Avengers Infinity War Trailer & Other Stuff I Guess | Weekly News Episode 149

Superhero Slate

Let's be honest, at Superhero Slate we’re all excited about Avengers Infinity War and that's the only news you need this week, and theres probably some more!

News

• Avengers: Infinity War (6:10)
  • First official trailer
    • Breakdown & easter eggs & awesomeness
    • SDCC Footage for comparison
    • HD Screenshot Gallery
  • Vanity Fair article points
    • Iron Man was independent film
    • Avengers 4 will be a finale for the MCU, but set up a very different post-Phase 3
  • Release May 4 (USA), up to 2 weeks earlier elsewhere
• Agents of SHIELD (29:30)
  • Season 5 debut
  • 90 years after the destruction of Earth
  • Infinity War?
• New Warriors (32:25)
  • Showrunner tweeted “#tweetedfromabarasIwriteseason2”
    • Potentially picked up for 2 seasons
    • Changed since original post
  • Still unknown network
  • Plan to create sub-MCU, like Defenders
• Iron Fist (35:05)
  • Season 2 villain may be Lady Gorgon
    • "a chameleon adapt at playing roles, she inhabits the part that best fits the mission."
    • Has history with Frank Castle & the Hand in the comics
• Runaways (37:25)
  • First two episode thoughts
• Legion (39:00)
  • Actor Saïd Taghmaoui has left as the Shadow King
  • February release, may need refilmed
• 20th Century Fox (40:50)
  • Studios have reportedly reentered negotiations
    • Disney ‘aggressively’ trying to purchase TV/movie side
    • For film/TV rights, not broadcast or News
  • Silence will be the key factor going forward
  • Lauren Shuler Donner (producer) would ‘love’ to have X-men join the MCU
• Star Wars (44:45)
  • Daisy Ridley confirms she only wants to do 3 films
    • Probably just talk to keep any rumors or hints of anything down
  • Less than 2 weeks till release!
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (48:35)
  • Trailer release pushed back due to Infinity War
• Masters of the Universe (50:30)
  • David S. Goyer in closing talks to direct film for Sony
• Venom (51:45)
  • Tom Hardy in tactical suit
    • Agent Venom?
• Silver & Black (53:45)
  • Sheena Duggal (Doctor Strange VFX) & Ruth Carter (Black Panther costumes) coming to work on film
• Titans (54:50)
  • First image of Brenton Thwaites in a Robin costume
    • Probably Nightwing in the series
• Arrow (56:55)
  • Crisis on Earth X ending convinced Reddit forum to change to The Punisher
• Watchmen (59:50
  • Series could be looking to cast John Cena as Dr. Manhattan
• Shazam! (1:01:10)
  • Dwayne Johnson/Black Adam not to appear in film
  • Focusing on solo film
• Harley Quinn (1:02:10)
  • Standalone film in the works at DC
• Batman Ninja (1:02:40)
  • First official trailer
  • Japanese Poster
• Stranger Things (1:06:30)
  • Season 3 officially announced by Netflix
• Hellboy (1:08:15)
  • Releasing January 11, 2019

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