A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Monday Nov 23, 2015
Superhero Slate is here with your turkeys, Chris and Mike! Check out our initial Jessica Jones reactions, how Marvel TV series are blowing up, Justice League goes dark, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Jessica Jones (8:15)
- Spoiler Free reactions
- Originally to be on ABC in 2010
- Luke Cage (17:45)
- Daredevil S2 (19:05)
- Iron Fist (21:00)
- Joe Quesada/Jeph Loeb confirms they’re working on it, not a movie
- Marvel’s Defenders (23:00)
- Has to shoot by a certain date
- Agent Carter S2 (25:00)
- First image
- First Trailer
- January 5, 2016 (2 hr premiere)
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (26:55)
- March 8 return
- Ant-Man (29:05)
- PSA: Digital release
- X-Men (29:30)
- To film in 2017
- Bryan Singer to return
- Summer 2018 release
- X-Men TV (31:25)
- Hellfire/Legion to film next year
- 10-13 episode for Legion if picked up
- Deadpool (32:45)
- Gambit (33:45)
- Sexy, heist Thriller
- Director is hired, but not confirmed
- Filming Spring 2016
- Release could be pushed to 2017
- Justice League Dark (35:35)
- Ron Perlman - Swamp Thing
- Colin Farrell - Constantine
- Monica Bellucci - Madame Xanadu
- Ewan McGregor - Jason Blood
- Deadman/Zatanna
- Ben Mendelsohn - Anton Arcane (villain)
- Wonder Woman (40:05)
- First image of filming
- Full cast/crew announced
- Legends of Tomorrow (41:15)
- First crossover teaser
- January 21, 2016 premiere
- Alien: Covenant (43:00)
- Title confirmed
- Synopsis
- October 6, 2017
- Riddick 4 (46:05)
- Another movie and TV series in development
- Transformers 5 (48:40)
- The Huntsman: Winter’s War (49:45)
- Memento (52:45)
- Remake from AMBI pictures
- Is this even necessary?
- Tomb Raider (54:05)
- Roar Uthaug to reboot film
- Star Wars (56:00)
- Battlefront impressions
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Sunday Nov 15, 2015
Mike and Chris record Superhero Slate early this week. We have mutant movie updates, people are joining movies, Jessica Jones hits soon, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men: Apocalypse (10:40)
- First trailer to come with Star Wars
- Deadpool (13:15)
- Shares Apocalypse universe
- Is present day
- December Trailer #2
- Gambit (15:55)
- Doug Liman in final talks to direct
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (19:50)
- Reed in middle of negotiations to return
- Doctor Strange (24:30)
- Amy Landecker joins cast in unspecified role
- Transparent
- Scott Adkins joins cast
- Deadpool
- Amy Landecker joins cast in unspecified role
- Thor: Ragnarok (26:55)
- Major villainess to join
- Enchantress or Hela?
- Major villainess to join
- Jessica Jones (30:40)
- Final Trailer
- Last poster
- Stan Lee makes a cameo
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (33:35)
- 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Aquaman (37:45)
- David Leslie Johnson (Wrath of the Titans) to write
- Justice League (40:30)
- To film first/second quarter of 2016 in UK
- Not back to back with JL2
- Wonder Woman (42:05)
- First set photo
- Starts filming end of November in Italy
- To also film in UK
- Suicide Squad (45:50)
- PG-13
- Snowpiercer (47:50)
- Becoming TV series
- ITV’s Tomorrow Studios
- Alien: Covenant (Prometheus 2) (52:00)
- Name change!
- Will have another film after it
- Comes into Alien 1
- John Logan helping write
- Skyfall/Spectre
- Finding Dory (56:50)
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Sunday Nov 08, 2015
Happy November from Superhero Slate! This week we have X-Men movie facts, Doctor Strange photos appear, some new trailers, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men Apocalypse (9:15)
- Wolverine is to be a part of re-shoots
- Teaser releasing soon
- Deadpool (11:50)
- New facts about the film
- Disregards Origins
- 70% was leaked script
- Fits into larger timeline
- New facts about the film
- Jessica Jones (15:25)
- Doctor Strange (18:50)
- Michael Stuhlbarg joins cast (MIB 3)
- Cumberbatch on set
- Better one!
