season 2
- RIck and Morty (14:40)
- The Walking Dead (15:30)
- Rick Grimes movies scrapped
- New limited series called Rick & Michonne
- Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (18:12)
- Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (21:20)
- DCEU (25:25)
- Black Adam and Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Sandman on Netflix
- Black Adam (27:14)
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods (29:40)
- The Sandman (35:15)
- MCU (36:55)
- Marvel Animation panel
- Marvel Studios panel
- Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (37:10)
- I Am Groot (39:15)
- X-Men ‘97 (41:25)
- What If...? (46:30)
- Season 2 and season 3 confirmed
- Captain Carter is a different version in show
- Odin, The Mandarin, Red Guardian, Thanos
- Marvel Zombies (47:45)
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year (50:30)
- Phase 4 (55:55)
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (58:45)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (1:05:34)
- Phase 5 (1:11:20)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (1:12:30)
- Secret Invasion (1:16:40)
- New logo and confirmed return of Cobie Smulders
- Don Cheadle as War Machine
- Spring 2023
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (1:17:45)
- Echo (1:20:40)
- The Marvels (1:20:55)
- Loki (1:21:10)
- Season 2 confirmed for Summer 2023 release
- Blade (1:21:33)
- Releasing November 3, 2023
- Ironheart (1:21:56)
- Debuting in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Release Fall 2023
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos (1:22:20)
- Name change from House of Harkness
- Release Winter 2023/2024
- Daredevil: Born Again (1:24:20)
- 18 episode series with Charlie Cox and Vincent D’onofrio
- Spring 2024
- Captain America: New World Order (1:28:35)
- Thunderbolts (1:29:00)
- Phase 6 (1:32:25)
- Fantastic Four (1:32:45)
- Avengers: Kang Dynasty (1:34:08)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (1:34:35)
- Multiverse Saga (1:43:05)
- Phases 4-6 confirmed to be a Multiversal event
- Phase 7 (1:45:48)
- Film dates secured for future Untitled projects
- February 13, 2026, May 1, 2026, July 24, 2026, and November 6, 2026
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July 17, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is watching the leaked Mandalorian Season 3 trailer, talking about that leaked Doctor Doom photo, review Ms. Marvel’s TV show, and more!
What We're Doing: Marvel Trivia Night Fiasco, Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2, Resident Evil series
News
- The Boys (18:20)
- Spinoff series called Gen V
- College-aged superheroes
- Batgirl (20:48)
- 2023 theatrical release in the UK
- HBO Max is different in other countries
- Madame Web (23:50)
- Adds Adam Scott (Severance) to cast list
- Unknown role; could be Morlun?
- Movie set photos show early 2000s setting
- Star Wars: Acolyte (28:45)
- Kate Herron (Loki) reportedly tapped to direct series
- The Mandalorian (30:03)
- I Am Groot (36:55)
- “Magnum Opus” short to premiere in theaters next week
- Before Thor: Love and Thunder
- Ironheart (39:55)
- Adds Alden Ehrenreich (Solo) to show
- Captain America 4 (42:00)
- Fantastic Four (46:45)
- Steven Spielberg one of top directors to lead project
- Doctor Doom (54:05)
- Black Panther (1:03:05)
- Ms. Marvel (1:09:20)
- Season wrap up
- Origin in comics
- Post credits filmed by Nia DaCosta (The Marvels)
- Phase 4 Production
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July 10, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is reviewing Thor’s latest movie, the Namor family gets concept art, 80s movies get new video games, and more!
The Boys Finale; Marvel Trivia Night; Spectacular Spider-Man Streaming; God of War Ragnarok November; Free Guy; Ghostbusters: Afterlife; The Bear
News
- Thor: Love and Thunder (19:00)
- Spoiler free review
- Box Office - $302 million worldwide
- Director’s Cuts (Suck according to Waititi) - but could have been near 4 hours of footage
- Thor and Mighty Thor skins in Fortnite; Marvel’s Avengers
- Captain America 4 (29:05)
- Hires director Julius Onah
- Cloverfield Paradox; Luce
- Loki (31:10)
- Season 2 filming
- Confirms return of Owen Wilson
- Echo (32:32)
- Daredevil and Kingpin confirmed to return for series
- Rumor: Daredevil is looking for Jessica Jones; Kingpin trying to run for mayor
- Ironheart (36:30)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (41:40)
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (44:50)
- Reportedly has started filming
- Features Jude Law, from Jon Watts
- Avatar: The Way of Water (46:45)
- James Cameron defends 3 hour runtime
- “Give me a f****** break”
- Compares to binge watching several hours of shows
- Remove stigma of going to the bathroom
- 4th and 5th movies may not be directed by James Cameron
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (52:00)
- Terminator (56:25)
- Robocop (58:15)
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July 10, 2022
Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Thor: Love and Thunder! Does the fourth Thor outing manage to capture lightning in a bottle? What does a return from Mjolnir mean to the cosmos? Can he ever NOT fight someone from England? Find out all these questions and more!
