A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018
50 min
Get your chimichangas ready for the Superhero Slate review of Deadpool 2! Can the sequel to the first Deadpool movie be just as funny? Is Cable Josh Brolin's best performance? Who is Black Tom Cassidy? Find out all our thoughts and more in this review!
This podcast contains spoilers starting at 13:10
Superhero Slate Review for Deadpool 2
Email us your questions and reviews to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018
1hr 16 min
Superhero Slate gets a better Death of Superman in this new trailer, we check to see what TV shows got the axe (Agents of SHIELD or not?), a busy movie season is in full effect with Deadpool, Han Solo, and more!
News
- Deadpool 2 (6:22)
- Releasing this weekend
- Review Episode incoming!
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (11:55)
- One week after Deadpool 2
- Avengers: Infinity War (12:15)
- Spoiler Warning from here forward
- Fastest movie to make $500 million domestically
- Highest grossing superhero film to date ($1.6 billion)
- Avengers 4 (24:25)
- Work left on the film
- Filming, editing, etc
- Work left on the film
- Ms. Marvel (29:00)
- Marvel has plans for character in MCU
- Fox Acquisition (31:40)
- Rumor: Comcast to make large cash bid to upset Disney purchase
- Comcast only wants Sky (European broadcaster) valued at $100 billion
- Agents of SHIELD (34:50)
- Season (or series?) finale this Friday
- The last show still undecided by ABC
- New Warriors (38:00)
- Trademark filed this week
- Could replace SHIELD?
- Inhumans (41:00)
- Officially Canceled by ABC
- Luke Cage (41:30)
- Season 2 trailer debuts
- Bushmaster as villain
- Iron Fist (45:30)
- Season 2 has wrapped filming
- Jessica Jones (47:30)
- Season 3 casting underway
- Character breakdowns may reveal Power Broker
- Using Malus’ research and IGH to give powers
- Star Wars (48:20)
- Live action TV series to be set 7 years after Return of the Jedi
- Features new characters
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (51:05)
- Rumored to be shooting by April 2019, after Episode 9 wraps
- Movie is not officially announced
- Incredibles 2 (54:05)
- Tickets now on sale
- 5 PM showings!
- Tickets now on sale
- Rick and Morty (54:50)
- Renewed for 70 more episodes
- The Greatest American Hero (59:30)
- Reboot not moving forward at ABC
- Lucifer (57:45)
- Canceled after Season 3, ends on cliffhanger
- Could be saved by DC Universe
- Berlanti Studios (1:01:35)
- Record for most in-production shows (13)
- CW
- Arrow
- Flash
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl
- Black Lightning
- Riverdale
- All American
- NBC
- Blindspot
- CBS
- God Friended Me
- The Red Line
- Lifetime
- And You
- Netflix
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- DC Universe
- Titans
- Man of Steel 2 (1:03:55)
- Eyeing 2020 Release date
- Death of Superman (1:05:15)
- Flashpoint (1:07:00)
- RUMOR: Will NOT reset universe
- Hamada wants to just continue forward, no retconning
- Ben Affleck may depart (again)
- The Predator (1:10:30)
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018
1hr 7 min
Superhero Slate gets vulgar because Deadpool 2 has an adult rated soundtrack, Ant-Man and the Wasp deliver a sizeable trailer, the DC Universe has a streaming service, and more!
News
- Avengers: Infinity War (6:35)
- Box Office Update - Fastest Movie to $1 billion ($1.16 bill currently)
- Production was around $400,000/day
- Shot for a year straight, only 2 weeks in between
- Black Panther still earning #6 this week
- Avengers Forever added to Comixology
- 1990’s run, first time on digital
- 4-ever?
- Will this affect Agents of SHIELD?