- Baron Mordo
- Logo
- Star Wars (22:25)
- PSA: TV Spots now exist, beware the internet
- Character Posters
- Batman v Superman (26:40)
- Lex Luthor is manipulating Batman AND Superman
- Wonder Woman (28:40)
- Nicole Kidman wanted for female role
- Star Trek (32:05)
- New series from CBS
- All Access, premiering January 2017
- Warcraft (37:35)
- Preacher (43:55)
- Greatest American Hero (48:15)
- Being revived for Fox
- Van Helsing (51:30)
- TV series on SyFy
- Futuristic, female lead
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (54:10)
- Alice through the Looking Glass (58:20)
- Spectre (1:00:30)
- Mild review
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Monday Nov 02, 2015
Monday Nov 02, 2015
Superhero Slate has the definitive answer. Today’s show talks about Suicide Squad magazine covers, Batman Rumors, Jessica Jones teasers, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Suicide Squad (12:30)
- Batman (20:30)
- Solo film rumors
- Red Hood villain
- Joker/Nightwing to appear
- Solo film rumors
- Gotham (24:35)
- Mr Freeze is joining & wife
- BD Wong cast as Hugo Strange
- Supergirl (26:15)
- Premiere
- Civil War (28:50)
- Trailer to drop before Spectre in Russia (Nov 6)
- or saving it for Star Wars?
- Spider-Man (33:45)
- Tom Holland gets the Ultimate Haircut
- Toned and shaped
- Doctor Strange (36:15)
- C. Robert Cargill on set, worked on Sinister with Derrickson
- Jessica Jones (37:40)
- Purple Man
- “You can’t run, Jessica”
- Daredevil to appear at some point
- Iron Fist (40:30)
- RUMOR only: Will be a movie instead of a show
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (42:55)
- Pom Klementieff signs on for key, mysterious role
- “Ethnicity specific” - Mantis?
- McConaughey passes on villain role for film (probably Magus)
- Pom Klementieff signs on for key, mysterious role
- Powers S2 (47:30)
- Wil Wheaton cast in series
- Saban’s Power Rangers (48:40)
- Title change (see above)
- $35 million
- Not recasting original, but using Zords from that era
- Alien 5 (52:15)
- Blomkamp confirms its on hold for Prometheus 2 (Alien: Paradise Lost)
- Halo 5 (55:00)
- Chris beat it
Letters!
- From Jim Minteer! (His Blog)
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
You'll never hear more hype on Superhero Slate other than this week! STAR WARS! JESSICA JONES! OTHER STUFF and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- STAR WARS (9:20)
- Trailer
- Ticket sales 8:1 on Hunger Games
- All trailers mixed together
- Jessica Jones (26:35)
- MCU (32:55)
- Grossed $9 billion worldwide
- Phase 2 set coming out
- Doctor Strange (39:30)
- Production start November 4
- Thor: Ragnarok (41:00)
- To film in Australia officially in June 2016 in Queensland
- November 3, 2017
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (41:50)
- Peyton Reed in talks to return
- $500 million
- Gambit (43:40)
- Doug Liman courted for director (Edge of Tomorrow)
- Also, Shane Black and Joe Cornish
- BvS (46:05)
- Budget is around $410 million for film
- Krypton (47:30)
- Takes place 200 years before MoS
- Kingsmen 2 (49:30)
- Release June 16, 2017
- War of the Planet of the Apes (51:45)
- Alien: Paradise Lost (53:05)
- Prometheus sequel to film in Australia
- Underworld 5 (54:15)
- Starts filming
- 10-21-16
- Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (55:35)
- Starts filming
- 10-21-16
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Superhero Slate gets excited about Fox's first X-men TV shows, Hulk and Thor teaming up, new Star Wars materials, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- X-Men (6:45)
- 2 TV shows in development at Fox
- Legion
- Hellfire
- Exec produced by Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, as well as Marvel TV’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.
- 2 TV shows in development at Fox
- Fantastic Four (16:07)
- Fox may have made deal with Marvel to get TV shows
- Denied or truth?
