A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate, we have a Red Hulk in the Captain America Trailer, Agatha is a horror series All Along, Spider-Man Noir isn’t Peter Parker, and more!
News
- Disney (8:25)
- Rumor: Suffered 1.1 TB data hack through Slack Channels
- Could lead to released information, concept art, unearthed details, etc
- Not a money thing, group are “Hacktivists”
- Fortnite/Family Guy back-end details
- Deadpool and Wolverine (13:20)
- Screenshots and video clips from teaser events making way online
- Review embargo July 23
- Movie runtime 1 hr 59 minutes without credits
- Screenshots and video clips from teaser events making way online
- Agatha All Along (14:50)
- First teaser showcases Agatha breaking out of hex
- Dead body belonging to Wanda Maximoff
- Clothing looks like Earth-838’s version
- Scary/horror vibes along the way
- 2 episode debut on September 18
- Captain America: Brave New World (21:10)
- First teaser released showcasing Sam Wilson, Thunderbolt Ross, Giancarlo Esposito’s Character, and Red Hulk!
- Tim Blake Nelson’s Leader doing voiceover work (per captions on YouTube)
- Rumor: Flying around Tiamut, celestial from Eternals
- Shira Haas’ Ruth Bat-Seraph changed from “Sabra” to an ex-Black Widow
- Avengers 5 (31:00)
- Michael Waldron has handed script off and left to work on next film
- Touch-ups and refinements until shooting begins
- Next film is extremely likely to be Avengers: Secret Wars
- Michael Waldron has handed script off and left to work on next film
- SDCC (32:35)
- Marvel Panel Saturday July 27 at 6 PST till around 7 PM
- What is left to announce?
- Avengers 5, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Avengers Secret Wars, Doctor Strange 3, Shang-Chi 2, Thor 5, Legendary Star-Lord
- D23 (35:35)
- Marvel Animation to bring What If...? Season 3, X-men 97 Season 2, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and Eyes of Wakanda previews to show in August
- Spider-Man Noir (39:30)
- Will update story so that Nicholas Cage is playing a different Spider-man
- "Amazon Prime is set to bring a fresh twist to the Spider-Man saga with their upcoming show. Breaking from tradition, this series will feature Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly, rather than the iconic Peter Parker."
- Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter, Edge of Tomorrow) joins show as lead villain
- Likely crime leader Norman Osborn
- Lamorne Morris (New Girl) as Robbie Robertson
- Will update story so that Nicholas Cage is playing a different Spider-man
- Superman (42:50)
- Set video shows practical effects of superman dragging unknown villain across baseball field
- Progressive Field being renamed LordTech Field
- Villain looks to be Ultraman in new videos
- Official Logo revealed (nothing new)
- Set video shows practical effects of superman dragging unknown villain across baseball field
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (46:40)
- Creature Commandos (49:15)
- Final character designs revealed in new image
- Not much changed
- Final character designs revealed in new image
- Lanterns (50:55)
- Lanterns & Penguin shows to simultaneously debut on HBO channel, not just MAX
- Time Bandits (53:00)
- AppleTV series gets trailer
- Remake of 1980s film
- Starring Lisa Kudrow, Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement
- AppleTV series gets trailer
- Shrek 5 (57:15)
- Confirmed for July 2026
- Original cast returning: Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
- Setup at end of Puss in Boots 2 movie
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man (59:59)
- Mike’s Take on trailer
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Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate we're celebrating the 4th of July with a new Captain America photo, we’ve got eyes on Green Lantern and Hawkgirl in Superman set photos, Hellboy’s Crooked Man trailer debuts, and more!
Guest: Superfan Jim!
Note: Audio gets clearer at (16:30) due to issues.
Deadpool fan events in South Korea COULD be leaking spoilers to internet
News
- Avengers 5 (18:15)
- Shawn Levy not directing
- Announcement likely at SDCC
- Fantastic Four (23:50)
- SDCC banners are showing up around town with stylized versions of characters
- Mentions the Future Foundation
- Captain America: Brave New World (30:20)
- Eyes of Wakanda (34:05)
- Animated show most set in MCU featuring Wakandan history
- Produced by Ryan Coogler and directed by Todd Harris (Thor Ragnarok)
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (36:35)
- Showrunner is Jeff Trammel (Craig of the Creek)
- Ensemble of characters including Peter Parker, Nico Minoru, Lonnie Lincoln, and Harry Osborn
- Batman Caped Crusader (39:50)
- First trailer reveals “week two” setting for upcoming animated series
- New voice actor revealed for Batman (Hamish Linklater) along with other cast members
- August 1 on Amazon Prime
- Arkham Asylum (44:45)
- Live action series that was set in Batman Universe then DCU is now scrapped
- Neither version moving forward
- Superman (48:00)
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (59:66)
- Rumor: Jason Momoa being eyed for role
- Lobo debut in DCU?
- Space faring bounty hunter
- Rumor: Jason Momoa being eyed for role
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League (1:04:25)
- Is getting a theatrical release date
- Older movies filling theater this year: Spider-Man, Star Wars, etc
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man (1:07:25)
- First trailer for upcoming movie based on Hellboy comic
- Written by Mike Mignola (Creator/writer/artist of Hellboy) and Christopher Golden (Hellboy adjacent comics)
- Directed by Brian Taylor (Crank; Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance)
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Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate, we’ve got all the Superman set photos you could want, a new Deadpool popcorn bucket debuts, Marvel is coming to SDCC next month, and more!
Video games, Toys R Us Trailer, Here Trailer
News
- Superman (24:40)
- SDCC 2024 (34:35)
- Marvel Studios confirmed to return to Hall H and be Movie focused
- Probably a few new announcements, but nothing past Avengers: Secret Wars
- Unless it's X-men, but save some for D23
- Deadpool and Wolverine (41:05)
- New teaser trailer confirms a “rematch” decades in the waiting
- Probably last trailer until spoilery TV spots come in
- Deadpool popcorn and drink vessel revealed
- Agatha All Along (48:05)
- New image shows group of “covenless” witches
- Working together to open a mystery glowing floor door
- Avengers 5 (49:45)
- Multiverse Tree is the “infinity stones” for films
- Whoever controls it, controls the Multiverse
- Loki will eventually die, as he is not immortal
- Films to include Captain Carter and Kah’hori from What If in live-action
- Multiverse Tree is the “infinity stones” for films
- Fantastic Four (54:45)
- Confirmed to be set in the 1960s in a different universe by Feige
- Allows studio to showcase multiverses in full effect
- Black Panther 3 (57:45)
- Story being worked on is T’challa’s son to take over Black Panther mantle
- Shuri is reluctant superhero but is raising child with Okoye and Nakia
- Spider-Man 4 (1:00:30)
- Rumor Sydney Sweeney will be Black Cat
- Return of Daredevil, Kingpin, and Ant-Man
- Rumor Sydney Sweeney will be Black Cat
- Venom the Last Dance (1:03:25)
- Will mention or make note of Knull, God of the Symbiotes
- Rhys Ifans as new character, not Curt Connors variant
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Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate we've got on-set photos for James Gunn’s Superman movie, Taylor Swift is OFFICIALLY not in Deadpool, Animated Projects are Back, Baby, and more!
News
- Deadpool & Wolverine (8:25)
- Taylor Swift NOT in the movie according to Deadline
- Overt Drug-Use off limits, but could have a scene about having that conversation with Marvel
- Captain America: Brave New World (16:00)
- Benedict Wong is in town, but not in film
- In suit on set was “fake” photo (never seen)
- Rumor: Russo Bros. are producers on film (updated from not being on list)
- Benedict Wong is in town, but not in film
- Spider-Man (21:25)
- Rumor: Everyone in MCU was watching the final battle at the Statue of Liberty
- Will inspire new people to possibly take on Doc Ock or Green Goblin in MCU
- Characters do not exist in MCU
- Wonder Man (25:45)
- Series will run for 10 episodes according to Deadline
- Midnight Suns (26:55)
- Rumor: Michael Green (Blade (2025), Blue Eye Samurai, Blade Runner 2049, Logan) being hired to write script
- Not officially announced movie, but production works in the background to ensure less delays
- The Penguin (30:35)
- Releasing this September on HBO Max
- Set between events of The Batman and its sequel
- Superman (34:25)
- Blue Beetle (39:15)
- Animated series in works at DC
- Will serve as follow up to movie
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah (42:00)
- Spin-off of Harley Quinn series to debut July 18 on MAX
- Tales of the TMNT (43:00)
- Series will have turtles doing solo stories before reuniting
- 12 episodes debut August 9 on Paramount
- Transformers One (47:20)
- Screened at Annecy Film Festival to multiple applauses through film and standing ovation at end
- Reviews not allowed but “Visually stunning with a great story”
- Watchmen (50:15)
- Animated version coming with 2 part release
- Animated adaptation will be rated R for graphic nudity and follow graphic novel
- Looks like What If style animation
- Rebel Moon (52:45)
- Director’s cuts of both versions dropping on Netflix August 2
- First one now called “Chalice of Blood”
- Previously A Child of Fire
- Second now called “Curse of Forgiveness”
- Previously The Scargiver
- The Boys (55:20)
- First 4 episodes of Season 4 out now
- Show will end with Season 5
- Spaceballs (1:01:10)
- Josh Gad to star in sequel to 80s Mel Brooks movie
- Amazon MGM studios with Gad/Brooks as producers
- Jokes such as Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money or Spaceballs III: The Search for Spaceballs II
- Josh Gad to star in sequel to 80s Mel Brooks movie
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Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate we're putting our dancing shoes for the Venom 3 trailer, World War Hulk is in the cards at Marvel, the X-Men reboot might get a horror director, and more!
