Super Ball Pre-Game | Episode 56 (Part 1)

Welcome to part one of Superhero Slate's Super Ball Sunday shows! We talk Civil War promotional artwork, Legion starts casting, listen to our Super Bowl 50 predictions, and more!

 

News (6:00)

• Captain America: Civil War
  • Disney Store Promo Art
  • Team Red
  • Team Blue
  • Friends Day video
• Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 (11:45)
  • Behind the scenes photo
  • Awesome Mix Vol 2
    • Cosmic Mix Vol 1
• Daredevil S2 (18:20)
  • Broken glasses
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (20:10)
  • LEGO Game releasing this June
    • Trailer
  • Content bridges Ep 6 to 7
• Legion (series) (24:55)
  • Description
    • "Since he was a teenager, David has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real."
  • Casting
    • Dan Stevens will star in the series as David Haller, described as "a haunted man, trying to find his way back to sanity, but he's getting tired and is about to give up when he meets the girl of his dreams."
    • Aubrey Plaza will play Haller's best friend Lenny. Lenny has lived a life of substance abuse, but "knows that any day now her life is going to turn around" thus making her an "impossible optimist" with a "rough demeanor.
    • Jean Smart will play Melanie, a "nurturing, demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods"
• X-Men Apocalypse (29:00)
  • Theater standee
  • New Psylocke Image
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (33:05)
  • Bryan Singer to direct film next
• Supergirl (35:22)
  • The Flash to appear on March 28 episode
• Power Rangers (40:00)
  • Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa
• Wolverine 3 (42:00)
  • Starts production in April
    • Films in New Orleans/New Mexico
• Avatar 2
  • Filming starts April
    • In New Zealand
• Blade Runner 2
  • Denis Villeneuve directing
  • Production in July
    • UK/Hungary
• Alien: Covenant
  • Production this April
    • Films in Sydney
• Transformers 5
  • Production begins in May

Super Bowl Pregame Predictions (44:55)

• Denver Broncos vs North Carolina Panthers
  • Who wins?
• Trailers & Commercials (47:50)
  • Confirmed
    • Gods of Egypt
    • TMNT: Out of the Shadows
    • The Jungle Book
    • Alice through the Looking Glass
  • Predictions
    • Captain America: Civil War
    • Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
    • Deadpool
    • Bourne 5
    • X-Men Apocalypse
    • Independence Day Resurgence
    • Finding Dory
    • Zootopia
    • The Huntsman: Winter’s War
    • Warcraft
    • Star Trek Beyond
    • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • Hell Noes
    • Daredevil Season 2
    • Suicide Squad
    • Zoolander 2
    • Ghostbusters

Email us your Super Ball 50 predictions to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to make us impressed!

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