TV & Film
Marvel Rumors Hulk Out, Superman's Super Bowl, Sony Turns Games into Movies, and more!
2025-01-12
This week on Superhero Slate, Sony is turning all of its video games into movies, we look forward to a Superman Super Bowl, Marvel rumors Hulk out, and more!
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- Horizon Zero Dawn (15:50)
- Sony officially announces movie based on game franchise
- No release date or other details
- Series based on games also still in the works for Netflix
- Writing on show confirmed at CES
- Sony officially announces movie based on game franchise
- Helldivers (19:35)
- Sony announces film based on video games in the works
- Ghost of Tsushima: Legends (21:00)
- Anime based on video games coming from Sony
- Looking for 2027 release
- Will be directed by Takanobu Mizuno (Star Wars Visions: The Duel)
- Animation done by KAMIKAZE DOUGA (Batman Ninja)
- Anime based on video games coming from Sony
- God of War (26:05)
- TV series writing in the works confirmed at CES
- Prime Video project
- Assassin’s Creed (26:44)
- Series rumored for Netflix
- Peacock (30:45)
- Jurassic Park/World and Fast & Furious series in work for streamer
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (32:45)
- Andy Muschietti says this Batman in the DCU will not be Robert Pattinson
- Hinted at in Creature Commandos being 15 years after Doctor Phosphorus gets captured, and Batman was not ‘new’ then
- Superman (34:50)
- James Gunn confirmed to show Superman footage at the Puppy Bowl this year brought to us by Warner Bros.
- 30 second teaser, not sure about in-game trailer
- Krypto Super Play award to one pup during game
- James Gunn confirmed to show Superman footage at the Puppy Bowl this year brought to us by Warner Bros.
- Ahsoka (38:50)
- Rory McCann (The Hound - Game of Thrones) to replace Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll in season 2
- Was good friends with actor prior to passing
- Rory McCann (The Hound - Game of Thrones) to replace Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll in season 2
- World War Hulks (42:05)
- Rumor: Scooper confirms movie is in development at Marvel Studios
- Could tie into Cosmic Saga with a “Planet Hulk” scenario
- Hulk sent off into space for safety of the Earth
- Lots of Hulk appearances in Captain America: Brave New World
- Sentry was huge component of ending World War Hulk as only person strong enough to fend him off
- Thor 5 (45:50)
- George Miller (Fury Road) considered as director for Thor 5 or World War Hulk movies
- Interested in Thor after working with Chris Hemsworth in Furiosa
- Has previously shown interest in superhero movies with Justice League from 2000s
- Black Panther (48:50)
- Rumor: Looking to cast aged up son of T’challa and Nakia for upcoming movies
- NOT recasting T’challa/Chadwick Boseman
- Will be the new Black Panther of the MCU
- Rumor: Looking to cast aged up son of T’challa and Nakia for upcoming movies
- Mutant Saga (50:40)
- Rumor: Fantastic Four and Mutants make the MCU their home post-Secret Wars
- Through a merging of worlds or something else, bringing the Multiverse to an end
- Similar to how Infinity Stones were destroyed in Endgame
- X-Men (52:40)
- Movies will have Mr. Sinister as the villain
- Magneto has been used to death in previous Fox films
- Movies will have Mr. Sinister as the villain
- Nova (54:00)
- Annihilus rumored to be villain of series
- Could lead to Annihilation, similar to the comic series of same name
- Midnight Suns (56:25)
- Mephisto and Lillith rumored to be villain of film
- Unsure about Lillith in current Blade movie
- Avengers vs. X-Men (57:30)
- Next Avengers event movie looking to capitalize on comic book name
- Will most likely NOT be based on comic series, which included the Phoenix Force
- Spider-Man 4 (1:01:00)
- Rumor: The plan was (might still be) to have Spider-Man and the Punisher take on the Hulk in a street level adventure
- Passes scoopers “Smell test” on Hulk involvement
- Could lead to World War Hulk if true
- Spider-Man Rumors: Most likely not true until official announcements, too many being tossed around
- Rumor: The plan was (might still be) to have Spider-Man and the Punisher take on the Hulk in a street level adventure
- Spider-Man (Sony) (1:03:50)
- Rumor: Sony will focus on Spider-Man variants going forward, rather than villains
- Spider-Man and Miles (live-action) to live under the MCU umbrella
- Stories can be standalone in nature and feature the villains they tried to make films from
- Examples include Spider-Verse films and Spider-Man Noir show at Amazon
- Rumor: Sony will focus on Spider-Man variants going forward, rather than villains
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