The Flashpoint Directors & Marvel's Animated Future | Weekly News Episode 155

Welcome to Superhero Slate where the Flashpoint movie gets its directors, Venom may have a surprise for us after all, we’re ready to get Solo (A Star Wars Story), and more!

News

Flashpoint (13:35)

• John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein hired as directors
  • Wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming
• First choice was Ben Affleck, approached as recently as last week

Justice League (17:55)

• Digital on Feb 13/Blu-Ray on March 13
• Box Art brightens up characters
• “Return of Superman” Scene to be added
  • No other deleted/extended scenes

Wonder Woman II (21:00)

• First film to adapt PGA’s new sexual harassment policy

Gotham City Sirens (21:55)

• WB is killing upcoming movie
• Suicide Squad 2, Birds of Prey (written by Christina Hodson) and The Joker vs Harley Quinn (writers/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa) to remain

Legends of Tomorrow (25:00)

• Kid Flash moves to LoT as series regular

Black Lightning (26:40)

• Pilot impressions

Venom (29:18)

• Peter Parker may appear in Venom afterall
  • Per John Schnepp
  • Holland has been on set a few days already
• Deleted Instagram post may confirm Carnage

Spider-Man Homecoming Sequel (34:50)

• Femme Fatale lead
  • European in her 20’s

Ant-Man and the Wasp (36:15)

• Hope and Scott in suits

Cloak and Dagger (38:35)

• Debut June 7 at 8 PM with two-hour premiere
• New sneak peek

Marvel Animated (40:05)

• Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Spider-Man are reportedly coming to an end
• No renewals yet before show hiatus

Toy Story 4 (45:40)

• Stephany Folsom has been brought on to write script for TS4
  • Replaces Rashida Jones/Will McCormack
• Uncredited on Thor: Ragnarok due to guild regulations
  • Received story credit

Best Rated Film (47:55)

• New front runner - Paddington 2

Indiana Jones (50:51)

• Fifth entry could be next Steven Spielberg film

Solo (51:20)

• Trailer to be released this week (rumor)
  • Placed with The Maze Runner
• EPK reel sneak peek promises fan service and ‘old’ star wars feel to it
• Synopsis revealed:
  • Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
• And ‘logo’

Star Wars Rebels (56:12)

• Final season 4 episode trailer

Bride of Frankenstein (57:00)

• Script production never stopped
• Back to pre-production
  • Javier Bardem still expected to be Frankenstein’s Monster

Men In Black Spinoff (58:20)

• Releasing May 17, 2019
  • A week after Gambit and the week before Toy Story 4

Tomb Raider (59:30)

• https://youtu.be/u1kJniuk8oQ
• Official Trailer 2 debuts

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