This week on Superhero Slate, we’ve got our reaction to Joker 2, DC’s new animated movie featuring 2 Robins, Venom The Last Dance popcorn buckets arrive, Spider-Man 4’s rumored title includes royalty, and more!
Cozy Fall Vibes = Great British Bake Off, Paddington in Peru, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
News
Joker: Folie A Deux
- Opening estimated lower than $39 million domestically, on par with Morbius $39
- Previews down 50% from Joker
- Todd Phillips given final cut from WB (director who brought in $2.5 billion for studio), and Venice premiere considered “disaster” with low reviews sitting for so long
- No test audiences for film either
- RT scores: 33% Critics, 31% Audience
- Rare alignment
- Chris Review
The Penguin
- Series Episode 2 saw a 17% increase in viewers from premiere
- Sitting 94% on RT
The Batman
- David Zaslav is losing patience in DCU and pushing for more Batman at WB/DC to compete with Marvel Studios
- The Batman II in 2026 and no date for The Brave and the Bold in DCU
- Idea is making Robert Pattinson’s Batman THE Batman, including DCU retroactively
- Compounded by The Penguin being a ratings success
Dynamic Duo
- Animated movie based on Nightwing and the Red Hood in works from DC Studios and Swaybox Studios
- Story of 2 previous Robins early days, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd
- “[Dynamic Duo] will depict how the friendship between Grayson and Todd as youths becomes tested by their diverging ideas for what their future should be. (Reports that the characters will begin as a pair of thieves in the film were false.)”
- Swaybox known for Momo animation which is a cross between CGI, stop motion, and live-action performances.
Super Hero
- Marvel and DC have lost the shared “Super Hero” trademark registered in 1967
- Due to DC trying to block a comic called “Super Babies” then not responding to the challenge in time
- They still jointly own “Super Heroes” and “Super-Villain”
Deadpool & Wolverine
- Now on PVOD, #1 first day purchased movie in 2024
- Henry Cavill reportedly not done with the MCU
- Not necessarily the Cavillrine
Nova
- Rumor: Glenn Close and John C. Reilly to reprise their roles as Nova Prime and Rhomann Dey in upcoming series
- Introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Corps members
- Could be flashbacks if they were not brought back by Infinity Stones
- Thanos got the power stone off screen in Infinity War
Silver Surfer
- Rumor: Solo Silver Surfer project still in works at Marvel
- Thought to be Special Presentation, not full series
- Which Silver Surfer: Shalla-Bal who is in Fantastic Four or Norrin Radd?
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man
- Rumor: Logan Kim (Ghostbusters Afterlife) has been cast as Amadeus Cho in MCU
- Could be live-action or Spider-Man animated series
- Mother was teased in Age of Ultron
Spider-Man 4
- Reliable source: “Take this with a grain of salt, but I’ve heard the next Spider-Man movie might be titled Spider-Man: King in Black.”
- Would tie into Symbiote left in No Way Home and possibly Knull in Venom 3?
- Rumor: Andrew Garfield locked in for 2 more Spider-Man appearances
- Secret Wars and….?
- Part of Sony and Marvel’s new deal is that Marvel can use any Sony film character 30 days after they hit VOD, rather than completely off the table
Venom: The Last Dance
- Rumor: Andy Serkis will play mo-capped Knull in film
- Previously directed Let There Be Carnage
- Regal’s popcorn and drink vessels confirmed for movie
- Including Anti-Venom design (more comics than movie) as controller holders
- Cinemark includes a character accurate concept
- Pizza Hut has black aioli drizzle for pizzas in collaboration
- Tickets on sale
Spider-Man Noir
- First set photos show Nicolas Cage on set (as Ben Reilly?)
- Set in the 1930s as an aging detective
- Newspaper confirms Silvermane as one of the antagonists
- Looks to be played by Brendan Gleeson
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