Fantastic Four First Steps & Jurassic World Rebirth Trailers, DCU Animation, and More!
This week on Superhero Slate, we're breaking down the Fantastic Four First Steps and the Jurassic World Rebirth trailers, the DCU leans into Animation, and more!
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News
X-Men (12:10)
- Insider says they’re casting for upcoming movie
- Rumor: Javier Bardem eyed to play Mister Sinister as villain of film
- Other rumors say Iceman will be in film as well
- Rumor: No origin story movie, as they’ll have been around and are already a team
Captain America: Brave New World (19:50)
- Will be released this week in theaters
- Director confirms Adamantium is more durable than Vibranium and teases it will become part of Project X and Wolverine in MCU
Black Panther 3 (25:00)
- Producer says Wakandans will have something to say about Adamantium being introduced vs their Vibranium
- Rumor: Black Panther variants could show up in next Avengers movies, so not a direct recast
- Rumor: Ryan Coogler is interested in leaning into a more horror/supernatural/thriller tone for this film.
- His next film is the Sinners movie with Michael B Jordan/vampires
Avengers: Doomsday (29:35)
- Rumor: Spider-Man to have a huge role in film
- Rumor: There’s a reason he has THAT face referring to Robert Downey Jr as Victor Von Doom
- Rumor: Plan is not to kill Loki, but possibly bring him off his role as Time Keeper, and have a reunion with Thor
World War Hulk (35:00)
- Rumor: Film could play out in Battleworld, news possibly before Comic-Con in July
Moon Knight (38:28)
- Rumor: "look up Memento, American Horror Story: Hotel and 'Ei8ht' from Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" for Season 2 inspiration
Strange Academy (41:00)
- Could turn into Animated feature instead of live-action series
- Same with Power Pack as previously reported
Vision Quest (43:00)
- Ruaridh Mollica had been cast in Vision as a series regular called "Tucker."
- Could be Tommy Maximoff’s real name, or if Vision builds his own family as Vin
- Terry Matalas (Star Trek Picard/Showrunner), Christopher J Byrne (American Gods), and Vincenzo Natali (Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities) as directors of episodes
Fantastic Four: First Steps (45:15)
- Teaser trailer released for upcoming film
- Invisible Woman, The Thing, Johnny Storm, but no Mister Fantastic Powers
- Galactus shadow and over the shoulder in New York
- Baxter Building very prominent
- John Malkovich shows up - theories are Doctor Doom from Earth X or Red Ghost, a cold war villain trying to replicate the experiment that gave F4 their powers
Jurassic World Rebirth (54:30)
- Trailer released this week takes us back to Isla Nublar, to revisit the original Jurassic Park site
- Need DNA from 3 biggest dinosaurs in the area with abilities to help people
- MORE DNA splicing, looks to be Human & Dinosaur mix or some kind of mutant
The Authority (1:01:25)
- Rumor: Movie is being “reworked” since announcement
- Some discussion about it being animated back in November, but not the same idea as when it was included with Gunn’s Gods and Monsters panel
Blue Beetle (1:03:15)
- Animated series worked on this year to debut in 2026
- Unsure if soft reboot again or continuing the movie
- 2023 film was pretty disconnected from DCEU at large
Skeleton Crew (1:04:40)
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