A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
On the latest Superhero Slate show, Iron Fist hits hard, there’s some Venom in our veins, the sun is setting for the Dark Knight, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Iron Fist (4:15)
- Thoughts and impressions
- Spoilercast next week!
- Legion (15:10)
- Season 2 confirmed
- Guardians of the Galaxy (17:10)
- Vol 3 confirmed by James Gunn
- Michael Rosenbaum and Sylvester Stallone are key Marvel Characters
- Inhumans (20:30)
- Medusa looks
- Crystal hair
- Obelisk
- Season 1/2 drawings from Coulson in Agents of SHIELD
- Venom (25:15)
- Movie confirmed for October 5, 2018 from Sony
- Related to Homecoming?
- Life movie as prequel (not confirmed or unconfirmed)
- No director confirmed
- Script by Scott Rosenberg (Jumanji) and Jeff Pinkner (ASM 2)
- Previous draft by Dante Harper (Alien: Covenant)
- Avi Arad/Matt Tolmach still as producers
- More stand-alone, not MCU related
- Movie confirmed for October 5, 2018 from Sony
- Beauty and the Beast (31:40)
- Thoughts and impressions
- The Batman (35:10)
- Script being rewritten from scratch
- Deathstroke may be out per Manganiello
- J.K. Simmons unsure when/if he’ll return as Gordon
- Affleck in rehab for alcohol addictions
- Script being rewritten from scratch
- Nightwing (38:20)
- Movie in development
- More sense for Deathstroke
- Movie in development
- Aquaman (40:00)
- Pushed back several months
- Green Lantern Corps (43:10)
- David Goyer up for directing
- The Dark Tower (45:38)
- American Gods (46:40)
- Trailer
- Premiere April 30
- The Matrix (48:15)
- WB planning prequel
- Follows young Morpheus
- WB planning prequel
- Quantum and Woody (51:25)
- Russo Bros. TV series adaptation of comic from Valiant
- Buddy super-hero, based on White Men Can’t Jump characters
- 22 issues
- Despicable Me 3 (54:00)
- Alien: Awakening (56:20)
- Another movie title teased by Ridley Scott
- Between Prometheus and Covenant
- Wants to keep making more
- Another movie title teased by Ridley Scott
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
On Superhero Slate the Dominos fall in Deadpool's favor, Thor’s Ragnarok is looking good, The Tick is filming again, and more!
Lexington Comic and Toy Con
SDCC Tickets
News
- Thor: Ragnarok (9:35)
- First images online
- New haircut
- The Grandmaster
- Valkyrie
- Bruce Banner
- Hela
- Able to manifest weapons
- New info
- First images online
- Avengers: Infinity War (20:50)
- Terry Notary (Kong, Planet of the Apes, The Hobbit) playing Thanos’ right hand man.
- Corvus Glaive?
- Terry Notary (Kong, Planet of the Apes, The Hobbit) playing Thanos’ right hand man.
- Captain Marvel (23:35)
- Filming Jan 8, 2018
- Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (24:40)
- First look at characters in game
- Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series) as Star-Lord, Emily O'Brien (The Young and the Restless, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor) as Gamora, Nolan North (the Uncharted series, Pretty Little Liars) as Rocket, Brandon Paul Eells (Watch Dogs) as Drax, and Adam Harrington (The Wolf Among Us, League of Legends) as Groot.
- Inhumans (26:50)
- Iron Fist (33:00)
- Releasing March 17
- Spoilercast after 1 week
- Preacher (38:50)
- Monday June 19 at 9 PM
- Game of Thrones (40:35)
- Returning Sunday July 16
- Deadpool 2 (42:15)
- Zazie Beetz cast as Domino
- Known from Atlanta
- Zazie Beetz cast as Domino
- X-Force (46:33)
- “We are working hard on New Mutants, Gambit with Channing Tatum, Deadpool 2 and the new X-Force movie where Deadpool is alongside Cable and other main characters. Deadpool 2 is going into production this year. Then X-Force which is a combination of Deadpool, and Cable –they’re like the Black ops of the X-Men. They’re much darker and have an R-rated decibel.”
- Gifted (48:52)
- X-Men series official title
- Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run
- Blair Redford (Switched at Birth) is John Proudstar/Thunderbird
- X-Men series official title
- Wonder Woman (52:05)
- Jurassic World 2 (56:45)
- Predator (59:10)
- Avatar 2 (1:00:15)
- Delayed from December 2018
- Filming 2, 3, and 4 at once
- The Tick (1:02:15)
- Has started filming series
- New costume
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Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Logan! Is this really the last Hugh Jackman Wolverine movie? Does Fox do the character justice? Why are boats so damn expensive? 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 Logan
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Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Superhero Slate suits up for another week as Logan snikts his way into theaters, the Inhuman Royal Family is officially cast, the Alien movies look scary again, and more!
