AMC/Universal's New Deal & Secret Invasion Theories | Weekly News Episode 284

This week Superhero Slate is looking at a historic deal between theaters and distributors, Captain Marvel 2 is rumored to adapt Secret Invasion, Tenet will release in theaters this month after all, and more!

News

• The Umbrella Academy (13:50)
  • Season 2 drop on Netflix
  • Spoiler Free thoughts
• The Witcher (23:00)
  • Blood Origin live action prequel series officially greenlit at Netflix
  • Details history of The Witcher creations, 1200 years before the current series
• Beauty and the Beast (26:45)
  • Gaston based prequel series to be called “The Little Town” where the movie is set
  • Luke Evans and Josh Gad set to reprise roles from film
• Solo (30:46)
  • Now on Disney+
    • All Star Wars major films on streaming service
  • Star Wars sequel series rumored to be in works for Disney+
  • Could revolve around Han Solo or Lando or both
• Hawkeye (36:10)
  • Hailee Steinfeld has reportedly signed on for Kate Bishop role
  • Worked out deal around Apple+ contracts
• Marvel’s Avengers (Game) (39:20)
  • War Table for upcoming Beta
    • Golden Gate Bridge
    • Levels with Kamala and Hulk
    • HARM (Holographic Augmented Reality Machine rooms)
    • War Zones - 4 player multiplayer operations; can range 10 minutes to 2 hours
  • Hawkeye revealed as one of first free characters
• Captain Marvel 2 (46:35)
  • Rumored to involve Ms. Marvel and adapt Secret Invasion
  • Include important MCU characters and be seen as a mini-Avengers film (Civil War)
• Spider-Man 3 (539:45)
  • Tony Revolori to return as Flash Thompson
• Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (54:20)
  • Now filming in Sydney, AUS
  • Safer places to film movies currently
• AMC Theaters (56:10)
  • Has reached deal with Universal (previously had beef) to reduce release window from theater to PVOD to 17 days
  • Premium Video on Demand is higher cost; $19.99 for 48 hour rental
    • AMC to get 10%
  • Record low, potentially temporary?
• Tenet (1:06:15)
  • Warner Bros. will release film internationally on August 26
  • Will roll out across world in tiered release
• The Emmy’s 2020 (1:10:44)
  • The Mandalorian, Watchmen (26), Westworld
• The Mandalorian (1:13:45)
  • Season 2 will delve into Moff Gideon’s backstory and the Darksaber
• Harley Quinn (1:16:35)
  • Animated series now on HBO Max
• Wonder Woman 84 (1:18:30)
  • New trailer to be tied to Inception re-release in cinemas on August 22
  • Dune to also have a trailer
• The Flash (1:20:30)
  • Andy Muschietti stated to Orden 67 (spanish site)
  • “It’s a story of time travel, the Flash travels back to save his mother”
• Snake Eyes (1:22:10)
  • GI Joe movie moves from October 2020 to 2021 (no date)

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