Han Solo Spinoff Series & the Infinity Saga Boxset | Weekly News Episode 241

On Superhero Slate, the CW is having a Crisis from Multiple DC Shows, a Han Solo spin-off series could be in the works, Marvel reveals a trailer for the Infinity Saga, and more!

News

Batman Day (11:18)

• 80th Birthday on 9/21
  • Fortnite skins and challenges
• The Animated Series intro redone in Arkham games

Arkham City Games (15:45)

• WB Montreal posts new teaser after 4 years
• 2 days before Sony’s State of Play

Crisis on Infinite Earths (18:25)

• CW crossover continues to add more universes
  • Smallville Clark Kent & Lois Lane to return
  • Erica Durance plays Lois Lane and Supergirl’s mom
  • Multiple episode count
• 5 part series

Birds of Prey (23:50)

• Title treatments revealed
• The Fabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn
• #BOPHQ

Titans (26:20)

• Nightwing costume makes first appearance in Season 2

Star Wars (27:15)

• Jon Favreau open to making another Star Wars Christmas Special for Disney+
• 1978 original met with negative reception, introduced Boba Fett

Solo (31:55)

• Rumored spin-off series for Solo movie coming to Disney+
• Focus on Crimson Dawn and other underworld criminal moments
• Follow Darth Maul from Solo appearance to Rebels

• New Warriors (37:00) 
  • Has failed to find a network and series is no longer moving forward
    • Disney+ and Hulu passed

Loki (42:20)

• Tom Hiddleston promises answers to following questions:
  • Is Loki dead?
  • Where did he go with the Tesseract?

The Infinity Saga (48:20)

• Marvel shows trailer for Infinity Saga including all movies across 23 films
  • Starts with Iron Man and ends with Far From Home
• “A thing isn’t beautiful just because it exists”

Spider-Man: Far From Home (54:00)

• Night Monkey trailer released to promote Spider-Man on digital and upcoming home release

Funko Pop! (54:45)

• WB enlists Oscar Nominated PIxar Director/Designer Teddy Newton (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant) to work on story with Mark Dindal (The Emperor’s New Groove)

Jojo Rabbit (58:00)

• Taika Waititi film takes home People’s Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival
  • Former winners are Green Book and La La Land

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