This week Superhero Slate is celebrating the WGA strike ending, Marvel is doubling down on animation offerings, James Gunn reveals his DCEU carry overs, and more!
News
- One Piece (12:15)
- Dominates Netflix top 5 for fourth week
- Welcome all new listeners from our review!
- WGA Strike (15:45)
- Writers have preliminary agreement with AMPTP to resolve strike
- Board has let members go back to work with caveat
- Voting Oct 2-7 to ratify agreement
- SAG-AFTRA now meeting with AMPTP, similar sticking points
- Projects resuming immediately include The Last of Us season 2, One Piece Season 2, Stranger Things Season 5
- Bethesda (24:00)
- Working on game ‘under the Disney banner’
- Also working on The Indiana Jones game
- Marvel’s Avengers Anime (28:40)
- Streaming free on YouTube
- Produced by Madhouse (One Punch Man, Death Note)
- All 39 episodes will be released weekly through 2024
- Great British Baking Show (32:25)
- New season debut
- Show favorites
- Loki (37:40)
- Season 1 on blu-ray/4K released
- Throg coronation scene
- Wakanda (41:00)
- Black Panther spinoff series from Ryan Coogler now rumored to be an animated show
- Revealed by Marvel Studios founded production companies
- “Maglev Train” working on “Golden City”
- The Marvels (45:10)
- Has secured China release
- Clocking in at 1 hour and 45 minutes with credits
- Shortest MCU to date
- Word is that it jumps in and goes fast
- X-Men (47:25)
- Marvel Studios beginning search for writers
- No decision till top of 2024
- DCU (50:00)
- James Gunn reveals which 4 actors who will continue from DCEU to DCU
- Xolo Maridueno/Blue Beetle, John Cena/Peacemaker, Viola Davis/Amanda Waller, Freddie Stroma/Vigilante
- DCU canon officially starts with Creature Commandos and Superman Legacy
- Rick and Morty (55:44)
- Season 7 trailer reveals soundalikes for show
- Rick and Morty are identical to Justin Roiland
- Season 8 was written and ready to be animated before the strike
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