The Calm After | Episode 18

Superhero Slate doesn't let the week after Ultron slow us down. This week's podcast have Chris and Mike get ready for Civil War, look at Task Force X assembled, talk about CW adding another show to its lineup, and more!

Episode 18 Show Notes

If you’ve not listened to our Spoilercast last week, go hit it up! But only if you’ve seen Avengers: Age of Ultron. Listen here!

News

Civil War (5:53)

• Promo Art
  • Fight!
  • Captain America
  • Iron Man
• Martin Freeman
  • Unknown role
    • Henry Peter Gyrich
    • Everett Ross (most likely)
• Emily Van Camp returns
  • Agent 13/Sharon Carter

Marvel TV (15:40)

• Agents of SHIELD/Carter are renewed
• Spinoff show is scrapped

Netflix (19:12)

• Rosario Dawson back for more Marvel
• DD S2 and more Netflix shows

Age of Ultron (20:50)

• Marvel’s Quicksilver

Infinity War (23:07)

• Filmed using IMAX/ARRI Cameras
• First film to do so, entirety of movies

Ant-Man (28:00)

• Poster
• Will open the Fantasia International Film Festival

Spider-Man (30:32)

• Director Shortlist
  • Jonathan Levine (50/50)
  • Ted Melfi (St. Vincent),
  • Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect)
  • John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (Vacation)
  • Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite)

X-Men (36:25)

• Rogue Cut release July 14
  • Case artwork
• Hugh Jackman confirms Wolverin3 is last time as character
  • 17 years, not sure if in Apocalypse
• James McAvoy is bald

Star Wars (41:35)

• Kylo Ren Unmasked
• Maz Kanata - concept art
  • Motion Capture
  • Castle inhabitants
• Poe Dameron
• Rey
• Captain Phasma is Gwendoline Christie (GoT)

Suicide Squad (45:55)

• Task Force X
• Deadshot with mask
• Harley Quinn on Set
• TONS of set photos
  • But not going through them all
• Set in Midway City, MI
  • the “Chicago” of DC
• How did the Joker get them tattoos?

BvS (54:10)

• Wonder Woman promo artwork

Legends of Tomorrow (54:55)

• Ordered for a series
  • "When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and  villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?"
• Characters
  • Captain cold
  • Heatwave
  • Firestorm
  • The Atom
  • The Canary
  • Hawkgirl

Supergirl (60:30)

• Picked up at CBS

Lucifer (60:37)

• Picked up for series

Constantine (60:53)

• No more at NBC

Powers (61:55)

• Renewed for Season 2
• Showrunner leaves - creative differences

Muppets (63:51)

• New show gets series order
• Got standing ovation

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