Captain Marvel Tickets & the Loki Show | Weekly News Episode 205

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A new Captain Marvel trailer has Superhero Slate powered up to see the movie, we discuss several shows on the Disney+ service, how many Fox movies will actually be released, and more!

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News

• Punisher (13:40)
  • Season 2 trailer
  • January 18, 2019 on Netflix
• Academy Awards (16:00)
  • Producers want to Assemble the Avengers to present awards
  • 2013 had Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson
• Black Panther (19:00)
  • Best reviewed movie in 2018 from RT
  • Gets Writer’s Guild nomination
• Black Panther’s Quest (23:18)
  • Stan Lee’s last animated cameo to debut on 1/13 episode
• Captain Marvel (26:30)
  • Special Look Video
  • Tickets available now
    • Sales exceeded expectations
  • Looking at $160 million opening weekend
  • Avoid Samuel L Jackson interviews
• Avengers: Endgame (35:30)
  • Marketing may only show footage from first 20 minutes of the movie
    • Hide spoilers and events until debut
  • Title has been in place since before production
  • Black Knight correlation?
    • 2 True Believers comics in April are reprint of Dane Whitman stories
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (43:00)
  • Trailer may debut January 15
  • Probably different from CCXP footage
• Into the Spider-Verse (44:35)
  • Golden Globe for best Animated Film
• Black Widow (46:30)
  • Rumors point to discussion for the film to have been first R-Rated Marvel film
    • Not likely with only 2 movies releasing in 2020
• Loki (Disney+) (49:10)
  • Rumor points to Tom Hiddleston not being main actor, but more narrator
    • Telling events from Loki’s past/childhood
    • Has precedent in comics
• Vision & Scarlet Witch (Disney+) (51:50)
  • Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel) to write and be showrunner
• Lady Sif (52:55)
  • Rumor that Sif (Jamie Alexander) limited series to be in development for Disney+ streaming service
• Fox Merger (54:50)
  • Deal expected to close early March
  • All non-production movies have 2 months to film or will be scrapped
    • Gambit, Silver Surfer, Kitty Pryde, Multiple Man, Doctor Doom
    • X-Force possible, but same time constriction
  • New Mutants reportedly hasn’t started the reshoots, but will be last release
• X-Men: Dark Phoenix (58:40)
  • Current budget has ballooned over $200 million
  • Thought to be a box office bomb
    • Probably break-even but still be a loss worldwide
    • Depends on the die-hard X-Men fans and the average movie-goer
• Venom 2 (1:00:25)
  • Sequel all but confirmed
  • Kelly Marcel (1/3 of Venom, Saving Mr. Banks) to write script
  • Ruben Fleischer not expected to return as director
  • Woody Harrelson’s Carnage expected to be villain
    • Possible R-rating but due to China’s extreme process, may remain PG 13?
• Aquaman (1:05:00)
  • Has passed $1 billion worldwide (72% international)
    • Now higher than The Dark Knight
• Birds of Prey (1:06:25)
  • Filming to begin this week
• Star Trek 4 (1:07:50)
  • Has been shelved by Paramount

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