- Luke Cage (21:30)
- Moon Knight (23:45)
- Rumor: Marvel developing Netflix series
- Black Panther (28:00)
- Ryan Coogler possible director
- Worked on Creed; Fruitvale Station
- Ryan Coogler possible director
- Thor: Ragnarok (30:05)
- Rumor: Hulk to appear in film
- Darkest script yet
- Valkyries to appear
- Ant-Man (37:15)
- 12/8 - DVD/BD
- 11/17 - Digital
- STAR WARS (38:15)
- LEGO Batman (44:25)
- Rosario Dawson as Batgirl
- Michael Cera as Robin
- Zach Galifianakis as the Joker
- Rosario Dawson as Batgirl
- Kingsmen 2 (46:25)
- Films in April 2016
- Alien Sequel (46:55)
- Godzilla vs. King Kong (50:00)
- Kong in 2017
- Godzilla in 2018
- Vs in 2020
- Resident Evil (51:55)
- A new animated film coming in 2017
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Monday Oct 12, 2015
Marvel's Phase 3 news got Superhero Slate hot and bothered, but we still show up! We also talk New York Comic-Con, Jessica Jones, Wonder Woman's time periods, and more!
Riff & Raff
- New York trip, but not NYCC
News (8:20)
- The Flash (movie)
- Seth Grahame-Smith to write/direct
- Wonder Woman (10:45)
- Time Periods
- Justice League (16:00)
- Animated series coming to Cartoon Network in 2016
- Marvel Phase 3/4 (18:00)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp - July 6, 2018
- Moves Black Panther forward to February 16, 2018
- Pushes Ms. Marvel to March 8, 2019
- 3 Untitled Marvel Films in 2020
- Schedule on Superhero Slate
- Ant-Man and the Wasp - July 6, 2018
- Black Panther (29:35)
- Hires writer - Joe Robert Cle
- worked on Inhumans script
- Director not picked until after script is done
- Hires writer - Joe Robert Cle
- Civil War (30:50)
- Avengers: Infinity War (33:30)
- Combined films have a production budget of $1 billion
- Jessica Jones (36:15)
- 3rd teaser - jump/flight
- Carrie Anne Moss is Jeryn Hogarth
- Typically Male in comics, Lawyer and executor of Rand estate (Iron Fist)
- Nuke appears in the show
- Daredevil S2 (39:35)
- Concept art poster
- Leaked teaser(Skip to 1:18 mark)
- Rumor Patrol (42:50)
- Inhumans
- Iron Fist
- Age of Ultron (47:30)
- Loki cut due to test audience feedback
- Marvel Comics (49:45)
- Disney/Pixar (51:15)
- Cars 3 - June 16, 2017
- Toy Story 4 - June 15, 2018
- Coco - November 22, 2017
- The Incredibles 2 - June 21, 2019
- X-men Apocalypse (54:40)
- New Synopsis
- Like Star Wars - Main series + stand alones
- Max Max (57:35)
- Two sequels penned by George Miller
- Terminator (58:20)
- Franchise on shelf after Genisys
- Lord of the Rings (59:30)
- Nicholas Cage turned down Aragorn role
- Pacific Rim 2 (1:00:40)
- Budget is ready, waiting script from John Spaihts before greenlight
- Power Rangers (1:01:40)
- Naomi Scott cast as Pink Ranger
- TV Roundup (1:03:45)
- Walking Dead starts tonight
- Flash S2
- Arrow S4
Steamed Broccoli (1:08:30)
- Howard the Duck
- Super hipster stupid request
- Set superhero movies back to the stone age
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
Superhero Slate happens more frequently than lunar eclipses, so we talk new movies, possible upcoming TV shows, Fox's mutants, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Batman v. Superman (5:30)
- Rated Pg-13
- Watchmen (10:20)
- TV series in talks at HBO
- The Flash S2 (16:10)
- Star Wars (18:25)
- Skywalker family continues through this trilogy
- Marvel Netflix (23:10)
- Feige confirms DD and others will be referenced in films
- Jessica Jones (25:45)
- Damage Control (29:55)
- ABC orders script of 1/2 hr comedy series
- Based on Marvel group who cleans up after superheroes
- Captain America: Civil War (36:15)
- Ends the Captain America trilogy
