A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Dec 20, 2015
Dec 20, 2015
56 min
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
Dec 13, 2015
Dec 13, 2015
1hr 7 min
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
Dec 6, 2015
Dec 6, 2015
1hr 6 min
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
Nov 29, 2015
Nov 29, 2015
52 min
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
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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Nov 29, 2015
Nov 29, 2015
1hr 8 min
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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Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015
1hr 1 min
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
Nov 15, 2015
Nov 15, 2015
1hr 5 min
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
Nov 8, 2015
Nov 8, 2015
1hr 9 min
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
Nov 2, 2015
Nov 2, 2015
1hr 8 min
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
Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015
1hr 1 min
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