A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Nov 6, 2016
Nov 6, 2016
1hr 6 min
Superhero Slate gives our first reactions to Doctor Strange, the Defenders cast grows larger by the second, more Deadpool fallout, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Doctor Strange (6:05)
- Spoilercast
- Spoiler-free reviews
- 14th #1 Marvel release
- $325 Million
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (19:10)
- Michael Giacchino to score film
- Thor: Ragnarok (20:10)
- Is Hela Marvel’s replacement for Mistress Death?
- No clue
- Is Hela Marvel’s replacement for Mistress Death?
- Inhumans (22:25)
- Feige says possibly Phase 4
- The Defenders (24:35)
- Filming has started
- First footage?
- Colleen Wing
- More confirmed
- Jerri Hogarth
- Foggy Nelson
- Malcolm (Jessica Jones’ neighbor)
- Claire Temple
- Stick
- Patsy Walker
- Beauty and the Beast (27:45)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (30:30)
- Casts Johnny Depp
- Grindelwald?
- Should start production in January
- David Yates presumably returning
- Casts Johnny Depp
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (34:10)
- The Flash (36:15)
- Loses director Rick Famuyiwa
- Release probably delayed
- Loses director Rick Famuyiwa
- Deadpool 2
- Junkie XL not to score second film
- Justice League (43:25)
- Ciaran Hinds to play Steppenwolf
- Game of Thrones; Ghost Rider
- Iris West to cameo in film
- Ciaran Hinds to play Steppenwolf
- The Batman (45:05)
- Rumor: Script is in trouble
- LEGO Batman Movie (48:15)
- Trailer #4
- February 10, 2017
- Trailer #4
- Wonder Woman (50:10)
- New trailer
- June 2, 2017
- New trailer
- The Dark Tower (53:18)
- Delayed from Feb 2017
- Presumed summer 2017 release
- Sonic The Hedgehog (54:25)
- Deadpool director now helming film
- Alien: Covenant (56:15)
- Michael Fassbender’s 2 roles
- David & Walter
- Michael Fassbender’s 2 roles
- Predator (57:25)
- Olivia Munn joins cast
- Power Rangers (59:40)
- Voltron (1:01:30)
- Live action film in works from Watchmen writer, David Hayter
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Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Oct 30, 2016
Oct 30, 2016
59 min
Listen to whats up on this week's Superhero Slate because Benedict Cumberbatch is coming up, the Defenders are shaping up, Deadpool 2 shakes things up, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Doctor Strange (11:00)
- SPOILER WARNINGS
- Its out everywhere else, don’t click links!
- Spoilercast next week
- Scott Derrickson talking sequel ideas (not signed on)
- Sanctum Sanctorum is on Google Maps
- Opening above Ant-Man, GotG in International market
- SPOILER WARNINGS
- Stan Lee (16:10)
- James Gunn directed 4 of the cameos in one day
- Including Doctor Strange
- James Gunn directed 4 of the cameos in one day
- Thor: Ragnarok (18:30)
- Valkyrie BTS images
- Cape and Black Armor
- Thor armor
- Valkyrie BTS images
- Black Panther (21:45)
- Working title called “Mother Land”
- Starts filming January 2017 in Atlanta
- The Punisher (24:00)
- First look at Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani
- Homeland Security Agent
- Adds 5 more actors
- First look at Amber Rose Revah as Dinah Madani
- The Defenders (25:20)
- Confirmed for 8 episodes
- S.J. Clarkson, who has previously directed episodes of Jessica Jones, Vinyl, and Orange is the New Black will helm the first two episodes
- The story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
- The Incredibles 2 (29:15)
- Moved up a year!
