A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016
54 min
In this episode of Superhero Slate, Deadpool slashes his way into our hearts, Batman and Superman fight it out in a new trailer, Transformers refuses to die, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Deadpool reactions (6:25)
- Deadpool 2 (15:15)
- Fox has greenlit sequel; bringing back original crew
- Not likely to take FF2 slot - June 2017
- X-Force to be main factor
- Cable!
- Fox has greenlit sequel; bringing back original crew
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (21:25)
- Trailer #3
- Maps for cities released
- Arrow (27:55)
- Can’t use Deathstroke, he’s in use at another project
- Scott Eastwood in Suicide Squad?
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (31:40)
- First set image - new logo?
- Thanos not in it
- Probably no infinity stones
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (35:55)
- LEGO Game confirmed to be canon
- Expand on stories, such as C3PO’s missing arm
- June 28
- Video Game PSA (39:05)
- Deadpool 40% X1; 60% X360
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 = $10
- The Invisible Man (41:40)
- Johnny Depp to play character
- Monster Universe
- Transformers (45:40)
- 5 - June 23, 2017
- 6 - June 8, 2018 (Based on Bumblebee, a solo-esque film)
- 7 - June 28, 2019
- Voltron Legendary Defender (48:30)
- Alien: Covenant (51:10)
- Danny McBride in talks to join
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Feb 8, 2016
Feb 8, 2016
37 min
Welcome to part two of Superhero Slate's Super Ball Sunday shows! In this post game episode we talk about the trailers we saw, what blew us away, funny commentary, and more!
News
- Deadpool
- Reviews are out, be wary the internet!
- Second after credits scene added for theaters
- Spoilercast soon
- Daredevil
- Movie Trailers & TV Spots
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Feb 6, 2016
Feb 6, 2016
1hr 3 min
Welcome to part one of Superhero Slate's Super Ball Sunday shows! We talk Civil War promotional artwork, Legion starts casting, listen to our Super Bowl 50 predictions, and more!
News (6:00)
- Captain America: Civil War
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (11:45)
- Daredevil S2 (18:20)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (20:10)
- LEGO Game releasing this June
- Content bridges Ep 6 to 7
- Legion (series) (24:55)
- Description
- "Since he was a teenager, David has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real."
- Casting
- Dan Stevens will star in the series as David Haller, described as "a haunted man, trying to find his way back to sanity, but he's getting tired and is about to give up when he meets the girl of his dreams."
- Aubrey Plaza will play Haller's best friend Lenny. Lenny has lived a life of substance abuse, but "knows that any day now her life is going to turn around" thus making her an "impossible optimist" with a "rough demeanor.
- Jean Smart will play Melanie, a "nurturing, demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods"
- Description
- X-Men Apocalypse (29:00)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (33:05)
- Bryan Singer to direct film next
- Supergirl (35:22)
- The Flash to appear on March 28 episode
- Power Rangers (40:00)
- Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa
- Wolverine 3 (42:00)
- Starts production in April
- Films in New Orleans/New Mexico
- Starts production in April
- Avatar 2
- Filming starts April
- In New Zealand
- Filming starts April
- Blade Runner 2
- Denis Villeneuve directing
- Production in July
- UK/Hungary
- Alien: Covenant
- Production this April
- Films in Sydney
- Production this April
- Transformers 5
- Production begins in May
Super Bowl Pregame Predictions (44:55)
- Denver Broncos vs North Carolina Panthers
- Who wins?
- Trailers & Commercials (47:50)
- Confirmed
- Gods of Egypt
- TMNT: Out of the Shadows
- The Jungle Book
- Alice through the Looking Glass
- Predictions
- Captain America: Civil War
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Deadpool
- Bourne 5
- X-Men Apocalypse
- Independence Day Resurgence
- Finding Dory
- Zootopia
- The Huntsman: Winter’s War
- Warcraft
- Star Trek Beyond
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Hell Noes
- Daredevil Season 2
- Suicide Squad
- Zoolander 2
- Ghostbusters
- Confirmed
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Jan 31, 2016
Jan 31, 2016
1hr 9 min
On the latest Superhero Slate, Thor’s Ragnarok brings the rumors, Rogue One fills out some details, the Justice League gets cartoony, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Thor: Ragnarok (5:20)
- Rumor: Thor is sent to a “Planet Hulk” scenario
- Director confirms Cate Blanchett
- Captain America: Civil War (12:45)
- Reshoots in LA, look out for actors!