What We're Watching: Shang Chi, Multiverse of Madness, Hit Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (original), The Princess Bride, Good Burger
News
- Captain America: Brave New World (28:25)
- Benedict Wong seen on set in Atlanta
- Possible Abomination connection from The Incredible Hulk
- Giancarlo Esposito filming on set
- Could he be Nick Fury’s brother, Jake Fury?
- Scenes show Vibranium based suit on set
- Benedict Wong seen on set in Atlanta
- World War Hulk (34:15)
- Movie being setup in MCU for future project
- Bruce Banner afraid of governments getting his blood and creating their own Hulks/super soldiers
- Could be breaking point and see return of Savage Hulk
- Avengers 5 (38:10)
- Shawn Levy (Deadpool and Wolverine) in talks to direct film (again)
- Was offered movie but passed. Delay has given him an opening
- Grounded story but with multiversal aspects
- Sources say project could have more than 60 MCU Characters
- Loki and Sylvie expected to play big roles in movies
- Most likely over 2 films, not just one
- Shawn Levy (Deadpool and Wolverine) in talks to direct film (again)
- Avengers: Secret Wars (46:50)
- Rumored (again) to be multi-part film
- Could also borrow from comic book lines Avengers Assemble by Jason Aaron
- Reality rewritten to get rid of 616 Avengers, but pursue through multiverse and meet variations on themselves
- Avengers Forever
- Rick Jones assembles different Avengers to fend off attack from Immortus (Kang Variant)
- Time Runs Out
- Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers vs the Illuminati
- X-Men (50:55)
- Jordan Peele met with Marvel about the film
- Most likely to direct
- Nothing has come of it yet
- Michael Lesslie is writing
- Jordan Peele met with Marvel about the film
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (55:20)
- Phase 7 likely to “Look to the stars specifically Eternals Vol 3”
- Venom: The Last Dance (59:05)
- First trailer released for upcoming finale
- Features other symbiote spawns, return of Toxin (Let There Be Carnage), and a Xenophage (symbiote eater alien)
- Rhys Ifans in van scene, could be this universe’s Dr Conners
- Bar scene but not the same as No Way Home, probably ported back to variant version in Venomverse
- Star Wars: The Acolyte (1:06:15)
- Most watched Disney+ premiere of 2024
- 4.8 million views in 5 days
- X-Men was 4 m
- 93% on RT, comparable to Andor
- Most watched Disney+ premiere of 2024
- Superman (1:09:10)
- Alien: Romulus (1:11:15)
- Trailer for Fede Alvarez’s movie released
- Set between Alien and Aliens
- August 16, 2024
- Trailer for Fede Alvarez’s movie released
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Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate we're debuting the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU, James Gunn confirms Deathstroke in the DCU, and more!
What We're Watching: Reacher, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman Begins, The Rock, X-men (2001)
News
- X-Men (23:42)
- Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige
- Feige does a lot of generic actor meetings
- Previously mentioned wanting to play someone new, including Mr. Sinister
- Prevents comparison to other versions
- Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige
- Deadpool & Wolverine (27:30)
- Captain America: Brave New World (37:35)
- Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm
- Will also appear in TV series, probably Daredevil Born Again?
- Character could be Cutthroat, who has ties to Serpent Society
- Currently filming police chasing “The Falcon” with car explosion and hand to hand fight sequences
- Diamondback (Rosa Salazar) given comic accurate appearance in reshoots
- Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm
- Thunderbolts* (45:55)
- Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die
- Could be the Sentry character?
- They team up to bring Contessa Valentina Allegre De Fontaine down
- Possibly enlist The Sentry to protect her against team?
- Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die
- Thor (48:20)
- Thor 5 looking to film Fall 2025 for post-Secret Wars release
- Search for writer/director ongoing
- Scarlet Witch (52:10)
- Rumor: Looking for a director for a solo based movie to be in theaters before Secret Wars
- If director search is ongoing, script might be near completion
- Deathstroke (54:40)
- James Gunn “confirms” plans to have Deathstroke in DCU
- Could be something now or way later such as rumored Teen Titans movie
- Booster Gold (57:15)
- Three frontrunners for role rumored to be: Dylan Playfair (Letterkenny), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V)
- The Umbrella Academy (59:11)
- 4th and Final Season trailer released
- Has no books to follow
- August 8, 2024 on Netflix
- 4th and Final Season trailer released
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Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate we're reviewing the first season of X-Men 97, get your Deadpool & Wolverine Tickets quick, Venom the Last Dance is going out with a bang, and more!
News
- Deadpool & Wolverine (25:00)
- New in-cinema ad to turn off phones
- Tickets now available
- Fastest selling R rated film
- Some promos include “best friends” necklaces
- First Marvel movie to have beer tie-in ads
- X-Men (32:35)
- Deadline says Michael Lesslie (The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) is in talks to write the mutant led reboot
- Vision (33:55)
- Series officially announced with Terry Matalas (Star Trek Picard) as showrunner
- Will be ‘revamped’ from VisionQuest ideas
- 2026 premiere
- Wonder Man (37:50)
- Confirmed to be a “Marvel Spotlight” TV series like Echo
- Winderbaum confirms process 2 years ago was “fill the service (Disney+) as fast as possible no matter what” and is now a more “considered approach” where they develop more than they produce
- The Blonde Phantom (44:50)
- Taylor Swift has met with Kevin Feige about MCU
- Rumor: Will be taking lead in Scarlett Johansson’s Blonde Phantom project
- 1950s spy movie set in Las Vegas
- Would align with non-necessary character era + huge audience draw
- Fantastic Four (48:30)
- Franklin Richards will be part of the team and his suit will have the number 5 on it
- Reed/Sue are easily of parent age actors
- Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) joined the cast in an unknown but ‘surprising’ role
- Rumor: multiversal version of Dr. Doom
- Franklin Richards will be part of the team and his suit will have the number 5 on it
- Avengers 5 (54:00)
- Rumor: a new Kang/The Conquerer will be announced in the “next few months”
- Could use the name “The Conquerer” to get around potential issues, if any exist
- Fantastic Four not likely to appear in this film
- Rumor: a new Kang/The Conquerer will be announced in the “next few months”
- Spider-Man 4 (55:23)
- Bad Boys/Batgirl director team Adil El Arbi and Billal Fallah as frontrunners for directing
- Rumor: The Kingpin will be the main villain with returning henchmen The Shocker and The Scorpion to return, with the latter bonding with the MCU symbiote (like the comics)
- Peter Parker may be killed, then bond with the symbiote to bring him back to life and give him the black suit
- Venom: The Last Dance (58:30)
- Rumor: Plot synopsis leaked online
- Focus on Eddie keeping his universe’s 10 yr old Peter Parker alive, while dealing with the spawns of Carnage symbiotes and “The Jury” humans who want to kill all symbiotes in existence.
- Kraven: The Hunter (1:03:15)
- Sony exec says the movie was moved to December because “more will will have time to revisit the movie over and over again”
- Lanterns (1:05:15)
- James Gunn officially announces team of Chris Mundy, Tom King, and Damon Lindelof
- The Last of Us (1:06:06)
- Season 2 re-taps Jeffrey Wright (Batman) to play Isaac Dixon, a character he voiced in Part II the video game
- X-Men 97 (1:07:20)
- Season 1 Review
- Full Spoilers!
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Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
This week Superhero Slate is getting a better look at the revamped Daredevil series, Nicolas Cage returns to his Spider-Man Noir role, the first DCU crossover character is confirmed, and more!
