Spider-Man 4 Director Confirmed, Venom 3 Reveals Knull, Joker 2 Not Looking Good, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got our official director for Spider-Man 4, Venom delivers the God of Symbiotes, Joker 2’s opening numbers are no laughing matter, and more!

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News

• Deadpool & Wolverine (21:05)
  • At $620 million domestically, could pass Avengers $623 and become 5th highest grossing comic book movie
  • At $1.3 billion internationally, could pass Black Panther’s $1.33 billion
• Agatha All Along (23:50)
  • First two episodes premiere on Disney+ this week
  • September 18
• X-Men (25:25)
  • Kelsey Grammer confirms “Conversations” about returning as Beast
    • After The Marvels cameo
  • Conversations due to reaction online, probably not returning role unless Secret Wars cameo
• Shang-Chi (29:05)
  • Avengers: Kang Dynasty would have served as sequel to Shang-Chi based on Ten Rings
  • Plan before losing Jonathan Majors and having to pivot story
• Spider-man 4 (30:30)
  • Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi) to direct upcoming Spider-man 4
    • After leaving Avengers 5, was given Wonder Man as good faith, and now Spider-man
  • Will be about Spider-man fighting a villain in NYC
    • No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers writing script
  • Rumor: A blend of multiversal elements and still be a street level story, will see him team up with Venom (or at least the Symbiote)
  • Will film early 2025, most likely release between Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars
    • Reminder: Sony dictates release dates, not Disney
• Spider-man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (39:55)
  • Rumor: Entire film has been scrapped with a creative overhaul, pushing the film’s release back
    • Chris Miller has since said nothing is scrapped and reels are coming in nicely
  • Will be 2027 to not double dip with Spider-Man 4
  • Animation crews are relieved, after reports of bad conditions on last film arose during release
• Venom: The Last Dance (43:05)
  • Final trailer reveals symbiote creator Knull
    • Rumor: Norman Reedus playing character
  • Rumor/Theory: Knull feels Venom has been through multiverse and wants him to find way to get there
  • Reshoots in Vegas currently going on, same time as Tom Holland filming secret project
    • Trailers have only shown Eddie/Venom in Mexico and Las Vegas, beside filming in NYC directly
  • October 25, 2024
• The Batman (52:30)
  • Matt Reeves confirms plans for Trilogy of films
  • Batman 2 likely to have winter/cold theme, but maybe not Mr. Freeze
• Joker: Folie a Deux (55:03)
  • Todd Philips says there is no plan for a third film
  • Tracking numbers have it lower than The Flash or Shazam 2
• Constantine 2 (57:25)
  • Producer says script is finished
  • He is “Too scared to read it”
• Lanterns (1:00:25)
  • Josh Brolin turned down Hal Jordan role in series
  • Ewan McGregor next, followed by Chris Pine
    • If neither agree, not sure who will play role

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