- June 15, 2018
- Toy Story 4 (29:45)
- Moved back a year
- June 21, 2019
- Star Wars Episode VIII (31:35)
- Daisy Ridley says Jyn Erso is not her character's relative
- Parents will be revealed in 8
- Deadpool 2 (34:15)
- Tim Miller wanted to spend 3x budget on sequel
- New Director: David Leitch (frontrunner/semi-confirmed)
- John Wick, Civil War, The Wolverine, Jurassic World, Matrix, Blade, Fight Club, etc
- Was front runner for X-Force movie
- Backups: Drew Goddard; Magnus Martens (Luke Cage)
- Supergirl (41:00)
- Suicide Squad (42:05)
- Extended cut adds 11 minutes to film
- Both versions included on 4K release
- Aquaman (43:45)
- Aquaman and Mera don’t start off together or working well
- Dark Universe (44:40)
- Doug Liman says he will “turn the comic book genre on its head”
- The Walking Dead (46:30)
- Season 6 premiere reactions
- Alien: Covenant (51:15)
- Sherlock Series (53:10)
- Returning January 1, 2017
- Sherlock 3 (54:20)
- Writers Room Assembles
- Nicole Perlman (GotG; Captain Marvel)
- Gary Whitta (Rogue One)
- Others
- Writers Room Assembles
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Oct 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016
1hr 7 min
For Superhero Slate After Dark, we talk the first Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer, Logan's red-band trailer, the Nintendo Switch's reveal, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. (4:30)
- Doctor Strange (9:00)
- Release this week internationally
- Character has a key role in Phase 4
- Kevin Feige confirms Dan Harmon added humor, was also sci-fi supervisor
- Avengers: Infinity War (14:00)
- Dr. Strange will appear
- Jessica Jones (16:00)
- Season 2 to be directed entirely by women
- Rogue One (17:35)
- Runtime to be 2 hours and 13 minutes
- Han Solo (18:40)
- Donald Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in prequel movie
- Logan (22:15)
- First trailer released
- Timeline is after DofP’s fixed future, 2024
- Healing factor is there, but leaves scars
- Deadpool (29:50)
- They are testing for Domino casting
- Lots of actresses, who knows
- Director Tim Miller has left the project (never officially signed on)
- They are testing for Domino casting
- Justice League (34:15)
- Harry Potter (36:35)
- Bruce Springsteen wrote a song “I’ll Stand By You Always” for the films
- Stipulation: no commercial music allowed in any HP films
- Never leaked or released
- The Walking Dead (39:40)
- New season to air with obvious spoilers this Sunday
- Be mindful for other viewers
- Godzilla 2 (42:55)
- Michael Dougherty to direct sequel
- Brainstorm ideas for franchise’s future films
- Nintendo Switch (45:05)
- Release trailer
- Reactions/thoughts
- Battlefield 1 (55:25)
- Review
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (56:15)
- Westworld (58:40)
- Thoughts and Theories
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Oct 16, 2016
Oct 16, 2016
1hr 14 min
This week, Superhero Slate previewed Dr. Strange, more of Logan’s details pop-up, we talk the massive DC rumors afoot, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Rogue One (6:55)
- Obi Wan (11:50)
- Ewan McGregor hopes for 2 movies
- Doctor Strange (16:04)
- Tickets on sale
- Spoiler Alert
- 15 minute preview
- 1 hr of IMAX footage
- Tickets on sale
- Blade (21:40)
- Kevin Feige clarifies there is nothing imminent for the character
- Per rumors of a Underworld crossover with old version
- Kevin Feige clarifies there is nothing imminent for the character
- Spider-Man Spinoffs (25:35)
- Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman
- Real news about spinoffs in the near future
- Guardians of the Galaxy (28:15)
- Vin Diesel to voice groot in 16 languages
- Up from 6
- Vin Diesel to voice groot in 16 languages
- Captain Marvel (30:10)
- Film will be origin story
- Most powerful hero in MCU
- Daredevil (31:50)
- Season 1 blu-ray in November
- Logan (35:50)
- Villain played by Boyd Holbrook
- Donald Pierce, cyborg in the comics
- X-23/Laura Kinney
- Sienna Novikov (Bad Moms)
- Emerges from Transigen process as X-23
- Richard E Grant is Dr. Zander Rice
- Not Essex/Sinister?
