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Nov 1, 2026 · 0:55:30

Double Dune Popcorn Buckets, The Suicide Squad DCU Status, Star Wars Episode 10 Details, and more!

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This week on Superhero Slate we admire the NEW Dune Popcorn Buckets, we ponder if The Suicide Squad is DCU Canon, there is new Star Wars Episode 10 details, and more!

Patrick Stewart passes at 86

News

Welcome to Derry

  • Unannounced prequel episode dropped on Halloween
  • Set hundreds of years before the show and Pennywise’s appearance

Beyond the Spider-Verse

  • Animation in upcoming movie is pushing boundaries beyond the previous films
    • “The particular looks that we’re doing are really, really unique, and they don’t follow rules of three-dimensional animation. They’re much more in a 2D multiplane kind of style.”
  • Real camera operators are part of the process, capturing shots inside the digital sets

Star Wars X

  • Upcoming details for new main story Star Wars Film leaked
    • “Episode X will have duo leads like Finn and Rey,” the scooper explains. “Their dynamic is very much that archetype, but with a more clearly defined romantic component. [The] male lead comes from a harsh orphaned background just like Rey and is swept up into the story after being implicated in a killing.”
    • “[The] female lead comes from high society, a perfectionist. Royalty,” they continued. “She and the male lead are caught up in a big adventure together, with her bringing him into the larger ‘world’s stage’ of Star Wars characters we know.”

The Batman

  • Filming paused due to cast member being runover by batmobile
    • They were treated and at home recovering

The Suicide Squad

  • One off podcast with James Gunn about if movie is DCU canon
    • It is, after asking Jennifer Holland and Steve Agee for their opinions
  • The future of Harley Quinn is the ‘asterisk’
  • Batman hasn’t been cast but an announcement “isn’t very far” away.

Dune 3

Ghost Rider

  • Connor Storrie (Heated Rivalry) has been cast as the movie’s villain
    • Rumor: Blackheart or even Danny Ketch?
  • Rumor: Sacha Baren Cohen to return as Mephisto
  • Linus Sandgren (Dune 3) will be cinematographer for upcoming reboot

Midnight Sons

  • Rumor: Developing as next supernatural project after Ghost Rider

X-Men

  • Rumor: Renate Reinsve (Backrooms) in talks to be Moira McTaggart in upcoming franchise

Avengers: Doomsday

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