D23 2019 Coverage & Spider-Man No More | Weekly News Episode 237

Superhero Slate is covering D23 going on this week and we’ve got Star Wars debuts, new Marvel show announcements, Spider-Man is probably leaving the MCU, and more!

News

• D23 2019 (8:10)
  • All things Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and more!
  • Anaheim, CA
  • Happens every 2 years
• Disney+ (9:55)
  • Launches November 12, 2019
  • 300 movie titles and increasing to more than 500 in the first year
    • Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World
    • Almost every Pixar Film
    • Star Wars 1-7 & Rogue One
  • 7,500 TV episodes
  • 7 profiles, 4K streaming, 4 devices at once
• Muppets Now (20:25)
  • Unscripted, short-form series launching on Disney+ in 2020
    • Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, The Muppets
• Star Wars Sagas (22:00)
  • New timeline showing all in-canon shows and movies
  • Age of Republic, Age of Rebellion, Age of Resistance
• The Clone Wars (25:00)
  • Season 7 of show will debut February 2020
  • Ahsoka vs Maul
• The Mandalorian (27:25)
  • Official Trailer
  • November 12 Release
• Rogue One Prequel (31:15)
  • Begins product in London next year
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (33:10)
  • Series is coming to TV service
    • Scripts are written and shoots 2020
  • Ewan McGregor returning as Obi-Wan
  • Takes place during Solo film timeline
• Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker (36:30)
  • Official Poster
  • Footage release Monday per EW
    • Description?
• Star Wars (40:10)
  • Blu-Ray re-releases for all ten movies in September
  • Why not just wait for Rise of Skywalker?
• Marvel Studios (43:50)
  • D23 Banner showcasing Phase 4 characters
    • Includes Watcher & Celestial
• Spider-Man (45:25)
  • Current plans are for Spider-Man to NOT be in the MCU
    • Reported negotiations over future films broke down
  • Tom Holland to continue playing Peter Parker
  • Jon Watts in custody battle between Marvel & Sony
  • Potential for companies to work together
• Black Panther 2 (52:20)
  • May 6, 2022
  • Ryan Coogler to return as director
• Black Widow (53:10)
  • White suit on display
  • New footage shown
• The Eternals (54:30)
  • Cast on stage in front of Costume Concept Art
    • Comic comparison
  • New Casting
    • Gemma Chan (Captain Marvel) as Sersei
    • Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) as Druig
    • Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones) as Dane Whitman (The Black Knight)
      • Non-Eternals character
  • Confirmed as earliest set Marvel Studios film
• Falcon & The Winter Soldier (1:00:04)
  • First poster at D23
  • Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) is directing the 6 episode series
    • August 2020
  • Emily VanCamp to return as Sharon Carter
  • Wyatt Russel (Overlord) joins cast as U.S. Agent (John F. Walker)
• WandaVision (1:04:00)
  • Kat Dennings (Darcy) and Randall Park (Jimmy Woo) will return as characters
    • Kathryn Hahn (Into the Spider-Verse) joins as nosy neighbor
  • Matt Shakman (Fargo) directing 6 episode series
• Loki (1:07:50)
  • 6 one-hour episodes
  • Logo flips through TONS of fonts
• What If? (1:09:15)
  • Will have 23 episodes, one for each MCU movie in the Infinity Saga
  • Winter Soldier will battle Marvel Zombies
  • Steve Rogers in Iron Monger style suit fighting next to Captain Carter
  • T’Challa suited up as Star-Lord
• Ms. Marvel(1:11:35)
  • British writer Bisha K. Ali to write the series
  • Added to Phase 4 lineup on Disney+
• Moon Knight(1:12:35)
  • Added to Phase 4 lineup on Disney+
• She-Hulk(1:13:30)
  • Follow Jennifer Walters, lawyer
  • Last Phase 4 Marvel show on Disney+
• Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (1:17:30)
  • Animated series coming to Disney Channel
  • Laurence Fishburne as EP
• Avengers Campus (1:21:10)
  • Marvel themed lands coming to Disney’s California Adventure, Paris, and Hong Kong
  • Begin recruiting guests in 2020
• Video Games (1:25:50)
  • Ultimate Alliance 3
    • Marvel Knights - Curse of The Vampire on 9/30/19
    • Blade, Moon Knight, Punisher, Morbius
  • Marvel’s Avengers
    • A-Day gameplay footage released to public
  • Insomniac
    • Spider-Man developer purchased by Sony
    • Ensures sequel to #1 superhero game 
• The Joker (1:27:40)
  • Lands a hard R rating
  • Strong Bloody Violence, Disturbing Behavior, Language and Brief Sexual Images 
• The Matrix (1:29:10)
  • 4th film in franchise in the works
  • Lana Wachowski to direct
  • Keanu Reeves and Carrie Anne Moss to reprise roles as Neo and Trinity
    • Script calls for younger version of Morpheus to be cast
• James Bond 25 (1:31:45)
  • No Time To Die
    • In NO TIME TO DIE, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
  • April 8, 2020

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