Man of Tomorrow Announced, Doomsday Drama gets debunked, Video Game Adaptations, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate James Gunn announces the next Superman movie, Doomsday Drama gets debunked, Video Game Adaptations are all the rage, and more!

News

• Wolverine (Game) (11:45)
  • Rumored to debut at the Sony State of Play next month
    • The Game Awards at the latest
  • First revealed in 2021, and more during a leak in 2023
• 007 First Light (13:35)
  • Gameplay trailer released for upcoming IO Interactive version of James Bond game
    • Long deep dive video
    • Previously worked in Hitman series
  • Will be a prequel for Bond
• Call of Duty (20:00)
  • Live-action movie in development at Paramount
  • Games started in WWII, moved to modern setting, and have visited Cold War era
  • Unsure how it will be different from any war film
• Tomb Raider (25:55)
  • Live-action series officially moving forward at Amazon MGM
  • Sophie Turner (Dark Phoenix) will play Lara Croft
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge as creator, writer, and EP
• Street Fighter (30:10)
  • More cast announced for upcoming movie
    • Character select video
  • Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Andrew Koji as Ryu, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Cody Rhodes as Guile, Orville Peck as Vega, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, Jason Momoa as Blanka, Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim, Olivier Richters as Zangief, Hirooki Goto as E. Honda, David Dastmalchian as M. Bison, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i as Akuma, Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki, Eric André as Don Sauvage, Mel Jarnson as Cammy, Rayna Vallandingham as Juli, and Alexander Volkanovski as Joe
  • October 16, 2026
• Dynamic Duo (35:40)
  • Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber are writing the script
    • Previously wrote (500) Days of Summer and The Disaster Artist
• Henchmen (37:30)
  • Zach Cregger says all reports on film are “not true”
    • "This is getting blown out of proportion online. It's not a Joker and Harley Quinn script. I've not talked to James Gunn about it. I have [two other films] in front of me. People have written a lot about it online and not much of it is true."
  • Was previously talked about in 2021, seems to be ‘dug up’ news with his recent success
  • Will be directing Resident Evil next
• Man of Tomorrow (41:50)
  • James Gunn announces the next “Superman Family” movie featuring Superman and Lex Luthor
    • David Corenswet shares a different image
    • Nicholous Holt shares his image
  • Lex prominently featured in his Power Suit
  • Aaron Pierre (Lanterns) confirms involvement
  • Will NOT be called Superman: Man of Tomorrow
  • July 9, 2027
• Fantastic Four: First Steps (52:15)
  • Ralph Ineson in full Galactus outfit and makeup 
• Marvel Zombies (53:14)
  • New trailer released for upcoming What If spinoff series
    • Features Blade Knight, Shang-Chi, Yelena, Spider-man and others
  • 4 episodes on September 24
  • Rated TV-MA, allowing for ‘red’ blood vs blue in original episode
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (58:15)
  • Rumor: "The Punisher has a female partner to help him track and kill criminals.”
  • Sadie Sink looks similar to Rachel Cole-Alvez from the comics, who teamed up with the Punisher to take revenge on criminals who destroyed her life
• Avengers: Doomsday (1:01:10)
  • Ryan Reynolds confirms he has not set foot on set yet
  • Due to ‘alleged’ feud on set between Roberty Downey Jr. and Ryan Reynolds
    • Neither have been on set together, quickly disputed

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