Grodd Goes to College, X-Men Casts Angel, The Legend of Zelda’s 40th Anniversary, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate Gorilla Grodd Goes to College, X-Men Gets an Angel, The Legend of Zelda celebrates 40 years, and more!

Patrick and Chris watch Iron Man (2008)

News

The Legend of Zelda 8:10

• The movie is based on stories and concepts from franchise, not an adaption of one specific game
  • April 30, 2027
• Ocarina of Time remake for Switch 2 first look
  • November 5, 2026

Man of Tomorrow 17:05

• Rumors: James Gunn took note of complaints from Superman and changed production on film
  • New director of photography
  • Tone to be more mature, dense, and epic
• Brainiac’s design rumored to be terrifying and goal is to immediately unsettle moviegoers
• John Stewart to have big role and get comic accurate costume
• Captain Atom set to appear and receive a medal of some sort
• Rumor: Jay Garrick might appear or be referenced in film
  • No sign of Barry Allen or Wally West

Clayface 25:00

• Tickets set to go on sale this week
• October 23, 2026

The Batman Part 2 29:40

• Bruce Wayne will have a ‘63 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray in the film
  • Feels like a throwback to Adam West’s Batman vehicles

The Penguin 32:50

• Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho Productions re-upped deal with Warner Bros TV
  • Company who brought us the Penguin season 1
• Could be another small screen spinoff

The People vs Gorilla Grodd 36:10

• Is currently filming on set with a practical Grodd outfit
  • Grodd and Matter Eater Ladd (Eduardo Franco: Stranger Things)
    • Possesses the power to eat matter in all forms
• Several songs sung on set, including Party Rock Anthem
• Show will also feature fake interviews and cutaways

Avenger: Doomsday 43:05

• Less than 100 days till movie premiere
• Latverian Witches on merchandise

VisionQuest 49:50

• New teaser released for series
• October 14 on Disney+
  • Less than a month till series debuts

The Punisher 54:15

• Rumor is Marvel is planning to move forward with a sequel to One Last Kill
  • Not sure if its a series or a movie

X-Men 1:00:10

• Asa Germann cast as Angel
• Casting said to be underway for Beast and Iceman
  • Beast will be more his Original, non-blue fur look

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