This week on Superhero Slate we’re talking X-Men 97 Season 2, Avengers Doomsday official art, Supergirl’s competing versions, and more!

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News

• Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (25:10)
  • After movie leaked earlier this year, release changed to Paramount+ on July 25
  • Official trailer
• Star Wars (30:30)
  • The Ninth Jedi coming to Disney+ on August 5
    • “Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi is an upcoming 8-episode limited anime series from Lucasfilm and Production I.G”
  • The limited series picks up not long after the events of the Visions shorts: "The Ninth Jedi" and "The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope."
  • Simu Liu voices a character Lah Zhima
  • August 5 on Disney+ and HuluAugust 5 on Disney+ and Hulu.
• Marvel Studios (33:10)
  • Returning to Hall H at SDCC this year
  • Avengers Doomsday trailer (before Spider-Man in theaters); Upcoming Movies/Casting (X-Men, Black Panther 3)
• Nova (36:30)
  • Michael Waldron (Loki) has “Nova” on his WGA credit page
  • Marvel has confirmed he is not working on a Nova series for them (at this time)
• Avengers: Doomsday (39:35)
  • First concept art unveiled at Shanghai Expo
    • Artwork for movie too
  • Doom’s Throne revealed
• X-Men (48:00)
  • Kevin Feige confirms X-men are arriving AFTER Avengers: Secret Wars
• AXE: Judgement Day (53:50)
  • Rumor: Avengers, X-Men, Eternals will be the Avengers 7 movie
• X-Men 97 (55:40)
  • Season 2 talk
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (58:30)
  • Looking to open between $230-250 million
• Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (1:01:10)
  • Trailer could be coming for SDCC to release before BND
• Lanterns (1:02:20)
  • Will have a panel at SDCC and interactive experience
• DC Crime (1:03:50)
  • Jimmy Tatro will play/voice Gorilla Grodd in the series
• Supergirl (1:05:35)
  • DC Studios had a director’s cut vs a studio cut competing in test screenings
    • Neither really ‘won’ per THR

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This week on Superhero Slate Marvel’s Nova movie gets a writer, The Batman 2 is delayed, Avengers Tickets go on sale, and more!

SDCC is next weekend; Sam Neil passed away at age 78

News

• Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (10:40)
  • Will receive limited theatrical release from July 24 to July 30
  • Most likely to become eligible for 2027 Academy Awards
• GI Joe (16:11)
  • Danny McBride taking over directing duties on upcoming film
    • Will be his feature Directorial Debut
  • Chris Hemsworth exited project for ‘undisclosed reasons’ - Thor 5?
  • Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, and Walton Goggins are lead choices to be in film
    • Cooper likely to take Hemsworth’s role as “Duke”
• Call of Duty (19:15)
  • Movie officially set in “Modern Warfare” universe
    • Games aren’t linear or connected
  • One of the most popular video games released in the end 00s
• God of War (23:40)
  • Kratos actor Ryan Hurst tears biceps filming live-action series
    • Will be recast due to 6 month+ recovery time
  • Series has filmed at least 4 episodes of season 1’s 10, but show has 20 commitment
• Wolverine (game) (24:55)
  • New trailer released for upcoming game, playing before The Odyssey
  • September 15 on PS5
• X-Men (31:15)
  • Rumor front runner casting:
    • Bill Skarsgaard as Professor X
    • Cailee Spaeny as Rogue
    • Adam Driver as villain (William Stryker, Mister Sinister, etc)
    • Charles Melton as Beast
    • Cooper Hoffman as Cyclops
    • Sadie Sink as Jean Grey
    • Margot Robbie as Emma Frost
  • Second set of rumors say no Wolverine or Magneto
• Nova (35:10)
  • Michael Waldron has been tapped to pen a Nova MOVIE instead of a series
    • Previously reported Marvel said no Nova series when questioned about his WGA page
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (39:13)
  • Releasing July 29 in Prime screenings July 30th for regular screenings
  • Social media embargo lifts July 27, and review embargo on July 28
• Avengers: Doomsday (42:30)
  • Tickets will go on sale July 20 for Infinity Vision theaters
    • Most likely needs SOME sort of trailer/video to announce
  • Official runtime of movie is 165 minutes (could change, by only by small margin)
  • They have confirmed the first trailer will debut during Marvel's Hall H panel on July 25
• Box Office (48:15)
  • Domestic BO is trending to pass $10 billion this year
    • First time since 2019
  • Major movies so far have not made sizeable impact
    • Star Wars, Minions, Moana, Supergirl, He-Man
  • Cheaper, indie films made by Gen Z or visionaries
    • Backrooms, Obsession, Odyssey, Project Hail Mary
• The Batman Part 2 (53:30)
  • Movie delayed to February 18 2028 per Matt Reeves’ camera test
  • Batman has bigger ears
• Man of Tomorrow (55:30)
  • Xolo Maridueña will return as Blue Beetle in upcoming movie
    • Animated series announced 2 years ago has no updates or information since
  • Definitely NOT a Justice League...or is it?

