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
- Wolverine now playable character in Battlepass
- 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
- Madame Masque rumored as villain for series
- Eternals (33:50)
- 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."
- Jamie Foxx (re)cast as Electro in upcoming film
- 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
- Next event moved to 2022
- Justice League: Snyder Cut (1:11:40)
- Regal Cinemas (1:13:10)
- Closing through at least 2021
- Just announced Alita on October 30
- Was plan to close before doing it?
- Closing through at least 2021
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