A weekly podcast where Chris and Mike talk about TV and movie news, superheroes, and everything in-between!
Episodes
Jun 13, 2015
Jun 13, 2015
1hr 4 min
Superhero Slate isn't changing, we just thought everything else is changing and we want to cover it on this week's podcast! We rave about Jurassic World, fangirl over the Punisher, prepare for Halo 5: Guardians, and more!
Movie News
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (4:53)
- Star Wars: Rogue One (7:51)
- Takes place between 3/4
- No Jedi
- Dark, gritty, war-type movie
- Original Stormtroopers
- Avengers (12:17) (27:05 trailer)
- Captain America: Civil War (15:48)
- Spider-Man (18:38)
- Rumored down to 2
- Tom Holland
- Charlie Rowe
- Rumored down to 2
- Spider Gwen (22:08)
- Possible movie pushed by Sony
- Post Phase 3 option
- X-Men Apocalypse (27:47)
- Suicide Squad (30:00)
- Official Logo
- Common is the Tattooed Man
- Ghostbusters (33:52)
- Chris Hemsworth cast
- Jurassic World (35:10)
- Second highest weekend ever (behind Avengers)
- First to reach $500 million in a weekend (Global)
- Review
- Second highest weekend ever (behind Avengers)
TV News
- Daredevil (40:00)
- Jon Bernthal is Punisher
- New logo for S2
- Constantine (45:15)
- Is officially dead
- Supergirl (47:20)
- Debuts October 26
- Muppets (48:35)
- September 22
- Agents of SHIELD S3 (49:06)
- September 29
- X-Files (51:51)
Video Game News
- Halo 5 (53:56)
- Batman: Arkham Knight (56:40)
- June 23 Release
- Current consoles/PC only
- E3 (57:40)
- Going on this week!
- Expect a lot of announcements
Trivia Time! (59:23)
- Last week’s answers
- Sais - weapon Elektra uses
- Vampire - Morbius becomes this
- False - L in SHIELD stood for Law Enforcement (Comics)
- This week’s questions!
Email us your answers to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed.
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
Jun 7, 2015
Jun 7, 2015
1hr 8 min
The Superhero Slate podcast is on rumor patrol! We talk about DC's direction for their movies, Ant-Man's increasing hype, Marvel rumors run rampant, and more!
News
- Wonder Woman (5:08)
- Chris Pine for Steve Trevor
- Aquaman (10:50)
- Director is James Wan (F&F7)
- Kurt Johnstad script (300)
- Suicide Squad (13:20)
- Ant-Man (16:48)
- Spider-Man/OsCorp will factor in
- Official Site goes live
- Ant-Man SizeScale
- Agents of SHIELD (24:29)
- Luke Mitchell now series regular (Lincoln)
- Henry Simmons series regular (Mack)
- Captain Marvel (28:57)
- Rumor - Angelina Jolie/Charlize Theron team up
- Civil War (32:22)
- Rumor - Martin Freeman is British Minister (mentioned in Ultron)
- Rumor - Something big shows up (Possible spoiler)
- GotG 2 (36:35)
- First draft of script is complete per James Gunn
- Daredevil (39:30)
- Jason Statham for Bullseye (not after his involvement was mentioned)
- Mysterio to appear
- Mr. Fear to show up (Essentially Scarecrow)
- Heroic Hollywood Marvel “Speculation” (47:25)
- Netflix is necessary evil
- ABC - Cloak & Dagger; Ms. Marvel; Hulk prequel
- Netflix - Blade, Ghost Rider, Punisher - may not hold own
- Daredevil - Elektra is coming (hehe)
- Defenders - want Doctor Strange involved
- Star Wars (54:56)
- 2nd anthology film to focus on Boba Fett/Han Solo rivalry
- Obi Wan/Darth Maul Trilogy - Ewan McGregor
- Big Trouble in Little China (59:45)
- Remake with The Rock to play
- Assassin’s Creed (1:00:33)
- TMNT 2 (1:02:20)
- Bumblebee from Transformers will cameo
Trivia Time! (1:03:18)
- Last week’s answers
- The Vision - married Scarlet Witch
- Iron Man - Joined GotG
- True - The Hulk was Joe Fix-it
- This week’s questions!