Louisville Arcade Expo Recap
Riff & Raff
News
- Logan (10:30)
- Review and thoughts
- Spoilercast
- Deadpool 2 (16:50)
- X-Men Series (23:50)
- Sean Teale joins as Eclipse (new character)
- Amy Acker (Agents of SHIELD) as female lead
- Emma Dumont as Polaris
- Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2 (27:40)
- Avengers: Infinity War (32:15)
- Budget = $1 billion
- $500 each, of course
- Advertising/Marketing included?
- Cumberbatch will be on set
- Budget = $1 billion
- Doctor Strange 2 (35:15)
- Clea & Nightmare
- Nightmare originally planned for first film
- Exists in Dream dimension
- Possibility of Brother Voodoo
- Clea & Nightmare
- Inhumans (39:00)
- Anson Mount (Hell On Wheels) joins as Blackagar Boltagon
- Serinda Swan (Smallville) as Medusa
- Ken Leung (Lost, X3) as Karnak
- Isabelle Cornish (Australia Day) will play Medusa's younger sister Crystal
- Eme Ikwuakor (Concussion) has been cast as Black Bolt's hoofed cousin, Gorgon
- Mike Moh (Empire) will portray the amphibious Triton.
- Sonya Balmores (Soul Surfer) has signed on as head of Attilan's Royal Guards, Auran
- Justice League (49:05)
- Abin Sur rumored to join film to fight Steppenwolf
- Gotham (50:30)
- Alexander Siddig (Game of Thrones) as Ra’s Al Ghul
- Black Lightning (51:30)
- Nafessa Williams (Code Black)
- Annisa, who is described as "passionate and quick-witted, balances the demands of medical school with her job teaching part-time at her father’s school."
- China Anne McClain (House of Payne)
- the younger Jennifer, who becomes involved with a criminal gang and forces her father to suit up as Black Lightning once again
- Nafessa Williams (Code Black)
- Alien Covenant (53:12)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (55:20)
- Transformers: Bumblebee Spinoff (58:00)
- Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) as director
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
At Superhero Slate, the Future of the X-men franchise is in our grasp, rumors say a Green Lantern shows up in Justice League, we totally expect a Guardians of the Galaxy trailer on Tuesday, and more!
Riff & Raff
Louisville Arcade Expo & Lexington Comic & Toy Con
Death of Bill Paxton
News
- X-Men Supernova (10:43)
- McAvoy in talks to return and film this summer
- Nicholas Hoult to return as Beast
- Simon Kinberg reportedly in talks to Direct film as well
- Alpha Flight (13:35)
- Future mutant film
- Exiles (13:57)
- Future mutant film
- Logan (14:50)
- Perhaps pre-credits?
- End Credits Scene or not?
- Last time for Stewart as Xavier
- Gambit (19:00)
- Still in active development
- Tatum is devoted to getting character right, like Reynolds/Deadpool
- Deadpool 2 (20:27)
- Drew Goddard reported to be helping
- Paul Werner and Rhett Reese Still writing movie
- X-Force (22:25)
- Moving forward, possibly Deadpool 3
- Joe Carnahan to direct and co-write with Ryan Reynolds
- X-Men Series (25:22)
- "sarcastic, lively and a bit of a tomboy. Her naturally strong exuberance has taken a hit after a sudden and traumatic upheaval of her life. As she adjusts to the new people and places that are suddenly 'home,' she is slowly becoming herself again."
- Jamie Chung cast as Blink
- Fantastic Four (27:15)
- No idea what Fox is going to do with the property
- Han Solo (32:35)
- Production kick off
- First image of cast and directors of film
- New title rumored to be revealed at D23
- D23 (34:55)
- Star Wars Celebration Orlando is in April, 2 months pre D23
- Focus on future Star Wars films
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (36:45)
- Trailer on Tuesday with Jimmy Kimmel
- Star-Lord & Drax ready to fight
- Theater standee
- First look at Ego
- Thor: Ragnarok (40:42)
- “I think he probably dismisses Strange. Yes, his sorcery is very impressive, but Loki’s been doing that for centuries so who cares."
