A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
This week Superhero Slate is bringing you what little news from SDCC we could find, The Marvels drops an out of this world trailer, Spider-Man 2 reveals a custom PS5 and controller, and more!
What We're Doing: Muppet Treasure Island VHS, Brian Henson Presents Puppet Up! Uncensored, Breath of the Wild
News
- SDCC 2023 (20:00)
- Wrapping up today, curated news below
- The Flash (22:05)
- First web3 movie experience on the Blockchain
- Delete scene reveals Batman retired after killing criminal in front of kid, same way he became Batman
- Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom (24:55)
- Has filmed 3 endings with 2 different Batman actors
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (27:50)
- Coming to 4K for first time
- 30th anniversary
- Blue Beetle (28:45)
- Tracking very low for opening
- WB refused 2 days of requested reshoots for film
- DC Animated (31:10)
- Watchmen and Crisis on Infinite Earths getting animated movie treatment
- Releasing 2024
- The Marvels (34:45)
- Trailer released for upcoming movie
- Only Marvel Studios SDCC reveal
- Shows entangled powers
- Ms. Marvel will air on ABC
- Secret Invasion also, looks to be licensing streaming shows for OTA
- Trailer released for upcoming movie
- I Am Groot (40:50)
- Season 2 rumored to drop in September
- Another 5 episodes have already been created
- Spider-Man 2 (42:35)
- Game trailer reveals Venom in story
- “We will heal the world”
- PS5 and Dual sense revealed
- Game trailer reveals Venom in story
- Mortal Kombat 1 (47:15)
- Peacemaker, Homelander, and Omni-Man confirmed for DLC
- As playable characters, not Kameos
- JK Simmons to voice Omni-Man
- Invincible (48:55)
- Season 2 reveals November streaming date
- Atom Eve special dropped during SDCC; now on Amazon Prime
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (50:50)
- Original animated series coming to Nickelodeon channels this month
- Including YouTube and Pluto TV
- One Piece (54:11)
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Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
This week Superhero Slate's dreams come true with a comic accurate Wolverine costume, Superman Legacy is stacked full of comic book characters, Ahsoka is next on our hype list, and more!
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, Mad Men, Meta Quest 2, Breath of the Wild
News
- SAG-AFTRA (31:20)
- Writer’s strike shuts down all productions with US members
- Including Deadpool, Fantastic Four cast search, Oppenheimer red carpet, SDCC panels
- UK projects have different union and rules
- Writer’s strike shuts down all productions with US members
- Ahsoka (41:30)
- New trailer for show reveals connections to Rebels, including first look at Thrawn
- First 2 episodes on August 23 on Disney+
- Deadpool 3 (45:40)
- Wolverine’s comic accurate costume revealed
- 20th Century Fox logo as rubble
- Loki TVA area of multiverse debris?
- Josh Brolin not returning as Cable in D3, but could return in other MCU projects (Kang Dynasty/Secret Wars)
- What If...? (51:20)
- The Witches’ Road (52:55)
- Rumored next Special Presentation to focus on connections to WandaVision and Agatha Coven of Chaos shows
- “The Witches’ Road” is plane of existence only sorcerers can travel
- Rumored to also be last Special Presentation as focus on Disney+ content for Marvel diminishes
- The Marvels (57:45)
- Reports are new trailer attached to The Haunted Mansion on July 28
- Expect online before then
- Funko reveals show Nick Fury, others
- Black Panther (59:30)
- New video game announced from Cliffhanger Games (Morder game series)
- Open world map similar to Far Cry
- "build an expansive and reactive world that empowers players to experience what it is like to take on the mantle of Wakanda's protector, the Black Panther."
- Blue Beetle (1:03:00)
- Final trailer for upcoming DC movie released
- Features villain (Conrad Carapax) reveal
- DCU (1:05:25)
- James Gunn causing confusion on timeline and connection of upcoming projects
- "DC Studios movies (and canon) start with [Superman: Legacy]."
- Is The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker canon? Waller TV series seems tied to these and second season of Peacemaker?
- James Gunn causing confusion on timeline and connection of upcoming projects
- Superman Legacy (1:09:00)
- Nathan Fillion cast as Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi (X-men First Class) as Mister Terrific
- Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho (hero)
- “transmutate elements in his body into various forms, taking those properties on as powers.”
- Wonka (1:14:45)
- First trailer for upcoming prequel to Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory series
- Timothee Chalamet as Wonka, Hugh Grant as Oompa Loompa
- Twisted Metal (1:18:10)
- Full trailer for upcoming Peacock show based on Playstation game series
- Anthony Mackie as John Doe, Stephanie Beatriz as Quiet, Neve Campbell as Raven, Samoa Joe as Sweet Tooth, Will Arnett as the voice of Sweet Tooth, Richard Cabral as Loud, and Thomas Haden Church as Agent Stone
- Mortal Kombat 2 (1:22:35)
- Gen V (1:24:10)
- The Boys spinoff debuting in September on Amazon Prime
- "Set at America’s only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (run by Vought International), Gen V explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the school’s top ranking."
