Spider-Man Sequel Rumors & Comcast's Cash Bid | Weekly News Episode 173

The Superhero Slate duo talks Solo, the Star Wars movie, Spider-Man 2 rumors, potential Wonder Woman 2 titles, and more!

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News

• Han Solo (4:50)
  • Review of a Star Wars Story
  • Spoiler-free
• Boba Fett (8:45)
  • James Mangold (Logan) hired to write/direct stand-alone film
• Star Wars 9 (13:20)
  • Grand Admiral Thrawn rumored to make cinematic debut
    • Online casting videos
    • Zahn cannot write novel until Ep 9 script is done
• Comcast & Fox (17:00)
  • Comcast potentially putting a cash offer for Fox
    • X-men / Fantastic Four Rights
    • “The failure to have obtained any third-party consents necessary for the IP to have been transferred to the seller (if not originally developed by the company)”
• Netflix (15:26)
  • Passes Disney to be the most valuable pure media company in the world
  • $161 billion to $152 billion
• Avengers Infinity War (27:40)
  • $1.9 billion
• Avengers 4 (30:05)
  • First Synopsis
    • “A culmination of 22 interconnected films the fourth installment of the Avengers saga will draw audiences to witness the turning point of this epic journey. Our beloved heroes will truly understand how fragile this reality is and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it.”
• Spider-Man 2 (33:00)
  • Possibly called Spectacular Spider-Man
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in talks to play Mysterio
    • Rhino could be ‘muscle’ ally
  • May not take place after Avengers 4 (could lead into Avengers 3 field trip)
  • Possibly introducing Spider-Woman (not bit by a spider)
  • Osborne has purchased Avengers tower
  • Leads into Spider-Man 3 being Sinister Six
• Black Panther 2 (42:10)
  • Donald Glover rumored to be villain in film
    • Already the Prowler from Spider-Man Homecoming
    • Maybe something else
• Black Widow (44:20)
  • Hired Red Sparrow production designer Maria Djurkovic
• Daredevil (45:05)
  • Season 3 logo may confirm Bullseye
    • Deleted post
• Cloak & Dagger (46:55)
  • Pilot episode reviews
    • Exists between SHIELD’s light tone and darker Netflix shows
    • Great actors
• Morbius: The Living Vampire (48:20)
  • Logline for film revealed
    • "Horror action story of a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire who, though disgusted by his own bloodlust, chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life."
• Wonder Woman 2 (51:30)
  • New domains for WB
• Aquaman (54:07)
  • New armor for character
• SHAZAM! (55:40)
  • First look at Zachary Levi in costume
• The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (58:40)
  • Title and poster revealed for sequel
  • February 2019
• Men In Black (1:00:40)
  • Liam Neeson as head of MIB UK branch
  • June 2019
• Transformers 7 (1:02:00)
  • Dropped from Paramount’s release schedule
• James Bond (1:02:50)
  • 25th film officially announced
    • Release October 25/November 8 2019
  • Danny Boyle to direct, Daniel Craig to return as Bond
• The Expanse (1:04:20)
  • Season 4 picked up at Amazon
• Agents of SHIELD (1:05:20)
  • Season 5/series review & future
  • *SPOILERS*

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