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Rotten Tomatoes BIG Changes, James Spader Returns to Ultron, Justice League Immortal News, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate, we're discussing Rotten Tomatoes’ new changes, James Spader is returning as Ultron in the Vision series, we get a delayed look at Martian Manhunter in Justice League Immortal, and more!

What We're Watching: Umbrella Academy S4, Alien: Romulus

News

  • Rotten Tomatoes (16:15)
    • Announces new “Verified Hot” audience badge and changes to scoring
      • Verified Hot is the audience Certified Fresh badge
      • Higher than 90% with Verified Audiences - using Fandango ticket confirmation
    • Red and Green popcorn buckets for audience scores 60% higher/lower based on 3.5 stars
    • Review score thresholds are changing to allow time for more critic reviews and audience reviews
      • Based on total domestic box office forecast by independent outside sources
  • Captain America: Brave New World (26:30)
  • Fantastic Four: First Steps (28:50)
  • Vision (31:05)
    • James Spader returning to voice Ultron in upcoming Marvel series and have a ‘major role in the show’
    • Looking to cast Javon Walton as “teen”
      • Teen is the name of a character in Agatha All Along
      • Rumored to be Vision/Wanda’s children aged up
    • Terry Matalas (Picard) is showrunner for upcoming series
    • Elizabeth Olsen ‘locked in’ to return as Scarlet Witch for a project filming 2025
      • VisionQuest or Doomsday?
  • X-Men 97 (36:35)
    • Season 3 showrunner Matthew Chauncey praised as a “genius” by director Emi/Emmett Yonemura (Remember It, Bright Eyes)
    • Season 2 scripts may need retooled/revised to remove Beau DeMayo’s credits
  • The Acolyte (39:00)
    • Will not be getting a season 2
    • Characters likely to show up in a continued High Republic series
      • Possibly based on fan favorite Plagueis
  • Spider-Man Noir (44:35)
    • Phil Lord & Chris Miller has left Sony Television after disagreements over Spider-Man Noir
      • “Heated fight over its budget”
    • Originally signed 9 figure TV deal with studio in 2019, Silk: Spider Society did not move forward at Amazon
      • More Amazon’s decision?
      • Have delivered The Afterparty for AppleTV+
  • Justice League Mortal (48:35)
    • First image of Martian Manhunter from canceled movie in late 2000s
      • Late actor went on to play Immortan Joe in Fury Road
    • Was to be directed by George Miller, was a week from filming before cancellation
      • Armie Hammer as Batman/Bruce Wayne
      • D.J. Cotrona as Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent
      • Megan Gale as Wonder Woman/Princess Diana of Themyscira
      • Adam Brody as The Flash/Barry Allen
      • Hugh Keays-Byrne as Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz
      • Teresa Palmer as Talia al Ghul
      • Zoe Kazan as Iris Allen
      • Santiago Cabrera as Aquaman/Arthur Curry
      • Jay Baruchel as Maxwell Lord
      • Common as John Stewart/Green Lantern
      • Anton Yelchin as The Flash/Wally West
  • Hellboy: The Crooked Man (52:20)
    • Getting international release on September 13
    • Not sure about US release in theaters or digital yet
  • Anaconda (54:10)
    • Paul Rudd and Jack Black in talks to star in remake of cult creature movie
      • Originally released in 1997
  • Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (56:10)
  • The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim (57:40)
  • Twilight of the Gods (1:01:30)

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