Morbius Delays & Selling the CW | Weekly News Episode 357
This week Superhero Slate is waiting even longer for Morbius, X-Men is bringing back original voice actors, Warner wants to sell The CW, and more!
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News
Spider-Man: No Way Home (20:00)
- Box Office - $1.5+ billion
- #8 of all time
- #6 All time Domestic
Morbius (24:30)
- Delayed until April 1, 2022 (no joke)
- Now more dates than New Mutants
Blade (27:10)
- Casting for character called Faiza, with fighting experience
- Dr. Faiza Hussain, Muslim woman who weilded Excalibur and took on the same name in the comics
- Has fought Dracula and worked with Dane Whitman in the comics
Eternals (29:40)
- On Disney+ This weekend
Echo (30:15)
- Rumor: Writers from Netflix’s Punisher and Daredevil series have signed up for Disney+ series
- Ken Kristensen and Dara Resnik
X-Men ‘97 (34:05)
- Cal Dodd will return as Wolverine in the animated series revival
- Alongside Lenore Zann (Rogue)
- The show will feature George Buza (Beast), Catherine Disher (Jean Grey), Chris Potter (Gambit), Alison Sealy-Smith (Storm), Adrian Hough (Nightcrawler), and Christopher Britton (Mister Sinister)
Thor: Love and Thunder (35:50)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (40:10)
- Bill Murray says his “power is being a bad guy”
- Could still by a microverse character, not Kang
Turning Red (41:05)
- Pixar film skipping theaters, straight to Disney+
- Third Pixar film in a row
- March 11, 2022
The CW (44:20)
- WarnerMedia is looking to sell (most) of the CW Network
- Nexstar as a potential buyer
- WM would keep minority stake and continue making superhero shows until inevitable HBO Max takeover
Peacemaker (48:35)
- On HBO Max this Thursday, Jan 13
- First 3 episodes
- Sequel to The Suicide Squad (2021)
Batman: Caped Crusader (51:50)
- Animated series has Ed Brubaker (The Winter Soldier) join as lead writer
- “Set in the past, but viewed through a modern lens”
The Boys (53:45)
- Season 3 confirmed to start on June 3 with 3 episodes, then weekly
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