This week Superhero Slate is ending 2023 with a bang talking about Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Part 1, the last DCEU movie - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, breaking down Insomniac’s HUGE Wolverine leaks, and more!
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News
- WB/Discovery (30:10)
- Possible conversation about merging with Paramount
- Would be eyed critically from FTC commission
- eOne (34:22)
- Hasbro sells off Entertainment One to Lionsgate
- Purchased in 2019 for $4 billion; sold for $500 million
- Adds 6,500 film and television titles to Lionsgate’s existing library, including Showtime hit “Yellowjackets,” ABC’s “The Rookie” and Discovery’s “Naked & Afraid” franchise
- Hasbro sells off Entertainment One to Lionsgate
- What If...? (35:55)
- Season 2 Thoughts
- Season 3 confirmed to be soon
- Avengers 5 (43:00)
- Jonathan Majors has been dropped by Marvel and Disney after being found guilty on 2 of the 4 counts
- Current materials refer to the movie as Avengers 5 instead of Kang Dynasty
- Excalibur (49:20)
- UK version of superhero team in early works at Marvel
- Can include Giah (Emilia Clarke), Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington), and possibly Captain Britain
- Spider-Man 2 (PS5) (51:55)
- Insomniac the victim of a hacker leak
- Reports on video game with Venom, Miles, and Peter as playable characters
- Coming in late 2025, similar to Miles spinoff with $50 target, would lead into Spider-Man 3
- Spider-Man 3 (55:40)
- Wolverine (1:00:30)
- Has to be released by Sept 1, 2025 on PS5
- Early gameplay footage leaked to internet
- X-Men (1:06:55)
- Game looking to release by 2030
- License mentions PS5
- Another X-Men game by 2032
- X-Men 97 (1:12:22)
- Titles leaked for upcoming season, including a 3 part finale
- E1: To Me, My X-Men
- E2: Mutant Liberation Begins
- E3: Fire Made Flesh
- E4: Motendo
- E5: Remember It
- E6: Bright Eyes
- E7: Shine With Strength Reborn
- E8: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 1
- E9: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 2
- E10: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 3
- Titles leaked for upcoming season, including a 3 part finale
- Dune: Messiah (1:14:00)
- Has reportedly been greenlit at WB already
- Eyeing 2027 release; takes place shortly after first Dune
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (1:15:30)
- Review & Discussion with Spoilers
- Last of DCEU films, started with Man of Steel in 2013
- Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire (1:36:20)
- Review and Discussion with Spoilers
- Available on Netflix
- “R rated cut to be more bizarre and a lot of sex.” - Zack Snyder
- Part 2: The Scargiver out April 19, 2024
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