- Box Office Update - Fastest Movie to $1 billion ($1.16 bill currently)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (20:30)
- Official Trailer 2
- Reveals & size comparisons
- Black Widow (27:20)
- Marvel has met with 65 directors for solo film
- Deadpool 2 (29:05)
- Ashes music video with Celine Dion
- Instrumental is first album to receive parental advisory sticker
- “You Can’t Stop This Mother F*****”
- Tracklist
- DEADPOOL 2 (Original Motion Picture Score)tracklist:
- 1. X-Men Arrive
- 2. Fighting Dirty
- 3. Hello Super Powers
- 4. Escape
- 5. Vanessa
- 6. Weasel Interrogation
- 7. Holy S*** Balls
- 8. Mutant Convoy
- 9. The Name is Cable
- 10. Sorry for Your Loss
- 11. You Can’t Stop this Mother F*****
- 12. Ice Box
- 13. Docking
- 14. Make the Whole World our B****
- 15. Pity D***
- 16. Knock Knock
- 17. Let Me In
- 18. Maximum Effort
- 19. The Orphanage
- 20. Cable Flashback
- 21. Genuine High Grade Lead
- 22. Courage Mother F*****
- TJ Miller will not be back for X-Force
- Venom (37:10)
- Is NOT in the MCU per Infinity War director
- Solo (40:07)
- Tickets now on sale
- Looking to be huge North American opening weekend
- More tickets than Black Panther (presale)
- Mulan (43:15)
- Live action movie to have a massive production scale
- $290+ million budget
- Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (47:05)
- Trailer Released
- Jimmy Kimmel to voice Batman
- DC Universe (49:40)
- Official Streaming Service has a name
- Shows in production
- Titans
- Young Justice Outsiders
- Harley Quinn (animated)
- Swamp Thing (Live action)- James Wan as EP
- Metropolis (formerly on network)
- Spawn (1:01:00)
- Eying Jamie Foxx for lead role
- Westworld (1:02:20)
- Season 3 renewal
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 29, 2018
Apr 29, 2018
1hr 14 min
Superhero Slate is sad because Marvel is skipping San Diego Comic Con this year, we are Venom, MoviePass’ golden days are over, and more!
Shoutout to Superfan Alan
News
- Avengers: Infinity War (8:50)
- Review Episode now live
- Spoiler Free Review
- Box Office Update
- $250 million opening (highest ever)
- $630 million Intl (biggest ever, by almost $100 mill)
- No Russia or China yet
- Review Episode now live
- MoviePass (16:25)
- Has stopped multiple viewings of films on all plans
- Including Infinity War
- Backpedaling - Ticket per day offering may not return per CEO
- Helios recorded $150.8 million loss in 2017, from MoviePass mostly
- Has stopped multiple viewings of films on all plans
- Marvel Studios (21:20)
- No Marvel Studios at SDCC this year
- Kevin Feige reveals his favorite post credits scene
- Nick Fury, because of first
- Shawarma because it happened
- “Avengers 4 title commotion has gotten out of hand”
- Horror genre might be next for MCU
- Namor does not have clear cut rights with Universal on film (like Hulk)
- Captain Marvel (28:00)
- Black Widow (30:44)
- Looking For female director for film
- Marvel Studios has met with Deniz Erguven (Mustang), Chloe Zhao (The Rider), and Amma Asante (The United Kingdom) among others
- Spider-Man Homecoming (32:45)
- Feige says casting videos are out of context
- Does not confirm Femme Fatale lead for sequel
- Global film with a villain that will ‘play into that nicely’
- Feige says casting videos are out of context
- Sony Pictures (37:00)
- Jumanji & Spider-Man push studio to $376 million profit
- 2016 had a $719 million loss
- Jumanji & Spider-Man push studio to $376 million profit
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (38:40)
- Villains are Ultimate Green Goblin, the Kingpin, and the Prowler
- Peter Parker died at age 26 in the universe
- Venom (41:45)
- First Official Trailer released
- Suit reveal & venom voice
- Morbius (47:30)
- Antoine Fuqua (Magnificent 7) approached by studio to helm film
- Passed in 2017, movie future uncertain
- Deadpool 2 (49:43)
- Julian Dennison as Hot Stuff via new promo
- X-Force (40:30)
- Has entered Pre-production
- "a Black Ops force of down and dirty mutant warriors who are far more ruthless than their X-Men counterparts"
- Domino (Zazie Beetz) and Cable to return in film
- Release possible 2019
- Has entered Pre-production
- Dark Phoenix (53:15)
- Cinemacon shows new logo without X-Men in title
- Circle X in Phoenix
- DC Films (54:50)
- Aquaman got footage screened
- Shazam had BTS footage
- Wonder Woman 2 is set in the 80’s
- Dumbo (56:15)
- Stranger Things (57:30)
- Season 3 kicked off production this week
- Premiere sometime in 2019
- Netflix (58:5)
- New research shows most popular programming is Sci-Fi
- Stranger Things, Altered Carbon, Mute, Cloverfield Paradox, Annihilation, Lost in Space
- New research shows most popular programming is Sci-Fi
- Star Wars Resistance (1:01:10)
- New Animated series coming this fall
- Focus on era before The Force Awakens and after Return of the Jedi
- Disney Channel
- Watchmen (1:02:30)
- HBO series not a direct adaptation of the comic series
- Leaked descriptions don’t have any recognizable characters
- Could be to throw off reports
- John Wick 3 (1:03:33)
- Halle Berry wanted as new female lead, Sofia
- Has small child in film
- Halle Berry wanted as new female lead, Sofia
- Star Trek (1:04:05)
- S.J. Clarkson (Jessica Jones, The Defenders) to direct fourth film in franchise
- Tarantino’s script still developed, this is a follow up to Beyond first
- Glass (1:05:30)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (1:07:50)
- Paramount films shows logo
- November 15, 2019
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018
1hr 9 min
This is the Superhero Slate review for Avengers: Infinity War! Does 10 years of watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe pay off? Will this movie make you laugh, cry, or both? Where the heck is that Soul Stone? Find out all our thoughts and more in this review!
