Superhero Slate TV & Movie News from Superhero Slate

This week Superhero Slate is mourning the loss of Titans and Doom Patrol, Shazam drops another trailer full of dragons, Marvel is giving an official timeline book this year, and more!



Super Bowl 2023, American Psycho 1 & 2, Forrest Gump

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (18:34)



On Disney+ on February 1

IMAX Enhanced edition as well





MCU (20:00)



Marvel Official MCU Timeline book releasing in September



Is it outdated?









Loki (24:40)



Season 2 may see Jonathan Majors play more variants



Possibly Victor Timely









The Marvels (26:45)



Monica Rambeau superhero name to be “Photon”





Thunderbolts (29:20)



Seen as a “sequel” to Black Widow movie

Sentry is the physical villain



Someone else pulling the strings (Val?)









Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (38:40)



Angela Bassett receives Academy Award nomination for best leading actress





Shazam: Fury of the Gods (41:10)



Trailer #2 released

Shazam-ily losing powers, big dragon, baseball stadium





Titans (44:20)



Canceled after Season 4



Precedes Gunn/Safran era decisions





Prepared to write ending for show





Doom Patrol (47:30)



Canceled after Season 4



Precedes Gunn/Safran era decisions





Given ample time to write show finale





TMNT (50:35)



Upcoming animated movie retitled Mutant Mayhem





Spider-man 2 (58:45)



Live Action trailer seen in the wild

Super Bowl preview?





Tomb Raider (1:01:00)



Amazon partnering to do TV series, Movie, and publish game

Phoebe Waller Bridge (No Time To Die; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) writing series for Amazon Prime

The evolution of Lara Croft in games





Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (1:11:30)



New trailer reveals villain

Necromantic Lich from D&D lore







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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (19:14)



Paul Rudd calls it the “Ragnarok” of the Ant-Man Franchise

Tickets now on sale for February 17 release

Hank Pym sporting a weapon similar to Star-Lord’s





Armor Wars (21:20)



Will happen because of Secret Invasion

Rumor: Governments will use Stark Tech/Suits to fight Kree/Skrulls, but Rhodey steps in to stop that





Captain America: New World Order (25:20)



Serpent Society to be introduced here first

Diamondback will be first confirmed member



Not the same one from Luke Cage









Agatha: Coven of Chaos (27:05)



Filming has started, first scenes in a Mall





The Mandalorian (29:45)



Season 3 trailer landed on Monday



Mandalore, Coruscant





Mar 1, 2023

Eight-episode season will feature installments directed by Rick Famuyiwa , Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers, Peter Ramsey, and Bryce Dallas Howard.





DCU (34:05)



Casting is “What matters most is the actor is easy to work with” per James Gunn

2 weeks left of month to get announcements





Aquaman (38:45)



Jason Momoa had a video to praise James Gunn, Peter Safran, and David Zaslav

“I’ll always be Aquaman.” “I can play other things too.”



Lobo reference?









The Flash (42:40)



SPOILERS: Villain revealed via action figures





Tron: Ares (46:25)



Threequel moving forward at Disney with Jared Leto starring



First announced in 2017





Joachin Rønnig rumored to direct



Last Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil









Invincible (52:35)



Season 2 to land late 2023 per newest trailer





The Last of Us (series) (55:50)



Debut on HBO Max



2nd biggest since 2010 (The House of the Dragon)





9 episode series

Based on Playstation Game Series







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Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania (14:47)



New trailer for upcoming movie



Jonathan Majors’ Kang





Ticket sales impending

February 17!





Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (23:05)



Digital on Feb 1

Physical Feb 7



2 steelbook designs: Wakanda vs Talokan









Captain America: New World Order (25:10)



Harrison Ford’s Thunderbolt Ross will be President of the US

Concept art (not seen) shows Red Hulk in a Suit (like Joe Fixit)



Probably presidential attire, retains intelligence





Return of the DOD: Department of Damage Control





World War Hulk (31:30)



Movie moving forward at Marvel



Red Hulk, Smart Hulk, She-Hulk, Skaar, Sentry?





Liv Tyler in talks to return as Betty Ross





Thunderbolts (36:05)



Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) rumored to be eyed for role of Songbird



Originally a Thunderbolts team member

Character can produce supersonic screams, create constructs, and fly. 





