This week on Superhero Slate we step into the Avenger’s Writing Room, Spider-Noir’s Swings and Losses, Street Fighter Punches above its weight, and more!

News

• Street Fighter (11:25)
  • New Trailer released for upcoming movie based on game series
  • Special moves, fight arenas, and pure campiness
  • October 16
• Spider-Man: Noir (16:10)
  • Amazon has canceled show after 1 season
    • Received 11 Emmy Award nominations (most for any Prime series this year)
  • Stated to lack “staying power”
    • The side effect of dropping all episodes at once
  • Also an expensive show to reshoot everything in color
• Marvel Television (20:33)
  • “Veil Productions” which is used for an upcoming small one-shot for Disney+ is using “Slumber Party” as the working title
    • Other evidence suggests this could be open to future seasons
  • Report suggests it is “youth-focused series”
    • Could be Champions or New Mutants (which had a comic called Slumber Party in 1984)
• Nova (25:35)
  • Michael Waldron seemingly confirms Richard Rider would be the main character of upcoming rumored film
  • Says the movie will have to reckon with the fact Thanos destroyed the Nova Corps off screen in Infinity War
• Avengers: Secret Wars (31:00)
  • Sounds like a ‘writers room’ of sorts helped craft upcoming Avengers movies
    • Stephen McFeely (Endgame), Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna (Spider-man), and Michael Waldron (Loki, Multiverse of Madness)
  • Noah Jupe is first new actor cast in movie
    • Rumored to be Franklin Richards aged up
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (44:25)
  • Currently second highest domestic film behind The Force Awakens
    • Will most likely take top spot before run ends
  • Will arrive on physical home release November 17
    • Potential digital in Mid-October
• Venom (49:55)
  • Insomniac’s game is still in major production
    • Picking up post-Wolverine release
  • Will feature Eddie Brock, Peter, and Miles as playable characters, with faster city traversal
    • Tony Todd had all voice work done before his passing
  • To be followed by Spider-Man 3
• Dungeons and Dragons (54:40)
  • Hasbro is still seeking studio partner for sequel to Honor Among Thieves
    • Writing team gave a completed script to company
  • Netflix creating a series set in Ravenloft focusing on the origin of vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich
    • Supernatural part of D&D campaigns and lore
    • Alfonso Cuaron as EP
• Lanterns (59:15)
  • Ryan Reynolds said he’d love to cameo in Lanterns, and HBO Max wants to take him up on that offer.
    • Reynolds says that movie helped him start his starring role career, despite its faults
  • Episodes 3 & 4 discussion

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This week on Superhero Slate Gorilla Grodd Goes to College, X-Men Gets an Angel, The Legend of Zelda celebrates 40 years, and more!

Patrick and Chris watch Iron Man (2008)

News

• The Legend of Zelda (8:10)
  • The movie is based on stories and concepts from franchise, not an adaption of one specific game
    • April 30, 2027
  • Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 first look
    • November 5, 2026
• Man of Tomorrow (17:05)
  • Rumors: James Gunn took note of complaints from Superman and changed production on film
    • New director of photography
    • Tone to be more mature, dense, and epic
  • Brainiac’s design rumored to be terrifying and goal is to immediately unsettle moviegoers
  • John Stewart to have big role and get comic accurate costume
  • Captain Atom set to appear and receive a medal of some sort
  • Rumor: Jay Garrick might appear or be referenced in film
    • No sign of Barry Allen or Wally West
• Clayface (25:00)
  • Tickets set to go on sale this week
  • October 23, 2026
• The Batman Part 2 (29:40)
  • Bruce Wayne will have a ‘63 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray in the film
    • Feels like a throwback to Adam West’s Batman vehicles
• The Penguin (32:50)
  • Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho Productions re-upped deal with Warner Bros TV
    • Company who brought us the Penguin season 1
  • Could be another small screen spinoff
• The People vs Gorilla Grodd (36:10)
  • Is currently filming on set with a practical Grodd outfit
    • Grodd and Matter Eater Ladd (Eduardo Franco: Stranger Things)
      • Possesses the power to eat matter in all forms
  • Several songs sung on set, including Party Rock Anthem
  • Show will also feature fake interviews and cutaways
• Avenger: Doomsday (43:05)
  • Less than 100 days till movie premiere
  • Latverian Witches on merchandise
• VisionQuest (49:50)
  • New teaser released for series
  • October 14 on Disney+
    • Less than a month till series debuts
• The Punisher (54:15)
  • Rumor is Marvel is planning to move forward with a sequel to One Last Kill
    • Not sure if its a series or a movie
• X-Men (1:00:10)
  • Asa Germann cast as Angel
  • Casting said to be underway for Beast and Iceman
    • Beast will be more his Original, non-blue fur look

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This week on Superhero Slate Marvel’s post-Secret Wars rumors are heating up, Batman Day is a Dark & Snowy Night, Guile’s Hair is a popcorn bucket, and more!