This podcast contains spoilers starting at 12:30
Superhero Slate Review for Avengers: Infinity War
Email us your questions and reviews to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 22, 2018
Apr 22, 2018
1hr 12 min
Superhero Slate counts the number of sleeps from Avengers Infinity War, Fox is wrapping up their X-Men, buy your Deadpool tickets now, and more!
Riff & Raff
Incredible Hulk Winners
Mike fulfills his promise - Age of Ultron Re-Review
News
- Avengers: Infinity War (13:35)
- Dread it, run from it...it will still happen.
- Film budget in the $300 million range, bringing marketing and full totals to nearly $500 million!
- Odeon connected poster
- Presale tickets/interest higher than previous two Star Wars movies
- Future MCU directors have seen Avengers 4 to help with their upcoming films
- TITAN CONSUMED novel to reveal MCU origins of Thanos
- Avengers 4 (22:30)
- Emma Fuhrmann as a teenage version of Cassie Lang
- Time travel? Alternate futures?
- Emma Fuhrmann as a teenage version of Cassie Lang
- Homecoming (23:50)
- Sequel will be more global, outside of NYC
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (27:10)
- Infinity War character & level pack
- Play as Thanos attacking Black Bolt and the Inhumans
- Infinity War character & level pack
- Stan Lee (28:00)
- Filmed cameos for 3 more MCU movies
- Ant-Man/The Wasp, Captain Marvel, and Avengers 4
- Filmed cameos for 3 more MCU movies
- Black Widow (32:30)
- Joe Russo (Avengers: IW) think the movie is coming
- Characters “little girls can look up to”
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix (36:50)
- Will be final Marvel movie from Fox (production)
- All future projects moved to Disney
- Phase 4 candidates: Deadpool, Fantastic Four, X-Men
- Reshoots are having sets digitally recreated because they were scrapped when filming was done
- Original story was film was 2 parts, this may wrap it up cleaner than a cliffhanger
- Deadpool 2 (45:20)
- Final red band trailer
- TICKETS ON SALE
- “The more you put Deadpool in a box, the more he wants to push outside it.” - David Leitch regarding Fox/Disney merger
- Trailer punchlines/jokes will not be in the final film
- Multiple takes/improvisations used in trailers
- 4 movie arc for Cable
- Superman (54:50)
- 80th Anniversary of superhero’s debut
- Birds of Prey (55:45)
- Multiple scripts being developed, Batgirl in all versions
- Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom (56:50)
- East of West/Transhuman (1:01:25)
- Amazon picking up series based on Jonathan Hickman’s series
- Doom (1:03:48)
- New film based on new, successful reboot of game.
- Masters of the Universe (1:04:45)
- Aaron and Adam Nee to direct picture
- David Goyer is out
- Release December 18, 2019
- Aaron and Adam Nee to direct picture
- MASK (1:05:30)
- Mobile Armored Strike Kommand
- F. Gary Gray (F8 of the Furious) to launch franchise for Hasbro
- xXx (1:07:25)
- Fourth film to start production this Summer
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 15, 2018
Apr 15, 2018
1hr 16 min
Superhero Slate says Stop Spoiling Avengers Infinity War, the Titans leaked set photos cause an uproar, The Incredibles 2 get a trailer, and more!
March Madness Results - Captain America: Civil War was winner!