Email us your answers to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed.
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015
1hr 5 min
Superhero Slate gets back to business this week with only 2 people! Does the Suicide Squad boat have too many leaks? How did Doctor Strange conjure up controversy? Will TMNT 2 be Mike's favorite movie ever? All that and more in this episode!
Surprise Guest (2:03)
Movie News
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- Suicide Squad (3:15)
- Civil War (8:44)
- Damion Poitier on set
- Was Thanos in Avengers 1
- Iron Man concept art again
- Damion Poitier on set
- Spider-Man Screen Testers (17:31)
- Asa Butterfield
- Tom Holland
- Judah Lewis
- Matthew Lintz
- Charlie Plummer
- Charlie Rowe
- Daredevil (22:42)
- Doctor Strange (28:50)
- Tilda Swinton for the Ancient One
- CONTROVERSY (of course)
- Tilda Swinton for the Ancient One
- Star Wars (33:50)
- Apocalypse (40:36)
- Caliban will be in film
- Can sense mutants within a range
- Was Death in the comics after Archangel
- More bald Xavier
- Caliban will be in film
- Fantastic Four (42:19)
- Deadpool (Feb 12th 2016) (44:26)
- Finished filming
- Colossus cast - Andre Tricoteux 6’10”
- First teaser trailer with FF (August 7th)
- TMNT 2 (47:37)
- Tron 3 (50:47)
- Disney pulls plug
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (52:50)
- Reboot in the works
- Johnny Quest (54:00)
- Robert Rodriguez to helm live action
- Independence Day 2 (56:45)
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Trivia Time! (59:17)
Email us your answers to superheroslate@gmail.comor tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed.
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015
2hr 1 min
To celebrate the 20th episode of the Superhero Slate podcast, we brought on not one, but TWO whole guests! We talk about the Joker's tattoos, Civil War's characters, and an entire hour packed full of this year's TV series. Can you make it through the entire show?!
Happy Memorial Day!
- Introduce our guests
- Andi Royer
- Alan Glasgow
Movie News
- Suicide Squad (6:27)
- Joker Images
- Static Shock (11:20)
- Jaden Smith is character
- Probably digital series, not TV or Movie
- Per Tyler James Williams - who has read for Marvel
- Jaden Smith is character
- X-Men: Apocalypse (14:25)
- Psylocke to have purple hair
- Fantastic Four (15:33)
- Powers Commercial
- New Poster
- Rumor: Matthew Vaughn directed reshoots
- 3D release scrapped to put money in reshoots
- Josh Trank says no!
- Rumor: Matthew Vaughn directed reshoots
- Civil War (22:57)
- New Logo
- Who’s shown up?
- Cap
- Falcon
- Crossbones - done filming?
- Black Widow
- Scarlet Witch
- Hawkeye
- Ant-Man
- Iron Man
- Ant-Man (29:12)
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (31:30)
- Casting has begun
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (32:40)
- Rumor - Asa Butterfield
- Rumor - Matthew McConaughey to play villain
- Norman Osborn
- TMNT 2 (37:50)
- Krang to appear (rumor)
- Transformers Spin-offs (40:20)
- Writing Room
- Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead)
- Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man)
- Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk)
- Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)
- Writing Room
- Chris saw Tomorrowland (45:07)
TV News (46:46)
- Flash Season 2
- More Speedsters
- Andi’s Script?
- Season 1 is an alternate timeline
- More Speedsters
- Agent Carter S2
- 10 episodes
- Agents of SHIELD S2
- Will be on Netflix in June!
- Supergirl
- Leaked pilot
TV Special (54:18)
- Current Series
- Arrow
- The Flash
- Agents of SHIELD
- Agent Carter
- iZombie
- Gotham
- Constantine
- Blacklist
- Daredevil
- Powers
- Future Shows
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl
- Lucifer
- Preacher
- Heroes Reborn
Plugs
- Mike - @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
- Chris - @Valdan, ComicUI- News, FB & Twitter
- Andi - @andifine
- Alan - @awglasgo, Deviantart, Instagram, Facebook
May 17, 2015
May 17, 2015
1hr 4 min
The Superhero Slate podcast gets ready for every TV series to end for the summer. Also, Apocalypse gets a synopsis, Civil Wars starts filming, unexpected TV shows are coming, and more!
