Wolverine’s Comic Accurate Costume, Superman Legacy’s Green Lantern, Ahsoka Trailer, and more!

This week Superhero Slate's dreams come true with a comic accurate Wolverine costume, Superman Legacy is stacked full of comic book characters, Ahsoka is next on our hype list, and more!

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News

• SAG-AFTRA (31:20)
  • Writer’s strike shuts down all productions with US members
    • Including Deadpool, Fantastic Four cast search, Oppenheimer red carpet, SDCC panels
  • UK projects have different union and rules
• Ahsoka (41:30)
  • New trailer for show reveals connections to Rebels, including first look at Thrawn
  • First 2 episodes on August 23 on Disney+
• Deadpool 3 (45:40)
  • Wolverine’s comic accurate costume revealed
    • Fighting Deadpool on set with bullet holes
  • 20th Century Fox logo as rubble
    • Loki TVA area of multiverse debris?
  • Josh Brolin not returning as Cable in D3, but could return in other MCU projects (Kang Dynasty/Secret Wars)
• What If...? (51:20)
  • Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne) suited up as Goliath in upcoming series
• The Witches’ Road (52:55)
  • Rumored next Special Presentation to focus on connections to WandaVision and Agatha Coven of Chaos shows
  • “The Witches’ Road” is plane of existence only sorcerers can travel
  • Rumored to also be last Special Presentation as focus on Disney+ content for Marvel diminishes
• The Marvels (57:45)
  • Reports are new trailer attached to The Haunted Mansion on July 28
  • Expect online before then
  • Funko reveals show Nick Fury, others
• Black Panther (59:30)
  • New video game announced from Cliffhanger Games (Morder game series)
  • Open world map similar to Far Cry
  •  "build an expansive and reactive world that empowers players to experience what it is like to take on the mantle of Wakanda's protector, the Black Panther."
• Blue Beetle (1:03:00)
  • Final trailer for upcoming DC movie released
  • Features villain (Conrad Carapax) reveal
• DCU (1:05:25)
  • James Gunn causing confusion on timeline and connection of upcoming projects
    • "DC Studios movies (and canon) start with [Superman: Legacy]."
  • Is The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker canon? Waller TV series seems tied to these and second season of Peacemaker?
• Superman Legacy (1:09:00)
  • Nathan Fillion cast as Guy Gardner/Green Lantern, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi (X-men First Class) as Mister Terrific
  • Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho (hero)
    • “transmutate elements in his body into various forms, taking those properties on as powers.”
• Wonka (1:14:45)
  • First trailer for upcoming prequel to Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory series
  • Timothee Chalamet as Wonka, Hugh Grant as Oompa Loompa
• Twisted Metal (1:18:10)
  • Full trailer for upcoming Peacock show based on Playstation game series
  • Anthony Mackie as John Doe, Stephanie Beatriz as Quiet, Neve Campbell as Raven, Samoa Joe as Sweet Tooth, Will Arnett as the voice of Sweet Tooth, Richard Cabral as Loud, and Thomas Haden Church as Agent Stone
• Mortal Kombat 2 (1:22:35)
  • Johnny Cage played by Karl Urban first photo
• Gen V (1:24:10)
  • The Boys spinoff debuting in September on Amazon Prime
  • "Set at America’s only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (run by Vought International), Gen V explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the school’s top ranking."

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