Also will include The Hood (Ironheart) in film, along with The Sentry





Echo (39:30)



Rumored to be delayed to 2024 launch





Agatha: Coven of Chaos (40:20)



Rumored release is after Daredevil: Born Again (possibly 2025)





What If...? (41:34)



Rumored release in 2024 for season 2





Strange Academy (42:15)



Wong spin-off starring America Chavez

Training for magic users, Kamar Taj





Vision Quest (44:00)



To introduce Viv, the Vision’s daughter

Sets up Young Avengers





Ms. Marvel (45:35)



Season 2 before Avengers: Secret Wars





Moon Knight (47:25)



Season 2 before Avengers: Secret Wars





Nova (48:20)



Rumored to be a movie, not a special presentation

Introduce Richard Rider and Sam Alexander (Young Avengers?)





Midnight Sons (53:50)



Rumored to be a movie as well

No further information





Serpent Society (54:50)



Being lined up for a future project



Originally teased as title Captain America 3 at SDCC





Could be Sam Wilson led-movie?





Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (56:25)



Trailer reveals release date on Disney Channel & Disney+



Mickey Mouse & Friends art style





Disney Channel on February 10, and on Disney+ on February 15





Mandalorian (59:10)



Trailer for upcoming season Monday Jan 16 during football playoffs

Season 3 could see introduction of Praetorian Guards



Red suits from The Last Jedi





Moff Gideon getting his own suit, Darth Maul inspired

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Avatar: The Way of Water (29:45)



Box Office Update - 7th highest grossing movie ever

Will break even, James Cameron “has” to make sequels





Star Wars (movies) (32:15)



Damon Lindelof’s film could be in pre-production

Rumored to have Finn return in major role





Star Wars (series) (43:20)



Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau working on a new unannounced series



Replacing Rangers of the New Republic?









Guardians of the Galaxy (47:00)



Dave Bautista is done with Drax after volume 3



Makeup? Silly character?









Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (50:40)



Update: On Disney+ February 1





DCU (51:40)



James Gunn writing unannounced DC TV Show



Is he doing too much?





Partial slate reveal this month





The Flash (movie) (56:20)



Ezra Miller might have future as Barry Allen



Hasn’t caused more trouble since last reports





DC Fandome teaser video leaks online in HD quality





The Flash (1:01:00)



Final season will see return of Stephen Amell as the Green Arrow



“How? Why? Doesn’t matter.” - per Amell





Barry Allen debuted in Season 2 episode of The Arrow on CW





Renfield (1:03:20)



First red band trailer for upcoming movie

Nicholous Hoult and Nic Cage plays Dracula







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Movie Experience



Laser at AMC; heated seats

Flight of Passage ride at Disney

3 hours and 10 minute film





Box Office



Currently around $400 million domestic, nearing $1 billion internationally

No competition, might go all the way to February





Spoilers (23:05)



Are there any spoilers?

Spider and Kiri’s parentage







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HBO Max > More shows getting removed, even HBO Originals such as Westworld

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Misleading Trailers (15:35)



Court case allows viewers to sue movie studios for ‘false advertising’ on movie trailers

Regarding “Yesterday” and Ana de Armas cut scenes, despite her being in the trailer

Future of edits in trailers? Could be overturned?





Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (22:25)



First trailer for upcoming sequel



Dozens and dozens of Spider-Man variants

Is Miles the bad guy?





Concept Art released





Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (26:55)



First superhero movie of 2023, trailer Monday Jan 9 on ESPN

February 17 release date





Thunderbolts (29:40)



Marvel Studios looking to have The Sentry be villain for film



Also planning a ‘solo’ movie revolving around The Sentry





Adamantium will be introduced through Tiamut’s remains on Earth



Celestial from Eternals









Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (36:30)



On Disney+ January 20, 2023

Highest grossing female led super hero movie (above Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel)





MCU on Disney+ (39:45)



DELETED Video said 5 shows to release in 2023 from Marvel



Secret Invasion, Loki, Ironheart, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, and Echo

Movies will eventually land on streaming service





Delays expected to hit at least Echo





DCU (42:50)



Insiders report Snyderverse is dead and no actors will move forward



Shazam probably has a chance; Wonder Woman too





Ben Affleck in talks to direct future DC Film - conversations with Gunn/Safran/WB





Black Adam (46:52)



Will not be a part of DCU’s first chapter of storytelling

Could be around later, but not in “Phase 1”





Batman (50:50)



Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson’s Batman will not be centerpiece for DC



Remain in separate universe and get other films





Gunn confirms Batman is a big part of the DCU





Superman (53:05)



James Gunn writing new Superman movie for DC/WB



Set in the earlier days of Superman’s tenure

Not an origin





Henry Cavill will not be returning as character



Also not returning to The Witcher after being let go from WB/DC





Ta-Nehisi Coates Superman film also still in development



Could have different name









Shazam: Fury of the Gods (1:04:20)



The Rock passed on a cameo in film when asked