This week on Superhero Slate, we're discussing Rotten Tomatoes’ new changes, James Spader is returning as Ultron in the Vision series, we get a delayed look at Martian Manhunter in Justice League Immortal, and more!
What We're Watching: Umbrella Academy S4, Alien: Romulus
News
- Rotten Tomatoes (16:15)
- Announces new “Verified Hot” audience badge and changes to scoring
- Verified Hot is the audience Certified Fresh badge
- Higher than 90% with Verified Audiences - using Fandango ticket confirmation
- Red and Green popcorn buckets for audience scores 60% higher/lower based on 3.5 stars
- Review score thresholds are changing to allow time for more critic reviews and audience reviews
- Based on total domestic box office forecast by independent outside sources
- Captain America: Brave New World (26:30)
- Marvel tweeted out a clip of upcoming projects but deleted for 85th year of Marvel Comics
- Included official look at Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk transformation, Thunderbolts, Ironheart, Agatha All Along, and more
- Fantastic Four: First Steps (28:50)
- Full set shows alternate 1960s New York, including cars and large tube television
- Vision (31:05)
- James Spader returning to voice Ultron in upcoming Marvel series and have a ‘major role in the show’
- Looking to cast Javon Walton as “teen”
- Teen is the name of a character in Agatha All Along
- Rumored to be Vision/Wanda’s children aged up
- Terry Matalas (Picard) is showrunner for upcoming series
- Elizabeth Olsen ‘locked in’ to return as Scarlet Witch for a project filming 2025
- X-Men 97 (36:35)
- Season 3 showrunner Matthew Chauncey praised as a “genius” by director Emi/Emmett Yonemura (Remember It, Bright Eyes)
- Season 2 scripts may need retooled/revised to remove Beau DeMayo’s credits
- The Acolyte (39:00)
- Will not be getting a season 2
- Characters likely to show up in a continued High Republic series
- Possibly based on fan favorite Plagueis
- Spider-Man Noir (44:35)
- Phil Lord & Chris Miller has left Sony Television after disagreements over Spider-Man Noir
- “Heated fight over its budget”
- Originally signed 9 figure TV deal with studio in 2019, Silk: Spider Society did not move forward at Amazon
- More Amazon’s decision?
- Have delivered The Afterparty for AppleTV+
- Justice League Mortal (48:35)
- First image of Martian Manhunter from canceled movie in late 2000s
- Late actor went on to play Immortan Joe in Fury Road
- Was to be directed by George Miller, was a week from filming before cancellation
- Armie Hammer as Batman/Bruce Wayne
- D.J. Cotrona as Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent
- Megan Gale as Wonder Woman/Princess Diana of Themyscira
- Adam Brody as The Flash/Barry Allen
- Hugh Keays-Byrne as Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz
- Teresa Palmer as Talia al Ghul
- Zoe Kazan as Iris Allen
- Santiago Cabrera as Aquaman/Arthur Curry
- Jay Baruchel as Maxwell Lord
- Common as John Stewart/Green Lantern
- Anton Yelchin as The Flash/Wally West
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man (52:20)
- Getting international release on September 13
- Not sure about US release in theaters or digital yet
- Anaconda (54:10)
- Paul Rudd and Jack Black in talks to star in remake of cult creature movie
- Originally released in 1997
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (56:10)
- First trailer for upcoming series released
- Picks up after the events of the latest game
- Hayley Atwell voicing Lara Croft
- The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim (57:40)
- First trailer released for upcoming anime film
- Prequel to War of the Ring, tells the story of Rohan and the battle involving Helm Hammerhand
- Twilight of the Gods (1:01:30)
- First NSFW trailer for Zack Snyder’s upcoming animated series
- Features “Blood, Sex, and Dragons”
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