- Thor: Ragnarok (37:55)
- Taika Waititi in talks to direct
- Flight of the Conchords; What We Do in the Shadows
- Doctor Strange (40:10)
- Feige confirms Origin Story
- New Mutants (42:10)
- Josh Boone’s first draft is complete
- Deadpool (43:25)
- Ryan Reynolds stole suit from set
- Gambit (44:50)
- Wyatt left to not comprise film vision
- Game of Thrones (46:40)
- HBO is making a movie after series ends
- Transformers (51:05)
- 5-8 confirmed
- Pacific Rim 2 (53:40)
- Removed from schedule, not canceled
- Ghostbusters (55:10)
- Animated movie in works
- Assassin’s Creed(58:25)
- TV Recap (58:55)
- Agents of SHIELD
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Sunday Sep 27, 2015
Superhero Slate's September comes to an end, but the news does not. This week Jessica Jones shows up, Supergirl villains appear, we talk Fall TV and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Spider-Man (10:00)
- Will be 15 in movie
- Sinister Six (12:30)
- Was a Spider-Man Adventure, could still happen
- Ant-Man (16:00)
- Wasp Concept artby Andy Park @andyparkart
- GotG Vol 2 (18:00)
- Iron Man will not appear
- Jessica Jones (19:15)
- Luke Cage (22:45)
- Agent Carter S2 (23:45)
- Star Wars VIII (27:30)
- Hayden Christensen rumored to return
- X-Men (31:50)
- Hugh Jackman wants Tom Hardy as Wolverine
- Men In Black (35:15)
- New trilogy in works, Will Smith not involved
- Supergirl (37:15)
- Prometheus 2 (40:40)
- Alien: Paradise Lost
- Furious 8 (43:40)
- No director found yet
- Begins trilogy that ends franchise
- Angry Birds (46:15)
- A-Team (49:40)
- TV reboot in the works
- The Splat (50:20)
- Nickelodeon’s 90’s cartoon block
- TV Roundup (58:00)
- The Muppets
- Heroes Reborn
- Doctor Who
- Gotham
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Sunday Sep 20, 2015
Things this week are back to normal! Chris and Mike talk Star Wars filming, Marvel’s upcoming Netflix shows, other obscure movies, and more!
Riff & Raff
Live Tweet us!
News
- Star Wars VIII (May 2017) (9:15)
- Star Wars Rogue One (December 2016) (10:30)
- Daredevil S2 (April 2016) (14:00)
- Drew Goddard still involved as EP
- Stick returns for 3 episodes
- Marvel’s Luke Cage (Fall 2016) (17:06)
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (Tuesday September 29th) (28:35)
- Guardians of the Galaxy - Disney XD (Saturday September 26th) (20:10)
- Cosmic Mix volume 1 (Listen on Spotify)
- Deadpool (Feb 12, 2016) (22:17)
- Fox plotting sequel
- Rough cut ‘delivers’
- X-Men (25:50)
- Gambit/Deadpool will interact with current X-Men universe
- Gambit (Oct 7, 2016) (28:30)
- Rupert Wyatt leaves project
- Begins early 2016
- Batman v. Superman (March 25, 2016) (31:20)
- Zod is Bizarro/Doomsday cross
- Justice League (Nov 17, 2017) (36:52)
- Brainiac is villain
- Booster Gold/Blue Beetle (38:45)
- Greg Berlanti to direct/produce film
- Gotham S2 (Sept 21, 2015) (44:00)
- Two major characters to ‘bite it’
- Supergirl (October 26, 2016) (45:30)
- Pacific Rim 2 (2017?) (49:20)
- On indefinite hold
- Will it? Won’t it?
- Star Trek Beyond (July 22, 2016) (51:50)
- Delayed 2 weeks
- Planet of the Apes 3 (July 14, 2017) (53:02)
- Woody Harrelson as main villain
- The Jungle Book (April 15, 2016) (55:15)
- Transformers 5 (1:00:51)
- Moving forward
- Animated Cybertron film also
- Trolls (November 4, 2016) (1:02:21)
- 2016 Animated Musical - Dreamworks
- Casts Justin Timberlake
- Godzilla v. King Kong (1:03:56)
- Legendary is confident it can come up with a rationale to explain how Kong and Godzilla can do battle - and possibly become allies.
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics