A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday Jul 09, 2017
Sunday Jul 09, 2017
After a two week hiatus, Superhero Slate is back to discuss Spider-Man’s homecoming, Fox’s ambitious release schedule, the first Jumani sequel trailer, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (10:40)
- Impressions and Review
- Spoilercast
- Iron Man 2 appearance
- Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 (12:30)
- Not official title
- Takes place right after Avengers 4 (minutes)
- Jon Watts expected to return as director
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (14:45)
- To be released in 4K/UHD
- First Marvel/Disney movie to be in new format
- Possibly August 22 release
- To be released in 4K/UHD
- Guardians of the Galaxy (16:36)
- Primitive cocoon is an early Sovereign prototype
- Not Adam Warlock
- Primitive cocoon is an early Sovereign prototype
- Avengers: Infinity War (17:25)
- MCU (21:10)
- Marvel might bring back One-Shots
- Thor: Ragnarok (22:50)
- Marvel’s Inhumans (25:00)
- First official trailer
- September 1 (IMAX); September 29 (ABC)
- Captain Marvel (29:30)
- Samuel L. Jackson to return as Nick Fury
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny(31:15)
- SDCC (32:30)
- To stay in San Diego through 2021
- Deadpool 2 (35:05)
- Adds Hunter for the Wilderpeople kid (Julian Dennison)
- Alpha Flight easter egg
- Josh Brolin transformation
- New Mutants (36:45)
- Rosario Dawson out; Alice Braga in
- "a medical doctor who has the ability to generate a protective bio-field around herself but also has more going on than she lets on."
- Rosario Dawson out; Alice Braga in
- Fox (37:55)
- Schedules 6 Marvel property films through 2021
- June 7, 2019; November 22, 2019; March 13, 2020; June 26, 2020; October 2, 2020; and March 5, 2021
- Schedules 6 Marvel property films through 2021
- DCEU (40:15)
- The Batman (41:50)
- Matt Reeves describes film:
- There’s a chance to do an almost noir driven, detective version of Batman that is point-of-view driven in a very very powerful way, that will hopefully connect you to what’s going on inside of his head and inside of his heart,”
- Matt Reeves describes film:
- Aquaman (43:40)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (44:45)
- Fantastic Beasts 2 (47:10)
- Started filming
- J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for the film, which opens in 1927, a few months after Newt helped to unveil and capture the infamous Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. However, as he promised he would, Grindelwald has made a dramatic escape and has been gathering more followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one who might be able to stop him is the wizard he once called his dearest friend, Albus Dumbledore. But Dumbledore will need help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander. The adventure reunites Newt with Tina, Queenie and Jacob, but his mission will also test their loyalties as they face new perils in an increasingly dangerous and divided wizarding world. The film expands the wizarding world, moving from New York to London and on to Paris. There are also some surprising nods to the Harry Potter stories that will delight fans of the books and film series.
- Started filming
- Castlevania (48:45)
- Animated series on Netflix
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Jul 09, 2017
Sunday Jul 09, 2017
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Spider-Man Homecoming! Will the third version of Spider-Man finally do it justice? Can Peter Parker be a kid and fight the vulture at the same time? Does he do whatever a spider can? Find out all our thoughts and more in this spoilercast!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Spoilercast for Spider-Man Homecoming in the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
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
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Superhero Slate covers why Han is down to a solo director, we figure out where the Spider-Man and Venom movies exist, Jurassic World 2 returns to a Fallen Kingdom, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Han Solo (8:20)
- Directors leave film
- Reports - fired, creative differences
- Frontrunners
- Ron Howard
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Joe Johnston
- Directors leave film
- The Flash (21:15)
- Lord/Miller might return to direct
- Justice League (23:15)
- Rumor: Trailer 2 information
- Wonder Woman (27:25)
- $600+ million
- Highest grossing live action movie from a female director
- DCEU (28:40)
- Rumor: DC/WB may try to increase film output to 3 or 4 per year
- Success of Wonder Woman?
- 2018 dry spell?
- Hall H holds some answers
- Rumor: DC/WB may try to increase film output to 3 or 4 per year
- Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm(32:35)
- Watchmen (34:45)
- TV series to HBO
- No Snyder
- TV series to HBO
- Fantastic Four (37:05)
- Rumor: focused on children
- Inhumans (39:10)
- SDCC 2016 (42:05)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (44:30)
- New announcement teased by Director Peyton Reed
- Christophe Beck (Frozen) Composer from original to return
- Avengers: Infinity War (47:05)
- Spider-Man Homecoming (51:35)
- End creditS?
