A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Sunday Jan 17, 2016
Sunday Jan 17, 2016
In this week's Superhero Slate, Black Panther hires a director, we ask if a hoodie reveals Spider-Man’s new costume, discuss superhero TV shows, and more!
News
- LEGO Marvel’s Avengers (4:25)
- Ant-Man & Civil War DLC for free on PS3/4
- Avengers: Infinity War (7:40)
- 67 characters in it
- Captain America: Civil War (12:50)
- No Red Hulk
- Black Panther (Feb 16, 2018) (14:20)
- Ryan Coogler (Creed) to direct
- Official Black Panther image released
- Spider-Man (17:10)
- Hoodie reveal?
- Rumor: Time between Iron Man and now
- Thor: Ragnarok (23:40)
- Cate Blanchett as villain
- Agent Carter Season 2 (26:10)
- Will have the Darkforce
- Used in AoS S1 to power Blackout
- Ties to Doctor Strange
- 2 hr premiere on 19th
- Will have the Darkforce
- Jessica Jones (28:25)
- Season 2 confirmed
- Melissa Rosenberg to return as showrunner
- No ETA
- The Defenders (29:30)
- Production could happen before JJ S2
- The Punisher (31:25)
- Series reportedly in development at Marvel/Netflix
- Bernthal’s performance praised
- Untitled Marvel Comedy Series (35:11)
- Announced to be on ABC
- TV to be comedy based, Netflix to be dark
- Damage Control still on its way
- Star Wars: Episode VIII (39:00)
- Darker film
- Finn has more ‘physical’ role
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (40:30)
- Darth Vader will appear
- New body actor, James Earl Jones to voice
- Legion (44:00)
- Not in movie universe
- All new characters
- Deadpool (46:45)
- Officially rated R
- "strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity."
- Petition to make PG-13 version
- Officially rated R
- Gambit (50:10)
- Filming in New Orleans this March
- Tatum haircut
- Fantastic Four (53:05)
- Nominated for 5 razzies
- Worst Picture, Worst Remake, Worst Director, Worst Screen Combo and Worst Screenplay
- Nominated for 5 razzies
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (55:55)
- Rumor: Bizarro may appear as third villain
- Suicide Squad (57:45)
- First official poster
- Trailer on Tuesday
- Wonder Woman (59:45)
- Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) to play Queen Hippolyta
- Aquaman (1:00:50)
- Amber Heard for Mera
- Legion of Superheroes (1:02:10)
- Will get a hint in one of the DCTV shows
- Superheroes from 30th century
- Legends of Tomorrow (1:02:55)
- Jonah Hex to appear
- Vixen (1:03:50)
- Second season confirmed
- Will guest star on Arrow
- Hope is for live-action series, or be a part of the LoT
- DC Universe Online (1:05:55)
- Coming to Xbox One
- Launched in 2011, on PC/PS3/PS4
- Heroes Reborn (1:07:00)
- Cancelled
- Alien Covenant (1:08:00)
- Going for hard R rating
- 10 Cloverfield Lane (1:08:50)
- Trailer
- Sequel to Cloverfield
- Unannounced, fallout shelter film
Email us your favorite movies of 2016 and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Jan 10, 2016
Sunday Jan 10, 2016
Superhero Slate knows Daredevil’s return date, Fox’s mutant future, shares some extra Doctor Strange images, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Star Wars (4:30)
- The Force Awakens is #1 Domestically
- Change.org petition to have Lucas direct Ep 9
- Deleted scenes? Yes! Extended cut? No
- X-Men Cinematic Universe (9:30)
- Deadpool (12:35)
- DP breaks fourth wall; Wade Wilson does not
- New Mutants (13:50)
- Young Adult film
- Legion (16:05)
- Rachel Keller (Fargo Season 2) cast as lead role
- Powers involve human touch
- Rachel Keller (Fargo Season 2) cast as lead role
- Marvel’s Most Wanted (17:55)
- ABC order pilot for production
- Not a spinoff, but continues Mockingbird/Lance Hunter’s story
- Daredevil Season 2 (21:45)
- New trailer with poster
- Premieres March 18
- Doctor Strange (26:15)
- Sanctum Sanctorum concept art
- Sanctum Sanctorum IRL
- Movie will show the Dark Dimension (example)
- Captain America: Civil War (29:30)
- Wakanda will be shown in film
- Death of Captain America?
