Batman in Aquaman, X-men Legal Rights, Fantastic Four Origins, and more!

This week Superhero Slate is breaking down more SDCC Marvel details, talking about why the X-Men aren’t in the MCU yet, pondering if DC even has a plan for 3 different Batmen, and more!

 

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News

• Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (20:20)
  • Jason Momoa and Ben Affleck confirmed for movie
  • Where is Michael Keaton’s Batman?
• Star Wars: Acolyte (26:20)
  • Will take place on Sanshiro (world made of Marshlands and Snowy Mountains)
  • Village attacked by tribal beings; fought off by Jedi
  • Aura (Amandla Stenberg) is not taken by them to train
    • Instead joins Acolytes to become Sith apprentice
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (29:40)
  • Rumor: Upcoming show depicts Count Dooku killing a Jedi Master
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (32:30)
  • Remake of game put on hold indefinitely
  • Art director and design director were fired, putting game on pause
• Spider-Man 4 (35:00)
  • Feige says “teacher and scientist” are the jobs Peter Parker has that stick with him
  • Could be hint into his future ‘career’ in upcoming films
• Spider-Man: Freshman Year (38:45)
  • Show confirmed to be in MCU Multiverse, similar to a What If story
  • Same entry point up until Tony Stark, now Norman Osborne comes to his apartment to give him ‘funds’
• I am Groot (40:40)
  • Takes place between Guardians 2 ending and the post credits scene of Guardians 2
  • Does not affect Guardians 3
• Secret Invasion (42:15)
  • Rumor: Olivia Colman is playing a gender swapped version of Union Jack
    • No super powers, but trained in Espionage
    • Possibly exposed to a variant of the Super Soldier Formula
    • UK version of Nick Fury?
  • Rumor: Reshoots are also happening with a new writer on the series
• Fantastic Four (47:05)
  • Feige confirms movie will not be Origin Film
  • “A lot of people know this origin story. A lot of people know the basics. How do we take that and bring something that they’ve never seen before?” 
• Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (52:15)
  • Will be directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi)
    • Also working on Wonder Man series, Shang-Chi 2, possible Ten Rings series
  • Rumored plan is for a different filmmaker for Avengers: Secret Wars
• X-Men (57:45)
  • Due to previous Fox contractual rights with actors and producers, any Marvel X-Men projects would require compensation to that team
    • Could include even some creative control
  • Patrick Stewart returning as Xavier fits with rumor
  • Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool as well
    • Unsure about status of film, if tied up with previous producers
• Samaritan (1:03:55)
  • Trailer for upcoming superhero film on Amazon Prime
  • Sylvester Stallone as lead character, Mr. Smith/Samaritan
  • Seems very close and similar to The Samaritan from Victor Dandridge Jr.

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