Infinity War Release Date & the Silver Surfer | Weekly News Episode 161

Get excited with Superhero Slate because Infinity War is releasing a week earlier, Silver Surfer proves its business as usual for Fox, DC is Cheetah-ing its way to the big screen, and more!

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News

• Avengers: Infinity War (8:15)
  • Moves release up a week to April 27 Worldwide
    • Merchandise now hitting stores
  • Update the watch list for Countdown to Infinity
  • Promo piece may hold secret to Soul Stone?
• Guardians of the Galaxy (24:25)
  • Original Groot is dead
    • Baby Groot is his son
• Captain Marvel (26:55)
  • Gemma Chan (Humans) has been added to cast as Minn-Era aka Doctor Minerva
    • Kree Villain who gains similar powers to Captain Marvel in comics
• Marvel (28:45)
  • Handed out dates for six other untitled Marvel movies: May 7, 2021; July 30, 2021, Nov. 5, 2021; Feb. 18, 2022; May 6, 2022; and July 29, 2022.
  • Moved an untitled Marvel film to July 31, 2020 (from a previous date of Aug. 7, 2020
    • Mulan moved to March 27, 2020 (from November 2018)
• Silver Surfer (34:10)
  • Movie in works at Fox with Brian K Vaughan writing
    • Second movie to be written by comic book author
• New Mutants (36:20)
  • Reshoots are adding a new character, will up the horror factor
• X-Force (38:45)
  • Shooting in November
  • Drew Goddard will direct and has written script
  • Reynolds and Brolin will star in film
• Gambit (41:05)
  • Still looking for director; Latest draft of Screenplay to be delivered next month
  • Greenlit and budgeted
• Doctor Doom (41:55)
  • From Noah Hawley (Legion) still in development
• Fox Studios (42:05)
  • Business as usual in case the merger does not go through
  • Prevents delays and loss of operations in case of delays or issues
• Agents of SHIELD (45:00)
  • Series preparing for cancellation at end of Season 5
    • Not confirmed or denied, but planning for worst
• Cloak & Dagger (46:30)
  • New preview shows parallel worlds with opposite powers
• Jessica Jones (47:30)
  • Series releasing March 8 on Netflix
• The Rocketeer (49:15)
  • Rebooted as a Disney Junior cartoon
    • Young girl superhero perspective
• Deadpool (51:10)
  • FX could have animated preview on March 15
    • Upfront previews to entice advertisers
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (52:00)
  • First official trailer
  • November 21, 2018
• Solo (54:35)
  • New poster features infamous duo and millenium falcon
  • Donald Glover confirms Star Wars has face and body scans of actor
• Men in Black (56:10)
  • Chris Hemsworth in talks to play lead role in film
    • Global adventure with white male, female of color, and older man
• Wonder Woman 2 (57:15)
  • Kristin Wiig in talks for role as Cheetah
    • Emma Stone passed on offer
• Batgirl (59:40)
  • DC has cooled on the idea of Batgirl after Whedon’s departure
• DC Films (1:00:45)
  • If AT&T and Time Warner merger is blocked, company will be broken up and sold separately
    • Warner Bros, HBO, and Turner
• Constantine (1:02:15)
  • Animated series to debut March 24 on CW Seed
• Sandman (1:03:00)
  • Neil Gaiman launching the Sandman Universe
    • 4 New books later this year
• Discworld (1:03:55)
  • BBC Studios developing 6-part TV series based on Terry Pratchett’s novel series
• Past Midnight (1:05:30)
  • Rick Famuyiwa to direct vigilante superhero film starring Keanu Reeves and produced by the Russo Bros. for Netflix

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