- Spider-Man (36:50)
- January 19 merchandise reveal
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (42:00)
- To shoot movie with Red’s WEAPON 8K
- Suicide Squad (43:40)
- The Flash Season 2 (45:20)
- King Shark to return
- Diggle to crossover from Arrow
- Kevin Smith to Direct episode to air in May
- King Shark to return
- Legends of Tomorrow (48:35)
- Jewel Staite (Firefly) joins as a techy character
- Teen Titans (50:10)
- TV series not moving forward at TNT
- Powerless (52:30)
- Series ordered at NBC
- Workplace comedy set in DC universe
- Interns of FIELD (55:00)
- Superior (1:00:20)
- Screenwriters hired
- Brandon and Phillip Murphy (Transference)
- Screenwriters hired
- TMNT: Out of Shadows (1:02:00)
- Krang confirmed
- Transformers 5 (1:02:50)
- Michael Bay to direct the 5th installment
- Tales from the Crypt (1:04:10)
- Revived by M. Night Shyamalan for TNT
- Voltron (1:04:20)
- New series going to Netflix
- Trollhunters (1:05:45)
- Guillermo Del Toro’s series going to Netflix
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Jan 03, 2016
Sunday Jan 03, 2016
Superhero Slate talks some Deadpool movie, Daredevil Season 2’s release, Civil War surprises, and what movies we look forward to in 2016!
Riff & Raff
News
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (08:35)
- Spoiler Curtain has been lifted!
- 1.5 Billion worldwide in 16.5 (Avatar took 72)
- Should become #1 domestic on Monday
- Official Snoke image released
- Fan mail!
- Deadpool (20:20)
- Runtime is 1 hour, 46 minutes (longer than Fantastic 4)
- Daredevil Season 2 (22:50)
- Could debut in March, per Empire/EW print articles
- Agent Carter Season 2 (25:30)
- Captain America: Civil War (28:00)
- Marvel Studios (30:30)
- Joss Whedon no longer has a hand in the films, like he did in Phase 2
- James Bond (33:40)
- Waltz to return as Blofeld if Daniel Craig stays as Bond
- Alien: Covenant (35:40)
- Set 10 years after Prometheus
Sixteen Movies of 2016(37:20)
- Deadpool - Feb 12
- Zoolander 2 - Feb 12
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - March 25
Ratchet & Clank (movie) - April 29Daredevil Season 2 - March- Captain America: Civil War - May 6
- X-Men: Apocalypse - May 27
- TMNT: Out of the Shadows - June 3
- Warcraft - June 10 or Assassin's Creed - December 21, 2016
- Independence Day Resurgence - June 24
- Star Trek Beyond - July 22
- Bourne 5 - July 29
- Suicide Squad - August 5
- Gambit (possibly) - October 7
- Doctor Strange- November 4
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - November 18
- Star Wars: Rogue One - December 16
Mike’s Least Anticipated Movies of 2015:
- Jupiter Ascending- 25%
- Get Hard- 29%
- Terminator Genisys - 27%
- Point Break- 07%
- The Jungle Book- October 9th (moved to april 15th 2016)
Mike’s Least Anticipated Movies of 2016:
- Gods Of Egypt - April 8, 2016
- The Angry Birds Movie - May 20, 2016
- Alice Through The Looking Glass - May 27, 2016
- Tarzan - July 1, 2016
- Gambit - October 7, 2016
Mike’s Honorable mentions of 2016:
- The Divergent Series Allegiant - March 18, 2016
- The Huntsman: Winter’s War - April 22, 2016
- Ride Along 2 - January 15, 2016
- 50 Shades of Black - January 29, 2015
Chris’ Most Anticipated from Superhero Slate Episode #01
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (75%)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (74%)
- Ant-Man (80%)
- Jurassic World (71%)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (94%)
Chris’ List of Movie Sequels for 2016
- Underworld 5
- Captain America: Civil War/X-Men Apocalypse
- Ouija 2
- Finding Dory
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Thursday Dec 31, 2015
Thursday Dec 31, 2015
Superhero Slate is back after the holidays to give you all that juicy news you’ve been craving. Today we talk Batman and Superman, Deadpool’s days of Christmas, Daredevil’s second season, and so much more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (4:45)
- Recap - Biggest opening ever (beating Jurassic World & its China opening); #9 EVER right now
- The Mike Royer Theory
- J.J. ‘regrets’ not taking 8 (Glad he’s not)
- Guesstimated blu-ray release is April 5
- Suicide Squad (14:25)
- New trailer on CW Jan 19
- Wonder Woman (16:35)
- Sneak peek that day too
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (17:10)
- Batcave concept art; More close-up; Batmobile space
- 151 Minute runtime
- Jason Todd is the dead robin
- Ends in a montage sequence for Justice League (like Watchmen intro)
- Justice League (22:05)
- Introduced in BvS
- Aquaman - brought in by Lex Luthor
- The Flash - is a blur moment; Barry Allen cameo may be cut
- Cyborg - Mentioned by name: Vic Stone
- Green Lanterns - nope, not yet
- Introduced in BvS
- Deadpool (24:43)
- X-Men: Apocalypse (28:45)
- X-Force (30:00)
- Concept art from Jeff Wadlow’s script
- Cable, Cannonball, Domino, Warpath, ???? (possibly Rogue)
- Taskmaster (33:05)
- Live action rights have reverted from Fox to Marvel
- Captain America: Civil War (34:40)
- Doctor Strange (38:35)
- First official photos
- Mads Mikkelsen confirmed as villain
- Tilda Swinton will be a SHE
- Eye of Agamotto can change probabilities and some time elements
- Daredevil Season 2 (41:45)
- Punisher and Daredevil
- From Welcome Back, Frankby Garth Ennis
- Karen Page playing (pocket) pool
- More, More, and More
- Punisher and Daredevil
- Black Panther (45:36)
- Big, geopolitical thriller
- T’Challa’s story is very linked to the next Avengers films
- Agent Carter Season 2 (47:55)
- Angie makes a return (diner friend)
- The Incredible Hulk (48:35)
- Universal still has some power in Hulk films
- Thor: Ragnarok (49:50)
- The Hulk/Banner personas may meld in sequel
- Similar in difference as The Winter Soldier is to The First Avenger
- Will stay off Earth mostly
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (52:35)
- Thanos is not the main villain
- Roster will have additions during the film
- Spider-Man (Animated Movie) (54:45)
- December 21, 2018
- Riddick 4 (56:35)
- Prequel
- Films in 2017
- Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (57:35)
- One crew member needs arm amputated
- Another crushed to death by car
- Assassin’s Creed (59:15)
- First image of film
- And two more hereand here
- Avatar (1:00:40)
- Sequels still in works
- Second one in December 2017
- Technical and set production is done
- Script isn’t
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
This is the super special Superhero Slate spoilercast for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Chris and Mike are going to talk all about the biggest movie of 2015 (possibly ever)!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoilercast Special
Thanks to Jim Minteer and Marshall Myers for writing in!
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
Sunday Dec 20, 2015
On this week's Superhero Slate saw a bunch of movie trailers, talks more Iron Fist news, the 12 days of Deadpool, and STAR WARS!
News
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (1:22)
- Spoiler free review
- Listen to our Spoilercast
- Trailers before
- Star Trek Beyond (22:40)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (25:02)
- Deadpool (30:42)
- 12 Days of Deadpool
- New poster
- Doctor Strange (32:47)
- Behind the scenes photo
- Stephen Broussard; Scott Derrickson; Louis D’Esposito
- Eye of Agamotto; Mystical symbol
- C. Robert Cargill as writer (Sinister)
- Behind the scenes photo
- Captain America: Civil War (35:22)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (38:02)
- Kurt Russell in talks to play Star-Lord’s father
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (41:22)
- Production title - “Kick”
- Starts in April
- Casting
- DYLAN KENDALL 25 – 28 yrs old Handsome and sophisticated, independent and a loner. SERIES REGULAR
- HARRY MARSHALL 45 – 50 yrs old Caucasian, highly intelligent, merciless, confident and arrogant, physically active. SERIES REGULAR
- Carrie-Anne Moss returns as Jeryn Hogarth
- Legends of Tomorrow (43:28)
- Arrow’s Ra’s Al Ghul to appear
- Suicide Squad (44:42)
- New Synopsis
- It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
- New Synopsis
- Hasbro Universe (46:52)
- Paramount and Hasbro to make one movie connected universe
- Consists of Visionaries, GI Joe, ROM the Spaceknight, MASK, and Micronauts. (maybe more)
- Alien: Covenant (49:28)
- Katherine Waterson as Daniels
- Lead character
- Katherine Waterson as Daniels
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Sunday Dec 13, 2015
Superhero Slate reminds you theres only 4 sleeps till Star Wars, the trailer Apocalypse is upon us, we get sucker punched by Iron Fist, and more!
Riff & Raff
New Website & Commercial
News
- Star Wars (7:50)
- PSA: Release on 17th, reviews release on Wednesday
- No end credits, Jar Jar, or Ewoks
- Star Wars: Underworld may return (live-action TV series)
- 1313 isn’t completely ‘dead’ yet
- X-men: Apocalypse (16:45)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (25:50)
- Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari to write first draft
- Adam McKay/Paul Rudd to help with broad strokes
- Ant-Man (27:50)
- Available for DVD/Blu-Ray purchase
- Black Panther (29:00)
- Ryan Coogler in talks to direct
- Creed; Fruitvale Station
- Ryan Coogler in talks to direct
- Thor: Ragnarok (31:00)
- Cate Blanchett in talks for film
- Hela or the Norn or Valkyrie?
- Cate Blanchett in talks for film
- Doctor Strange (33:50)
- Captain America: Civil War (35:55)
- Spider-Man was always Plan A
- May have some effects on his suit (Iron Spider speculation begins again)
- Civil War II (comics) (39:50)
- Written by Brian Michael Bendis
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (41:50)
- Scott Buck as Showrunner
- Ep of Dexter, Producer on Rome, 6 Feet Under
- Synopsis
- Scott Buck as Showrunner
- Marvel’s Defenders (46:00)
- Will be extremely difficult to put them in INFINITY WAR
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (48:15)
- Production designer says the villain in the trailer is Doomsday
- But something larger is there as well
- Batman Solo Movie (50:10)
- Will Smith to return as Deadshot
- Justice League (51:30)
- 6 months pre-production
- 6 months filming, starts 2016
- TMNT: Out of the Shadows (55:40)
- Independence Day: Resurgence (58:10)
- Star Trek Beyond (1:01:00)
- Trailer to land with Star Wars
- Alien: Covenant (1:02:15)
- Has egg, facehugger, chestburster, ‘big boy’
- On Engineer homeworld
- Still a prequel sequel
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Superhero Slate discusses Batman and Superman facing their doomsday, a Deadpool double feature, the canceled Avengers video game, and more.
