The Calm After | Episode 18
Superhero Slate doesn't let the week after Ultron slow us down. This week's podcast have Chris and Mike get ready for Civil War, look at Task Force X assembled, talk about CW adding another show to its lineup, and more!
Episode 18 Show Notes
If you’ve not listened to our Spoilercast last week, go hit it up! But only if you’ve seen Avengers: Age of Ultron. Listen here!
News
Civil War (5:53)
- Promo Art
- Martin Freeman
- Unknown role
- Henry Peter Gyrich
- Everett Ross (most likely)
- Unknown role
- Emily Van Camp returns
- Agent 13/Sharon Carter
Marvel TV (15:40)
- Agents of SHIELD/Carter are renewed
- Spinoff show is scrapped
Netflix (19:12)
- Rosario Dawson back for more Marvel
- DD S2 and more Netflix shows
Age of Ultron (20:50)
- Marvel’s Quicksilver
Infinity War (23:07)
- Filmed using IMAX/ARRI Cameras
- First film to do so, entirety of movies
Ant-Man (28:00)
- Poster
- Will open the Fantasia International Film Festival
Spider-Man (30:32)
- Director Shortlist
- Jonathan Levine (50/50)
- Ted Melfi (St. Vincent),
- Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect)
- John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (Vacation)
- Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite)
X-Men (36:25)
- Rogue Cut release July 14
- Hugh Jackman confirms Wolverin3 is last time as character
- 17 years, not sure if in Apocalypse
- James McAvoy is bald
Star Wars (41:35)
- Kylo Ren Unmasked
- Maz Kanata - concept art
- Poe Dameron
- Rey
- Captain Phasma is Gwendoline Christie (GoT)
Suicide Squad (45:55)
- Task Force X
- Deadshot with mask
- Harley Quinn on Set
- TONS of set photos
- But not going through them all
- Set in Midway City, MI
- the “Chicago” of DC
- How did the Joker get them tattoos?
BvS (54:10)
Legends of Tomorrow (54:55)
- Ordered for a series
- "When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?"
- Characters
- Captain cold
- Heatwave
- Firestorm
- The Atom
- The Canary
- Hawkgirl
Supergirl (60:30)
- Picked up at CBS
Lucifer (60:37)
- Picked up for series
Constantine (60:53)
- No more at NBC
Powers (61:55)
- Renewed for Season 2
- Showrunner leaves - creative differences
Muppets (63:51)
- New show gets series order
- Got standing ovation
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