Joss Drops Batgirl & Look at that Brainiac | Weekly News Episode 160

2018-02-25

Superhero Slate has got you covered when Batgirl loses its writer/director, Fox is trying to rush Skrulls in the X-Men, Infinity War could be the longest Marvel movie ever, and more! Playstation VR ExperienceLast Airbender Blu-ray News Black Panther (14:00) Updated box office Passed Avengers for highest Wednesday Passing $700 million worldwide today Highest Rated superhero movie of all time on RT Go listen to our Review Avengers: Infinity War (18:55) Marvel Studios: The First Ten years “Every st...

Superhero Slate has got you covered when Batgirl loses its writer/director, Fox is trying to rush Skrulls in the X-Men, Infinity War could be the longest Marvel movie ever, and more!

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Black Panther (14:00)
- Updated box office
  - Passed Avengers for highest Wednesday
  - Passing $700 million worldwide today
- Highest Rated superhero movie of all time on RT
- Go listen to our Review
Avengers: Infinity War (18:55)
- Marvel Studios: The First Ten years
  - “Every story that Marvel has told since Iron Man 1 finds a narrative thread in these next two Avengers movies. It is a culmination of all that storytelling.”
- Runtime possibly 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Trailer this Thursday?
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (27:20)
- Start filming early 2019 in Atlanta
  - Captain Marvel is March, Spider-Man 2 is May
Agents of SHIELD (28:25)
- Episode 100 to reveal Coulson’s deal with Ghost Rider
Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur (29:50)
- Animated show for Disney
  - “Follow the adventures of nine-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette, an African-American girl who teams up with her crimson-colored dinosaur and uses her smarts to save the day."
The Muppets (32:10)
- Rebooted series coming to Disney Streaming Service
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (33:20)
- Digital release on March 13
- Physical on March 27
Star Wars IX (35:05)
- Script is complete and will start filming in Late July for 2019 release
Silver & Black (37:45)
- Production delayed indefinitely
  - Planned to start March 1
- Script rewrite and no actors cast probably big factors
  - Sony’s sale of film side may also be making them reprioritize productions
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (39:50)
- To feature the Skrulls as villains (An attempt before Marvel)
- Serious film, but better than Apocalypse in terms of quality
X-Force (45:15)
- May start filming this October
  - Aim for finishing before Disney deal is done
Batgirl (47:20)
- Joss Whedon has exited Batgirl film
  - Could not find the right story
  - Initial thoughts it would be original Batgirl origin, not Killing Joke one
    - Detective Comics #359
- Roxane Gay (An Untamed State; Bad Feminist essays) and Hope Larson (Batgirl comics) offer to write movie on Twitter
  - DC VP responded
Aquaman (53:50)
- Trailer around Wonder Con in late March
- Test screenings this week point to a great film
  - “Plays like an Indiana Jones movie”
  - “Action puts Wonder Woman and Justice League to shame”
Flashpoint (56:10)
- John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Homecoming) have not signed on yet
Krypton (58:10)
- First look at Brainiac (is actually good)
Jurassic World 3 (59:45)
- Release June 11, 2021
Ghostbusters World (1:02:30)
- AR mobile game, in the style of Pokemon Go
- Preview Trailer
Westworld (1:05:15)
- HBO building real life version at SXSW 2018