Episode 19 Show Notes
News
- X-Men: Apocalypse (3:45)
- Casting Call
- Confirms: Gambit/Wolverine
- Synopsis
- Casting Call
- New Mutants (9:13)
- Josh Boone to direct (The Fault in our Stars)
- Focus on young mutants outside of main series
- Deadpool (16:30)
- Captain America: Civil War (18:20)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (25:03)
- Daniel Craig is an uncredited storm trooper
- Simon Pegg slipped it
- Daniel Craig is an uncredited storm trooper
- Underworld 5 (29:03)
- Kate Beckinsale returns
- Anna Foerster to direct
- TMNT 2 (31:38)
- Supergirl (35:01)
- November, Mondays at 8 on CBS
- 12 yrs older than Superman per synopsis, is 24 but Superman exists?
- Trailer
- Legends of Tomorrow (43:03)
- First Poster
- Featurette
- Villain - Vandal Savage
- White Canary returns
- Gotham (48:00)
- Joker & Mr Freeze in Season 2
- X-Files (49:55)
- Coming January 2016
- Lucifer (50:53)
- Early 2016
- Trailer
- Minority Report (53:06)
- Preacher (53:32)
- Muppets (58:13)
- Trailer
- Tuesday at 8 on ABC
- Mad Max (59:43)
Next Week’s Show!
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 10, 2015
May 10, 2015
1hr 10 min
Superhero Slate doesn't let the week after Ultron slow us down. This week's podcast have Chris and Mike get ready for Civil War, look at Task Force X assembled, talk about CW adding another show to its lineup, and more!
Episode 18 Show Notes
If you’ve not listened to our Spoilercast last week, go hit it up! But only if you’ve seen Avengers: Age of Ultron. Listen here!
News
- Civil War (5:53)
- Promo Art
- Martin Freeman
- Unknown role
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- Everett Ross (most likely)
- Unknown role
- Emily Van Camp returns
- Agent 13/Sharon Carter
- Marvel TV (15:40)
- Agents of SHIELD/Carter are renewed
- Spinoff show is scrapped
- Netflix (19:12)
- Rosario Dawson back for more Marvel
- DD S2 and more Netflix shows
- Age of Ultron (20:50)
- Marvel’s Quicksilver
- Infinity War (23:07)
- Filmed using IMAX/ARRI Cameras
- First film to do so, entirety of movies
- Ant-Man (28:00)
- Poster
- Will open the Fantasia International Film Festival
- Spider-Man (30:32)
- Director Shortlist
- Jonathan Levine (50/50)
- Ted Melfi (St. Vincent),
- Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect)
- John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (Vacation)
- Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite)
- Director Shortlist
- X-Men (36:25)
- Rogue Cut release July 14
- Hugh Jackman confirms Wolverin3 is last time as character
- 17 years, not sure if in Apocalypse
- James McAvoy is bald
- Star Wars (41:35)
- Suicide Squad (45:55)
- Task Force X
- Deadshot with mask
- Harley Quinn on Set
- TONS of set photos
- But not going through them all
- Set in Midway City, MI
- the “Chicago” of DC
- How did the Joker get them tattoos?
- BvS (54:10)
- Legends of Tomorrow (54:55)
- Ordered for a series
- "When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?"
- Characters
- Captain cold
- Heatwave
- Firestorm
- The Atom
- The Canary
- Hawkgirl
- Ordered for a series
- Supergirl (60:30)
- Picked up at CBS
- Lucifer (60:37)
- Picked up for series
- Constantine (60:53)
- No more at NBC
- Powers (61:55)
- Renewed for Season 2
- Showrunner leaves - creative differences
- Muppets (63:51)
- New show gets series order
- Got standing ovation
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI - Facebook & Twitter
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
1hr 32 min
This is the super special Superhero Slate spoilercast for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron! 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.
