Avengers DOOMSDAY Details, Fantastic Four Preview, Spider-Verse Update, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate Cinemacon lands with a Superman Preview, we get Avengers Doomsday details, Spider-Man 4 gets a brand new title, and more!

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News

• Cinemacon (6:50)
  • Popcorn bucket vendor showcasing ideas
    • Includes The Thing/Fantastic Four, Black Adam, The Flash, and more
• Superman (8:43)
  • Extended preview released featuring Superman, Krypto, and the Fortress of Solitude
  • Early screening leaks online, include minor spoilers and plot points
• Avatar: Ash and Fire (14:25)
  • Two new groups of Na'vi - the Tlalim clan, a.k.a. the Windtraders, and the Mangkwan clan, a.k.a. the Ash People
• Tron: Ares (15:50)
  • First trailer for upcoming Tron threequel released
  • Features lightcycles and recognizer ships in the real world
  • October 10, 2025
• Marvel Rivals (18:55)
  • Season 2 to introduce Emma Frost and Ultron, and Krakoa levels
  • Game will move to shorter seasons and more characters (one a month) starting with Season 3
• Fantastic Four: First Steps (21:00)
  • Cinemacon preview features 60s style talk shows, home life at the Baxter Building, and Shalla Bal/Silver Surfer first look
    • SPOILER confirmed for movie
  • New poster revealed for 4/4 day
    • Empire includes pre-power photos from film
• Avengers: Doomsday (25:25)
  • Outdoor sets spotted via drones
  • Fantastic Four sets being taken down to build Doomsday sets in its place
    • Possible overlap?
  • Kevin Feige: “The Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, Wakandans, and original X-Men will fight Doctor Doom”
  • Casting isn’t done being announced
• Thunderbolts (29:22)
  • New making of featurette reveals tickets go on sale Monday April 7
  • A popcorn bucket confirmed to be the Red Guardian Limo, his helmet, and an Asterisk sipper
  • A few Marvel Legends releases showcase Bob’s outfit
• Daredevil (35:17)
  • Vincent D’onofrio says Marvel can use Kingpin as a Daredevil villain and in TV shows, but not in movies as the Spider-Man version belongs to Sony
• The Punisher (37:55)
  • Jon Bernthal co-writing upcoming Special Presentation from Marvel Television
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (40:00)
  • Official title and logo treatment revealed for upcoming Spider-Man 4
    • Title alludes to controversial comic book storyline where Peter Parker gives up his marriage to Mary Jane and that the world knows his identity
    • Spider-Man logo is softer and less Iron Man inspired
  • Synopsis and title revealed in October 2024
    • "Following the events of Doomsday, Peter Parker is determined to lead a normal life and focus on college, stepping back from his responsibilities as Spider-Man. However, peace is short-lived when a deadly new threat emerges, endangering his friends and forcing Peter to reconsider his promise. With stakes higher than ever, Peter reluctantly returns to his Spider-Man identity and finds himself teaming up with an unlikely ally to protect those he loves."
  • Zendaya also confirmed to return, despite casting Sadie Sink
• Beyond the Spider-Verse (47:15)
  • New release date confirmed for June 4, 2027
  • First images from upcoming threequel include a “new animation style” for Prowler Miles
  • Movie picks up from Across the Spider-Verse with Miles on the run from all the multiverse Spider-Men
• Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld (50:50)
  • New anthology series featuring Cad Bane and Asajj Ventress
  • May 4, 2025

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