Daredevil vs Echo vs Kingpin, Sony’s Mysterio and Doc Ock Movies, Peacemaker Season 2, and more!

This week Superhero Slate is looking at Daredevil’s Netflix continuity in the MCU, Sony disappoints us again with Reboot Announcements, James Gunn is working on Peacemaker season 2, and more!

 

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News

• 2023 Streaming Numbers (16:35)
  • Top 10 Streaming shows
    1. The Mandalorian (Disney+)
    2. Loki (Disney+)
    3. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
    4. You (Netflix)
    5. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
    6. Black Mirror (Netflix)
    7. Secret Invasion (Disney+)
    8. The Bear (Hulu)
    9. Ahsoka (Disney+)
    10. The Witcher (Netflix)
• Echo (21:00)
  • Starts January 9 in US
    • All 5 episodes to stream at once
  • New teaser indicates events of Netflix’s Daredevil are canonical in “Sacred Timeline”
    • Black and white footage/dialogue from first season
  • “Will feature a number of cameos”
  • New Avengers tower owner to be revealed...soon
• Daredevil: Born Again (30:10)
  • Series set to resume production in a few weeks
  • Muse (serial killer) rumored to be main villain
  • Marc Jobst (Daredevil/Netflix) says actors would not keep going or sign back on if they didn’t feel it was worth the journey
• Thunderbolts (34:55)
  • Steven Yeun apologetically leaves role as Bob Reynolds/The Sentry due to scheduling conflicts
    • Was never officially announced; says he wants to do a Marvel movie
  • SAG-AFTRA Strikes rescheduled production
• Eyes of Wakanda (39:00)
  • Show was being worked on during Covid-19 lockdown
  • Pitched by Todd Harris; longtime storyboard artist, probably before that
    • Similar to What If being directed by Bryan Andrews
• Armor Wars (42:40)
  • Justin Hammer rumored to be villain
    • Recently returned in a What If... episode
• Avengers 5 (44:45)
  • HEAVILY Rumored Colman Domingo could replace Jonathan Majors if contract morals clause is ‘activated’
    • Majors’ first interview on GMA this monday 
• Spider-Man 4 (48:55)
  • Jon Watts still not a lock to direct film
  • Sony could be looking at Drew Goddard
• Doctor Octopus (52:15)
  • Sony developing stand alone film
    • Will be recast from Alfred Molina in Spider-Man 2
  • Possibly “Sinister Six” version for Sony’s Universe
• Mysterio (55:45)
  • Sony developing stand alone film
    • Will be recast from Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man Far From Home
  • Possible Sinister Six member
• Peacemaker (1:01:01)
  • Season 2 half written
  • Only other project besides Superman Legacy worked on by James Gunn at this time

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