This week on Superhero Slate Superman flies into theaters, Avengers Doomsday set photos show up, Street Fighter gets an eclectic cast, and more!
Jim Shooter, Julian McMahon
News
- The Running Man (6:00)
- Trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel
- Seems more like a modern and book accurate version of the Schwarzenegger film
- Trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel
- The Odyssey (10:45)
- Christopher Nolan’s next movie trailer leaks online
- Starring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, and Jon Bernthal
- Street Fighter (16:00)
- Cast announced for live-action film
- Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes; Bullet Train) as Ryu
- Callina Liang as Chun Li
- Noah Centineo (Black Adam) as Ken
- Jason Momoa as Blanka
- 50 Cent as Balrog
- Cody Rhodes as Guile
- David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
- Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
- Orville Peck as Vega
- Roman Reigns as Akuma
- Releases in 2026
- Cast announced for live-action film
- The Last of Us (22:20)
- Neil Druckman (co-creator) and Halley Gross (Writer) exit series ahead of season 3
- To focus on NaughtyDog properties and stories
- Maybe Part 3 game?
- Venom (26:35)
- Rumor: Sony working on animated project around character
- Could follow Flash Thompson
- Spider-Man bully who lost legs in war, gets bonded to Symbiote
- Currently NOT in the style or vein of Spider-Verse (yet)
- Sinners (30:40)
- Purchased a warehouse full of costumes meant for Marvel’s Blade
- Movie was being written as a 1920s period piece originally
- Midnight Sons (33:00)
- Marvel has hired a screenwriter for the movie
- Doesn’t mean greenlit but definitely progress in a direction
- Rumor to adapt “Damnation” comic story where Mephisto takes over Las Vegas
- Team in comic comprised of Blade, Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone, Man-Thing, Moon Knight, and Doctor Voodoo
- Marvel has hired a screenwriter for the movie
- Wonder Man (36:15)
- Fantastic Four (37:20)
- Non-story trailer released in Retro-futuristic style
- Something you would see in drive-in cinemas
- Avengers: Doomsday (40:25)
- Batman (43:50)
- James Gunn says he expects to have 2 finalized Batman scripts before end of the year
- The Batman Part 2 was recently completed
- Most likely a draft of The Brave and the Bold
- James Gunn says he expects to have 2 finalized Batman scripts before end of the year
- Lanterns (44:50)
- Nathan Fillion says he has “Dropped more F-bombs” than any other project he’s worked on
- Will appear in DCU series on HBO Max as another Green Lantern (reprising role from Superman and (likely) Peacemaker)
- Superman (2025) (45:50)
- Review for first DCU film
- $122 million domestic
- Spoilers Start (59:50)
- FULL SPOILERS!
- Review for first DCU film
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