Marvel’s Echo is Rated M, Disney is Buying Hulu, Netflix Rewards Binge Watching, and more!

This week Superhero Slate is taking a look at the first Echo trailer, Disney is buying the rest of Hulu, Netflix will reward you for binge watching, and more!

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News

• Ahsoka (11:11)
  • Season 2 rumored to be greenlit
  • Production moving to UK
• Echo (15:30)
  • New trailer release for series
  • Focus on Kingpin/Wilson Fisk and Maya/Echo
    • Echo is villain and will not have comics powers
  • First look at Choctaw authentic outfit for character
  • Will be first TV-MA Marvel Studios show, requires Disney+ account to be TV-MA
    • Also presented as a “Marvel Spotlight,” character focused sagas that stray away from the grand scope of the MCU at large
  • All 5 episodes releasing January 10
• Variety (25:50)
  • Current Marvel piece under scrutiny by Industry Insiders claiming most if not all is false
  • Written by Tatiana Siegel to sensationalize news for Variety’s audience
    • Has come under fire for fake ‘hit pieces’ before, including ones praising Joss Whedon/blaming Ray Fisher; Leaking Amber Heard’s therapy notes and falsely accusing Jason Momoa for dressing up as Johnny Depp
  • All “scoops” have been traced back to reddit and other non-verified scoopers
• Avengers: Secret Wars (31:40)
  • Rumored to bring back original Avengers team, most likely as variants
    • Including RDJ’s Tony Stark and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow
    • RDJ is rumored to have already agreed to return, could be 838 Variant (Multiverse of Madness) or in Armor Wars
  • Tobey Maguire and Hugh Jackman as the two leads; Tom Holland is MCU’s TVA choice
• Avengers: Kang Dynasty (39:45)
  • Marvel rumored to have thought about replacing Kang with Doctor Doom
  • Writer’s strike leaves no time to change current shows, and is not happening in next phase
• Blade (47:15)
  • Original scripts (before new writer) made Blade the 4th lead
    • Ali was ready to leave before hiring a new writer and retooling the story
  • Debunked by previous writer, confirming Blade was in 99% of all scenes
• Deadpool 3 (54:10)
  • Not final title for film
  • Logan is canon in their eyes
• Disney Studios (57:20)
  • Animators vote to unionize
  • Similar to Marvel Studios VFX unionization
    • Caused by Disney+ series and last minute scheduling changes for Ant-Man and the Wasp, etc
• Hulu (59:35)
  • Disney to purchase remainder of Hulu from Comcast
  • Could speed up announced plans of a “bundle” app
• Netflix (1:04:15)
  • Will reward Binge watching with less ads/ad-free episodes
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (1:07:40)
  • Trailer released 4th movie in new franchise
• Constantine (1:12:12)
  • J.J. Abrams’ version has been scrapped at WB/DC
    • Keanu Reeves version still moving forward
  • Was tied to Justice League Dark, which was canceled earlier this year
• The Penguin (1:13:25)
  • Pushed to Fall 2024 due to ongoing strikes
  • Originally planned for Spring
• Dune: Sisterhood (1:14:40)
  • Now called Dune: Prophecy, still coming to Max
  • Set place 10,000 years before Dune movie
    • Tells origins of the Bene Gesserit

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