Wolverine (game)

News

• Resident Evil (9:45)
  • Update on movie
    • $108,300,000 worldwide
  • Thoughts
• Helldivers (13:40)
  • Alan Ritchson in talks to replace Jason Momoa in Helldiver’s movie
    • Based on squad game, similar to Starship Troopers
• Street Fighter (16:40)
  • Popcorn bucket revealed to be Guile’s hair
    • It is wearable and leans into camp
• The Batman Part 2 (20:40)
  • Matt Reeves shares a photo of Batman for Batman Day
  • Gives Dark Knight vibes based on color
• DCU (32:20)
  • No other shows than Lanterns and Grodd are in development per HBO boss
• Spider-Man (40:00)
  • Theatrical run has been extended until November 16
    • Longest Sony since No Way Home in 2021
  • Home release date of November 17 has been removed from many listings
• Avengers: Secret Wars (45:30)
  • Rumor: Brie Larson will have a leading role in upcoming movie
    • Will be a character who remembers the past
• Black Panther 3 (50:10)
  • Rumor: Kazar of the Savage Land to be character in film
  • Savage Land is similar to ‘land of the lost’ style of dinosaurs, jungle, etc. in Antarctica
    • Kazar is like a Tarzan ripoff for Marvel
• MCU (54:25)
  • Rumor: Phase 7 will be treated as a new Phase 1
    • Will consist of 9 movies and 1 is an Avengers event
    • 5 solo outings and 4 team-ups
  • Rumor: "space-based team-up movie” in the works
    • Will have Star-Lord, Nova, and Silver Surfer

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This week on Superhero Slate GTA 6 threatens to be the biggest media release ever, Avengers Doomsday is doing last minute filming, the Batmobile gets an update, and more!

Tim Curry passed at 80, Peter Cullen passed at 85 (Optimus Prime, Eeyore, Monterey Jack)

News

• GTA 6 (14:50)
  • 30 min gameplay trailer released during Gamescom
    • Netflix had exclusive rights for 6 hours
  • Game shown running on regular Playstation 5
• Iron Man (25:15)
  • EA’s game has leaked an unfinished trailer
    • Featuring large city environments, upgrade trees, story beats, and more
    • Japan and a SHIELD Helicarrier as well
  • You will play as Tony Stark
    • Also features Pepper Potts, Obadiah Stane, and Crimson Dynamo
• Avengers: Endgame Encore (29:10)
  • Trailer and tickets released with new posters for upcoming movie
    • None of the domestic versions feature the Time Stone
  • Color grading on film appears to be a little more rich in color than previous version
    • Disney has stated it will release on Disney+ eventually
  • Some dialogue was changed in trailer, but unsure if its edits or final version
  • Popcorn buckets of the Nano Gauntlet and Iron Man’s mask with a projector that says “I love you 3000”
• Avengers: Doomsday (35:45)
  • Final scenes being shot currently with franchise actors
    • Jeremy Renner shared photo of Hawkeye outfit (could be Secret Wars)
    • Mark Ruffalo was filming SOMETHING for Marvel
    • Winston Duke and Anthony Mackie as well
    • Rumor: Elizabeth Olsen’s stunt double on set
  • Are these post-credits scenes?
• X-Men (38:05)
  • Hired costume and set designers from Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Loki, Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Thunderbolts*
    • Also working on Doomsday currently
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (42:10)
  • Has taken over 3rd highest grossing movie (Ne Zha) and Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Currently less than $250m in China, which could have pushed it to the first $3b film
• Alien (44:30)
  • Ridley Scott says he’s going to do an Alien: Covenant sequel focused on David (Michael Fassbender)
    • "The one that just came out [2024’s Alien: Romulus] was OK. I think it needs some help. So, I’ve gone back in."
  • The Dog Stars sits at 39% on RT and was a box office loser this weekend
• The Batman Part 2 (49:45)
  • New look at Batmobile with ‘tire bumper’
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (53:05)
  • Several rumors hit about the Andy Muschetti NOT directing the film
  • WB is holding work on the film until after the Paramount merger
    • James Gunn debunked this
  • DC Studios is looking to get the film into production in 2027
  • Muschetti may leave the project to focus on Welcome to Derry Season 2
    • James Gunn could step up into director’s role