Riff & Raff
News
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (3:15)
- Trailer
- Mike & Chris bet
- Wonder Woman (13:25)
- Suicide Squad (15:20)
- New trailer classified
- Supergirl (18:50)
- Gets full season order from CBS
- Deadpool (20:50)
- New poster gets cheeky
- 2oolander release/double feature?
- X-Men Apocalypse (27:45)
- Trailer rated
- New banner with Archangel
- Star Wars: Han Solo (32:00)
- 2,500 actors for young Solo
- Including
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Miles Teller
- Chandler Riggs
- Colton Haynes
- Agent Carter (37:49)
- Premier moved to January 19
- Avengers (39:10)
- Captain America: Civil War (45:10)
- Most viewed Marvel trailer in 24 hours (61 million)
- Black Panther on EW Cover
- Thor Ragnarok (46:35)
- New writer to polish final script
- Stephany Folsom
- New writer to polish final script
- Doctor Strange (48:55)
- Neil Gaiman & Guillermo Del Toro version in early 2000’s
- Doctor Who (51:20)
- Peter Jackson to direct episode
- Samurai Jack (52:55)
- Cartoon Network announces new season with Genndy Tartakovsky
- Rambo (57:40)
- TV Series in works with Stallone
- Predator (58:20)
- Sequel script has been turned into Fox
- Shane Black/Fred Dekker
- Independence Day Resurgence (59:00)
- Trailer classified
- TV Shows (59:50)
- Flash/Arrow crossover
- Agents of SHIELD finale
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
This is the super special Superhero Slate spoilercast for Marvel's Jessica Jones! Chris and Mike are going to tell you how it is, whether you like it or not.
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Jessica Jones Spoilercast Special
Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
Sunday Nov 29, 2015
The Superhero Slate this week helps you choose a side with Civil War, cover several DC rumors, Ecto Cooler makes a spooky return, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Captain America: Civil War (2:50)
- First trailer
- Synopsis
- 5 Big Moments from ComicUI
- Doctor Strange (17:15)
- Officially in production
- Cast confirmed
- Synopsis
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (19:20)
- Rumor: Star-Lord’s Dad
- Denied by James Gunn
- Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (21:40)
- Off Netflix Dec 1, Dec 11
- Iron Fist (24:30)
- News is coming on this series
- Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (27:00)
- On Jeph Loeb’s radar for TV
- Fantastic Four 2 (30:50)
- Removed from Fox’s schedule
- Gambit (32:50)
- Likely to take June 17, 2017 place of FF2
- DC Cinematic Universe (34:15)
- Aiming for PG-13 rating
- Batman v Superman (37:03)
- Teaser attached to Gotham midseason finale
- Titans (39:20)
- TV show still in progress
- Movie could arrive, tied Into Cyborg
- Green Lantern Corps (41:45)
- Hal Jordan and John Stewart
- Buddy cop space film
- Justice League (44:20)
- Villain could be Darkseid
- Black Canary could be arriving in Part 1 or 2 or both
- Abbey Lee
- Alona Tal
- Aquaman (47:00)
- Villain could be Ocean Master, half brother
- Mera to be “Khaleesi of the Sea”
- Supergirl (49:00)
- Superman will appear, as child
- The Flash (50:00)
- Supergirl/Flash crossover in talks to bump SG ratings
- Legends of Tomorrow S2 (52:20)
- Constantine to become series regular
- Wanted 2 (54:50)
- Angelina Jolie...wanted to return
- Alien: Covenant (56:30)
- 2 more sequels to THIS movie
- Answers question “Why are these things there in Alien”
- The Mummy Reboot (58:40)
- Tom Cruise to star
- Setup Monster Universe
- Coca-Cola Re-Registers “Ecto Cooler” Trademark (1:01:10)
- Hot tip from friend of the show Alan (from episode 20)
- Parent company of Minute Maid, who owns Hi-C, has re-registered the trademark
- TMNT 2 (1:03:55)
- Trailer to debut with Star Wars
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