NEW Superman Review, Avengers Doomsday Set Pics, Street Fighter Cast Revealed, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate Superman flies into theaters, Avengers Doomsday set photos show up, Street Fighter gets an eclectic cast, and more! 

Jim Shooter, Julian McMahon

News

• The Running Man (6:00)
  • Trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel
    • Seems more like a modern and book accurate version of the Schwarzenegger film
• The Odyssey (10:45)
  • Christopher Nolan’s next movie trailer leaks online
  • Starring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, and Jon Bernthal
• Street Fighter (16:00)
  • Cast announced for live-action film
    • Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes; Bullet Train) as Ryu
    • Callina Liang as Chun Li
    • Noah Centineo (Black Adam) as Ken
    • Jason Momoa as Blanka
    • 50 Cent as Balrog
    • Cody Rhodes as Guile
    • David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
    • Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
    • Orville Peck as Vega
    • Roman Reigns as Akuma
  • Releases in 2026
• The Last of Us (22:20)
  • Neil Druckman (co-creator) and Halley Gross (Writer) exit series ahead of season 3
  • To focus on NaughtyDog properties and stories
    • Maybe Part 3 game?
• Venom (26:35)
  • Rumor: Sony working on animated project around character
  • Could follow Flash Thompson
    • Spider-Man bully who lost legs in war, gets bonded to Symbiote
  • Currently NOT in the style or vein of Spider-Verse (yet)
• Sinners (30:40)
  • Purchased a warehouse full of costumes meant for Marvel’s Blade
  • Movie was being written as a 1920s period piece originally
• Midnight Sons (33:00)
  • Marvel has hired a screenwriter for the movie
    • Doesn’t mean greenlit but definitely progress in a direction
  • Rumor to adapt “Damnation” comic story where Mephisto takes over Las Vegas
    • Team in comic comprised of Blade, Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone, Man-Thing, Moon Knight, and Doctor Voodoo
• Wonder Man (36:15)
  • Upcoming Disney+ teaser features some powers/abilities of character
  • December 2025
• Fantastic Four (37:20)
  • Non-story trailer released in Retro-futuristic style
  • Something you would see in drive-in cinemas
• Avengers: Doomsday (40:25)
  • Leaked set photo shows The Thing, US Agent, and (new) Falcon on a ship
• Batman (43:50)
  • James Gunn says he expects to have 2 finalized Batman scripts before end of the year
    • The Batman Part 2 was recently completed
  • Most likely a draft of The Brave and the Bold
• Lanterns (44:50)
  • Nathan Fillion says he has “Dropped more F-bombs” than any other project he’s worked on
  • Will appear in DCU series on HBO Max as another Green Lantern (reprising role from Superman and (likely) Peacemaker)
• Superman (2025) (45:50)
  • Review for first DCU film
    • $122 million domestic
  • Spoilers Start (59:50)
    • FULL SPOILERS!

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