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This week on Superhero Slate we discuss The People vs Gorilla Grodd, Marvel adds another movie date in 2029, we review Lanterns Episode 1, X-Men 97 Season 2, and more!

News

• The Odyssey (11:20)
  • Will release on Digital and physical on same day, November 17
  • Traditionally films release digital first, then physical later
• God of War (14:45)
  • Dave Bautista to officially play Kratos in live-action series for Amazon
• Golden Axe (15:50)
  • Adult Animated series based on SEGA game coming to Paramount+
  • 10 Episodes, premiere on September 16
• Lanterns (18:35)
  • First episode is highest rated DCU property released
    • Biggest DCU turnout on streaming as well
  • Nathan Fillion’s Guy Gardner will make 3rd live action DCU appearance
    • Superman, Peacemaker Season 2, Lanterns
• The People vs Gorilla Grodd (28:00)
  • Comedy TV series announced from DC Studios
    • Jimmy Tatro as Gorilla Grodd
      • "We already know Skyler Gisondo is pitch-perfect as Jimmy Olsen, and we can’t wait for fans to experience Jimmy Tatro’s captivating and hilarious portrayal of Grodd."
    • Returning cast:
      • Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen
      • Beck Bennett as Steve Lombard
      • Mikaela Hoover as Cat Grant
      • Wendell Pierce as Perry Whit
  • Synopsis:
    • The series follows a superintelligent ape who is convicted of murdering his father, the King of Gorilla City. In an eight-part "true" crime docuseries, the Daily Planet's Jimmy Olsen reopens the case, investigating whether Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted in one of Metropolis' most famous murder trials.
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (34:20)
  • Josh Keaton (Spectacular Spider-Man) to voice Eddie Brock in upcoming season 2
  • Season 3 and 4 in the works at Marvel Television
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (37:15)
  • Latest released “Art of” Book has come under fire for including a very obvious AI generated concept “Big City, Little Spider”
    • Taxis in the street, “DEII Grocery”, fire escapes, etc
  • Is it AI or is it Photoshop’s Content Aware Tool + Photo bashing
  • Regardless of tool, poor form to publish in an official book
• Marvel Studios (47:55)
  • Five production companies set up by Marvel Studios for live-action projects.
    • Atlas Hall - X-Men
    • Dredge - Nova?
    • Fragment - Black Panther 3
    • Throttle - Ghost Rider
    • Veil - Disney+ project, could be anything
  • New movie dated for November 11, 2029
• Ghost Rider (51:30)
  • Will film in the US compared to the UK
  • Most likely due to locations that are not easy to replicate in the UK
  • July 28, 2028
• Avengers: Secret Wars (52:45)
  • Production starts September in the UK
• Naruto (59:25)
  • Charles Melton is set to play Kakashi Hatake, the “Copy Ninja”
  • Expected to film February 2027 with Destin Daniel Cretton
• X-Men (1:00:10)
  • Charles Melton still in talks to play Beast for X-Men, despite Naruto casting
• X-Men 97 (1:02:50)
  • Season 2 discussion

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This week on Superhero Slate we cover D23 2026 and Disney delivers X-Men Casting News, a New Doomsday Trailer, we have a leaked Spider-Verse teaser, and more!

