A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday May 08, 2016
Sunday May 08, 2016
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Marvel's Captain America: Civil War! The first movie in Marvel's phase 3 of the cinematic universe pits almost every hero against each other. Do Chris and Mike agree on the film?
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Captain America: Civil War Spoilercast
Intro Song - Left Hand Free by alt-j
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday May 01, 2016
Sunday May 01, 2016
Movie season is almost here and Superhero Slate talks about the Apocalypse for X-Men, how Marvel is going to Punish us, and all the 2016 summer films, not just comic book ones!
News
- X-Men: Apocalypse (4:50)
- Marvel’s THE PUNISHER (13:30)
- Series picked up by Netflix
- Jon Bernthal; Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal)
- Captain America: Civil War (19:20)
- Release on Thursday; $200 million internationally
- Shirts
- Summer 2016 Movies (Similar to Episode 51) (22:30)
- May (23:15)
- Captain America: Civil War
- The Angry Birds movie
- The Nice Guys
- Alice through the Looking Glass
- X-Men: Apocalypse
- June (29:50)
- TMNT 2: Out of the Shadows
- Popstar: Never Stop Stopping
- Warcraft
- Now You See Me 2
- Finding Dory
- Independence Day: Resurgence
- July (38:00)
- The BFG
- The Legend of Tarzan
- The Secret Life of Pets
- Ghostbusters
- Star Trek Beyond
- Jason Bourne
- August (47:05)
- Suicide Squad
- Sausage Party
- Pete’s Dragon
- May (23:15)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (52:15)
- Nathan Fillion is playing Simon Williams
- Comics known as Wonder Man
- Appears to be an actor
- Arkon is from Weirdworld
- Tony Stark/Steve Jobs
- Film Festival, on earth
- Earth has been reported NOT to be part of the film
- Taserface
- The Collector will return, but not in V2
- Nathan Fillion is playing Simon Williams
- Spider-Man (55:07)
- Marvel has COMPLETE creative control
- Toys will be starting soon
- Thor: Ragnarok (56:15)
- Nick Fury is not in the movie; Loki more likely
- Fox Studios (57:05)
- No SDCC
- Justice League (59:35)
- Commissioner Gordon’s part is very small
- Alfred will return
- Batman (1:00:15)
- Rumor: Will not adapt the Red Hood
- Lots of other villains to appear
- The Flash (1:01:05)
- Seth Grahame-Smith leaves project over creative differences
- Aquaman (1:01:20)
- Rumor: James Wan next to leave
- Green Lantern Corps (1:02:40)
- Rumor: George Miller to direct film
- Ghostbusters (1:03:45)
- Ecto Cooler returns this May!
- Slimer too
- Lara Croft (1:05:10)
- Alicia Vikander
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
The newest issue of Superhero Slate has Star Wars rumors, Marvel clarifications, the latest information on that (not so) demanded Hasbro Cinematic Universe and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Iron Fist (9:30)
- Jessica Stroup as Joy Meachum
- Tom Pelphrey as Ward Meachum
- Old friends of Danny
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (11:45)
- Robert Downey Jr. joins film
- Michael Keaton drops out of talks
- Avengers Infinity War (14:55)
- Jon Favreau as EP on films
- 67 characters clarified
- Another character confirmed
- Captain Marvel (19:20)
- Director/Actor announced by comic-con
- Cryptic hint: Actress and Director have same first name
- Thor: Ragnarok (20:05)
- Working title “Creature Report”
- Inhumans (22:10)
- No longer with a specific date
- Star Wars: Episode VIII (26:45)
- Rumors? Rumors!
- Rey’s lineage
- Rumors? Rumors!
