Spider-Man 4 Director Confirmed, Venom 3 Reveals Knull, Joker 2 Not Looking Good, and more!
This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got our official director for Spider-Man 4, Venom delivers the God of Symbiotes, Joker 2’s opening numbers are no laughing matter, and more!
Transformers One (17:00)
News
Deadpool & Wolverine (21:05)
- At $620 million domestically, could pass Avengers $623 and become 5th highest grossing comic book movie
- At $1.3 billion internationally, could pass Black Panther’s $1.33 billion
Agatha All Along (23:50)
- First two episodes premiere on Disney+ this week
- September 18
X-Men (25:25)
- Kelsey Grammer confirms “Conversations” about returning as Beast
- After The Marvels cameo
- Conversations due to reaction online, probably not returning role unless Secret Wars cameo
Shang-Chi (29:05)
- Avengers: Kang Dynasty would have served as sequel to Shang-Chi based on Ten Rings
- Plan before losing Jonathan Majors and having to pivot story
Spider-man 4 (30:30)
- Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi) to direct upcoming Spider-man 4
- After leaving Avengers 5, was given Wonder Man as good faith, and now Spider-man
- Will be about Spider-man fighting a villain in NYC
- No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers writing script
- Rumor: A blend of multiversal elements and still be a street level story, will see him team up with Venom (or at least the Symbiote)
- Will film early 2025, most likely release between Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars
- Reminder: Sony dictates release dates, not Disney
Spider-man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (39:55)
- Rumor: Entire film has been scrapped with a creative overhaul, pushing the film’s release back
- Chris Miller has since said nothing is scrapped and reels are coming in nicely
- Will be 2027 to not double dip with Spider-Man 4
- Animation crews are relieved, after reports of bad conditions on last film arose during release
Venom: The Last Dance (43:05)
- Final trailer reveals symbiote creator Knull
- Rumor: Norman Reedus playing character
- Rumor/Theory: Knull feels Venom has been through multiverse and wants him to find way to get there
- Reshoots in Vegas currently going on, same time as Tom Holland filming secret project
- Trailers have only shown Eddie/Venom in Mexico and Las Vegas, beside filming in NYC directly
- October 25, 2024
The Batman (52:30)
- Matt Reeves confirms plans for Trilogy of films
- Batman 2 likely to have winter/cold theme, but maybe not Mr. Freeze
Joker: Folie a Deux (55:03)
- Todd Philips says there is no plan for a third film
- Tracking numbers have it lower than The Flash or Shazam 2
Constantine 2 (57:25)
- Producer says script is finished
- He is “Too scared to read it”
Lanterns (1:00:25)
- Josh Brolin turned down Hal Jordan role in series
- Ewan McGregor next, followed by Chris Pine
- If neither agree, not sure who will play role
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