Avengers: Age of Ultron Special
- Overview
- 2nd highest opening ever
- behind Harry Potter; Deathly Hallows pt 2
- $340 million overseas in first week
- 2nd biggest opening - so far, lots of factors in play, plus no sunday full numbers
- 2nd highest opening ever
- Mike’s Review
- Chris’ Review
Easter Eggs!
- Hulk was originally grey during Veronica fight scene
- Changed last minute or so
- Quicksilver
- Died, but did he?
- Project TAHITI is still in play
- Agents of SHIELD
- Hawkeye’s family is from Ultimates 2
- Has wife and family, but they’re killed
- Loki was filmed
- But not used of course
- Infinity Gauntlet!
- He put it on his left hand
- The Odin’s vault is right handed.
- Two confirmed by Feige
- Stan Lee
- Not twice, but 2 ‘scenes’
- Excelsior!
- FRIDAY - an AI from the comics
- Also JOCASTA as a choice
- Missing persons
- Winter Soldier, duh
- SHIELD Agent
- From Winter Soldier - didn’t push button
- Veronica is from Archie
- Betty is Banner’s love
- Helen Cho
- Mother of Amadeus Cho
- One of smartest kids in Marvel comics
- The New Avengers
- A team of secondaries
- Ulysses Klaue
- Is “Klaw” in the comic
- Loses hand/arm
- Ultron’s face
- When Thor, Vision, Iron Man hit him
- Melts into comic book form
- When Thor, Vision, Iron Man hit him
- The red cape around his face
- Crimson Cowl
- Identity in comics before revealing self
- Crimson Cowl
Questions
- Ultron and Scarlet Witch’s relationship
- Probably due to Mind Gem similarities
- Did he give her the cowl?
- Saw her wearing it
- What are his powers?
- Red lazers.
- Gravity lifts?
- Is that really a vibranium shell at the end?
- Can the Vision exist without the mind gem in his body?
- Will he die for Thanos to obtain it?
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015
53 min
Despite Avengers: Age of Ultron’s release, this week's Superhero Slate is full of news. We talk Spider-Man’s casting, Apocalypse’s mutants, TMNT 2, the state of DC’s cinematic universe and more!
Episode 17 Show Notes
News
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (1:18)
- Initial Thoughts - Spoiler Free
- Second episode is spoiler full
- Avengers; infinity War (6:54)
- Films 9 months straight
- Parts 1 & 2 back to back
- Daredevil most watched Netflix show (9:15)
- 10%+ of users watched at least one episode
- Next Spider-Man (12:14)
- Asa Butterfield
- Ender’s Game
- Tom Holland
- The Impossible (2012)
- Asa Butterfield
- Star Wars (15:30)
- Look at these scruffy looking nerf herders
- Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology film (18:00)
- Is a fact
- Due to Fox’s horrible experience with FF
- Apocalypse (20:50)
- Kodi Smit McPhee as Nightcrawler
- Jubilee
- Jean Grey
- Filming has started
- Logo
- Fox greenlights Kingsmen sequel (28:35)
- No story yet, but in production
- TMNT 2 (29:47)
- Tyler Perry is Baxter Stockman
- Casey Jones chooses his weapon
- April O’Neill is blonde
- But not really
- Batman v Superman (35:12)
- Promo images
- Batman
- Superman
- Wonder Woman
- Promo images
- Suicide Squad (40:10)
- Deadshot
- Some fan in a random costume, people claimed it was “Deadshot”
- Joker Photo a troll
- Power Rangers moved (45:42)
- To 2017 to avoid big hitters
- Flash on Hulu (47:00)
- Seinfeld to Hulu Plus
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Apr 26, 2015
Apr 26, 2015
57 min
On the calm before the storm, Mike and Chris talk about THAT new image of the Joker, Spider-Man’s cartoon movie, life uh finds a way, and tons more on this week's Superhero Slate podcast!
