Marvel Timelines & Daredevil Rumors | Weekly News Episode 334

This week Superhero Slate has got MCU Cameo Rumors, General Thrawn might have an actor, Michael B. Jordan is doing his own Superman, and more!

Space Jam: A New Legacy, Rutherford Falls, Sliders, Ted Lasso, Masters of the Universe

News

Dune (17:15)
- Official Main Trailer released
- Showcases characters and action scenes
  - Atreides Family to take over and watch over the planet Arakkis (Dune), where Spice Melange is harvested. This unlocks the mind and helps with space travel/navigation, but the Harkonnens want revenge for losing their planet. Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) leads the film on his journey through the planet Dune.
- October 22 in Theaters and HBO Max
Black Widow (22:40)
- One of the Black Widows will appear in Shang Chi
- Fight tournament most likely
What If...? (24:20)
- Marvel’s VP of Film, Victoria Alonso, promises another season
- More animated projects on the way and a “mini studio” on the horizon for them
  - Rumors of a Deadpool series
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (28:40)
- Rumor: Captain Carter will make a cameo in the film
  - Haley Atwell could reprise role as character
Spider-Man: No Way Home (29:45)
- Theaters are now using Fan-Made posters to promote the film
  - No trailer or marketing materials have come out yet
- Charlie Cox cancels comic-con appearance same weekend as Spider-Man: No Way Home reshoots
  - Not necessarily connected, but interesting as he’s not connected to other projects
  - Could also be She-Hulk
Hawkeye (34:30)
- Rumor: Vincent D’onofrio will return as Kingpin in show, 5th or 6th episode
  - Show could be tied into Spider-Man: No Way Home more than expected
- Hawkeye will debut before end of year, per Victoria Alonso
  - Yelena Belova will appear in multiple episodes
Ms. Marvel (35:50)
- Victoria Alonso says show will be on Disney+ before 2022
- Indicates trailers sooner than later
Loki (38:00)
- “Separate Timelines are now connecting”
- The branched timelines can get so big they come back and touch other timelines again
Ahsoka (48:30)
- Rumor is that Mena Massoud (Aladdin) will play Ezra Bridger in series
- Lars Mikkelsen will reprise Thrawn from Rebels in live action version.
Superman (50:50)
- Michael B Jordan is creating a Val-Zod limited series for HBO Max
  - Not Kal-El Superman that will be on big screen
- Will adapt story from comic books, not ‘racebend’ the Kal-El version
- Found by Terry Sloan and becomes Earth-2’s Superman
Batgirl (53:15)
- Leslie Grace (In the Heights) has been case as Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl in the HBO Max series
- Will be directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life; Ms. Marvel)
- Written by Christina Hodson (Birds of Prey; Bumblebee; The Flash)
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (57:05)
- Animated series based on Vesemir, the mentor of Geralt, in his younger days.
  - First time his past is explored in any media
  - Voiced by Theo James - Hector in Castlevania
- August 23, 2021