- Jason Bourne (32:00)
- Jurassic World 2 (34:55)
- J. A. Bayona (The Orphanage)
- X-Men Apocalypse (37:20)
- Jean aims Cyclops image
- The Blob v Angel
- New trailer classified; 2:33 length
- Deadpool (41:20)
- Early home release! This Tuesday
- Wolverine 3 (43:10)
- X-23 Rumored to be a character
- X-Force (44:50)
- Deadpool director wants it to be R rated
- Wonder Woman (47:10)
- The Flash (movie) (48:35)
- Potential Characters
- Iris West
- Eobard Thawne
- Len Snart
- Jay Garrick
- Fred Chyre
- Potential Characters
- Green Lantern Corps (50:15)
- Hal Jordan - older
- John Stewart
- Kyle Raynor
- Kypton (51:15)
- Series closer to pilot order at Syfy
- Hasbro Cinematic Universe (53:40)
- G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionaries, M.A.S.K., and ROM
- Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) = Kevin Feige
- Michael Chabon (Spider-Man 2); Brian K. Vaughan (Saga; Y The Last Man); Nicole Perlman (GotG; Captain Marvel)
- Others
- Lindsey Beer (Transformer 5)
- Cheo Coker (Luke Cage showrunner)
- John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Spider-Man: Homecoming)
- Joe Robert Cole (People vs. OJ Simpson, Black Panther)
- Jeff Pinkner (The Dark Tower adaptation)
- Nicole Riegel (writer behind the Blacklist script Dogfight)
- Geneva Robertson (new Tomb Raider movie project)
- Independence Day: Resurgence (58:00)
- Power Rangers (59:45)
- Blade Runner 2 (1:01:50)
- Moved up 3 months to October 6, 2017
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
In the most technically disastrous Superhero Slate ever, we talk about trailers for Doctor Strange, the Suicide Squad, TMNT 2, and all those Fantastic Beasts!
Riff & Raff
News
- Suicide Squad (4:10)
- Batman (10:30)
- Warner Bros. confirms solo film
- Ben Affleck directing
- Doctor Strange (12:57)
- Teaser Trailer
- New posters: Sanctum Sanctorum & Sorcerer Supreme
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (18:25)
- Has a title and potential logo
- It is a Sony Pictures production of a Marvel Studios film.
- Marvel are creative producers; working on script/casting/introduction
- Vulture rumored to appear in film, not main villain
- Animated Spider-Man (26:14)
- Black Panther (28:45)
- Director Ryan Coogler working on script
- Filming begins early 2017
- Thor: Ragnarok (31:10)
- Tessa Thompson (Creed; Selma) has joined the film
- “A kind of superhero that will appear in other Marvel films as well”
- Rumor: Valkyrie
- Tessa Thompson (Creed; Selma) has joined the film
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (32:18
- Paul Rudd is working on story; Peyton Reed is talking with Marvel
- Inhumans (33:20)
- Most likely delayed per Feige
- Not a question of if, but when
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (36:45)
- Arleo Dordar (Minority Report) as series regular
- David Wenham (Lord of the Rings; 300) as Harold Meachum
- Marvel’s Luke Cage (37:50)
- To be scored by A Tribe Called Quest
- Marvel’s Defenders (39:55)
- Daredevil S2 showrunners in charge
- Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez
- Daredevil brings them together; can’t do it alone
- Filming starts at the end of the year
- Characters are not likely to transition to Infinity War (as of now)
- Daredevil S2 showrunners in charge
- Avengers Infinity War (44:15)
- Thor confirmed
- Star-Lord semi-confirmed
- Parts 1 and 2 are separate films; not 1 split into 2
- Helps understand movies in between
- Could be different in tone; characters
- Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (48:15)
- Deadpool 2 (50:41)
- Officially announced
- Ryan Reynolds and Cable
- X-Men: Apocalypse (51:18)
- Fan favorite mutant to appear in film
- New Mutants (52:25)
- Josh Boone and Knate Lee turn in 2nd draft of script
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (53:15)
- TMNT 2: Out of the Shadows (55:30)
- MIB 23 (1:00:00)
- Ghost in the Shell (1:01:15)
- Power Rangers (1:03:15)
- The Tick (1:03:35)
- Jackie Earle Haley joins as The Terror