- Loki on Doctor Strange
- Inhumans (42:30)
- Former LOST actor joins in large role, unspecified
- Black Lightning (45:10)
- Cress Williams (Prison Break, Deep Space Nine) as Jefferson Pierce
- Berlanti’s 6th comic book show on CW
- Wonder Woman (47:15)
- Justice League (50:10)
- Have a funny sounding name
- Probably not human
- Report is a Green Lantern will appear
- Aquaman (52:50)
- Aquaman” will center on Aquaman as a reluctant ruler of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis who is caught between land dwellers that are always polluting the globe and his own people who are ready to invade the surface.
- Screen Actors Guild Award nominee Jason Momoa will play Aquaman. Also starring is Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Hollywood Film Awards winner Amber Heard as Mera, two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, two-time Golden Globe Award nominee Patrick Wilson as Orm/Ocean Master, New Zealand Film and TV Awards winner Temuera Morrison as Thomas Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta."
- New synopsis
- Predator (54:15)
- Shane Black and cast
- Rated R
- Alien Covenant (56;25)
- Jurassic World 2 (58:03)
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
In a news filled week, concept art has been unleashed on the Superhero Slate, we talk Star Wars sequels, Batman loses another director, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Doctor Strange (7:10)
- Digital release
- Thor: Ragnarok (8:00)
- Thor and Darryl Part 2
- Concept Art
- Marvel Zombies?
- Black Panther (17:00)
- Wakanda Concept art gallery
- Nick Fury not in this one
- Captain Marvel (22:30)
- Samuel L Jackson most likely showing up
- Raja Ilya will be in a Marvel movie (Malaysian)
- Flying to US to martial arts train with Yayan Ruhian (The Raid; The Force Awakens)
- Time frame points to Captain Marvel or maybe Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (24:30)
- Not every commercial song will be in movie
- Spider-Man Homecoming (25:40)
- Infinity War (28:25)
- New production logo on set
- Jim Starlin (Creator of Thanos, Drax, Gamora) wants cameo
- Millie Bobby Brown on set with directors
- Does she have a part?
- Stranger Things 2 filming down the road
- The Defenders (32:44)
- Cloak and Dagger (33:55)
- Inhumans (36:45)
- Filming in new Oahu Marvel Studios location
- Sub-Mariner (Namor) role rumored
- Was crucial in Inhumans from 1990’s
- Could be Triton role
- Sub-Mariner (39:00)
- On production schedule
- Possibly mysterious John Ridley project?
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (40:30)
- First look at Poe, Rey, and Finn
- Foreign titles suggest plural form of Jedi
- Star Wars (45:20)
- The fate of Jar Jar Binks in novel on Tuesday
- Sad street performing clown on Naboo
- Inferno Squad novel - sequel to Rogue One
- The fate of Jar Jar Binks in novel on Tuesday
- Legion (46:40)
- First episode impressions
- Logan (49:50)
- Reviews are out, stay away!
- Injustice 2 (51:50)
- Adds Swamp Thing as character
- Poison Ivy, Catwoman And Cheetah
- Wonder Woman (53:00)
- Ares is NOT played by Danny Huston (X-Men Origins)
- Real actor -
- Ares is NOT played by Danny Huston (X-Men Origins)
- The Batman (54:55)
- Matt Reeves drops out of directing the movie
- Ben Affleck wants out
- The Batman could be last film
- Suicide Squad 2 (59:05)
- Mel Gibson in early talks to direct
- Shazam (1:01:40)
- David F Sandberg (Lights Out, Annabel 2) in talks to direct
- Star Trek Discovery (1:02:55)
- Colossal (1:04:40)
- The Lion King (1:07:21)
- Donald Glover as Simba
- James Earl Jones returning as Mufasa
- Mulan (1:08:35)
- Niki Caro to direct
- Bill Kong (House of Flying Daggers, Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as producer
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Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for The LEGO Batman Movie! Is Batman the best choice for the LEGO treatment? Does Warner Bros. hit or miss with another DC character? What exactly is lobster thermidor? Find out all the easter eggs and more in this spoilercast!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Spoilercast for The LEGO Batman Movie
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Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
There are SO many good topics this week on Superhero Slate, like the LEGO Batman movie, that Iron Fist trailer, Infinity War’s launch video, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- LEGO Batman (4:30)
- Thoughts, impressions, spoilercast
- LEGO NINJAGO (15:30)
- Official Trailer
- Jackie Chan
- Justice League (21:30)
- Cyborg confirmed to be one of three Mother Boxes
- Shown in BvS
- New Photo
- Cyborg confirmed to be one of three Mother Boxes
- The Batman (25:10)
- Matt Reeves in early talks to take over directing
- Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Matt Reeves in early talks to take over directing
- Iron Fist (28:30)
- The Punisher (33:15)
- Doctor Strange (34:00)
- Digital on Feb 14
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (34:50)
- Filming in July
- Michael Douglas to return
- Peyton Reed
- Filming in July
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (35:50)
- Test screening score
- Infinity War (37:10)
- The Collector seen around set
- Video acknowledging production
- Iron man, Spider-Man, Star-Lord
- Concept art of Thanos, Thor’s new weapon, Iron Man Armors
- Marvel Comics (43:25)
- Return to form
- Readers gravitate to names, lining up talent for 2018
- Characters return as we knew them
- X-Men (45:40)
- Rumor: Animated Series from Marvel
- X-Men Series (46:53)
- Blair Redford (Switched at Birth) will play Sam
- "the strong-headed Native American leader of the underground network."