- Villain played by Boyd Holbrook
- X-Men (40:30)
- Kelsey Grammer wants to return as Beast
- Supergirl (42:16)
- Justice League (44:35)
- DCEU (47:40)
- Warner Bros. (57:50)
- 2 new Event Film dates added
- September 27th, 2019
- February 2nd, 2020
- 2 new Event Film dates added
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (59:35)
- J.K. Rowling has 4 more movies, making it a quintet
- She is writing all of them
- The Dark Tower (1:02:05)
- First trailer leaked
- Official images show some of the film
- Aladdin (1:03:40)
- Guy Ritchie to direct live action version
- Predator (1:05:30)
- Loses Benicio Del Toro
- Gains Boyd Holbrook (Logan)
- Wizard of Oz (1:05:50)
- Prequel in works
- Based on How the Wizard Came to Oz
- Prequel in works
- War of the Worlds (1:06:45)
- MTV developing TV series
Last Minute News (1:08:45)
- Ghost Rider Origin
- Doctor Strange Run-time: 114 minutes, 49 seconds
- Ghostbusters theatrical release on blu-ray/DVD
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Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Oct 9, 2016
Oct 9, 2016
36 min
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Marvel's Luke Cage series on Netflix. Do Chris and Mike think Luke Cage's solo debut is as indestructible as his skin? Find out easter eggs and more in this spoilercast!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Spoilercast for Marvel's Luke Cage
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, Filmside Chats, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Oct 9, 2016
Oct 9, 2016
1hr 3 min
The Iron Fist appears for Superhero Slate at New York Comic-Con, Wolverine’s third movie gets a title, don’t go Power Rangers, and more!
Riff & Raff
New York Comic-Con
News
- Luke Cage (7:10)
- Spoilercast
- Iron Fist (12:00)
- Release date - 3/17/17
- Teaser look
- Artworkand Video
- Trailer
- The Punisher (15:15)
- Started production
- Called “Crime”
- 4 confirmed cast
- Ben Barnes as as Billy Russo, Punisher’s best friend from his special forces days who now runs a private military company called “Anvil.” *Jigsaw*
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach has been cast as Micro, a former NSA analyst “whose secrets may be of great value to Frank Castle and everyone around them.”
- Amber Rose Revah (Son of God) as Dinah Madani, “highly-trained sophisticated Homeland Security agent who is vexed by the Punisher.”
- Karen Page to return
- Possible Agents of SHIELD/Netflix crossovers
- Started production
- The Defenders (19:25)
- Assemble for first time at NYCC
- Sigourney Weaver is villain in series
- Agent Carter (25:35)
- Will return in Marvel’s Secret Wars animated show
- Voiced by Haley Atwell
- Guardians of the Galaxy (28:20)
- Rumored use of adding more Elders of the Universe
- Shot down by James Gunn
- Rumored use of adding more Elders of the Universe
- Spider-Man animated series (29:30)
- Ultimate Spider-Man to end, this takes its place
- Logo
- Logan (31:55)
- The Wolverine 3 first poster
- March 3, 2017
- Professor Xavier
- Teaser script page
- The Wolverine 3 first poster
- Legion (36:05)
- Jemaine Clement joins cast in unspecified role
- Jeph Loeb says Fox and Marvel are building bridges
- Suicide Squad (38:25)
- Extended Edition to be released
- Fall TV (40:25)
- The Flash season 3
- Arrow season 5
- Supergirl (45:50)
- Not part of Arrowverse
- Vixen (47:50)
- Season 2 premieres October 13 on CW Seed
- Westworld (49:55)
- Thoughts/Impressions
- Bladerunner 2049 (51:50)
- Sequel title revealed
- Power Rangers (54:00)
- First trailer
- Goldar confirmed
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, Filmside Chats
Oct 2, 2016
Oct 2, 2016
1hr 2 min
Doctor Strange crashes into the Superhero Slate dimension, the Beast finds his beauty, a second Superhero Fight Club breaks out, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Luke Cage (7:00)
