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Star Wars Celebration Reveals, Across the Spider-Verse Trailer, Super Mario Bros Review, and more!

This week Superhero Slate is covering Star Wars Celebration Europe, new trailers for Across the Spider-Verse, Blue Beetle, Extraction 2 drop, we talk about the Super Mario Bros movie, and more!

News

Super Mario Bros. (3:05)

  • Second best 5 day opening ever
    • $377.2 million globally, making it best animated opening movie ever (Ahead of Frozen 2)
    • Biggest video game opening (Warcraft was previous holder)

Street Fighter (10:25)

  • Legendary acquires rights to franchise
  • Movie revealed to be in works
    • Studio hits include Detective Pikachu and Dune

Ballerina (13:13)

  • John Wick spinoff is a film, releasing June 7, 2024

Swamp Thing (14:00)

  • James Mangold (Logan; Indiana Jones) to write and direct Swamp Thing movie
  • Will be in tandem with other projects (below)

My Adventures with Superman (15:45)

Blue Beetle (18:00)

  • Trailer for upcoming movie
    • Theatrical release instead of HBO Max
  • Feels like a streaming movie
    • Mentions Batman
  • Rumor: character to be incorporated into the DCU with Safran and Gunn

Secret Invasion (22:05)

Guardians of the Galaxy (23:30)

Across the Spider-Verse (28:11)

Extraction 2 (32:50)

Star Wars Celebration Europe (36:25)

  • New Star Wars cinematic timeline released
    • Dawn of the Jedi
    • The Old Republic
    • The High Republic
    • Fall of the Jedi (The Prequels, The Clone Wars)
    • Reign of the Empire (The Bad Batch) 
    • Age of Rebellion (Andor, Star Wars Rebels, Rogue One, The Original Trilogy)
    • The New Republic (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka) 
    • Rise of the First Order (Star Wars: Resistance, The Sequel Trilogy)
    • New Jedi Order
  • Confirms Dawn of the Jedi and New Jedi Order as timelines Lucasfilm wants to explore

Ahsoka (The New Republic) (42:30)

Skeleton Crew (The New Republic) (51:50)

  • First images showcase younger cast and Jude Law (who is playing a Jedi)
  • “the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.”

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor (Age of Rebellion) (54:50)

Star Wars: Episode X (New Jedi Order) (56:30)

  • New movie announced to be set 15 years after Rise of Skywalker, with Rey returning to train new Jedi
    • Daisy Ridley to return to role
    • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to direct project
  • Set to correct Luke’s mistakes in bringing the Jedi back and setup the New Jedi Order

Star Wars: The New Republic (1:04:11)

  • Movie directed by Dave Filoni that will culminate the Mandalorian timeline and Disney+ shows
  • “Escalating war between the Imperials and fledging New Republic”

Star Wars: The First Jedi (Dawn of the Jedi) (1:09:00)

  • James Mangold (Indiana Jones; Logan) will direct a movie about the first Jedi in the earliest past
  • A timeline hinted at but never uncovered or told through Lucasfilm

The Acolyte (High Republic) (1:15:05)

Andor (Age of Rebellion) (1:19:35)

  • Season 2 on track to release August 2024 per Tony Gilroy

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (1:22:45)

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