- Box Office (18:48)
- $302 million worldwide
- Biggest Thursday this year
- Spoilers (20:05)
- Moon Knight and Ms Marvel in opening logo
- Team Thor
- Celestials; Cosmic Beings - Death, Eon, Infinity, Living Tribunal, and Uatu (the Watcher)
- Post credit scenes
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July 4, 2022
This week Superhero Slate getting ready for Thor’s next movie, Atlantis is coming to the MCU, Doctor Doom could be a talk show radio host, and more!
News
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2:28)
- Release in theaters THIS week!
- Avengers Quantum Encounter (8:10)
- What If…? (12:12)
- Season 2 NOT coming July 2022
- Erroneously dated by other country
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (17:10)
- Attuma and Namor concept art leaked
- Removed by Studio Request
- Aztec based looks and style
- Thunderbolts (24:50)
- Rumored to have Taskmaster from Black Widow
- Doctor Doom (31:31)
- Howard Stern involved with character?
- Movie? Audio play?
- The Mandalorian (36:25)
- Taika Waititi to star in multiple episodes?
- Not IG-11?
- Avatar: The Way of Water (39:50)
- Kate Winslet plays Ronal, leader of Na’vi
- Sigourney Weaver as a younger Na’vi
- Warner Bros (42:05)
- Will have a presence at SDCC
- Big Changes to their approach
- Godzilla vs Kong (50:38)
- Sequel gets 2024 release date
- Dune: Part 2 (53:20)
- Pushed back to November 2023
- Theater release
- Harley Quinn (57:05)
- Batgirl (58:05)
- Test screening positive
- “No Kill” rule for Bat-people
- Ghostbusters (1:00:30)
- Afterlife sequel to release December 2023
- Possibly set in New York
- Ms. Marvel (1:03:15)
- Ep 4 discussion
- Nur Dimension
- Ten Rings connections?
- The Boys (1:10:05)
- Strange Things (1:16:55)
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June 26, 2022
This week, Superhero Slate has a great week for entertainment debuts with Doctor Strange on Streaming, Umbrella Academy on Netflix, several Disney+ shows, and more!
The Bad Guys, Twilight, Herogasm, Umbrella Academy, TMNT Shredder’s Revenge
News
- Stranger Things (26:00)
- Season 4 part 2 next weekend
- 2 episodes of feature length
- Marvel Studios (29:00)
- Returning to SDCC this year
- Major Announcements teased
- Thor: Love and Thunder (39:50)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (42:45)
- War goats will be in Holiday Special per Chris Pratt
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (44:05)
- Now on Disney+ and IMAX
- Gargantos’ eye was a scan of Scarlet Witch/Elizabeth Olsen
- Ms. Marvel (48:00)
- Episode 3 discussion
- Band discussion
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (58:10)
- Cameron Monaghan rumored for live action series based on Cal Kestis
- LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation (1:02:20)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (1:04:20)
- Season/Series Finale
- Cameos & Notes
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June 19, 2022
This week Superhero Slate is looking at a DC future without Ezra Miller, Avatar the Last Airbender gets a second wind, Wonder Man is coming to Marvel, and more!
What We're Doing: Lightyear; Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero August 19; Ube Spread
News
- The Flash (18:50)
- WB looking to drop Ezra Miller after The Flash release
- Prequel comic pulled from orders
- Test results are showing good reaction from film
- Ezra Miller deletes instagram account and cannot be found by police
- Hercules (30:10)
- Live action adaptation from Guy Ritchie (Aladdin)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (35:20)
- 3 animated movies announced from Avatar Studios
- Lauren Montgomery to direct first
- Rumored: Avatar Kiyoshi; Zuko, and Legend of Korra
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (41:45)
- Venom (48:20)
- Spider-Man (55:00)
- Franchise history on Disney+ in select markets
- UK, Canada, others
- Joker 2 (56:41)
- Rumored to be musical with Lada Gaga as Harley Quinn
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (1:00:20)
- Promo materials starting to appear in theaters
- Poster/trailer soon?
- Wonder Man (1:02:15)
- Disney+ series being developed
- Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest (Brooklyn Nine-Nine; 30 Rock; Community) as head writer
- She-Hulk (1:09:40)
- Ms. Marvel (1:10:40)
- Second episode
- Who is agency after Meta humans?
- Premiere drew highest Gen Z audience of any MCU D+ show and most diverse audience
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (1:15:15)
- Fifth episode
- Jedi names are from Extended Universe/Legacy stories
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