- Initial impressions
- Took Iron Fist’s place in release schedule
- Daredevil S3 (13:55)
- 2018 Netflix release, duh
- Agent Carter (17:30)
- Hayley Atwell wants to do a final TV movie
- Agents of SHIELD (19:40)
- The Darkhold
- Book of Sins
- Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, etc
- The Darkhold
- Stan Lee (21:55)
- Filmed 4 Marvel movie cameos in 1 day
- Assumed: Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy v2, and Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Filmed 4 Marvel movie cameos in 1 day
- Doctor Strange (24:15)
- News dump
- Winter Soldier reference
- Kaecilius and the Zealots
- Cloaks are sentient things
- Scarlet Witch vs Doctor Strange magic
- 15 minute preview
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (30:05)
- The Runaways (31:14)
- The Tick (32:10)
- Ordered to series by Amazon
- Fox (33:15)
- Schedules untitled Marvel film for IMAX (37:15)(41:15)
- The CW (35:15)
- Arrow (39:00)
- Legends of Tomorrow (42:00)
- Justice League (43:50)
- Zack Snyder with Batman gauntlet+ storyboards
- Wraps principal photography
- The Flash (46:40)
- Rick Famuyiwa shares script
- The Flash and Cyborg POP! Vinyls
- Rick Famuyiwa shares script
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (48:15)
- Beauty and the Beast (50:40)
- First look at Beast + Belle
- The Lion King (53:35)
- Live-action film lead by Jon Favreau
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (56:25)
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016
34 min
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for the 2016 Summer Movie season. Mike and Chris discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly movies of this summer and more!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate 2016 Summer Wrap-Up Spoilercast
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SUMMER MOVIE SPOILERCAST NOTES:
- 3/25: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (SPOILERCAST)
- 5/06: Captain America: Civil War (SPOILERCAST)
- 5/20: Neighbors 2
- 5/20: The Nice Guys
- 5/20: Angry Birds
- 5/27: X-Men Apocalypse (SPOILERCAST)
- 6/03: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (SPOILERCAST)
- 6/03: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
- 6/10: WarCraft
- 6/10: The Conjuring 2
- 6/17: Central Intelligence
- 6/17: Finding Dory
- 6/24: Independence Day Resurgence
- 6/24: Swiss Army Man
- 7/01: The Legend of Tarzan
- 7/01: The Purge: Election Year
- 7/01: The BFG
- 7/08: The Secret Life of Pets
- 7/15: Ghostbusters (SPOILERCAST)
- 7/22: Lights Out
- 7/22: Star Trek Beyond (SPOILERCAST)
- 7/29: Jason Bourne
- 8/05: Suicide Squad (SPOILERCAST)
- 8/05: Nine Lives
- 8/12: Sausage Party
- 8/19: Kubo and The Two Strings
- 8/19: Ben-Hur
TOP GROSSING DOMESTIC:
- Finding Dory $479.7 million
- Captain America: Civil War $407.8 million
- The Secret Life of Pets $353.7 million
- Batman v Superman $330.3 million (MARCH RELEASE)
- Suicide Squad $284.1 million
- X-Men: Apocalypse $155.4 million
- Star Trek Beyond $151.1 million
- Jason Bourne $149.7 million
- Central Intelligence $127.4 million
- The Legend of Tarzan $125.9 million
- Ghostbusters $125 million
ROTTEN TOMATO SUMMER 2016 SCORECARD:
- Love & Friendship 98%
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople 98%
- Hell or High Water 98%
- Don’t Think Twice 99%
- Weiner 96%
- Kubo and the Two Strings 97%
- Finding Dory 94%
- Southside With You 92%
- The Nice Guys 92%
- Captain America: Civil War 90%
Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016
1hr 2 sec
Watch out, Superhero Slate! Luke Cage is breaking into Netflix, Ghost Rider looked into our souls, Fall TV shows are starting up, and more!
Congratulations Brent and Allison!
