Secret Wars Bigger Than Ever, Only 1 Batman (maybe 2) for DCU, Sony's Live Action Spider-Man Spinoff Shows, and more!

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This week Superhero Slate is getting ready for the Holiday season, Black Adam is in the red, Sony is going all in on live action Spider-Man TV spinoffs, and more!

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News

• Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (20:58)
  • Streaming on Disney+ This week
    • James Gunn debunks Silver Surfer rumor
  • Wrote it in a few days while filming Guardians 3
• Deadpool (22:40)
  • Ryan Reynolds reveals he’s written a Deadpool Christmas movie as well
    • Not officially in production
  • Rumored to eye Channing Tatum for role in film, but not Gambit
• Avengers: Secret Wars (26:05)
  • Kevin Feige looking to outdo Endgame’s portal scene
  • Include characters from entire MCU Multiverse due to Kang’s multiversal actions
    • Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Hugh Jackman, etc
• Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania (29:16)
  • Funko reveals show off Kang and MODOKs design and more
  • Spoiler warning just in case
• Agents of SHIELD (32:40)
  • Rumor is Chloe Bennett has signed with Marvel to return as Quake in upcoming projects
  • Front runners include: Secret Invasion, Thunderbolts; Captain America: NWO
• Daredevil: Born Again (36:10)
  • Character White Tiger rumored to appear in upcoming Disney+ series
  • Rumored to be played by Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
    • Previously small role in Iron Man 3 as daughter of Vice President
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (38:38)
  • Over $200 million domestic box office
    • $550 m worldwide
  • No plans for Disney+ before end of year
• Black Adam (42:00)
  • Not likely to turn a profit on theatrical run
  • Will probably be a part of new DCU, but not at same costs
• Batman (45:00)
  • David Zaslav says there won’t be 4 Batmen in the DCU going forward
  • Part of James Gunn/Peter Safran plan?
• Superman (48:30)
  • No writer or director attached to project
  • Henry Cavill has not officially signed any deal yet
• Silk: Spider Society (50:45)
  • Sony announces a Marvel/Spider-Man live action TV plan
    • Phil Lord/Chris Miller EPs on projects
  • Will debut on MGM+ (currently EPIX), then move to Amazon Prime
  • Angela Kang (Walking Dead) as showrunner for Silk
  • Multiple other shows planned
• Indiana Jones 5 (1:01:00)
  • Empire magazine shows off Harrison ford’s Return to character
    • Will fight Nazis again in 1969

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