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This week on Superhero Slate San Diego Comic-Con gives us Ghost Rider, a new Lanterns trailer, the Spaceballs Cinematic Universe, and more!

The Odyssey, Rainforest Cafe

News

• SDCC 2026 (17:55)
  • Going on now!
• Spaceballs (19:25)
  • The New One panel reveals a parody universe of films
• Avatar: Seven Havens (22:15)
  • Next series trailer
  • Retracted: All 26 episodes of Seven Havens will be available to stream starting October 9
• Resident Evil (29:00)
  • New Trailer for upcoming movie
  • September 18 in theaters
• Supergirl (33:00)
  • Home release dates
    • Digital on July 27th
    • 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 4th
• Clayface (33:55)
  • Trailer released featuring more body horror scenes
  • This is the same version from Creature Commandos, per Peter Safran
    • We WILL get the big clay beast
• Lanterns (37:45)
  • SDCC trailer
  • First look at suited up Hal and Sinestro
  • Manhunters - pre-Green Lantern space ‘cops’
• Star Wars: Detours (41:25)
  • Show will become available to watch, in a limited capacity
  • Selections of Detours will be playing exclusively at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
• Wolverine (45:20)
  • Story trailer for upcoming game revealed
  • Features Jean Grey
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (47:00)
  • Out in theaters this coming week!
  • Rosario Dawson confirms she filmed scenes but they were all cut from film
    • Played Claire Temple/night nurse in Daredevil
• VisionQuest (49:55)
  • October 14 on Disney+
• MCU (50:30)
  • Post-secret wars
    • "It will establish a streamlined, simplified, single universe that we can keep up with. Some things will be familiar, but many, many things will be entirely new.”
  • "We were just in a Marvel Studios meeting room, planning movies all the way up to 2042,"
  • "But yes, we definitely have plans [for a live-action Miles]," he revealed, "and I think a live-action Spider-Man movie has this destiny: to add Miles sometime after the Spider-Verse series ends."
• Avengers Doomsday (58:22)
  • Trailer brought in 503 million views in first 24 hours
    • Spider-Man Brand New Day is 719m
  • Tickets on Sale for Infinity Vision
  • Costumes reveal multi colored Latverian Witches
    • Green, Yellow, Purple, Red
    • Doom’s outfit up close
  • Panel
    • Hayley Atwell confirmed for movie
    • Deadpool showed up (X-force costume)
    • Leaked footage
• Ghost Rider (1:09:55)
  • Ryan Gosling confirmed to be Ghost Rider
    • This movie is based on a version he brought to Marvel Studios
  • Shawn Levy to direct
  • 2028 in theaters
• Black Panther 3 (1:15:40)
  • Ryan Coogler returning to direct threequel
  • David Jonsson (Alien Romulus) is T’challa’s son in upcoming film
  • The film will be shot on larger format celluloid film.
  • December 15, 2028

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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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This week on Superhero Slate DC animation goes all in on Absolute Batman, Daredevil Deep Cuts Return, Genndy gets his Conan the Barbarian show, and more!

Summer Break Next Week

News

• Invincible (7:55)
  • Officially renewed for Season 6
• Conan the Barbarian (12:30)
  • Genndy Tartakovsky working on animated adaptation of character
    • First pitched series in 2008
    • "After finding love in the pirate queen, Bêlit, a battle-hardened Conan defies gods, fate and even death to save her from a dark sorcery that threatens to destroy everything."
  • Will be on Amazon
• Ghostbusters: Night Shift (17:00)
  • First images revealed of upcoming series
    • Large sized ghosts
  • Plot:
    • New York City, 1994. Five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, a new supernatural threat hits the Big Apple. Now, a group of scrappy New Yorkers must suit up, face their fears, and bust some ghosts.
• The Odyssey (22:30)
  • Movie will skip influencer screenings and only invite critics
  • "bucks the trend of studios getting ahead of professional reviews by inviting fan-site bloggers and influencers to see major releases in advance and then letting them post (often highly enthusiastic) mini reviews on social media."
• Supergirl (29:35)
  • Now in theaters!
  • Initial Impressions
• DC Studios (40:30)
  • WB Animation revealed several DC projects coming out
  • Absolute Batman, Joker: Laugh Riot, and Krypto
    • Joker is not set in the DCU, when Batman is murdered, the Joker launches a ruthless crusade through Gotham’s underworld to find the killer who took away his greatest adversary.
    • Krypto tags along with a gang of misfit criminal wannabes who live down the block, and they soon discover he’s a ball of destructive, lovable energy worse than any of them.
  • Mister Miracle and Creature Commandos season 2 had footage, with Dynamic Duo still confirmed to be in the works
• Absolute Batman (43:30)
  • A ‘what if’ style universe where characters are reinvented, similar to Marvel’s Ultimates
  • Scott Snyder will serve as showrunner (creator)
  • “Absolute Batman boldly reinvents the Batman mythos for a new generation of fans, reimagining the Dark Knight as a working-class hero up against impossible odds (and the most terrifying foes ever), on a mission to prove that even in an era of wealth, power and corruption, one good person can change the world.”
• Batman: Knightfall (49:05)
  • Trailer for first movie in adaptation of animated trilogy
  • Follows Bane breaking Batman’s back, the rise of Azrael, and other iconic moments
• X-Men 97 (52:05)
  • Season 2 episode titles and release dates revealed
• Daredevil (57:40)
  • Elodie Yung and Alice Eve return for Born Again Season 3
    • Yung played Elektra and Eve as Mary Walker
• Avengers (1:02:40)
  • Rumor: Russo Bros. working on a third Avengers movie
  • Could be Secret Wars part 2 or potentially another actual Avengers film

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This week on Superhero Slate Spider-Man Tickets go on sale, we get Doomsday leaks in HD, Shrek takes us out of his swamp, and more!

Tommy Gofton/Dragon Ball Z The Board Game Saga, Toy Story 5

News

• Shrek 5 (16:50)
  • First trailer reunites cast for upcoming sequel
  • They go to “Further, Further Away”
  • Focus previously was on Shrek & Fiona’s daughter, who is not present in trailer
• GTA 6 (22:25)
  • New trailer to reveal cover art
  • Pre-orders June 25
  • Release November
• Twisted Metal (25:30)
  • Season 3 adds Mark Hamill as Pope Charlie Kane
    • Estranged father of Sweeth Tooth
• Harry Potter (30:00)
  • Series adds Peter Serafinowicz as Peeves
    • Missing from movie series
    • "cheeky ghost known for causing trouble in the Hogwarts halls"
• Jurassic World Dominion (32:00)
  • Universal spent $658.8 million on the 2022 movie
    • Previously held by The Force Awakens
  • Made over $1 billion at the box office
• American Villain (35:25)
  • DCU series featuring Jimmy Olsen titled “American Villain” on the WGA website
  • Peter Safran confirms its a Gorilla Grodd project
    • “We've talked about the Gorilla Grodd show for HBO that we'll start shooting this year. That's big news, by the way. I probably shouldn't have said that."
• Clayface (37:55)
  • Current run time at 1 hour 50 minutes
  • Aaron Paul has joined in a minor role
  • Rumored: No other DCU cameos or Batman mentions
• The Batman Part 2 (40:35)
  • New image teases 8:12
  • Scott Snyder’s run of Batman issues 8-12 saw him face off against the Court of Owls
• Wonder Woman (42:10)
  • Adria Arjona shows up at Supergirl red carpet, sparking Wonder Woman rumors
    • Could be Maxima in upcoming Man of Tomorrow film
• Supergirl (44:24)
  • Theaters this weekend
    • Tracking around 1/3 of Superman
• Avengers: Doomsday (46:50)
  • HD leaks of the pixel trailer from last week land online showcasing 4 different teams lining up
    • Another of Dr. Doom
    • Avengers, New Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men
  • Could a trailer be on the horizon with Spider-Man: BND and SDCC?
• X-Men (54:20)
  • Movie will enter pre-production in Q4 of this year
  • Lee Sung Jim on how he and Jake Schreier are approaching movie:
    • “with X-Men, Kevin [Feige] just wants to take a big swing and start anew, not be beholden to any of the movies that have come before,"
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (56:50)
  • Trailer released (matches leaked one) and tickets on sale!
    • Biggest ticket sales in 5 years, including biggest of 2026, 4th in the history of ticket sales on Fandango
  • Spider-Man, Hulk, Punisher, The Hand, and frozen people around the city
  • SpideyTracker website shows a ‘gray’ hulk
    • ARG website with Ned Leeds as CEO

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Get ready to power up! On this special bonus episode of Superhero Slate, Chris and guest host Patrick sit down with prolific game designer and founder of Lynnvander Studios, Tommy Gofton, to talk about his explosive new Kickstarter campaign: Dragon Ball Z: The Board Game Saga.

This game is a true survivor, having spent nearly a decade in licensing and development limbo across multiple publishers before finally breaking through to fully fund in just fifteen minutes! Tommy shares the incredible story of the game's resurrection, how his background in film helped shape his design philosophy, and why designing for massive IPs sometimes means throwing your own ego out of the window.

We dive deep into the game's actual mechanics, exploring:

• The Pendulum System: Why you actually have to "fail to progress" and take a beating in order to scale your power level—just like a true Saiyan!

• Stress as Health: How combining physical damage and psychic energy into a single "Stress" track cut down on creator's bloat to keep the gameplay fast and accessible.

• Breaking Canon: Why the game lets you pit Yamcha against Perfect Cell on Namek, and how the Boss Decks adapt to keep the scaling balanced no matter who is in your party.

• Cardboard vs. Miniatures: Why opting out of "74 waves of plastic" kept this massive game incredibly affordable and lightning-fast to produce.

Plus, Tommy shares his roundabout distribution workaround for international EU and Australian fans, and gives us a sneak peek of what Lynnvander is bringing to Gen Con (Booth 518)—including a celebrity D&D stream with the cast of Arcane and Overwatch!

Whether you’re a die-hard Z-Fighter or a board game design nerd, this is one episode you do not want to miss.

• Back the Game on Kickstarter: Dragon Ball Z: The Board Game Saga

• Check Out Lynnvander's Gameplay: Six Sides of Gaming YouTube Channel

• Find Tommy's Canadian Game Store (For International Workarounds): Round Table Board Gameries

• Visit Lynnvander Studios: Lynnvander Studios Official Website

This week The Batman Part 2 starts officially filming, X-Men 97’s Roster is Revealed, Avengers Doomsday MIGHT have a leaking problem, and more!

Masters of the Universe, Dragon Ball Z The Board Game Saga

News

• The Last of Us (15:150)
  • Season 3 filming in Vancouver, currently on planned hiatus due to Fifa World Cup
  • Peter Sarsgaard (Green Lantern) joins cast in role created for series
  • Season 3 confirmed to be final season of show
• Mad Max (21:50)
  • George Miller planning his final hurrah with the character/universe
    • One movie, one TV series, then sell the rights to the highest bidder
  • Current studios interested are Amazon, Universal, and Sony Pictures
• The Batman Part 2 (27:28)
  • First shot teased by Matt Reeves
  • Rumor: Brian Tyree Henry to play Harvey Dent; Sebastian Stan is Victor Zsasz
• The Penguin (32:00)
  • WB/Discovery/Paramount has passed on a Season 2 of show
  • Award winning first season could have had a sequel
• Poison Ivy (32:40)
  • Rumor: A series around Pamela Isley in the works at DC Studios
  • Unsure if set in DCU or Matt Reeves’ universe
• VisionQuest (39:40)
  • Synopsis revealed:
    • The Vision, rebooted and having escaped those who sought to use him as a weapon, has been in hiding. His quest for new meaning and discreet existence is interrupted when a bounty is placed on his head, forcing Vision to forge real connections and embrace found family if he's to survive.
  • October 14, 2026 on Disney+
• X-Men 97 (43:05)
  • Season 2 roll call trailer reveals more new characters for the season
    • Siryn, Strong Man, Havok, Archangel, Psylocke, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Polaris
  • Bone claw Wolverine makes his first appearance
  • July 1 on Disney+
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (48:48)t
  • Event happening June 17 - trailer and tickets coming with it
  • Potential leak of entire movie is out there
    • Several trailers, audio clips, and more making rounds every day
  • Entire movie could be online in low res or watermarked before July
• Avengers: Doomsday (55:50)
  • There are a bunch of potential leaks and/or fake content out there
    • Currently a video of Doom, Sentinels, X-Men, Avengers, and New Avengers that is about 12 pixels wide exists

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