- Sequel will be first film after Avengers 4
- Right now only Spidey is in the MCU
- AI Voice casting
- Venom (55:30)
- Set in Sony Marvel Universe
- Carnage is set as villain for film
- Sony Marvel Universe (58:10)
- Kraven/Mysterio to get films
- Jurassic World 2 (1:00:05)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (1:03:35)
- How bad is bad?
Email your Avengers Infinity War theories to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Jun 18, 2017
Sunday Jun 18, 2017
On the latest Superhero Slate podcast we talk about the Dark Phoenix casting, the new composer on Justice league, a lot of Spider-Man news, and more!
Riff & Raff
Detroit Comix Party
News
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix (5:40)
- Simon Kinberg to direct
- Set in the 1991
- Many characters received costume makeovers in comics/animated series
- Returning Cast
- Jennifer Lawrence as Raven/Mystique
- Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto
- James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X (with full shaved head)
- Nicholas Hoult as Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast
- Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm
- Sophie Turner as Jean Grey
- Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler.
- Jessica Chastain negotiations as Lilandra
- "the empress of an alien empire called the Shi’ar, who leads the quest to imprison and execute Dark Phoenix, leading her into conflict with the X-Men."
- Other characters: Dazzler, Sunfire, Mimic, Rogue, more
- Avengers: Infinity War (14:45)
- 61-62 Marvel characters in it
- Scene involving 32 characters at once, per Scarlett Johansson
- 61-62 Marvel characters in it
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (18:45)
- James Gunn considering breaking continuity
- "In the first movie, there's the mugshot sequence where they're having their picture taken and the Nova Corps has information about each of the characters come up on their machinery. Now those things are something your average viewer doesn't see at all and doesn't read. But there's a lot of background about who they work with, where they're from and what's going on and it's one of those things I'm thinking about changing."
- James Gunn considering breaking continuity
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (22:45)
- Tickets now on sale!
- Tom Holland confirms Marvel has plans for a trilogy
- Spider-Man (26:30)
- New blu-ray trilogy set
- Includes editor’s cut of Spider-Man 3
- Venom (30:30)
- Set to film starting September
- Amy Pascal says set in Spider-Man universe
- Deadpool 2 (37:45)
- Filming started
- Justice League (39:40)
- Danny Elfman to help score film
- Junkie XL has left project
- What percentage will be used?
- Supposed Hall of Justice sets spotted
- Danny Elfman to help score film
- Powerless (45:05)
- Batman vs. Two-Face (47:20)
- Animated follow-up to Batman: The Return of the Caped Crusaders
- Adam West had finished dialogue
- Released later this year
- E3 (50:20)
- Playstation 4
- Nintendo
- Bioware
- ANTHEM(Iron Man Simulator)
Email your pitch to put Venom in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
Sunday Jun 11, 2017
This week, Superhero Slate is to Wakanda to see the Black Panther, we look to the future of all DC projects, the Valiant universe tries to take shape, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Adam West (10:40)
- TV’s Batman passed away at 88
- Black Panther (13:05)
- First poster
- Teaser Trailer
- What did we learn
- Hobbit reunion
- Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan)
- M’Baku (Man-Ape)
- Shuri is tech-based (Panther Gauntlets)
- Forest Whitaker as elder; heart shaped herb
- Legend Has It - Run the Jewels
- Avengers: Infinity War (24:30)
- Picture of trailers on set
- Josh Brolin teases mo-cap(photo removed)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (26:50)
- Hannah John-Kamen in mysterious (villain role)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (28:35)
- James Gunn writing it now
- Sets up future cosmic stories and characters
- Netflix (33:35)
- Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage in 2018
- Luke Cage has entered production on Season 2
- Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage in 2018
- The Mummy (35:40)
- Thoughts
- Dark Universe (39:30)
- Hunchback of Notre Dame & Phantom of the Opera in universe
- Angelina Jolie rumored as Bride of Frankenstein
- DCEU (41:50)
- New intro video before Wonder Woman
- Justice League Dark & Batgirl next two movies to enter productions
- Justice League (43:55)
- Substantial reshoots started lasting till October
- Hippolyta and Antiope to return in film
- Superman (45:35)
- Suicide Squad 2 (46:30)
- Won’t start filming till 2018
- Gotham (48:10)
- Season finale
- Surprise characters
- Solomon Grundy
- Harley Quinn
- Batman
- Lazarus Pits
- Teen Titans (49:30)
- To begin filming this fall
- Debut on DC streaming service
- X-men: Dark Phoenix (52:45)
- Audition tape shows off potential Shi’ar Empire
- Angelina Jolie/Jessica Chastain eyed for same role in film
- Ghostbusters (54:20)
- Dan Aykroyd says reboot director not allowed on Sony lot anytime soon
- Han Solo (55:35)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (56:00)