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Sunday Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
This week on Superhero Slate, the Deadpool 3 cameo list keeps growing, Spider-man 2 gets a Hall H panel this month, Guardians of the Galaxy hits digital, and more!
What We're Doing: Ex Machina (2014), The Menu (2022), VR Racing Simulators, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Mac Sabbath, Walmart/Prime Days
News
- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (24:00)
- Theaters this week!
- Early access starting Tomorrow
- Guardians of the Galaxy (25:30)
- Volume 3 now available to purchase on digital
- James Gunn says understanding Groot is to bond with him
- Streaming in August
- Legendary Star-Lord (29:45)
- James Gunn confirms plans for Star-Lord’s adventures on Earth
- “Fish out of water” story as he acclimates
- Deadpool 3 (34:00)
- Jennifer Garner to return as Elektra
- Other Fox properties include Professor X/Patrick Stewart, Magneto/Ian McKellan, Channing Tatum as Gambit variant
- Cameos galore
- Shang-Chi 2 (41:20)
- Movie to follow after Avengers, but those keep getting delayed
- What If...? (45:50)
- Jeffrey Wright to return as The Watcher this year
- What If...? Season 2 is later
- Presumed to be Loki, however “another project this year that hasn’t been announced”
- Special Presentation for 2023?
- Jeffrey Wright to return as The Watcher this year
- Spider-Man 2 (game) (49:35)
- Hall H panel at SDCC this month
- Focus on Venom/symbiote part of game
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (52:00)
- Sinister Six teased to be huge part of Earth 42
- Maybe Miles/Prowler isn’t evil?
- Ahsoka (55:15)
- Trailer delayed due to Twitter malfunctions
- Debuts August on Disney+
- Superman and Lois (56:46)
- Renewed due to long term numbers across streaming, international markets, etc from WB/Discovery
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Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
This week Superhero Slate has confirmed Superman Legacy casting, Andor is taking us back to Naboo, Dune drops a trailer for Part 2, and more!
What We're Watching: Nimona on Netflix
News
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (21:55)
- Now in theaters!
- First reactions
- Superman Legacy (26:05)
- Casting confirmed for upcoming film
- David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane
- Someone predicted in 2020
- Captain America: Brave New World (32:00)
- Filming wrapped on movie
- On schedule for next Fall
- Fantastic Four (34:45)
- Rumor says no cast finalized yet
- Adam Driver priced himself out of Reed Richards role; Margot Robbie turned down Sue Storm
- Vanessa Kirby (MI6, MI7, Hobbs & Shaw) next in line for Invisible Woman
- Deadpool 3 (39:40)
- Re-rumored Owen Wilson as Agent Mobius from TVA
- Spotted in London where filming is happening on movie
- Andor (42:30)
- Filming going back to Naboo stand-in
- Deleted scene from Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
- Dune (44:55)
- Part 2 trailer released
- Tells second half of first book
- Part 3 confirmed by Deadline
- Rumored to cover Dune Messiah, second book in series
- Part 2 trailer released
- The Boys (50:45)
- Release date not revealed until writer’s strike is over
- Secret Invasion (54:10)
- Episode 2 Discussion
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Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
This week Superhero Slate is on the hunt for the Kraven trailer, Comic Con 2023 status is not looking great, Secret Invasion infiltrates Disney+, and more!
What We're Watching: The Bear Season 2, EXTRACTION 2
News
- The Flash (14:00)
- Warner Bros. China accused of paying for positive reviews
- Comments of “best superhero movie ever” being criticized across world as well
- Blue Beetle (17:30)
- Confirmed to be in upcoming DCU, rather than previous DCEU
- Refers to heroes, but not specific ones or events
- Wonder Woman (21:20)
- Gal Gadot apparently leaving door open for return as character
- Cameod in last 2 DCEU films
- DCEU (23:30)
- Box set releasing this fall to collect 10 of the DCEU Films
- Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Justice League, Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 84, Aquaman, The Flash, Shazam, Shazam Fury of the Gods, and Black Adam
- Missing Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad, and Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey; most likely R-rated not in consumer set
- Box set releasing this fall to collect 10 of the DCEU Films
- Kraven (25:45)
- First trailer debuts (poster as homage to comic book)
- Rhino confirmed as a villain
- Magic Blood!
- Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse (37:05)
- Multiple versions in theaters
- Others mention The Spot dialogue differences in flashback sequence
- Comic Con (41:10)
- Marvel, HBO, Universal, Netflix, Lucasfilm, Sony not presenting at SDCC this year
- Marvel Studios (47:00)
- Reportedly will skip Hall H this year at SDCC
- Focus on floor events/presence
- WGA/SAG strikes hard to get people booked for panels
- Deadpool 3 (47:50)
- Confirmed 3+ Deadpool variants in film
- Deadpool 2 ended on multiverse hopping montage
- Ben Affleck spotted on set, returning as Daredevil?
- Confirmed 3+ Deadpool variants in film
- Secret Invasion (51:10)
- Episode 1 now on Disney+
- Spoiler Discussion
- Opening Credits talk @ (1:04:13)
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Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
This week Superhero Slate is reviewing The Flash, Marvel shifts all of their movie dates, Star Wars and Avatar are getting good looking video games, and more!
Mike Hates Fast 5 & Fast X
News
- The Flash (13:44)
- Spoiler FREE Review and Reactions
- Box Office
- DCU Status
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (18:40)
- Andy Muschetti (The Flash; IT) confirmed to direct movie in DCU
- Batman: The Caped Crusader (19:50)
- Animated series is everything Bruce Timm wanted to do in original series
- Skews older because not on a kids network
- Gotham Knights (21:05)
- Canceled on CW after first season
- Revival impossible due to DC character rights
- Superman and Lois (21:50)
- Renewed for shortened season 4 (10 eps)
- Most ‘recurring cast’ roles lowered to guest appearances
- The Incredible Hulk (22:52)
- Now on Disney+ for first time ever
- Distribution with Universal since release
- Report that Disney’s original deal with Universal is now over (15 year limit from June 13, 2008)
- Now on Disney+ for first time ever
- Secret Invasion (24:45)
- Drops on Disney+ this Wednesday
- Marvel Studios (26:10)
- Disney+ banner updated to feature Phase 4+ characters
- Scarlett Johansson says she’s still producing undisclosed project
- Currently on hold with writer’s strike and upcoming SAG/Aftra strike
- Release dates changed for almost all Phase 5/6 movies
- Deadpool (32:55)
- Moved forward to May 3, 2024
- Captain America: Brave New World (34:00)
- August 26, 2024
- Thunderbolts (34:10)
- December 20, 2024
- Blade (34:25)
- February 14, 2025
- Fantastic Four (34:50)
- May 2, 2025
- Avengers: Kang Dynasty (35:00)
- May 1, 2026
- Avengers: Secret Wars (35:35)
- May 7, 2027
- Sony (38:11)
- Secures November 8, 2024 and June 27, 2025 for Marvel films
- November likely Venom 3; Spider-Man 4 for June
- Both open in IMAX
- Secures November 8, 2024 and June 27, 2025 for Marvel films
- Kraven the Hunter (38:55)
- Spider-Man 2 (40:05)
- Game includes Queens and Brooklyn, doubling the previous map size
- Pre-orders now available for 10/20/23 release
- Avatar (41:55)
- Sequels delayed at Disney
- Avatar 3: December 19, 2025
- Avatar 4: December 21, 2029
- Avatar 5: December 19, 2031
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (46:15)
- Video game trailer released from Ubisoft
- Set 15 years after Avatar 1
- Far Cry elements; Halo from an Alien POV
- December 7, 2023
- Star Wars Outlaws (51:05)
- First Gameplay footage for open world game revealed
- Developed by Ubisoft
- Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (53:25)
- Alden Ehrenreich rumored to return as Han Solo for movie
- Last seen in SOLO stand alone film
- Star Wars (55:55)
- Movie release dates delayed/locked in
- May 22, 2026
- December 18, 2026
- December 17, 2027
- 3 movies announced at SWC in April
- Movie release dates delayed/locked in
- Extraction 3 (57:05)
- Officially announced for Netflix
- Chris Hemsworth and Sam Hargrave to return
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (59:20)
- Live action photos released from Netflix
- Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko
- Coming 2024
- Live action photos released from Netflix
- One Piece (1:01:30)
- Trailer released for upcoming live action adaptation on Netflix
- August 31, 2023
- Stranger Things (1:04:45)
- Linda Hamilton joins cast for next season
- Mortal Kombat 2 (1:05:45)
- Casting confirms Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), King Jerrod (Desmond Chiam), Queen Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen), and Quan Chi (Damon Herriman)
- Deadline says most main characters, even ones appeared killed off will return
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Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of DC's The Flash! Does the Flash outrun Michael Keaton's Batman return? Is this the end of the DC Universe as we knew it? They put WHAT cameo in here?! Find out all these questions and more!