- New promo piece for action figures
- Spider-Man (18:15)
- IMAX 3D release worldwide
- Marvel’s Most Wanted (20:05)
- Delroy Lindo cast as Dominic Fortune
- 1930’s adventurer, loves handguns & women
- Delroy Lindo cast as Dominic Fortune
- Marvel’s Luke Cage (22:00)
- Marvel’s Iron Fist (23:24)
- Gains a writer
- Scott Reynolds (Jessica Jones)
- Gains a writer
- Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (26:50)
- End credit sequence is scripted already
- Rehearsals are currently going on
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (31:20)
- Home release in April per Amazon
- Star Wars: VIII (35:15)
- Gwendoline Christie confirms return
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (36:25)
- Death Troopers will appear
- Darth Vader will have large impact
- Boba Fett could make an appearance
- Alan Tudyk will play a droid
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (41:50)
- Darkseid teased
- Part of the Knightmare Scenario
- Parademons!
- Wonder Woman is 5000 years old & retired when the film starts
- Darkseid teased
- Justice League (series) (48:00)
- Cartoon coming to Cartoon Network
- Focus on big 3
- Cast
- Mark Hamill as Joker
- Kevin Conroy as Batman
- James Woods as Lex Luthor
- Diedrich Bader as Booster Gold
- X-Men Apocalypse (50:05)
- Wolverine 3 (51:25)
- Script is almost finished, filming to commence this year
- Release March 3, 2017
- Deadpool (53:30)
- Colossus stays in metal form whole movie
- Blade Runner 2 (54:45)
- Filming in July
- Harrison Ford returning
- Super Bowl Speculation (56:20)
- WB/DC
- No BvS (could have promotions, but no new trailer)
- or Suicide Squad
- Fox
- Deadpool
- X-Men Apocalypse
- Independence Day Resurgence
- Universal
- EIther Huntsman The Winters War
- or Bourne 5
- Paramount
- TMNT Out of the Shadows
- Disney/Marvel
- Captain America: Civil War maybe
- WB/DC
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Jan 24, 2016
Jan 24, 2016
1hr 3 min
Superhero Slate dissects that Suicide Squad trailer, talk about the direction of the DC Cinematic Universe, speculate over several big Marvel rumors, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Suicide Squad (7:30)
- Wonder Woman (13:10)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (16:10)
- Lauren Cohan (Walking Dead) is Martha Wayne
- Justice League - part 1 (17:55)
- Legends of Tomorrow (22:45)
- First episode review
- Arrow/Flash (24:55)
- Return from hiatus
- Vixen (25:25)
- First live-action look
- Played by Megalyn Echikunwoke (voice actress)
- Agent Carter Season 2 (27:40)
- 2 hour premiere
- Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (33:05)
- Impressions
- Captain America: Civil War (30:10)
- Filmed 4 death scenes; Only 1 will be used
- Rumor: We know who!
- To throw off leaks
- Filmed 4 death scenes; Only 1 will be used
- Spider-Man (33:35)
- Release date moved to July 7, 2017
- Originally July 28, 2017
- Tom Holland on set, maybe as Peter Parker
- Release date moved to July 7, 2017
- Doctor Strange (37:10)
- Benedict Wong cast as Wong
- Thor: Ragnarok (39:40)
- Hela is villain, teamed up with Loki
- Destroys Mjolnir
- Hela is villain, teamed up with Loki
- Guardians of the Galaxy V2 (40:53)
- Villain rumor: Ego
- New Members rumor: Mantis, Yondu, and Nebula
- Netflix Shows (43:20)
- Description updates
- Marvel’s Luke Cage – In this Marvel live action series, a street-fighting ex-con battles crime on the streets of New York as the Super Hero, Luke Cage
- Marvel’s Iron Fist – “Marvel’s Iron Fist” follows Super Hero and martial arts master Danny Rand in the upcoming live-action series.
- Marvel's The Defenders – “Marvel’s The Defenders” brings together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage in an epic Super Hero team-up in New York City.
- Description updates
- Daredevil Season 2 (45:10)
- More intense homeage of hallway fight scene from Ep2
- Star Wars VIII (46:00)
- Release date moved to December 15, 2017
- Originally May 2017
- Release date moved to December 15, 2017
- Star Wars Underworld (49:30)
- TV series canceled from success of The Force Awakens
- Deadpool (50:35)
- Early screening for New York/LA previews
- X-Men: Apocalypse (55:05)
- Jubilee will have plasma-fire/electric type powers, not fireworks
- Takes place in same timeline as Deadpool/Gambit/Fantastic Four
- The Mummy (June 9, 2017) (56:55)
- Universal ‘Monster Universe’
- Tom Cruise to star; Sofia Boutella (Kingsman) as mummy
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Jan 17, 2016
Jan 17, 2016
1hr 19 min
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
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016
1hr 11 min
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
Jan 3, 2016
Jan 3, 2016
1hr 14 min
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
Dec 31, 2015
Dec 31, 2015
1hr 6 min
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
Dec 20, 2015
Dec 20, 2015
1hr 4 min
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