A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016
43 min
This is the Superhero Slate spoilercast for X-Men Apocalypse! Is this the 9th, 6th or 3rd movie in the Fox movie universe? Chris and Mike talk about how this compares to whats come before and if this movie spells disaster for the future.
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate X-Men Apocalypse Spoilercast
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016
1hr 5 min
Superhero Slate doesn't take 3 day weekends, even if X-Men’s Apocalypse is upon us, the comics industry shakes things up, Spider-Man gets the ultimate animated movie, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men: Apocalypse (9:00)
- Spoiler free thoughts
- Box Office Update - $78 million across 4 days
- No alternate cut
- Fox Studios (17:00)
- Moved Marvel Dates
- January 12, 2018, to March 2nd, 2018
- July 13th, 2018 to June 29th, 2018
- Moved Marvel Dates
- Kingsmen: The Golden Circle (21:00)
- Jeff Bridges joins the cast
- Avengers (22:50)
- Joss Whedon would return if he can do an all female Avengers film
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (26:50)
- The Kingpin won’t appear; D’onofrio was just wishing
- Spider-Man (animated film) (29:05)
- Rumor: Miles Morales is focus of Sony produced film
- Thor (34:45)
- Mel Gibson was offered Odin role
- Star Wars (36:00)
- Warcraft (movie) (39:30)
- First reviews
- Full Metal Alchemist (41:10)
- Movie?
- Beauty and the Beast (live action) (44:00)
- Finding Dory (46:45)
- Suicide Squad (48:40)
- Rumor: Spinoff films for Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, The Joker
- Batman V Superman (50:23)
- Producer removed from upcoming films
- Killed Robin confirmed as Jason Todd
- DC Comics (52:10)
- Rebirth
- Surprise Characters
- Marvel Comics (54:35)
- Marvel Now! This fall
- Captain America #1 ending
- Alien: Covenant (57:25)
- James Bond (59:00)
- Jamie Bell take over for Daniel Craig?
- Preacher (1:01:10)
- Upcoming review with TV recap
- TV Recap (1:01:20)
- Next week!
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016
1hr 8 min
Superhero Slate's spider-sense is tingling with Spider-Man news, Thor: Ragnarok casting confirmations, a ton of new trailers swinging in, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Star Wars: Episode VIII (3:30)
- Fall of the Resistancesubtitle
- Captain America: Civil War (6:30)
- #1 movie in 2016
- Black Panther (8:30)
- Marvel hopes to film some in Africa
- Stage work is in Atlanta
- Spider-Man: Homecoming (10:35)
- Michael Keaton back in talks
- Vulture is the villain
- The Tinkerer builds suit out of Chitauri tech
- (The Amazing Spider-Man #2)
- Peter gets a new suit that includes Web Wings
- Deploy when needed
- Thor: Ragnarok (16:19)
- First concept art
- Casting announcements
- Cate Blanchett as Hela
- Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster
- Karl Urban as Skurge/The Executioner
- Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie
- Confirmations
- Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
- Loki; Odin returning
- Unknowns
- Sif -> possibly coming back
- Warriors 3
- No chance
- Natalie Portman
- Iron Fist (24:05)
- Carrie Anne Moss returns as Jeri Hogarth
- Lawyer for Danny Rand
- Carrie Anne Moss returns as Jeri Hogarth
- Agents of SHIELD (25:00)
- LMD - Life Model Decoy
- AIDA - Squadron Supreme
- 10 PM timeslot
- Deadpool (30:25)
- Ron Perlman wants to be Cable
- X-Men Apocalypse (32:25)
- Stan Lee narrated TV commercial
- Makes over $100 million overseas
- Spoilercast next week!
- DC Films (36:30)
- Geoff Johns/Jon Berg co-runners of universe
- Producers on Justice League
- Promises to bring hope and optimism to DCCU
- Geoff Johns/Jon Berg co-runners of universe
- Powerless (40:55)
- First Trailer
- Wonder Woman; Green Lantern
- Supergirl (45:00)
- Mondays on CW
- CW Universe (47:50)
- 4 series crossover this fall
- Star Trek: Beyond (50:05)
- TMNT: Out of the Shadows (52:50)
- Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) voices Krang
- Final Trailer
- Kingsmen 2 (54:35)
- James Bond (57:00)
- Daniel Craig reportedly turns down $100 million
- Star Trek (series) (59:00)
- Ghostbusters (1:00:15)
- Transformers: The Last Knight (1:03:30)
- Josh Duhamel to return
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016
1hr 3 min
Comic Con season doesn't stop Superhero Slate from talking about the X-Men universe expanding, TV shows that aren't going to make it, Justice League’s villain, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men Cinematic Universe (7:45)
- Simon Kinberg confirms next movie set in the 90’s
- X-Men: Apocalypse (10:00)
- First reviews are out, beware of spoilers
- There IS an after credits scene
- Wolverine 3 (12:50)
- Has started filming
- Confirmed R rating
- New Mutants (14:10)
- Looking to film in 2017
- Professor X is part of movie in current state
- Fantastic Four 2 (15:15)
- Could still happen with original cast per Simon Kinberg (I don’t believe it)
- Avengers: Infinity War (18:00)
- Characters will fluctuate between movies
- Small parts in one; Large in the other
- Characters will fluctuate between movies
- Captain America: Civil War (21:35)
- Chadwick Boseman spoke in accent during entire production
- $940 million; 6th highest superhero film
- $10 billion dollar MCU
- Black Panther (25:05)
- Lupita Nyong’o in talks to have role
- Shuri?
