TV & Film
Deadpool Popcorn Bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins Captain America, Deathstroke Confirmed & More!
2024-06-02
This week on Superhero Slate we're debuting the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU, James Gunn confirms Deathstroke in the DCU, and more!
What We're Watching: Reacher, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman Begins, The Rock, X-men (2001)
News
- X-Men (23:42)
- Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige
- Feige does a lot of generic actor meetings
- Previously mentioned wanting to play someone new, including Mr. Sinister
- Prevents comparison to other versions
- Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige
- Deadpool & Wolverine (27:30)
- First Popcorn bucket revealed
- Looks like BossLogic idea
- Regal teasing their version
- First Popcorn bucket revealed
- Captain America: Brave New World (37:35)
- Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm
- Will also appear in TV series, probably Daredevil Born Again?
- Character could be Cutthroat, who has ties to Serpent Society
- Currently filming police chasing “The Falcon” with car explosion and hand to hand fight sequences
- Diamondback (Rosa Salazar) given comic accurate appearance in reshoots
- Previous set photos
- Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm
- Thunderbolts* (45:55)
- Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die
- Could be the Sentry character?
- They team up to bring Contessa Valentina Allegre De Fontaine down
- Possibly enlist The Sentry to protect her against team?
- Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die
- Thor (48:20)
- Thor 5 looking to film Fall 2025 for post-Secret Wars release
- Search for writer/director ongoing
- Scarlet Witch (52:10)
- Rumor: Looking for a director for a solo based movie to be in theaters before Secret Wars
- If director search is ongoing, script might be near completion
- Deathstroke (54:40)
- James Gunn “confirms” plans to have Deathstroke in DCU
- Could be something now or way later such as rumored Teen Titans movie
- Booster Gold (57:15)
- Three frontrunners for role rumored to be: Dylan Playfair (Letterkenny), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V)
- The Umbrella Academy (59:11)
- 4th and Final Season trailer released
- Has no books to follow
- August 8, 2024 on Netflix
- 4th and Final Season trailer released
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