- Ninjak vs The Valiant Universe (56:55)
- Snowpiercer (59:10)
- Jennifer Connelly joins pilot
- Mary Poppins (59:55)
- E3 News (1:01:20)
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
Email your knowledge of the Valiant comic universe to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Wonder Woman lassos Superhero Slate to tell the truth about her new movie, Spider-Man’s animated show debuts its first footage, there’s a Murder on the Orient Express, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Wonder Woman (6:55)
- Thoughts & Impressions
- Spoilercast
- $100 million at box office
- Patty Jenkins contract has potential sequel in it
- Thoughts & Impressions
- Thor: Ragnarok (13:30)
- Planet Sakaar model
- Hela’s creatures are Berserkers
- Sakaaran guards look like Celestials
- Possible debut of Fenris wolf
- The Punisher (17:10)
- New logo debuts
- Debut in November
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (19:15)
- New Mutants (24:23)
- Henry Zaga as Sunspot
- Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as Cannonball
- Stranger Things S2 (26:15)
- Mike’s big scoop
- Marvel Comics (28:55)
- Bumblebee (32:10)
- Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) in front to star in spinoff film
- Godzilla: King of Monsters (33:35)
- Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) joins film
- Godzilla vs Kong (36:15)
- Adam Wingard (The Guest) signs on to direct film
- Murder on the Orient Express (38:10)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (41:28)
- Thoughts
- TV Series (45:10)
- American Gods
- Twin Peaks
Email your Wonder Woman reviews to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
Sunday Jun 04, 2017
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Wonder Woman! Can one woman save the universe of Batman and Superman? How many times does she kick ass? Where can we buy that glowing whip? Find out all our thoughts and more in this spoilercast!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Spoilercast for Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe!
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
Sunday May 28, 2017
Sunday May 28, 2017
On this week's Superhero Slate news a Dark Universe is born, Sony is moving forward with their unwanted universe, New Mutants get scary, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Venom (8:10)
- Sony moving forward with Venom
- Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock
- Not set in MCU
- Director of Zombieland, Ruben Fleischer
- Exists in Sony Spider-man Universe
- Silver and Black (12:50)
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- Black Cat/Silver Sable Movie
- Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Cloak & Dagger)
- Working from script by Chris Yost (EMH)
- Early synopsis: "Seven years after Mendel Stromm (a.k.a. Robot Master) and his two henchmen (The Scorpion and The Tarantula) killed her father, Silver Sable is hired by the government to find Felicia Hardy. The Black Cat, a master hacker and thief, has apparently stolen valuable secret information. She’s hiding in the lawless and dangerous triple frontier area between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
- Once there, Sable ask her old contact Dmitri Smerdyakov (a.k.a. The Chameleon) to locate her. But it seems, the government are not the only ones looking for the Black Cat. It seems Felicia had made a deal Stromm to save her father from a Russian prison and she’s been genetically enhanced. Now, the mad scientist wants his prized experiment back because his financier (cough Norman Osborn cough) wants a return on his investment."
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- Dominic Fortune, Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman, Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter, Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone, and Charles Standish
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- Spider-Man: Animated Movie (17:45)
- Spider-Man Homecoming (19:55)
- Trailer 3
- Posters
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Breakout (25:11)
- Movie Props/MCU expansions
- Asgardian War Hammer
- "Originated in the dwarves forge on Nidavellir, this finely crafted object is made of the powerful stone, Uru."
- Mysterious Artefacts
- "were found at the bottom of the Terran ocean. Very little is known of the civilization the created them."
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (32:40)
- Photo gallery of film
- Dark Universe (37:30)
- Universal’s monster cinematic universe
- Johnny Depp as Invisible Man
- Javier Bardem as Frankenstein’s Monster
- Russell Crowe as Dr. Jekyll
- Sofia Boutella as The Mummy
- Tom Cruise as...a guy (Nick Morton)
- Teases of vampires and black lagoon creatures
- Prodigium is the organization
- Logo and DC confusion
- Universal’s monster cinematic universe
- Justice League Dark (42:35)
- Doug Liman officially exits project
- Damián Szifron is also in the mix. Szifron is relatively unknown Stateside, though he is still attached to helm Universal's stalled Six Billion Dollar Man movie, and he brought us the brilliant Argentine black comedy anthology film, Wild Tales.