- Avatar (1:04:30)
- 2 - 2018
- 3 - 2020
- 4 - 2022
- 5 - 2023
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Superhero Slate gets hyped for Star Wars again with the Rogue One teaser, we speculate what movies DC will be announcing soon, debate over the next Spider-Man film title, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Wonder Woman (5:55)
- June 2, 2017 Release
- Moved up 2 weeks
- June 2, 2017 Release
- DC/Warner Bros. (7:15)
- Warner Bros. also slotted two untitled DC Comics movies
- Oct. 5, 2018
- Nov. 1, 2019
- Warner Bros. also slotted two untitled DC Comics movies
- Suicide Squad (11:35)
- Reshoots clarification
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (13:23)
- RUMOR: Warner Bros. to release R rated version of movie in cinema to help push over $1 billion mark
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (16:40)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII (26:35)Part 2 starts - (24:35)
- Doctor Strange (26:35)
- Russo’s say he is #TeamCap
- Trailer on Tuesday
- Captain America: Civil War (29:15)
- Critic screening
- Concept Art
- Casting
- Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage)
- Jim Rash (Community)
- Spider-Man (40:34)
- Sony registers new domains
- Homecoming
- Coming of Age
- Greatness Awaits
- Suspended
- I think animated, not 2017 film
- Sony registers new domains
- Cloak and Dagger (45:15)
- TV series ordered at Freeform
- Owned by ABC
- TV series ordered at Freeform
- Deadpool 2 (50:15)
- Reynolds locked in for sequel
- Begins filming this fall; include Cable/Domino
- Wolverine 3 (51:19)
- Boyd Holbrook cast as main villain
- X-Men Apocalypse (53:35)
- Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (55:05)
- Ominous Tweet
- Lucifer (58:20)
- Returning for Season 2
- The Flash (59:13)
- Arrow’s Black Canary (Laurel) to appear as Black Siren
- The Mummy (1:00:08)
- Sherlock (1:01:15)
- Season 4 begins filming
- Gears of War 4 (1:02:10)
- Releases October 11
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Superhero Slate is back to its regularly scheduled programming and this week, lets take a real good look at Doctor Strange, talk future DC movies, get wind of X-Men casting, and more!
Riff & Raff
Contest Winners - Will be contacted on Monday! (names not revealed because internet)
News
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (7:45)
- Ultimate Cut releases July 16
- Additional 30 minutes
- 7th largest opening ever
- Ultimate Cut releases July 16
- Batman (13:05)
- WME Execs say Affleck has written Batman movie
- Only signed on for Justice League films
- LEGO Batman Movie (14:10)
- Suicide Squad (15:40)
- Getting reshoots to add more humor
- Wonder Woman (19:15)
- Aquaman (22:15)
- James Wan indicates sea creatures/monsters in film
- Justice League (22:30)
- Rumor: Atlantis is main villain, attacking surface world
- Deadpool (26:30)
- Biggest grossing R rated film worldwide
- Home release May 10
- 4k release
- Gambit (30:40)
- Delayed - script rewrites with Reid Carolin (frequent Channing Tatum collaborator)
- Doug Liman working on The Wall (Amazon) while waiting
- Supporting cast to be recast (Lea Seydoux)
- New Mutants (32:45)
- Maisie Williams - Wolfsbane
- Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) - Magik
- Alexandra Shipp - Storm
- Cannonball, Sunspot, Mirage
- McAvoy as Prof X to play a part
- X-Men Apocalypse (35:40)
- Jennifer Lawrence says she’d love to do more films
- Captain America: Civil War (39:15)
- Doctor Strange (43:05)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (52:40)
- First image of Gamora
- Marvel is courting James Gunn for 3rd film
- New characters:
- Elizabeth Debicki - Ayesha (Paragon, created same time as Adam Warlock)
- Tommy Flanagan - Tullk (Crony of Ronan)
- Chris Sullivan - Tsarface
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (58:25)
- Jessica Henwick (The Force Awakens; Game of Thrones) as Colleen Wing
- An invaluable ally to Iron Fist as he returns to his life in New York.