The Incredible Hulk 4K - Send us your 3 MCU movies to get someone ready for Infinity War
MIke’s Movie Madness
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Faust (2001)
- Ready Player One
- A Quiet Place
News
- Avengers: Infinity War (16:10)
- NO SPOILERS, People!
- Officially rated PG-13
- Projected to beat The Force Awakens box office
- Russo’s think Secret Wars would be a good follow up after Fox deal
- Pick 3 movies to get someone ready for Infinity War
- Black Panther (30:30)
- Digital on May 8
- Blu-ray/DVD on May 15
- Eternals (31:35)
- Rumored movie announcement on the way
- Agents of SHIELD (35:40)
- Season 5 finale episode called “The End”
- Jessica Jones (37:30)
- Season 3 officially confirmed
- Spider-Man PS4 (39:30)
- Iron Spider suit playable in game
- Incredibles 2 (40:50)
- Official trailer
- Funko Pops! Now in stores
- Titans (44:15)
- Arrow (50:30)
- Colton Haynes returning as season regular in Season 7
- The CW (51:05)
- All shows renewed
- Batgirl (52:40)
- Moving forward with Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey, Bumblebee) to write
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (53:50)
- 2 hours and 15 minute runtime
- Deadpool (54:20)
- Marvel can’t use the movie costume in the comics
- Difference is a couple of straps and some knee pads
- TJ Miller arrested after reporting false bomb threat on a train
- Marvel can’t use the movie costume in the comics
- Fox (56:50)
- Disney acquisition most likely to close by end of Summer 2019 at latest
- Mulan (1:00:50)
- Live action casts Jet Li as Emperor of China and Gong Li as villian, a powerful witch
- Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom (1:02:20)
- Trailer confirmed for Wednesday
- The Terminator (1:02:35)
- Gabriel Luna (Ghost Rider) to play lead
- Blade Runner 2049 (1:04:40)
- Redeems box office with impressive blu-ray/dvd sales
- MoviePass (1:05:55)
- $29.95 Quarterly
- Only 4 movies a month for new subscribers (iHeartRadio special)
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 8, 2018
Apr 8, 2018
1hr 5 min
Superhero Slate was in Chicago when C2E2 wrapped up, Avengers Infinity War will make money, we’ve got that Solo trailer LIVE, and more!
News
- C2E2 Chicago Comic-Con (3:15)
- Marvel Comics
- Spider-Man’s black suit back in issue #800, will stay for a while
- Extra notes****
- Marvel Comics
- Stan Lee (14:05)
- Blood has been stolen in order to sign comic books
- Las Vegas books stamped with DNA ink
- Avengers: Infinity War (17:30)
- New extended spots featuring new footage
- Reactions are from 24 minutes of footage & IMAX Standee
- Tracking over $230+ million opening (Black Panther was $200)
- Biggest marketing push in Marvel’s history, valued at $150 million
- James Gunn worked on Guardians dialog in film
- Black Panther (31:25)
- 3rd highest movie domestically (unadjusted), 10th highest grossing movie ever
- First film to publicly screen in Saudi Arabia in over 35 years
- Luke Cage (32:30)
- Secret Warriors (34:55)
- Feature film may serve as a platform for a TV show
- Spider-Man PS4 (37:05)
- September 7th release
- More suits to dress up in
- Venom (39:25)
- New rumor says Woody Harrelson will play Carnage
- Deathstroke (41:55)
- Joe Manganiello confirms solo film featuring the character is in the works
- Gotham (43:40)
- Joker origin definitely probably won’t Jerome after all
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (46:05)
- Trailer tonight with American Idol
- Will debut at Cannes Film Festival this month
- Indiana Jones 5 (53:00)
- Will be Harrison Ford’s last
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (55:00)
- Final trailer classified, probably dropping with Infinity War
- Toy Story 4 (56:00)
- Release date confirmed as June 21, 2019
- Stephany Folsom (Ragnarok) penned the script
- Lord of the Rings (59:00)
- TV Show has 5 season commitment
- Spin-offs already talked about
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Apr 1, 2018
Apr 1, 2018
1hr 7 min
In this Superhero Slate episode Captain Marvel adds some familiar faces to its cast, Deadpool’s animated series gets leaked on, uh-oh Fox Marvel movies, and more!
