Jamie Foxx as Electro (Again) & Ms. Marvel Casting | Weekly News Episode 293

This week Superhero Slate is digging into the rumor bin for Spider-Man 3, Ms. Marvel casts its Kamala Khan, play as your favorite Marvel hero in Fortnite, and more!

News

Fortnite (18:50)

• Wolverine now playable character in Battlepass
  • Just have to beat him!
• Blade previously as purchasable character too

Marvel’s 616 (22:35)

• Series to debut 8 episodes on Disney+ on November 20
• Official Trailer for series
• Titles/Directors:
  • “Japanese Spider-Man” Directed by David Gelb
  • “Higher Further Faster” Directed by Gillian Jacobs
  • “Amazing Artisans” Directed by Clay Jeter
  • “Lost and Found” Directed by Paul Scheer
  • “Suit Up!” Directed by Andrew Rossi
  • “Unboxed” Directed by Sarah Ramos
  • “The Marvel Method” Directed by Brian Oakes
  • “Marvel Spotlight” Directed by Alison Brie
• Group Watch available for all US Subscribers

Ms. Marvel (26:42)

• Iman Vellani cast as Kamala Khan in upcoming Disney+ show
• No previous work to date

Hawkeye (30:05)

• Madame Masque rumored as villain for series
  • Whitney Frost character appeared in Agent Carter series
  • Described as:
    • more of the espionage and hand-to-hand combat variety than the taking-over-the-world-with-super-powers-kind
• Deaf superhero Echo to debut in series
  • Once shared the mantle of Ronin
• Mockingbird to be introduced to MCU at large as well

Eternals (33:50)

• New design for Deviant Kro revealed from toy packaging
  • Original Kro is a pink devil looking character

Spider-Man (game) (48:35)

• PS5 upgrades for remastered game revealed
• New Peter Parker model, ray tracing
• 3 new suits: Including Amazing Spider-Man

Spider-Man 3 (MCU) (49:05)

• Jamie Foxx (re)cast as Electro in upcoming film
  • Will not be blue version from ASM 2
  • Could be Max Dillon, but MCU’s version
• No confirmation or denial of MultiVerse
  • Dr. Strange sets this up (in release order) afterwards
• Opens doors for Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield cameos
• Rumors: Sinister Six movie in the works here:
  • Vulture, Electro, Doc Ock, Sandman
  • No Mysterio
  • Kraven or Scorpion as 5th, MAYBE Green Goblin?
  • Spider-Man as 6th (Ultimate Six)
• Last year, Feige said Spider-Man is "the only hero with the superpower to cross cinematic universes, so as Sony continues to develop their own Spidey-verse you never know what surprises the future might hold."

Iron Man 2 (1:06:25)

• Genndy Tartakovsky did storyboards and pre-viz for the Pavilion fight scene in the third act of movie

D23 (1:09:20)

• Next event moved to 2022
  • September 9 to 11, 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center
• Centennial for company is 2023
• Star Wars Celebration also at ACC
  • August 18 to 21, 2022

Justice League: Snyder Cut (1:11:40)

• Henry Cavill denies doing any extra work for film to Collider

Regal Cinemas (1:13:10)

• Closing through at least 2021
  • Just announced Alita on October 30
  • Was plan to close before doing it?

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