- Doug Liman officially exits project
- Justice League (44:25)
- Zack/Deborah Snyder exit film
- Due to family loss
- Joss Whedon to step in and finish film
- Was already working on film with upcoming reshoots
- Zack/Deborah Snyder exit film
- Wonder Woman (48:40)
- Out this Thursday
- Spoilercast next week
- Uncharted (52:05)
- Tom Holland cast as young Nathan Drake
- Movie will be a prequel
- Deadpool 2 (53:05)
- Jack Kesy cast as main villain
- Rumored as Black Tom Cassidy
- Jack Kesy cast as main villain
- New Mutants (55:45)
- Horror film, no costumes, no super villain
- "Held in a secret facility against their will, five new mutants have to battle the dangers of their powers, as well as the sins of their past. They aren’t out to save the world — they’re just trying to save themselves."
- Casting
- Rosario Dawson
- Dr. Cecilia Reyes, a doctor and former member of the X-Men. She is able to generate a force field that is tied to her life force and the trade reveals that she will serve as a mentor for the young group of heroes
- Sunspot
- Henry Zaga (Teen Wolf)
- Rosario Dawson
- Horror film, no costumes, no super villain
- Castlevania (58:35)
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (59:30)
Email your Wonder Woman reviews to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday May 21, 2017
Sunday May 21, 2017
Superhero Slate does a surprise review of Alien Covenant this week, The Gifted trailer arrives, we question if more reshoots means Justice League is in trouble again, and more!
Riff & Raff
Box Lunch Store
News
- Alien: Covenant (9:18)
- First thoughts and impressions
- Surprise Spoilercast!
- Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen (12:18)
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (13:30)
- Teaser and image
- Full trailer next week
- Release November 2017
- Marvel Heroes Omega (15:50)
- Xbox One launch on June 20
- Injustice 2 (16:35)
- Gameplay review
- The Flash (18:30)
- Rumored directors
- Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn, & Sam Raimi
- Bad News
- Billy Crudup reportedly drops out of film
- Denied by WB
- Billy Crudup reportedly drops out of film
- Rumored directors
- Aquaman (22:34)
- Justice League (25:57)
- MASSIVE reshoots coming
- Every film has reshoots, this is not that type
- Significant changes
- “Remade...twice”
- “There are more reshoots COMING SOON. There have been a bunch but they’re going to do MORE.”
- But is it bad? (Example: Rogue One)
- “I’d encourage them to read into it the guts it takes to unpick stitching rather than just try to embroider over it, to make it right.”
- MASSIVE reshoots coming
- Wonder Woman (33:00)
- First reviews
- Image of Lasso of Truth
- Marvel’s Defenders (37:24)
- Takes place over a few days in 8 episodes
- Marvel’s Inhumans (38:05)
- First trailer incoming
- Friday nights this Fall on ABC
- With Once Upon A Time
- Agents of SHIELD (42:55)
- Comes back in January, no breaks
- Full 22 episode season 5
- Will take Inhumans’ timeslot on Fridays
- Avengers: Infinity War (46:10)
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- First synopsis leaked
- “As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from theaters to large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.”
- Characters on sets/IW attire are not necessarily in the movie.
- First synopsis leaked
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- Star Trek Discovery (48:15)
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- First image
- Original communicator and tricorder
- First Look Trailer
- First image
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- The Orville (51:05)
- The Gifted (53:50)
- First trailer shows premise of series
- Heroes vibe
- First trailer shows premise of series
- X-Men: Dark Phoenix (56:45)
- Michael Fassbender to return as Magneto
- New Mutants (57:00)
- Magneto not to appear
- Maisie Williams/Anya Taylor Joy cast as Wolfsbane/Magik
- Logan (57:30)
- Now on digital
- Logan Noir Trailer
- The Mummy (58:18)
- Han Solo (58:50)
Email your thoughts on the Justice League reshoots to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday May 21, 2017
Sunday May 21, 2017
This is the surprise Superhero Slate spoilercast for Alien Covenant! Can anyone hear you scream in space? How many xenomorphs are in the film? Where in the Alien timeline does this fit in? Find out all our thoughts and more in this spoilercast!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Spoilercast for Alien Covenant!
Email us your questions and reviews to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
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