- Blair Redford (Switched at Birth) will play Sam
- Legion (47:52)
- Thoughts/Impressions of Pilot
- We missed it
- Thoughts/Impressions of Pilot
- New Mutants (49:30)
- Wolfsbane concept art
- Confirms Maisie Williams?
- Wolfsbane concept art
- Samurai Jack Season 5 (50:30)
- Pacific Rim 2 (54:20)
- World War Z (57:35)
- Sequel removed from schedule completely
- John Wick 2 (58:50)
- Thoughts from Mike
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Sunday Feb 05, 2017
Sunday Feb 05, 2017
This is Superhero Slate's Super Bowl 2017 trailer rundown where Chris and Mike break down the hits and misses of this year's commercial breaks!
Trailer Links from Super Bowl LI
- Life Official Trailer
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Extended Big Game Spotwith Official Poster!
- Logan “Grace” Super Bowl
- Honda Super Bowl Commercial 2017 Year BooksStan Lee cameo
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: Extended Look
- Stranger Things 2 - Super Bowl 2017 Ad
- The Fate of the Furious - Big Game Spot
- Baywatch (2017) - Big Game Spot
- Ghost in the Shell - Big Game Spot
- SNICKERS® Presents: A Live Super Bowl Commercial
- A Cure For Wellness - "Take The Cure"
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) - Extended Big Game Spot
Email us your favorite Super Bowl trailer and commercial picks to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate!
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Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Before Superhero Slate's yearly Super Bowl trailer show, we talk about Marvel’s Runaway casting job, Ben Affleck steps back from directing the Batman, a first look at Star Trek Discovery, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Super Bowl LI 2017 (1:03)
- King Arthur
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Justice League
- Iron Fist
- Stranger Things
- Transformers: The Last Knight
- Gameplan
- Predictions
- Snacks and Food!
- The Batman (16:00)
- Petition to have Zack Snyder direct has started (boo)
- Ben Affleck no longer director
- Chris Terrio has reworked script
- Future of franchise?
- Aquaman (22:55)
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Get Down) signed on to play Black Manta
- October 5, 2018
- Black Lightning (25:45)
- Fox passed on pilot
- CW ordering pilot/series
- Powerless (29:05)
- Premiere thoughts
- Cloak and Dagger (37:00)
- Olivia Holt & Aubrey Joseph
- Actors here
- Officially cast (we were wrong)
- The Runaways (38:50
- The cast includes Rhenzy Feliz (Teen Wolf, Casual) as Alex Wilder, Lyrica Okana (The Affair) as Nico Minoru, Virginia Gardner (Goat) as Karolina Dean, Ariela Barer (New Girl) as Gert Yorkes, Gregg Sulkin (Faking It) as Chase Stein, and Allegra Acosta (100 Things To Do Before High School) as Molly Hernandez
- Cast officially revealed
- Inhumans (41:25)
- Director testing IMAX cameras
- Elysia Rotaru (Arrow) hints at role in show
- Iron Fist (46:15)
- Agents of SHIELD (43:36)
- Clarifies LMD comments from Avengers
- The Defenders (45:10)
- Guardians of the Galaxy(47:30)
- Beauty and the Beast (48:37)
- Han Solo (51:35)
- Han Shot First - movie in production from Chris Miller
- Red “Solo” Cup
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (54:15)
- Star Wars Celebration Orlando
- First footage probably in April
- Logan (54:55)
- 2 hours and 15 minute runtime
- Deadpool 2 (55:40)
- Pierce Brosnan in reported early negotiations for Cable
- Dune (57:10)
- Denis Villeneuve to direct reboot
- Star Trek Discovery (58:35)
- Samurai Jack (1:00:45)
- Jack’s Back Teaser
- March 2017 return
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