Episode 016 Notes
News
- Suicide Squad - again (2:30)
- Joker Suit
- Official Look at Joker
- Common cast in film
- unknown role
- I’m guessing Bronze Tiger
- unknown role
- Constantine (12:45)
- All episodes on NBC for free as of this weekend!
- Age of Ultron (14:00)
- $200 million internationally
- 4.7 stars
- Spider-Man Reboot (20:30)
- Spider-Man: The New Avenger?
- Spider-Man Animated movie in 2018 (22:11)
- Phil Lord/Chris Miller
- So hot
- Independent universe
- From Sony
- Phil Lord/Chris Miller
- Civil War (27:37)
- Baron Helmut Zemo confirmed
- SHIELD Spinoff (29:25)
- Mockingbird and Lance Hunter
- Daredevil season 2 (32:35)
- In 2016
- No Steven S. DeKnight
- Apocalypse (36:10)
- Horsemen confirmed
- But not who
- Filming April 27
- Reed Richards powers (38:00)
- "HE CAN WARP THE SPACE AROUND HIM"
- Jurassic World Trailer (39:32)
- Om nom noms
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJrkyHas78
- Star Trek 3 (42:45)
- Star Trek Beyond
- Ghost in the Shell (45:00)
- Filming start of 2016
- Captain Jack Sparrow returns (47:00)
- 5th movie - Dead Men Tell no Tales
- First Look
- Turtle Truck (50:00)
- C2E2 (52:00)
- Roundup
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, NerdTraffic
Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015
1hr 25 min
Mike and Chris can hardly contain themselves for this week's Superhero Slate podcast. We have a trailer from a galaxy far far away, a new hype for Fantastic Four, Batman is fighting Superman, they gush on Marvel's Daredevil and a ton more!
Episode 15 Show Notes
News
- Daredevil spoiler alert at the end of the show (1:40)
- First looks on Jessica Jones (2:45)
- Kilgrave
- Luke Cage
- Marvel gets a new TV show? (5:30)
- John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) has closed a deal with Marvel to help adapt a new superhero property
- Who could it be?
- Moon Knight?
- Cloak/Dagger?
- Who do YOU want to see?
- Who could it be?
- John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) has closed a deal with Marvel to help adapt a new superhero property
- Ant-Man Trailer (12:07)
- https://youtu.be/pWdKf3MneyI
- I choo-choo-choose this movie!
- CAPTAIN MARVEL (17:58)
- Sets Nicole Perlman And Meg LeFauve As Writers
- Angelina Jolie sought as director - rumor
- Star Wars celebration (20:24)
- Kylo Ren promo art
- The Force Awakens - NEW TRAILER
- Battlefront
- Rogue One details
- Called “Anthology” films
- "A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy."
- Takes place between 3/4, closer to 4
- No Jedi
- But Alec Guinness’ voice used for teaser
- Apocalypse Casting (32:55)
- Pyslocke!
- Olivia Munn - Iron Man 2 somewhere
- Havoc will return
- Pyslocke!
- Deadpool (37:18)
- Colossus bigger than expected
- Confirmed by writer Rhett Reese
- Fantastic Four has a DOOMed future (39:00)
- Trailer #2
- https://youtu.be/_rRoD28-WgU
- DR DOOM!
- Poster
- Trailer #2
- Wonder Woman loses director (44:05)
- Michelle Maclaran leaves project
- Creative Differences
- Patty Jenkins replaces
- Original Thor 2 director
- Michelle Maclaran leaves project
- Suicide Squad again (46:10)
- Jared Leto’s joker
- Terminator Genisys Trailer 2 (46:57)
- What the....
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGSxss7gWak
- Preacher (48:57)
- Dominic Cooper confirmed as lead
- By Seth Rogen
- Dominic Cooper confirmed as lead
- Attack on Titan Trailer (51:07)
- Batman v Superman (53:40)
- Credits released
- Affleck gets top billing
- IMAX trailer next monday (if not sooner)
- Could be 15 minutes
- Teaser for the teaser
- Official Trailer
- Posters
- Daredevil in depth (1:034:00)
- SPOILERS and more!
- C2E2
Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics
Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI, NerdTraffic