Star Wars Day 2026 Rumors, Spider-Man Noir Early Impressions, X-Men 97 Characters, and more!
This week on Superhero Slate we have Star Wars Day rumors (tomorrow), Spider-Man Noir Sounds Fun, X-Men 97 Character Teams Get Revealed, and more!
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News
- Star Wars (4:40)
- May the 4th tomorrow
- Rumor: Tales of the Jedi: Luke Skywalker, Jedi Video Game Threequel, Ahsoka Trailer
- Maybe Star Fighter look?
- Mortal Kombat II (11:36)
- Movie in theaters this week
- Cinemark reveals a Tankard mug
- Resident Evil (13:20)
- Upcoming movie reboot trailer released
- Zach Creggar (Weapons) directing
- Set alongside the games, but doesn’t seem to feature main characters
- Upcoming movie reboot trailer released
- Spider-Noir (16:10)
- Early review compare it to “Batman the Animated Series” for noir tone
- Mixes of seriousness with camp
- Episode titles:
- Episode 1 - Step Into My Office
- Episode 2 - Tread Lightly
- Episode 3 - Double Cross
- Episode 4 - A Mistake I'll Never Make Again
- Episode 5 - Betrayal
- Episode 6 - Nightmare on a Gurney
- Episode 7 - Nobody's Hero
- Episode 8 - The Man in the Mask
- May 27, 2026
- Early review compare it to “Batman the Animated Series” for noir tone
- Supergirl (18:55)
- Better look at Krem (villain) in film
- Runtime of 1 hour and 50 minutes
- Director “can’t tease” post-credits story
- June 26, 2026
- Lanterns (21:15)
- Invincible (26:00)
- Season 5 release window confirmed
- Sometime in 2027.
- Season 5 release window confirmed
- Masters of the Universe (30:50)
- Django/Zorro (32:50)
- Movie adaptation of crossover comic book coming to life
- Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) directing
- Confirmed to be an"official sequel" to 2012's Django Unchained, and the crossover comic was co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner
- This movie is said to be "a new story that follows on from the comic series”
- Movie adaptation of crossover comic book coming to life
- Infinity Vision (36:50)
- IMAX CFO Natasha Fernandes said, "From our view, we feel it’s a marketing play to try and offset the fact that they don’t have an IMAX platform or brand for Avengers: Doomsday. It doesn’t offer the consumer anything that they couldn’t get yesterday."
- Punisher: One Last Kill (42:15)
- Special presentation releasing May 12
- Features Frank Castle before he shows up in Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day (45:30)
- Rumor: There was a recent test screening for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.
- Toys and merch starting to hit the internet/releases
- Wonder Man (47:55)
- Season 2 will not become a different show
- "The people who like this show and like it because it feels different are going to be rewarded," he revealed. "And the people who think that this show is going to suddenly turn into something else, I’m sorry to say, it’s not. Simon still has superpowers. It is still about this relationship, about two artists, and our industry. That is essentially what we want to maintain."
- Season 2 will not become a different show
- X-Men 97 (50:55)
- Avengers: Doomsday (56:50)
- Leaked photos from December are getting DMCA takedown notices
- Most likely means they WERE real, despite claims of AI on them
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