This week Superhero Slate has got MCU Cameo Rumors, General Thrawn might have an actor, Michael B. Jordan is doing his own Superman, and more!
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News
- Dune (17:15)
- Official Main Trailer released
- Showcases characters and action scenes
- Atreides Family to take over and watch over the planet Arakkis (Dune), where Spice Melange is harvested. This unlocks the mind and helps with space travel/navigation, but the Harkonnens want revenge for losing their planet. Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) leads the film on his journey through the planet Dune.
- October 22 in Theaters and HBO Max
- Black Widow (22:40)
- One of the Black Widows will appear in Shang Chi
- Fight tournament most likely
- What If...? (24:20)
- Marvel’s VP of Film, Victoria Alonso, promises another season
- More animated projects on the way and a “mini studio” on the horizon for them
- Rumors of a Deadpool series
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (28:40)
- Rumor: Captain Carter will make a cameo in the film
- Haley Atwell could reprise role as character
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (29:45)
- Theaters are now using Fan-Made posters to promote the film
- No trailer or marketing materials have come out yet
- Charlie Cox cancels comic-con appearance same weekend as Spider-Man: No Way Home reshoots
- Not necessarily connected, but interesting as he’s not connected to other projects
- Could also be She-Hulk
- Hawkeye (34:30)
- Rumor: Vincent D’onofrio will return as Kingpin in show, 5th or 6th episode
- Show could be tied into Spider-Man: No Way Home more than expected
- Hawkeye will debut before end of year, per Victoria Alonso
- Yelena Belova will appear in multiple episodes
- Ms. Marvel (35:50)
- Victoria Alonso says show will be on Disney+ before 2022
- Indicates trailers sooner than later
- Loki (38:00)
- “Separate Timelines are now connecting”
- The branched timelines can get so big they come back and touch other timelines again
- Ahsoka (48:30)
- Rumor is that Mena Massoud (Aladdin) will play Ezra Bridger in series
- Lars Mikkelsen will reprise Thrawn from Rebels in live action version.
- Superman (50:50)
- Michael B Jordan is creating a Val-Zod limited series for HBO Max
- Not Kal-El Superman that will be on big screen
- Will adapt story from comic books, not ‘racebend’ the Kal-El version
- Found by Terry Sloan and becomes Earth-2’s Superman
- Batgirl (53:15)
- Leslie Grace (In the Heights) has been case as Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl in the HBO Max series
- Will be directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life; Ms. Marvel)
- Written by Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey; Bumblebee; The Flash)
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (57:05)
- Animated series based on Vesemir, the mentor of Geralt, in his younger days.
- First time his past is explored in any media
- Voiced by Theo James - Hector in Castlevania
- August 23, 2021
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