Guest Host: Patrick! Also Roger Corman Follow-Up and Marvel Rivals - Full Week
News
- Deadpool & Wolverine (17:00)
- Tickets go on sale tomorrow
- July 26, 2024
- Marvel Television (20:30)
- Branding reborn for MCU series on Disney Plus
- Lives alongside Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation
- Daredevil: Born Again (28:10)
- New icon and releasing March 2025
- Confirmed to be reduced to 9 episodes
- Season 2 would be next 9 episodes
- Footage showcases returning characters, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Wilson Fisk/Kingpin
- Ironheart (31:00)
- New logo and confirming 2025 release date
- Footage describes stealing parts at MIT to build early suit and getting expelled, later shots show better final Ironheart suit in action
- Agatha All Along (35:25)
- Series confirms name with release date
- Other titles as plays on how things aren’t as they seem
- Coven of Chaos, The Darkhold Diaries, House of Harkness, and The Lying Witch with a Great Wardrobe
- Footage teases Agatha getting out of Wanda’s hex and walking the Witches Road to create her own coven
- Two episode premiere on September 18
- Hawkeye (39:40)
- Season 2 rumored to be greenlit
- Focus on Clint’s brother, Barney, as villain
- Kate and Clint trapped in one location, similar to The Raid movies
- Season 2 rumored to be greenlit
- The Blonde Phantom (43:50)
- Rumor: Scarlet Johansson’s Marvel project (as producer) is based on the Blonde Phantom
- Created in 1946 in All Select Comics, then reintroduced in The Sensational She-Hulk in 1989-1994
- ScarJo mentioned character in previous interviews when asked about Marvel characters before being selected as Black Widow
- Noir (49:00)
- Amazon confirms Nicolas Cage to star as “Spider-Man Noir” in series
- Not an adaptation of comic book, but ‘based on’ style series
- Produced by Lord, Miller, and Pascal
- Described as:
- "of an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero."
- Amazon confirms Nicolas Cage to star as “Spider-Man Noir” in series
- Creature Commandos (56:35)
- Frank Grillo to reprise role as Rick Flag Sr. in Peacemaker season 2
- With a vendetta against Peacemaker
- Series to be screened at Annecy Film Festival in June
- Frank Grillo to reprise role as Rick Flag Sr. in Peacemaker season 2
- Booster Gold (59:50)
- TV series will use Blue Beetle from the 2023 movie
- Casting to be announced this year
- Rumored to be Chris Pratt, but unlikely
- Green Lantern (1:04:24)
- Lanterns TV series has Chris Mundy (Criminal Minds) as show runner
- Tom King (Batman/comic books, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (comic)) as co-writer
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (1:08:45)
- Movie to release June 26, 2026
- The Boys (1:15:15)
- Season 5 confirmed before season 4 airs
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Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate, we've got Galactus Cast for Fantastic Four, Superman’s Suit Revealed, Darth Jar Jar Binks Confirmed, and more!
What We're Doing: Marvel Rivals, Wolves of Glendale
News
- LEGO Star Wars (25:15)
- Rebuild the Galaxy shows off Darth Jar Jar Binks
- Funny What-If style moments and mixes of popular Star Wars characters
- Marvel (31:50)
- Marvel has issued a DMCA subpoena for leaker account “CanWeGetSomeToast”
- Due to Captain America’s new suit reveal last month
- Not an important topic
- Looking to find out who leaker is
- Fantastic Four (1994) (36:10)
- Roger Corman passed away at 98
- Producer of low budget unreleased movie
- Fantastic Four (39:15)
- Adds Ralph Ineson (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) as Galactus
- John Malkovich joins cast in secret role
- Maybe Dr. Storm (father)
- Black Panther 3 (44:15)
- Ryan Coogler might hand off film to someone else and direct either Avengers 5 or Secret Wars
- Possibly X-men, but film doesn’t even have writer
- Ryan Coogler might hand off film to someone else and direct either Avengers 5 or Secret Wars
- Armor Wars (50:40)
- Possibly scrapped? (not likely)
- Bob Iger confirming reduce output MCU numbers to 2 TV shows a year and 2 or 3 movies a year
- Eyes of Wakanda (56:20)
- Among series Marvel has confirmed to release on Disney+ this year
- Also Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Hit Monkey Season 2 (July), and Agatha series
- No word on Marvel Zombies or What If Season 3 yet
- What If... (59:40)
- Apple Vision Pro Experience announced
- Captain Marvel as Nova
- Avengers: Endgame (1:03:15)
- Re-rumors of Chris Evans led Captain America show to return the Infinity Stones
- Would be made to create an “event television” series again
- Daredevil (1:06:30)
- Krystin Ritter teasing return as Jessica Jones (again)
- Looks to be Jewel persona from comics
- Superman (1:08:20)
- James Gunn shares first look at David Corenswet in suit
- Photo taken “in camera”
- James Gunn shares first look at David Corenswet in suit
- Batman: Caped Crusader (1:14:50)
- Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (1:16:35)
- WB confirms next Live-Action lord of the rings for 2026
- Returning Andy Serkis as Gollum and director of film
- No direct books for film to follow, but was mentioned in stories
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This week on Superhero Slate, we're celebrating Star Wars Day, The Boys get the first trailer for Season 4, we’re opening up the rumor mill for the Avengers, Blade, Midnight Suns, and more!