Riff & Raff
Star Wars Clone Wars Microseries
Marvel March Madness - Guardians of the Galaxy v Captain America: Civil War
News
- Avengers (16:20)
- Thor had a reduced part in the original script, before Whedon rewrote it
- Infinity War (18:40)
- Secures China release date on May 11, second largest box office market
- Captain Marvel (19:55)
- Cast confirmed for movie
- Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson
- Lee Pace a Ronan the Accuser
- Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer
- Cast confirmed for movie
- Hawkeye (26:20)
- Stand alone film Reportedly in development with Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely as writers (Captain America movies, Infinity War)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (29:00)
- Matt Damon passes on villain role in sequel movie
- Agents of SHIELD (30:20)
- Season 6 is now ‘on the bubble’
- Renewal could go either way
- Strong DVR & international markets
- Season 6 is now ‘on the bubble’
- New Warriors (34:40)
- Half hour docu-comedy show about a young group of 20-somethings living in a house, pretending to be superheroes
- Deadpool Series (37:15)
- Donald Glover releases ‘finale’ script online
- Wasn’t really the finale
- “Or too busy”
- “There definitely was a Taylor Swift episode. It was HILARIOUS. And it was definitely the last straw lol.”“Our show wasn’t too black. It wasn’t really that black at all. But we definitely wanted to give ‘Rick and Morty’ a run for their money and I think we would have. Proud of the gang.”
- Leaked test footage
- Donald Glover releases ‘finale’ script online
- Gambit (44:11)
- Filming start date is for June 19th in NoLa
- Same studio Logan used to film
- No direct announced yet
- Filming start date is for June 19th in NoLa
- The New Mutants (45:55)
- Release moved to August 2, 2019
- Josh Boone allowed to add/re-add scary sequences execs had deemed too frightening to a ‘superhero movie’ in first half of film
- Antonio Banderas added to cast
- Jon Hamm originally as Mr. Sinister
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix (48:40)
- New release date for February 14, 2019
- Final act getting reshoots, cost less than $10 million
- Jessica Chastain as Miss Sinister: a perfect genetic clone of Nathaniel Essex
- Powers include shapeshifting
- Wonder Woman 2 (54:15)
- Pedro Pascal (The Golden Circle) has been cast as a slippery conman known as “Rex”
- Solo (58:05)
- Edit is locked and score is done, release is on May 25
- Second trailer incoming
- Jurassic World 3 (59:55)
- Colin Trevorrow to return and direct third movie on 28th anniversary of original film
Email us your Gambit director picks to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Mar 25, 2018
Mar 25, 2018
1hr 2 min
Deadpool 2 drops trailer number deuce on Superhero Slate, Gotham is giving someone the Joker, we saw Pacific Rim Uprising in 4D, and more!
Marvel March Madness Bracket - Final 4 MCU
- Black Panther v Guardians of the Galaxy
- Iron Man v Captain America: Civil War
News
- Pacific Rim 2 (9:30)
- Thoughts and review
- D-box and 4DX
- Deadpool 2 (12:50)
- New trailer
- New character reveals
- Terry Crews is Bedlam
- New character reveals
- Secret Cameo filmed
- Ryan Reynolds first screening writing credits
- New trailer
- Deadpool Animated (21:45)
- Show scrapped after Donald Glover and Marvel creative differences
- Cloak & Dagger (22:55)
- New Trailer
- June 7, 2018
- Disney (27:10)
- New Marvel park attractions
- Disneyland = Spider-man/Black Panther/Doctor Strange/Guardians of the Galaxy
- Paris = Iron Man/Thor/Hulk/Scarlet Witch
- Hong Kong = Captain America/Ant-man and the Wasp/Hawkeye
- New Marvel park attractions
- Captain Marvel (31:05)
- Avengers (33:00)
- IMAX Difference trailer
- 23 Character theater Standee
- No Hawkeye
- Clips/Scenes are starting to debut online
- Chris Evans may be done after 4
- Solo (40:15)
- 2 months till movie debut
- Phil Lord/Chris Miller to take EP credit on film
- Gotham (41:20)
- Rick and Morty (42:40)
- Season 4 not confirmed
- Contract negotiations
- Dragon Ball Super (46:30)
- Men in Black (51:25)
- Tessa Thompson to join film with Chris Hemsworth
- Impulse (52:10)
- Trailer
- Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow)
- A spinoff to his 2008 film Jumper
- Based on the third book in Steven Gould’s series
Email us your Deadpool 2 jokes to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter