Sebastian Stan in Batman 2, X-Men Doomsday Trailer, Tom Cruise Films Star Wars, and more!
This week on Superhero Slate Tom Cruise Films a Lightsaber Fight, The Winter Soldier Gets Two Faced, The X-Men Return to Marvel, and more!
News
- The Wrecking Crew (14:10)
- Trailer for Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa’s new “Lethal Weapon” style film
- Amazon Prime January 28
- Star Wars: Starfighter (20:10)
- Tom Cruise showed up to set and Shawn Levy let him shoot some of the scenes
- “Cruise just wanted to watch, he told them, but Levy, setting up a scene involving a lightsaber duel in the water, suggested the star jump on one of the cameras."
- Shawn Levy confirmed events:
- "Last week, Steven Spielberg was here. And now Tom Cruise is wielding a camera, ruining his very nice shoes. Now when you see the movie, you’ll know that part of it was shot by Tom. I mean, how cool is that?"
- Tom Cruise showed up to set and Shawn Levy let him shoot some of the scenes
- Avengers: Doomsday (24:30)
- Trailer #3 featuring the X-Men officially released
- Trailer #4 with the Wakandans, Atlanteans, and Fantastic Four in theaters now
- Super Bowl on February 8
- Star Lord (30:55)
- Rumor: Character will appear in VisionQuest and Doomsday
- Previously concept art showed him as a roommate with White Vision
- Helps explain how he knows most Champions/Young Avengers
- Rumor: Character will appear in VisionQuest and Doomsday
- Blade (36:40)
- Rumor: Marvel shelving movie for character to appear in Midnight Sons first
- Movie was supposed to tell history of both Blade and the Ebony Blade, as a double meaning
- Spider-Woman (40:15)
- Olivia Wilde’s previously announced movie has been scrapped by Sony
- Willing to let Marvel use more characters
- The Batman 2 (43:10)
- Sebastian Stan joins cast as Harvey Dent
- Scarlett Johansson rumored to be his wife Gilda Dent
- Could lead to female Two Face
- Movie could follow The Long Halloween plot
- Barry Keoghan most likely to return as the Joker
- Mister Miracle (49:40)
- Tom King confirms casting is underway for animated series
- He also hinted that we'll learn how the character fits into the wider DCU
- James Gunn has said animated characters would play their counterparts in live action
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