News
- Justice League (4:15)
- First image of Commissioner Gordon
- Description of scene
- Batman (6:05)
- Rumor: Movie takes place inside Arkham Asylum
- 18 months out
- Harley Quinn (10:00)
- Solo film in development
- Margot Robbie as producer
- Focus on female characters
- Huntress, Batgirl, Birds of Prey
- Wonder Woman (13:00)
- Legends of Tomorrow (14:45)
- CW (16:55)
- New app shows DC shows free on-demand
- Hulu no longer has next-day streaming rights
- Fall TV (20:45)
- Monday
- Gotham, Lucifer
- Tuesday
- Agents of SHIELD
- Monday
- Agents of SHIELD (24:50)
- Ghost Rider Effects
- Episode 1 recap
- Luke Cage (30:45)
- On Netflix this Friday
- The Punisher
- Might be in production
- Jon Bernthal’s NYCC Schedule
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (35:05)
- Thor: The Dark World (36:20)
- Sam Neill joins cast
- The Dark Tower (37:45)
- Movie getting TV companion series
- 10-13 Episodes
- Idris Elba to reprise role
- Based on 4th book, Wizard & Glass
- Jurassic World 2 (43:05)
- Budget is $250 million
- Increase of $150 from first film
- Budget is $250 million
- Transformers 5 (47:05)
- Jumanji (49:15)
- Star Trek: Discovery (51:15)
- Pushed back from January 2017 to May
- Space Ghost: Coast to Coast (52:00)
- Power Rangers (53:45)
- Bill Hader is Alpha 5
- C2E2 2017 (55:05)
- Tickets on sale 10-26
- Stan Lee’s last appearance at it
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Sep 18, 2016
Sep 18, 2016
1hr 29 sec
It's great week for Superhero Slate when Batman steps out of the shadows, Iron Fist meets his Colleen Wing, Rogue One is singing a new tune, and more!
Riff & Raff
Summer Movie Spoilercast next week! Email us your movies
News
- Wolverine 3 (4:45)
- Bryan Singer confirms Mr. Sinister as villain in movie
- Apocalypse end-credits scene set up film
- Director says he doesn’t know who Sinister is - probably playing coy
- Bryan Singer confirms Mr. Sinister as villain in movie
- Legion (10:35)
- Justice League (12:35)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (17:25)
- Stan Lee (19:05)
- Fox secures rights to create action-adventure film of his life
- Kingsmen/Roger Moore’s James Bond
- Captain America: Civil War (22:40)
- Purchase now!
- Honest Trailers
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (26:10)
- Visiting Avengers headquarters?
- Possible helicopter scenes
- NYCC 2016 (28:30)
- Marvel's Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell to screen
- Iron Fist cast on panel
- Agents of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 4 premiere
- Agents of SHIELD (31:16)
- First look at Ghost Rider
- New poster
- September 20, 10 PM
- Iron Fist (34:10)
- Katana wielding girl in the rain- Colleen Wing
- Danny Rand and Colleen Wing
- Luke Cage (36:25)
- Cottonmouth wants to be the King
- New Justice Posters
- The Punisher (38:45)
- Ben Barnes (Westworld, Prince Caspian) cast as series regular
- Rumored to be Bobby Saint
- Ben Barnes (Westworld, Prince Caspian) cast as series regular
- Star Wars (40:40)
- Turner (TBS/TNT) secures multi-year deal for all Star Wars films on basic cable
- 20th Century Fox has a separate deal
- Turner (TBS/TNT) secures multi-year deal for all Star Wars films on basic cable
- Rogue One (44:00)
- Michael Giacchino is composer for film
- Star Trek, most Pixar movies
- Michael Giacchino is composer for film
- Marvel Cinematic Universe Music
- Pokemon Generations (48:05)
- Trailer for new anime series
- Weekly episodes till the end of the year, follows the manga/games closer than show
- On YouTube
- 1. The Adventure
- 2. The Chase
- Predator (reboot) (50:20)
- Benicio Del Toro in talks to star in reboot
- Shane Black written/directed
- Guardians: Soviet Union Superheroes (52:20)
- Ninjak (55:10)
- First look at live-action Valiant movie
- Rumored villain is Roku (not the streaming device)
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