This Means War | Episode 69
Superhero Slate is super excited that Captain America’s Civil War is finally here! Also, new Star Wars video games impress us, we’re gonna talk about those Power Ranger outfits, Fox lines up its New Mutants, and more!
Riff & Raff
News
- Captain America: Civil War (8:25)
- Initial impressions; Spoilercast
- Box Office Update
- Avengers: Infinity War (15:50)
- Parts 1 and 2 will get new titles
- To help show films are separate, but equal?
- Black Widow (19:55)
- Committed to making a solo film
- Probably not till phase 4
- Captain Marvel (24:10)
- Rumor: Emily Carmichael to direct
- Award winning short film director/writer
- Lending rumors to Emily Blunt as Carol Danvers
- Rumor: Emily Carmichael to direct
- Doctor Strange (28:00)
- Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (Inside Out; The Incredibles)
- Star Wars (31:05)
- Video game coming from Respawn (Titanfall)
- Stig Asmussen, God of War director in charge
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (33:15)
- New Star Wars day trailer
- Tons of new stories - all canon
- Rescue Admiral Ackbar; Hunt Rathtars with Han/Chewie; C3PO’s red arm and more
- Han Solo Solo Film (35:38)
- Elden Ehrenreich reportedly cast as role
- New Mutants (38:30)
- Lineup revealed?
- Wolfsbane
- Magik
- Mirage
- Cannonball
- Sunspot
- Warlock
- Lineup revealed?
- Batman: The Killing Joke (42:50)
- Releasing August 2
- Rated R animated film
- Justice League (45:45)
- Ben Affleck added as EP
- Irredeemable (48:55)
- To be directed by Adam McKay
- Irredeemable was first published in 2009 and tells the story of a Superman-like character, The Plutonian, who one days snaps and becomes the world’s greatest supervillain, flooding continents and killing millions. The former hero’s allies, a team of heroes called The Paradigm, are the only ones that can stop him all while on the run from his god-like rage. As the team tries to uncover his secrets and find a way to stop him, they must figure out what drove him to the edge and team up with their former enemies to stop their friend. What happens to the world when its savior betrays it?
- The Mummy (51:15)
- Russell Crowe joins as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Universal Monster Film (53:10)
- Set to debut in 2019
- Invisible Man?
- Set to debut in 2019
- Power Rangers (54:05)
- Assassin’s Creed (58:15)
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