Fantastic Four First Steps & Jurassic World Rebirth Trailers, DCU Animation, and More!

This week on Superhero Slate, we're breaking down the Fantastic Four First Steps and the Jurassic World Rebirth trailers, the DCU leans into Animation, and more!

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News

• X-Men (12:10)
  • Insider says they’re casting for upcoming movie
    • Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw and Babygirl) as Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops; Sadie Sink (Stranger Things and The Whale) as Jean Grey; and Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and The Gray Man) as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat
  • Rumor: Javier Bardem eyed to play Mister Sinister as villain of film
    • Other rumors say Iceman will be in film as well
  • Rumor: No origin story movie, as they’ll have been around and are already a team
• Captain America: Brave New World (19:50)
  • Will be released this week in theaters
  • Director confirms Adamantium is more durable than Vibranium and teases it will become part of Project X and Wolverine in MCU
• Black Panther 3 (25:00)
  • Producer says Wakandans will have something to say about Adamantium being introduced vs their Vibranium
  • Rumor: Black Panther variants could show up in next Avengers movies, so not a direct recast
  • Rumor: Ryan Coogler is interested in leaning into a more horror/supernatural/thriller tone for this film.
    • His next film is the Sinners movie with Michael B Jordan/vampires
• Avengers: Doomsday (29:35)
  • Rumor: Spider-Man to have a huge role in film
  • Rumor: There’s a reason he has THAT face referring to Robert Downey Jr as Victor Von Doom
  • Rumor: Plan is not to kill Loki, but possibly bring him off his role as Time Keeper, and have a reunion with Thor
• World War Hulk (35:00)
  • Rumor: Film could play out in Battleworld, news possibly before Comic-Con in July
• Moon Knight (38:28)
  • Rumor: "look up Memento, American Horror Story: Hotel and 'Ei8ht' from Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" for Season 2 inspiration
• Strange Academy (41:00)
  • Could turn into Animated feature instead of live-action series
  • Same with Power Pack as previously reported
• Vision Quest (43:00)
  • Ruaridh Mollica had been cast in Vision as a series regular called "Tucker."
    • Could be Tommy Maximoff’s real name, or if Vision builds his own family as Vin
  • Terry Matalas (Star Trek Picard/Showrunner), Christopher J Byrne (American Gods), and Vincenzo Natali (Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities) as directors of episodes
• Fantastic Four: First Steps (45:15)
  • Teaser trailer released for upcoming film
  • Invisible Woman, The Thing, Johnny Storm, but no Mister Fantastic Powers
    • Reed has a long chalkboard and is researching the multiverse
  • Galactus shadow and over the shoulder in New York
  • Baxter Building very prominent
  • John Malkovich shows up - theories are Doctor Doom from Earth X or Red Ghost, a cold war villain trying to replicate the experiment that gave F4 their powers
• Jurassic World Rebirth (54:30)
  • Trailer released this week takes us back to Isla Nublar, to revisit the original Jurassic Park site
  • Need DNA from 3 biggest dinosaurs in the area with abilities to help people
  • MORE DNA splicing, looks to be Human & Dinosaur mix or some kind of mutant
• The Authority (1:01:25)
  • Rumor: Movie is being “reworked” since announcement
  • Some discussion about it being animated back in November, but not the same idea as when it was included with Gunn’s Gods and Monsters panel
• Blue Beetle (1:03:15)
  • Animated series worked on this year to debut in 2026
  • Unsure if soft reboot again or continuing the movie
    • 2023 film was pretty disconnected from DCEU at large
• Skeleton Crew (1:04:40)
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