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
- Box Office (7:50)
- $55 million, less than anticipated
- Review (11:15)
- Spoilers (19:00)
- Cameos
- Reverse Flash implication?
- 3 post credit scenes filmed; form 3 different ‘regimes’ in charge of DC
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Sunday Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
This week Superhero Slate is giving an early reaction to the Flash movie, Captain America gets a Brave New title, Twisted Metal looks to disappoint us, and more!
What We're Up To: Apple Vision Pro, Transformers Rise of the Beasts Review
News
- The Flash (26:30)
- Chris Reactions
- This week in theaters!
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (32:30)
- Andy Muschetti (The Flash) top pick to direct film
- Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey; The Flash) to write film
- Superman Legacy (34:20)
- Members of The Authority (upcoming movie) to debut in film
- Most likely antagonistic to Superman
- Ahsoka (36:10)
- Image shows inquisitor in show
- Were disbanded before A New Hope
- Teaser confirms August 23 release date
- Image shows inquisitor in show
- Ultimate Universe (38:30)
- Marvel relaunching comics line that started in 2001
- Introduced Miles Morales’ Spider-Man
- Inspired most of MCU, including Nick Fury
- Captain America: Brave New World (43:28)
- Release image confirms updated title for movie
- Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie
- May 3, 2024
- Release image confirms updated title for movie
- Avengers: Secret War (47:05)
- Rumored to be split into 2 parts again
- Marvel to use some of the Spider-Verse characters in possible live-action
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (48:40)
- Cast and crew not sure 3rd film will make release date
- Directors won’t release below quality movie
- Spider-Man 2 (50:50)
- Release date of October 20, 2023
- Collector’s edition includes Miles and Peter vs Venom, confirmed NOT to be Eddie Brock
- TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (53:35)
- Rumored animated show set in universe after movie release
- Developed for Paramount+
- Legend of Zelda (55:50)
- Universal/Illumination close to signing deal for film
- Due to success of Super Mario Bros.
- Fast X (1:00:15)
- April 4, 2025 release date
- Includes BTS with Jason Momoa
- Probably before Hobbs solo movie?
- April 4, 2025 release date
- Ghostbusters (1:02:35)
- Afterlife sequel poster revealed
- Winter? Snow? Ice?
- Afterlife sequel poster revealed
- Twisted Metal (1:04:46)
- Thong Song clip released
- No cars...
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Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
This week Superhero Slate is reviewing Across the Spider-Verse, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles drop a mutant filled trailer, Dwayne Johnson returns to the Fast Franchise, and more!
What We're Watching: Spirited Away VHS, Diablo IV, Bumblebee, Into the Spider-Verse
News
- Across the Spider-Verse (19:00)
- Box Office Updates
- Spoiler Free Review
- Miles Morales (27:15)
- Live-action version of character in works at Sony per Amy Pascal
- Spider-Woman (32:00)
- Avi Arad says solo movie coming “sooner than we think”
- Spider-Man 4 (35:20)
- Amy Pascal confirms talks and negotiations in place
- WGA strike has delayed process
- TMNT: Mutant Mayhem (37:40)
- New trailer debuted this week
- More mutant characters revealed
- Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross to score soundtrack
- New trailer debuted this week
- Vision Quest (42:25)
- Series rumored to bring Viv and Vin Vision to screen
- Created in Tom King’s Vision run as part of his robotic family
- Skeleton Crew (43:40)
- Star Wars show has 6 episodes and consisted of 3 writers
- Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, and Myung Joh Wesner
- Star Wars show has 6 episodes and consisted of 3 writers
- Hobbs (45:30)
- Dwayne Johnson confirms return to Fast and Furious franchise with HOBBS solo film
- Will culminate in Fast and Furious X: part 2
- The Flash (50:15)
- SOME early screenings going on next week (invite only)
- Would not have been made if Michael Keaton didn’t return as Batman
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (52:30)
- James Wan confirms changes have been made to fit DCU
- Movie already ‘retconned’ Justice League with water speech
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Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! How quickly does the second Spider-Verse get into the swing of things? Can you count the number of Spider-Man variants that show up? Is this the last time we'll see the pointing meme? Find out all these questions and more!
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
- Box Office (7:25)
- $120.5 million opening (3x original movie; 3rd highest Spider-man movie)
- Second biggest preview night for animated movie (Behind Incredibles 2)
- No Post Credits Scenes!
- Across the Spider-Verse Review (11:20)
- Spoilers (21:15)
- Spider-Man Variants/Cameos (SPOILER LIST)
- The Prowler
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Uncle Ben
- Spider-Man Variants/Cameos (SPOILER LIST)
- Beyond the Spider-Verse in March 2024
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