A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Apr 3, 2016
Apr 3, 2016
1hr 4 min
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
Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016
54 min
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
Mar 26, 2016
Mar 26, 2016
53 min
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
Mar 26, 2016
Mar 26, 2016
45 min
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
Mar 20, 2016
Mar 20, 2016
1hr 6 min
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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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016
1hr 3 min
Superhero Slate fights over the Civil War trailer, reveals Luke Cage’s debut date, compares X-Men posters, and more! We're also giving away Star Wars Steam codes, find out how to get yours.
Riff & Raff
Giveaway (6:15)
- How to win - interact with us!
- Star Wars games
- KOTOR
- KOTOR II
- Empire at War - Gold Edition
- Dark Forces
- Dark Forces II
- Battlefront II
News
- Captain America: Civil War (9:15)
- Teasers- #Team Cap & #TeamIronMan
- New trailer!- What did we learn?
- Will not see Wakanda in film
- Buy your tickets!
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (22:40)
- Let’s talk Underoos
- Zendaya cast in lead role - not love interest
- Working title “Summer of George”
- Marvel’s Daredevil (34:50)
- PSA - Release on Friday
- Spoilercast a week later
- Luke Cage (35:45)
- Debuts September 30
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (38:20)
- Sylvester Stallone on set looks like Judge Dredd
- Nova Corps
- Howard the Duck to return
- Not sure how or in what capacity
- Sylvester Stallone on set looks like Judge Dredd
- Kingsmen 2 (40:10)
- Halle Berry to join cast
- Julianne Moore is villain
- X-Men: Apocalypse (41:40)
- Justice League (44:50)
- JK Simmons cast as Commissioner Gordon
- Atlantis will feature heavily
- Not as dark as previous films
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (47:00)
- To premiere at New York’s 4D theaters
- Provide environmental effects synced with the movie, including "motion-activated seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, vibration, snow, and scents."
- CW (49:50)
- Renewed every current show
- Including
- Arrow
- Flash
- iZombie
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl (TV series) (54:00)
- CBS looking to renew for season 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV series) (55:40)
- 80’s version to appear on Nickelodeon show episode
- TMNT 2: Out of the Shadows (56:25)
- Ducktales (2017) (57:40)
- The Tick (59:15)
- Returning to TV from Amazon
- Will not feature original cast
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Mar 6, 2016
Mar 6, 2016
1hr 24 min
This week's Superhero Slate says when you can bring The Force Awakens home, talks about Sony making crazy moves, discuss Agent Carter’s second season, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Academy Awards (5:45)
- Rundown?
- Ghostbusters (9:42)
- First trailer
- Slimer and more
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (14:13)
- April 1 digital; April 5 DVD/Blu-Rey (get it)
- Star Wars VIII (16:50)
- First image from set shows landspeeder
- Potential titles
- Tale of the Jedi Temple
- The Order of the Dark Side
- Guardians of the Galaxy V2 (21:00)
- Sylvester Stallone in movie
- Cameo? Bigger role? Tango and Cash?
- Sylvester Stallone in movie
- Captain America: Civil War (22:30)
- Spider-Man doesn’t waste time retelling origin
- Chadwick Boseman is major addition to MCU
- Scarlet Witch concept art
- Venom (25:55)
- Moving forward at Sony, NOT related to Tom Holland/Spider-Man
- Dante Harper as writer
- Avi Arad/Matt Tolmach as producers (ugh)
- Men in Black x 21 Jump Street (30:35)
- Crossover moving forward with James Bobin
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (32:35)
- Rumored to be casting Shang-chi for series
- Wolverine 3 (34:30)
- Liev Schreiber confirms he had talks about returning as Sabretooth
- Suicide Squad (35:53)
- Sequel already in works at WB
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (38:10)
- Twitter emojis!
- Because that’s a thing now
- Wonder Woman’s Job description
- Diana Prince - mysterious antiques dealer
- Ben Affleck claims to have not changed a single word of Dialogue
- The Flash appears during a Batman nightmare
- Green Lantern won’t show up till Justice League 2 or later
- Jena Malone cut from the film’s theatrical release
- Will play big part in R Rated cut
- Twitter emojis!
- Powerless (series) (46:45)
- Takes place in “Charm City”
- Crimson Fox is Justice League member
- Red Sonja (48:40)
- Rumor: Bryan Singer developing TV series
- The Dark Tower (51:35)
- Idris Elba as “The Gunslinger”
- Matthew McConaughey as “The Man in Black”
- Sandman (53:45)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt exited the project
- New Line hired Eric Heisserer to write the script
- Power Rangers (56:05)
- Kicks off production - first look
- Synopsis
- Assassin’s Creed (1:01:20)
- NY Post has it set as an oscar winner
- New Line reportedly working on sequel
- Big Hero 6 (1:03:50)
- Returning as TV show on Disney XD
- Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD S3 (1:06:40)
- Returns Tuesday
- Renewed for Season 4
- Agent Carter S2 (1:09:10)
- Season 3 rumors
- Recap with SPOILERS
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI – Facebook & Twitter
Feb 28, 2016
Feb 28, 2016
1hr 2 min
The Superhero Slate leap day episode only happens once every 4 years, and this week Fox announces release dates, Civil War gave us new images, Powerless casts some actors, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Deadpool (6:10)
- #3 R-Rated film in America
- Domino in sequel
- Writers confirm him for X-Force
- Fox Studios (9:00)
- Gambit removed from schedule; no release date currently
- October 6, 2017 - Gambit/Deadpool?
- January 12, 2018 - Deadpool 2 or X-Force?
- Other options: New Mutants
- Daredevil Season 2 (15:07)
- Trailer Part 2
- Elektra, Stick, Hand
- Trailer Part 2
- Iron Fist (20:25)
- Rumor: Finn Jones as Danny Rand
- Guardians of the Galaxy V2 (23:30)
- Agent Carter (24:35)
- Hayley Atwell signs up for new show on ABC
- Conviction
- Future of Agent Carter?
- Hayley Atwell signs up for new show on ABC
- Captain America: Civil War (28:35)
- Martin Freemanrole - Everett Ross
- Crossbones; Scarlet Witch
- T’Challa
- Ant-Man Updated Look
- Details
- Controversial Ending
- Pepper Potts to appear
- Peter Parker “forms a relationship with one character”
- Thor: Ragnarok (35:45)
- Stellan Skarsgaard not returning as Eric Selvig
- Marvel’s Most Wanted (possible SPOILERS) (36:40)
- Synopsis
- Legion (TV Series) (39:55)
- Amber Midthunder (Banshee, Spare Parts, Sunshine Cleaning) as Kerry
- Powerless (TV series) (40:25)
- Vanessa Hudgens cast as Emily Locke
- "a claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people, but who is increasingly exasperated by the disruptive antics of the various Super Heroes that proliferate in her city."
- "an office comedy about the exceedingly average employees at an insurance company and their quest to find their own power."
- Alan Tudyk, Danny Pudi, Christina Kirk
- Vanessa Hudgens cast as Emily Locke
- Justice League (43:40)
- Filming April 11
- BTS Image shows Mera, Flash, more
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (45:34)
- Home release is rated R
- Ben Affleck re-wrote some script in Batman outfit
- Pacific Rim 2 (53:40)
- Steven S. DeKnight as director
- Predator 4 (56:20)
- March 2, 2018
- Alien Covenant (56:50)
- August 4, 2017 (moved up)
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Feb 21, 2016
Feb 21, 2016
55 min
Superhero Slate gets hyped on Wolverine 3 being rated R, Guardians of the Galaxy cranking it to 11, talk about if Batman and Superman are on the rocks, and more!
News
- Deadpool (1:39)
- Box office update
- #6 Rated R movie ever (on second weekend)
- Will pass $500 million this week; Biggest X-Men domestic film
- On track to become highest earning R rated Film
- Stephen Lang campaigning for Cable
- Writers don’t want a bigger budget for sequel
- Box office update
- The Wolverine 3 (8:09)
- Headed for a Rated R(not due to Deadpool)
- Old Man Logan adaptation
- “comic book story is incredibly violent, featuring decapitations, brutal murders, and a hero who suffers from sudden bursts of bloodlust.”
- Spawn (12:00)
- Todd McFarlane has finished script of reboot film
- Kingsmen 2 (14:55)
- Julianne Moore in talks for villain
- Daredevil Season 2 (17:35)
- TRAILER
- Part 2 on February 25, 2016
- Luke Cage (21:45)
- Captain America: Civil War (22:40)
- Team Cap Promo Work
- Empire Magazine(CIvil War #7)
- Rumor: Hulk?
- Doctor Strange (27:25)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (29:20)
- First Photo
- Synopsis
- Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage.
- New Cast
- Kurt Russell
- Pom Klementieff - confirmed as Mantis
- Elizabeth Debicki and Chris Sullivan
- Thor: Ragnarok (32:45)
- Rumor: Samuel L. Jackson could return as Nick Fury for film
- Star Wars VIII (34:30)
- Production Announcement
- Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran
- Working Title - “Space Bear”
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (37:35)
- Confirmed Runtime: 151 minutes
- Dan Amboyer as Hal Jordan
- Rumors
- Story divisive as Man of Steel
- $400+ million
- Could change future movie releases
- No one at the helm
- Testing in the middle
- Blade Runner 2 (47:05)
- Release January 12, 2018
- Ryan Gosling & Harrison Ford
- The Predator (48:05)
- First image
- Similar to Iron Man 3
Riff & Raff - Superfan Jim!
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Feb 13, 2016
Feb 13, 2016
41 min
This is the super special Superhero Slate spoilercast for Deadpool! Chris and Mike discuss the first superhero movie of 2016 and it doesn't disappoint!
There ARE spoilers in this, duh. So don’t be surprised.
Superhero Slate Deadpool Spoilercast Special
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics