This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got our first look at Lara Croft, the God of War has been cast, Star Wars gets new leadership, and more!

News

• God of War (4:35)
  • Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy; God of War) cast as Kratos
    • Previously voiced Thor in the game series
• Tomb Raider (12:20)
  • First look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft
  • Outfit follows more original game series, than modern iterations
• One Piece (24:25)
  • Season 2 trailer reveals the assassins, Baroque Works
• Star Wars (30:35)
  • Kathleen Kennedy retiring as President
    • Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan as co-Presidents
  • Gave updates on movies:
    • Simon Kinberg’s next trilogy = working on it right now
    • James Mangold = on hold
    • Steven Soderbergh (Ben Solo) = on the backburner
    • Taika Waititi = Alive, but not her decision since she’s leaving
    • Donald Glover = Alive, turned in a script
    • Dave Filoni crossover film = on hold
• Avengers Doomsday (47:20)
  • Trailer #4 featuring Wakandans and Fantastic Four released
    • Namor’s underwater city in a desert
  • Russo Brothers confirm:
    • "What you’ve been watching for the last four weeks are not teasers. Or trailers. They are stories. They are clues. Pay attention."
  • Countdown to Doomsday live video feed
• Midnight Sons (53:00)
  • Rumored lineup includes: Blade, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight, Wong, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, and Black Knight
    • Elsa Bloodstone set to appear
• X-Force (56:45)
  • Rumor: Marvel moving forward with an X-Force inspired film
  • Could be Ryan Renold’s next Marvel/Deadpool movie he’s been working on
• Mister Miracle (58:35)
  • James Gunn confirms series is officially set in the DCU
  • They have cast Darkseid, but not telling yet

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This week on Superhero Slate Tom Cruise Films a Lightsaber Fight, The Winter Soldier Gets Two Faced, The X-Men Return to Marvel, and more!

News

• The Wrecking Crew (14:10)
  • Trailer for Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa’s new “Lethal Weapon” style film
  • Amazon Prime January 28
• Star Wars: Starfighter (20:10)
  • Tom Cruise showed up to set and Shawn Levy let him shoot some of the scenes
    • “Cruise just wanted to watch, he told them, but Levy, setting up a scene involving a lightsaber duel in the water, suggested the star jump on one of the cameras."
  • Shawn Levy confirmed events:
    • "Last week, Steven Spielberg was here. And now Tom Cruise is wielding a camera, ruining his very nice shoes. Now when you see the movie, you’ll know that part of it was shot by Tom. I mean, how cool is that?"
• Avengers: Doomsday (24:30)
  • Trailer #3 featuring the X-Men officially released
  • Trailer #4 with the Wakandans, Atlanteans, and Fantastic Four in theaters now
  • Super Bowl on February 8
• Star Lord (30:55)
  • Rumor: Character will appear in VisionQuest and Doomsday
    • Previously concept art showed him as a roommate with White Vision
  • Helps explain how he knows most Champions/Young Avengers
• Blade (36:40)
  • Rumor: Marvel shelving movie for character to appear in Midnight Sons first
  • Movie was supposed to tell history of both Blade and the Ebony Blade, as a double meaning
• Spider-Woman (40:15)
  • Olivia Wilde’s previously announced movie has been scrapped by Sony
  • Willing to let Marvel use more characters
• The Batman 2 (43:10)
  • Sebastian Stan joins cast as Harvey Dent
  • Scarlett Johansson rumored to be his wife Gilda Dent
    • Could lead to female Two Face
  • Movie could follow The Long Halloween plot
  • Barry Keoghan most likely to return as the Joker
• Mister Miracle (49:40)
  • Tom King confirms casting is underway for animated series
  • He also hinted that we'll learn how the character fits into the wider DCU
    • James Gunn has said animated characters would play their counterparts in live action

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This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got a Wonder Man trailer, your exclusive reviews for Avatar Fire and Ash and Stranger Things Season 5, and more!

News

• Avengers: Doomsday (9:30)
  • Trailer Updates
    • Trailer #2 featuring Thor now officially released
    • Trailer #3 with the X-Men (Fox era) now playing in front of Fire and Ash
    • Trailer #4 now rumored to feature Wakandans and Fantastic Four
    • Korean Rating’s board listed 2 more, so possibly 6 total?
      • One a week to lead up to Super Bowl BIG trailer reveal
  • Rumor: Time codes in “Doomsday” Date videos relate to scenes from Endgame
    • Loki being captured, Bruce Banner and the Ancient one, & Hawkeye return with baseball glove
• Wonder Man (17:45)
  • New trailer for upcoming series released
  • Hollywood has given an explicit “No Superpowered People” in movies mandate
  • Department of Damage Control appears again
• Fantastic Four 2 (20:20)
  • Rumored to want Matt Shakman back to direct (unannounced) sequel
  • Characters will have large role in Avengers films
• Black Panther 3 (22:20)
  • While talking about upcoming Black Panther 3 (no details), revealed Sony stopped him from using Kraven in Black Panther (2018)
• Blade (25:50)
  • Jordan Peele’s MonkeyPaw Productions shared rumor about Peele being involved in upcoming Blade movie
    • Has history in horror and supernatural films
  • Parodied their own response on X
• Avatar: Fire and Ash (29:35)
  • Review with Spoilers
• Stranger Things (53:45)
  • Season 5 and Series Review with Spoilers

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