Universal Loses Hulk Rights, Disney+ Price Increase, Ironheart's Upgraded Armor, Madame Web's Cast, and more!

This week, Superhero Slate is taking a look at Thick Kingpin, Madame Web gets a character list, Hulk could be back at Marvel by 2023, and more!

What We're Doing: Home Movie Snacks, Prey (2022), Bullet Train (2022), Shark Side of the Moon

News

The Hulk (18:35)

• Rumor/research shows that Hulk could return to Marvel proper in June 2023
• Did this include She-Hulk?

She-Hulk (32:35)

• This week on Disney+!
• ~30 minute episodes or less

I Am Groot (37:10)

• All 5 shorts on Disney+
• 1 is between Guardians movies; other 4 are post Guardians 2

Ironheart (41:28)

• First look at Ironheart FULL armor set
• The Hood confirmed as villain
  • Rumored to be empowered by Agatha Harkness

Echo (50:50)

• Vincent D’Onofrio back on set as Kingpin

Disney+ (53:10)

• New prices coming in for service
  • $7.99 with Ads (current price)
  • $10.99 without Ads ($109.99 year)
  • $9.99 D+/Hulu w/ads
  • $12.99 D+/Hulu/Espn+ w/ads
  • $19.99 D+/Hulu no ads; Espn+ w/ads
• Launches October

Madame Web (1:00:25)

• Characters revealed
  • Dakota Johnson Is...Cassandra Webb (original Madame Web)
  • Sydney Sweeney Is...Julia Carpenter (second Web/Spider-Woman)
  • Celeste O’Connor Is...Mattie Franklin (90s character)
  • Isabela Merced Is...Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl)
  • Adam Scott Is...Ben Parker
  • Emma Roberts Is...Mary Parker (and is pregnant)

DCEU (1:08:55)

• Rumor: Greg Berlanti considered to be Kevin Feige for DC movies

The Flash (1:14:00)

• 3 options
  • Let Ezra Miller get help and release film
  • Reshoot ending with a new actor
  • Scrap film altogether (not off the table)
• Reshooting it isn’t an option

The Batman (1:21:35)

• Sequel still hasn’t been greenlit by WB/Discovery

Pennyworth (1:23:45)

• Season 3 retitled “The Origin of Batman’s Butler”

Sonic 3 (1:27:25)

• Christian Bale cast as Shadow the Hedgehog
• Christmas 2024

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