What We're Watching: Game Changer, Halloween (A Hidden Movement Game), Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
News
- Star Wars Celebration (15:25)
- In Japan this year
- Fortnite
- The Acolyte (16:45)
- First story trailer reveals Jedi hunting villain
- June 4th double episode premiere
- The Mandalorian and Grogu (22:00)
- Will begin filming later this month
- Confirmed by stunt actors, production milestones are being met and is on track for May 2026
- The Boys (23:15)
- Season 4 trailer showcases lots of blood, powers, and farm animals
- Amazon Prime on June 13
- Batman: Arkham Shadow (26:50)
- New Announced second Batman VR game
- Will take place in Arkham game universe
- Releasing for Quest 3 in 2024
- Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 3 (28:55)
- Upcoming animated movie to feature Kevin Conroy’s Batman and Mark Hamill’s Joker
- Other versions of characters will also appear
- Has been combining the animated universes, similar to the original Crisis comic book
- Upcoming animated movie to feature Kevin Conroy’s Batman and Mark Hamill’s Joker
- Agatha (30:50)
- Promotion for Fall series looks to be about to ramp up
- WandaVision social profile is now half purple
- Captain America: Brave New World (32:35)
- Images showing off Sam Wilson’s Captain America suit
- Confirms the New Falcon
- Look at flight helmets
- RUMOR: Adamantium will make its appearance in this film, and has ties to the Celestial corpse from Eternals
- Images showing off Sam Wilson’s Captain America suit
- The Fantastic Four (38:45)
- Adds Paul Walter Hauser to the film in undisclosed role
- Possible HERBIE voice or Mole Man?
- Avengers 5 (41:45)
- Rumor: Main characters to lead film are Captain America (Sam Wilson), Spider-Man, Moon Knight, The Hulk, and She-Hulk
- Kang Variant (not Jonathan Majors) rumored to still be the main threat
- Avengers: Secret Wars (50:15)
- Rumor: Film will see Tom Holland gain the black symbiote suit
- Similar to original comic Secret Wars #8
- Will be part of the symbiote left behind in No Way Home
- Rumor: Film will see Tom Holland gain the black symbiote suit
- Blade (53:40)
- Rumor: Wesley Snipes has signed up to reappear as his Daywalker version in a future Marvel movie
- Could be a return in Secret Wars; most likely not a Blade reboot cameo
- Midnight Suns (56:10)
- Rumor: Fede Alvarez (Alien Covenant, Evil Dead) is top choice to direct horror film for Marvel
- Michael Giacchino also runner up due to work on Werewolf by Night
- Captain Britain (58:05)
- Rumor: A Captain Britain series is in development for Disney+
- Focused on Marvel’s MI13 and Excalibur comics
- Partially setup in Secret Invasion?
- Deadpool & Wolverine (1:01:55)
- New CCXP poster shows Marvel Jesus
- Rumor: Reshoots in May are adding last minute cameos and more secret surprises
- Could lead to some unspeculated surprises for viewers
- Director Shawn Levy is pleased with the movie and isn’t trying to fix anything
- Tron Ares (1:04:30)
- Jeff Bridges will return for third movie
- Not a reboot film
- Jeff Bridges will return for third movie
- Masters of the Universe (1:07:22)
- Travis Knight (Bumblebee) to direct film from a David Callaham (Shang-Chi) script
- Released synopsis:
- “10-year-old Prince Adam who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Power Sword—the only link to his home on Eternia. After tracking it down almost two decades later, Prince Adam is whisked back across space to defend his home planet against the evil forces of Skeletor. But to defeat such a powerful villain, Prince Adam will first need to uncover the mysteries of his past and become He-Man: the most powerful man in the Universe!”
- Rebel Moon: Chalice of Blood (1:11:25)
- Extended cuts for Zack Snyder’s movies getting new subtitled names?
- “Extended cuts set in different, parallel universes to main movies”
- Rated R for “Gore, Sexual Content, and Graphic Nudity”
- Extended cuts for Zack Snyder’s movies getting new subtitled names?
- Fallout (1:17:40)
- Series review & discussion
- Until season 2
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