- Jessica Henwick (The Force Awakens; Game of Thrones) as Colleen Wing
- Blade Runner 2 (59:20)
- Robin Wright (House of Cards, Wonder Woman) joins sequel
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
After releasing two Superhero Slate Spoilercasts, in this week's regularly scheduled podcast we talk spoiler free reviews of Daredevil and Batman V Superman, plus a ton of new images!
Riff & Raff
Best Damn Cherry Cola Review
Star Girls Burlesque Show Review
Star Wars Video Game Contest Update - Winners Announced Next Week!
News
- Daredevil (8:30)
- Season 2 Spoilercast
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (11:00)
- Spoiler Free Reactions
- Spoilercast!
- Wonder Woman (14:40)
- First image of Themyscira
- Hippolyta, Antiope, Menalippe
- Supergirl (17:30)
- Currently not renewed at CBS among latest list
- LEGO Batman Movie (20:00)
- Marvel’s Most Wanted (22:20)
- Preliminary Logo
- Oded Fehr (The Mummy) and Fernanda Andrade (The Devil Inside)
- Captain Britain (25:20)
- First image- company taking demo reel to Marvel/Fox
- Chris Lark & Eleni Larchanidou
- Captain Marvel (29:10)
- RUMOR: Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and Black Panther to appear in film
- Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (33:10)
- Concept art images
- Statesmen - US version
- Julianne Moore as villain; Halle Berry to show up
- X-Men Apocalypse (35:35)
- Empire magazine Cover
- Cast in costumes
- Early Angel
- Singer says he wants to take a break before doing another
- Use Proteus as villain later
- Tomb Raider (42:55)
- Daisy Ridley has had talks about starring as Lara Croft
- Archie (45:25)
- The Tick (48:25)
- Peter Serafinowicz as lead role
- MacGyver (49:35)
- Lucas Till cast as lead
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Saturday Mar 26, 2016
Saturday Mar 26, 2016
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice! Finally, the biggest names in DC comics throw down fists in theaters this week. What did Chris and Mike think of the film?
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Spoilercast Special
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Saturday Mar 26, 2016
Saturday Mar 26, 2016
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for Marvel's Daredevil Season 2! After another 13 episodes, does the Daredevil hold up or was he just swinging blindly?
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Marvel's Daredevil Season 2 Spoilercast Special
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Mar 20, 2016
Sunday Mar 20, 2016
Superhero Slate finds time between Daredevil's second season to talk about the X-Men's apocalypse, the approaching Dawn of Justice, and more!
Riff & Raff
- C2E2
- Recap of events
News
- X-Men: Apocalypse (6:10)
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (11:30)
- Release March 24 @ 6 PM EST
- Riddler & Joker almost in film
- Daredevil (14:00)
- Season 2 impressions
- Luke Cage (19:30)
- Preview released
- New Logo
- Paul McGuigan directed episodes 1 & 2
- Sherlock; Lucky Number Slevin
- Iron Fist (23:20)
- Finn Jones confirmed as Danny Rand
- Hawkeye (24:50)
- Jeremy Renner would do a Netflix series for character
- Not confirmed, just him talking
- Avengers: Infinity War (27:30)
- New characters will appear
- Expect a new Spider-Man outfit
- Captain America: Civil War (31:35)
- Expect post credit scenes - confirmed
- 122 hours 26 minutes @ Geekritique
- Justice League (37:15)
- Title not confirmed yet
- Suicide Squad (38:10)
- Common’s character = Monster T.
- Lobo (39:50)
- Movie hires Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman) to write
- Starting from scratch
- Star Wars: Han Solo (solo film) (42:55)
- Shortlist revealed
- Taron Egerton
- Alden Ehrenreich
- Jack Reynor
- Shortlist revealed
- Indiana Jones 5 (47:30)
- July 19, 2019
- Harrison Ford; Steven Spielberg
- Same writer as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Marvel’s Inhumans (53:10)
- July 12, 2019 - either might be moved
- Spawn (56:50)
- R Rated version of film happening
- Preacher (58:55)
- Premieres May 22 on AMC
- Transformers (1:00:00)
- Kirkman had to leave writing room due to health issues
- Assassin’s Creed (1:00:55)
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