Universal Loses Hulk Rights, Disney+ Price Increase, Ironheart's Upgraded Armor, Madame Web's Cast, and more!

This week, Superhero Slate is taking a look at Thick Kingpin, Madame Web gets a character list, Hulk could be back at Marvel by 2023, and more!

What We're Doing: Home Movie Snacks, Prey (2022), Bullet Train (2022), Shark Side of the Moon

News

• The Hulk (18:35)
  • Rumor/research shows that Hulk could return to Marvel proper in June 2023
  • Did this include She-Hulk?
• She-Hulk (32:35)
  • This week on Disney+!
  • ~30 minute episodes or less
• I Am Groot (37:10)
  • All 5 shorts on Disney+
  • 1 is between Guardians movies; other 4 are post Guardians 2
• Ironheart (41:28)
  • First look at Ironheart FULL armor set
  • The Hood confirmed as villain
    • Rumored to be empowered by Agatha Harkness
• Echo (50:50)
  • Vincent D’Onofrio back on set as Kingpin
• Disney+ (53:10)
  • New prices coming in for service
    • $7.99 with Ads (current price)
    • $10.99 without Ads ($109.99 year)
    • $9.99 D+/Hulu w/ads
    • $12.99 D+/Hulu/Espn+ w/ads
    • $19.99 D+/Hulu no ads; Espn+ w/ads
  • Launches October
• Madame Web (1:00:25)
  • Characters revealed
    • Dakota Johnson Is...Cassandra Webb (original Madame Web)
    • Sydney Sweeney Is...Julia Carpenter (second Web/Spider-Woman)
    • Celeste O’Connor Is...Mattie Franklin (90s character)
    • Isabela Merced Is...Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl)
    • Adam Scott Is...Ben Parker
    • Emma Roberts Is...Mary Parker (and is pregnant)
• DCEU (1:08:55)
  • Rumor: Greg Berlanti considered to be Kevin Feige for DC movies
• The Flash (1:14:00)
  • 3 options
    • Let Ezra Miller get help and release film
    • Reshoot ending with a new actor
    • Scrap film altogether (not off the table)
  • Reshooting it isn’t an option
• The Batman (1:21:35)
  • Sequel still hasn’t been greenlit by WB/Discovery
• Pennyworth (1:23:45)
  • Season 3 retitled “The Origin of Batman’s Butler”
• Sonic 3 (1:27:25)
  • Christian Bale cast as Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Christmas 2024

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