Infinity War & Black Panther Review | Weekly News Episode 159

On this week's Superhero Slate, Black Panther pounces into theaters, we get a look at Incredibles 2, does Sony regret their original Spider-Man deal, and more!

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Where in the world is Mike?

News

Black Panther (7:50)

• Review Episode & Thoughts
• Takes place one week after Civil War’s bombing
• Feige wants Coogler back for BP2

Thor: Ragnarok (13:35)

• New Daryl short video with home release
• Digital this week

• Infinity War (14: 30)
  • Promo poster released
  • Toy releases increase speculation & spoilers
    • Iron Spider extra arms?
    • Toy Fair reveals fully armored Thanos
  • Black Order voice actors will be ‘familiar’

Captain Marvel (21:15)

• Kevin Feige states people online have correctly identified what’s going on with green suit shots

Agents of SHIELD (23:00)

• Absorbing Man to return in Midseason premiere

Silver & Black (24:45)

• Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking) will team with Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider) to deliver final draft of script

What’d Mike Miss? (26:55)

• Venom
• Deadpool 2
• Solo

Sony (31:15)

• New information reveals Sony could have purchased every Marvel character for $25 million
  • Instead got only Spider-Man for $10

Fox (32:20)

• Deal will happen with Disney per Fox president

Deadpool 2 (33:15)

• Mysterious X-Men on helicopter
  • Domino, Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard from IT), Deadpool, Shatterstar, and GW Bridge (Terry Crews)

143 (35:25)

• Tim Miller (Deadpool) and Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man) working on mysterious movie called 143 set in the X-Men universe
• Kitty Pryde is speculated
  • Uncanny X-Men #143 - she fights a N’garai demon at Christmastime

Incredibles 2 (38:40)

• First trailer released during Winter Olympics

Solo (41:10)

• Jon Favreau (Iron Man) to voice alien character

Star Wars IX (42:10)

• Blade Runner 2049 art director joins film

Wonder Woman (43:55)

• Highest rated premiere on HBO in 2 years

Shazam! (46:00)

• Has posters with ties to Ace Chemicals, which created Joker
  • Unsure how it ties into larger DCEU

Justice League (46:55)

• Zack Snyder fired because his cut was ‘unwatchable’

The Predator (49:10)

• Moves away from Mission Impossible 6 to Sept 14

Battle Angel Alita (50:40)

• From July to December 21st (Aquaman, Bumblebee, Holmes & Watson)

Transformers (52:35)

• Series will reboot after the Bumblebee movie

The Cloverfield Paradox (54:30)

• Thoughts and Impressions

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