The Animated Batman Blu-Ray and Cancel the X-Men | Weekly News Episode 182

Lets all celebrate on Superhero Slate that Fox and Disney are coming together, get Batman The Animated Series on Blu-ray, why did MoviePass run out of money, and more!

 

Thanks to people who listened to SDCC Coverage

News

• MCU (9:15)
  • 20th Century Fox shareholders have approved buyout by Disney
  • X-Men/Fantastic Four coming home
• Dark Phoenix (18:40)
  • Rumors/Speculation:
    • Will be effectively canceled
  • Other Rumor:
    • Reshoots take place next month in Montreal
    • Possibly due to contractual obligations
• New Mutants (24:20)
  • Rumor: Possible cancelation as well
  • Can be stand alone film and still be released
  • Rumor: X-23 is character being added to film
  • Warlock has cameo via mo-cap
• X-Force (29:20)
  • The safest Fox Mutant Movie
  • Title to be changed to Deadpool 3: X-Force
  • Some characters from New Mutants could transfer to this film
• Gambit (31:45)
  • Definitely probably not happening in current iteration
• Star Wars: Episode 9 (32:15)
  • Cast and production start date revealed
    • Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) will also all return to reprise their iconic roles.
    • The late Carrie Fisher will appear in the film through previously unreleased footage that was shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• MoviePass (36:55)
  • Company ran out of money, people unable to buy tickets
• Avengers: Infinity War (43:00)
  • Digital release this week
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (44:05)
  • Cobie Smulders may return as Maria Hill
• Iron Fist (45:30)
  • Season 2 preview shows character in iconic outfit vs Davos
  • Typhoid Mary
• Runaways (47:00)
  • Will air on Freeform when Cloak and Dagger season ends
• Venom (48:00)
  • Final trailer has been classified, release within a few weeks
• Glass (49:00)
  • SDCC Trailer
• Alita: Battle Angel (52:10)
  • New updated trailer
• Lord of the Rings (54:35)
  • Amazon hires JD Payne and Patrick McKay to work on the story
    • Developed scripts for Star Trek 4 and Jungle Cruise, as well as MonsterVerse (Godzilla/King Kong)
• Mowgli (56:00)
  • Andy Serkis film has been moved to Netflix for 2019 release
• Locke and Key (59:30)
  • Live action series has 10 episode order on Netflix
• Sin City (1:01:20)
  • Frank Miller has regained Film/TV rights to his comic book series
• Men in Black 4 (1:04:15)
  • Photos of Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth leaked
  • Emma Thompson will return to play Agent O
• Batman: The Animated Series (1:06:00)
  • Blu-ray complete series on sale from October 16
    • Includes both movies: Mask of the Phantasm & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
  • $112.99
    • Or $75 for 15 months on DCU
• The Batman (1:09:20)
  • Rumor: Will follow Year One comic
    • No Ben Affleck, 15-20 years younger
    • Penguin and Harvey Dent as characters
• Aquaman (1:11:20)
  • After credits rumored to set up Black Manta as larger villain in sequel
• Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (1:12:10)
  • Review/Thoughts from Chris

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