Andor Review, Guardians Holiday Special Debut, Avatar 2 is EXPENSIVE, and more!

This week Superhero Slate is getting into the Holiday Special spirit, Brazil’s Comic-Con could have tons of good announcements, Andor season 1 gets reviewed, and more!

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What We’re Watching: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Dune, Spirited, Holly and the Hot Chocolate

News

• Avatar: The Way of Water (22:53)
  • Could have cost around $400 million to make movie
  • Secured release in China, after Bob Iger’s return
• Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (32:00)
  • Merch reveals look at Beast Mode maximals
    • Rhinox, Optimus Primal, Airazor, and Cheetor
  • June 9, 2023
• CCXP (35:25)
  • Brazil Comic-Con next week
  • Marvel Studios to have presence
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (37:37)
  • Namor solo movie not in cards due to Universal Shared rights
  • Affected how the film was marketed, not how the character was used in the movie
• Spider-Man 4 (40:40)
  • Has started in advanced pre-production on movie
    • Likely indicates script/story is in place and concept art created
  • Potential CCXP announcement from Sony
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (43:05)
  • New image of Miles from upcoming film
  • Trailer imminent?
  • June 2, 2023
• The Marvels (44:55)
  • New promo materials shows off new suits, including Monica Rambeau’s Photo/Spectrum and Ms. Marvel
  • July 28, 2023
• Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (47:10)
  • Review
  • Spoilers
    • Knowhere’s new owners
    • Cosmo
    • Mantis’ Brother
    • Suicide Squad references
• Andor (1:00:50)
  • Season 1 review
  • Season 2 is across 5 years, wraps show

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