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News

• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (5:45)
  • Footage leaked for upcoming Sony animated film
  • Features scene from end of Across the Spider-Verse with alternate universe Miles
• D23 (12:00)
  • Disney’s bi-annual event with park, movie, and streaming reveals
• Disney Parks (13:55)
  • Avatar for Disneyland
  • Piston Peak for Disney World
  • Marvel’s Campus Expanding - King Thanos ride
• Disney Movies (27:30)
  • The Princess Diaries 3
  • Lilo & Stitch 2, will feature Angel (the pink one) - May 26, 2028
  • Ice Age: Boiling Point - February 7, 2027
  • Tangled - March 31, 2028
  • Oswald - February 17, 2027 (Jon Favreau) - streaming
  • Zootopia 3 (bird related)
  • Frozen 3 footage shown with villain reveal - November 24, 2027
• Pixar (33:00)
  • Incredibles 3 - June 16, 2028
  • Coco 2 - November 2029
• Kingdom Hearts IV (36:55)
  • New trailer reveals it will feature Coco inspired world
    • Late 2027 release window
  • Original anime series also greenlit
• VisionQuest (43:20)
  • New trailer reveals all the AI in their human avatar forms, including James Spader and Ultron as he works with his reincarnated son
    • F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., DUM-E
• Avengers: Doomsday (49:20)
  • D23 special look (same as SDCC footage) gives history to Victor Von Doom
    • Tickets for regular screens also now on sale
  • Hugh Jackman video shown asking if he (and Deadpool voiced offscreen by Ryan Reynolds) are able to help round out the cast
  • Disney+ Countdown to Doomsday List
    • X-Men
    • X2
    • Captain America: The First Avenger
    • Avengers: Infinity War
    • Avengers: Endgame
    • LOKI S1 & S2
    • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • Spider-Man: No Way Home
    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    • Captain America: Brave New World
    • Deadpool & Wolverine
    • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    • Thunderbolts*
    • The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• X-Men (56:55)
  • Cast revealed on stage, alongside movie’s Logo:
    • Sadie Sink, who debuted as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day
    • Kit Connor as Scott Summers
    • Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier
    • Samara Weaving as Emma Frost
    • Inde Navarrette as Rogue
    • Maya Boyd as Storm
    • Adam Driver announced that he will play Nathaniel Milbury (jokingly NOT Magneto)
  • Confirmed for May 5, 2028
• Wolverine (game) (1:01:05)
  • Gameplay reviews coming in
    • Suits regenerate themselves so you’re not looking at ragged outfits all game
  • Special edition console, controllers, and plates available for PS5
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (1:03:15)
  • Trailer reveals Doc Ock, Lizard, Rhino, Symbiote and more
  • January on Disney+
• Ahsoka (1:04:00)
  • Season 2 trailer released
    • Rebels characters Hera, Ezra, Zeb, and Chopper return to face Admiral Thrawn
  • January 20, 2027
• Star Wars; Starfighter (1:08:35)
  • Sizzle reel footage shown to convention
    • Leaked online
  • Features classic 70s Star Wars title treatment

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This week on Superhero Slate we have more X-Men casting details, Indiana Jones returns in a Comic Book, James Cameron might give up Avatar, and more!

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News

• God of War (9:20)
  • Dave Bautista in talks to star as Kratos in recast for upcoming Amazon series
    • Hurst shares pre-injury in costume
  • Season 2 also will recast the roles of Atreus; time passage same as in game
• Legend of Zelda (13:25)
  • Movie will be Sam Neill’s final acting role
  • Uli Latukefu (Young Rock) cast as Ganondorf
• Jurassic World Rebirth (17:55)
  • Gareth Edwards leaves sequel due to creative differences
    • Was brought on Rebirth because of same issue
• The Mummy 4 (22:45)
  • Oded Fehr and Kevin J. O’connor officially returning to sequel
    • Playing Ardeth Bay and Beni Gabor
• Indiana Jones (24:30)
  • New comic book coming out featuring Indiana Jones’ adventures
    • Indiana Jones And The Sword Of Pandemonium will be a 5 issue series set around Raiders of the Lost Ark era
    • Written by Jason Aaron (Thor) and art by Aaron Kuder (Daredevil)
  • Also announced: Indiana Jones: The Further Adventures Book I and Indiana Jones: The Further Adventures Book II, new deluxe hardcovers collecting the character’s beloved 1980s Marvel Comics sagas
• Lanterns (28:35)
  • Clips teases a “pretty peaceful place out there” in the galaxy
    • Then why do they need space cops?
• Blue Beetle (31:00)
  • James Gunn says animated series “in active development” still
• Avatar (34:30)
  • James Cameron unsure on his role in future Avatar films after spending 21 years on them
    • “What are the other stories I want to tell? How many of them do I need to direct myself versus writing and/or producing with other filmmakers?'"
• Sinister Six (39:50)
  • Concept art for Sony’s scrapped film (after Amazing Spider-man) revealed
    • Doctor Octopus with a new take
  • Spider-Man falling into a volcanic island, surrounded by missiles
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (43:05)
  • Closing in on $2 billion world wide
    • Records broken
  • Destin Daniel Cretton will be doing Naruto next
    • New Spider-Man trilogy will be slower than previous 3 films
• Avengers: Doomsday (47:55)
  • Promotional images for Latverian Witches leaked
    • Previously seen at SDCC, plus a new one
• X-Men (52:35)
  • Casting updates and rumors before D23
    • Jean Grey: Sadie Sink (Spider-Man BND)
    • Cyclops: Kit Connor (Heartstopper)
    • Emma Frost: Samara Weaving
    • Beast: Charles Melton (Rumor)
    • Rogue: Cailee Spaeny (Rumor)
    • Professor X: Christopher Abbott (Wolf Man) currently front runner; Will Poulter (Guardians 3) also testing for role
    • Adam Driver as ?
• D23 (59:20)
  • New poster features Storm, causing rumors of casting announcements to spin up
  • Next weekend
• X-Men 97 (1:02:45)
  • Season 2 has 9 episodes (compared to season 1’s 10)
    • Due to release, not quality
  • Season 3 and 4 re-confirmed to release on a yearly pattern starting in 2027

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This week on Superhero Slate Spider-Man swings into theaters, Blanka makes his Street Fighter debut, Jumanji hits the Open World, and more!

GenCon - Mystic Curling Club, Hoxfall, Marvel Multiversus RPG (Secret Wars)

News

• Alien: Romulus (10:05)
  • Sequel talk stalls due to Michael Fassbender’s David character
    • Ridley Scott doesn’t want a character he created in another movie
  • David Jonsson and Cailee Spaeny have moved (likely) to MCU projects
• Jumanji: Open World (15:00)
  • New trailer revealing upcoming Jumanji sequel
  • Third of the new Jumanji films (4th overall) is releasing this Holiday against Doomsday and Dune 3
    • Synopsis says “Final” but franchises, ya know
• Street Fighter (19:05)
  • Blanka vs Ryu clip reveals Jason Momoa’s green skinned ‘monster’
  • October 16
• Booster Gold (22:55)
  • David Jenkins says his version of Booster Gold series for DCU not moving forward
  • Show will still go on with a new creative team
• Wonder Man (25:45)
  • Season 2 canceled after announcement of renewal earlier this year
  • Writers room hadn’t opened, with all production team released to pursue other projects
  • Showrunner Andrew Guest put some info out on Tiktok
    • "I feel how you all feel. And I just want to clear up what I can here. This is not a marketing stunt. There is no movie in the works. And Destin’s schedule, and no one’s schedule, was an issue. Yahya, Destin, Sir Ben, and I all loved making this show. All felt passionately about continuing to do it and were eager to. Contracts were signed, schedules were cleared. The writer’s room was supposed to start this month. The production was supposed to begin early next year."
  • Reasons?
    • Destin Daniel Cretton could be moving on to other projects like Spider-Man 5 or Shang-Chi 2
    • Character could be moved to theatrical team up, possibly Shang-Chi 2
    • Renewal was promotional stunt to see if more people watched it under the assumption a second season was happening
    • Marvel could be done with streaming live action series (probably was not cheap with academy award winners)
• Blade (33:12)
  • Mahershala Ali confirms project at Marvel isn’t going forward
    • At least not with him
  • Likely has been ‘dead’ for a while, since he didn’t voice Blade Knight
• X-Men (38:00)
  • Deadline reports Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) has been cast as Emma Frost
    • Niece of Hugo Weaving who played Red Skull
  • Storm casting has Ryan Coogler involvement
    • Likely to be involved in Black Panther 3
• Avengers: Secret Wars (41:15)
  • Likely to start filming within a month or so
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (43:10)
  • Currently eyeing between $340-370 million opening weekend; maybe $355
    • Possibly beating Avengers Endgame’s $357m, which was biggest opening of all time
    • Looking at $925m worldwide opening
  • Characters include Spider-Man, Punisher, the Hulk, Scorpion, Boomerang, Tombstone, Ramrod, Tarantula, The Hand, and ...
  • SPOILERS (53:00)

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