- MIchael B Jordan joins cast
- Lupita Nyong’o in talks to have role
- Thor: Ragnarok (27:50)
- 80-90% of film in other realms
- No Natalie Portman
- Marvel’s Defenders (29:55)
- Films back to back with Jessica Jones season 2
- Disney Infinity(32:00)
- Video game series canceled
- Agent Carter (35:10)
- Officially canceled
- Marvel’s Most Wanted (35:22)
- Passed on
- SHIELD finale this week
- The Muppets (41:10)
- Canceled
- Supergirl (22:40)
- Moving to CW for season 2
- Krypton (44:15)
- Ordered to pilot by SyFy
- Powerless (series) (45:00)
- Picked up by NBC
- Crimson Fox; Danny Pudi; Alan Tudyk
- Wonder Woman (47:10)
- Has wrapped production
- Justice League (48:35)
- Main villain is Steppenwolf, uncle of Darkseid
- Rumor: Atlanteans, Man, Amazonians teamed up before to send him away
- 3 Mother Boxes on Earth
- Black Canary is original resistance group from history
- Green Lantern Corps (50:45)
- Moved back 5 weeks
- Godzilla 2 (51:30)
- Moved back
- Gareth Edwards left
- Godzilla vs King Kong (52:15)
- Looking at 2020 release
- Assassin’s Creed (53:20)
- Trailer
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpO8BO6GWSM- audio edit
- Trailer
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016
1hr 5 min
Superhero Slate is super excited that Captain America’s Civil War is finally here! Also, new Star Wars video games impress us, we’re gonna talk about those Power Ranger outfits, Fox lines up its New Mutants, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Captain America: Civil War (8:25)
- Initial impressions; Spoilercast
- Box Office Update
- Avengers: Infinity War (15:50)
- Parts 1 and 2 will get new titles
- To help show films are separate, but equal?
- Black Widow (19:55)
- Committed to making a solo film
- Probably not till phase 4
- Captain Marvel (24:10)
- Rumor: Emily Carmichael to direct
- Award winning short film director/writer
- Lending rumors to Emily Blunt as Carol Danvers
- Rumor: Emily Carmichael to direct
- Doctor Strange (28:00)
- Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Inside Out; The Incredibles)
- Star Wars (31:05)
- Video game coming from Respawn (Titanfall)
- Stig Asmussen, God of War director in charge
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (33:15)
- New Star Wars day trailer
- Tons of new stories - all canon
- Rescue Admiral Ackbar; Hunt Rathtars with Han/Chewie; C3PO’s red arm and more
- Han Solo Solo Film (35:38)
- Elden Ehrenreich reportedly cast as role
- New Mutants (38:30)
- Lineup revealed?
- Wolfsbane
- Magik
- Mirage
- Cannonball
- Sunspot
- Warlock
- Lineup revealed?
- Batman: The Killing Joke (42:50)
- Releasing August 2
- Rated R animated film
- Justice League (45:45)
- Ben Affleck added as EP
- Irredeemable (48:55)
- To be directed by Adam McKay
- Irredeemable was first published in 2009 and tells the story of a Superman-like character, The Plutonian, who one days snaps and becomes the world’s greatest supervillain, flooding continents and killing millions. The former hero’s allies, a team of heroes called The Paradigm, are the only ones that can stop him all while on the run from his god-like rage. As the team tries to uncover his secrets and find a way to stop him, they must figure out what drove him to the edge and team up with their former enemies to stop their friend. What happens to the world when its savior betrays it?
- The Mummy (51:15)
- Russell Crowe joins as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Universal Monster Film (53:10)
- Set to debut in 2019
- Invisible Man?
- Set to debut in 2019
- Power Rangers (54:05)
- Assassin’s Creed (58:15)
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016
54 min
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
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016
1hr 10 min
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
Apr 24, 2016
Apr 24, 2016
1hr 7 min
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
Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016
1hr 10 min
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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Apr 10, 2016
Apr 10, 2016
1hr 5 min
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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