Marvel's Disney+ Plans & ScarJo's Lawsuit | Weekly News Episode 335

Superhero Slate

This week Superhero Slate is gearing up to watch The Suicide Squad, Ben Affleck’s Batman rides a motorcycle, Black Widow’s got a new (law)suit, and more!

What We're Watching/Playing: The White Lotus, Centaurworld, The Tomorrow War, Halo Infinite, Niemic Wedding

News

• The Suicide Squad (16:05)
  • Next week on HBO Max and in theaters
• Peacemaker (18:40)
  • TV series will debut January 16, 2022
  • First 3 episodes will be on day 1
    • A Whole New Whirled
    • Best Friends Never
    • Better Goff Dead
• Black Adam (22:35)
  • Movie aiming for Pg-13 rating, but will be violent
• The Flash (25:20)
  • Ben Affleck’s Batman on a motorcycle on set
    • Prod shut down due to someone hit by said motorcycle
• Black Panther (30:15)
  • Set photos reveal T’challa’s status
    • "TCHALLA, OUR HERO, TWAS AN HONOR, WAKANDA FOREVER"
  • Next door production using film’s water tanks - Namor?
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (35:25)
  • New featurette spot released
• Hawkeye (40:24)
  • First look at show released
  • Releasing November 24, 2021 on Disney+
• What If...? (45:00)
  • Reaction to first 3 episodes are hitting internet
  • More voice cast announced:
    • “What If… ?” features the voices of more than 50 MCU cast members who reprise their roles, including Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Benicio Del Toro, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Coon, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Sullivan, Clancy Brown, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Danai Gurira, David Dastmalchian, Djimon Hounsou, Dominic Cooper, Don Cheadle, Emily VanCamp, Evangeline Lilly, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre, Hayley Atwell, Jaimie Alexander, Jeff Goldblum, Jeremy Renner, John Kani, Jon Favreau, Josh Brolin, Karen Gillan, Kat Dennings, Kurt Russell, Leslie Bibb, Mark Ruffalo, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Douglas, Michael Rooker, Natalie Portman, Neal McDonough, Ophelia Lovibond, Paul Bettany, Paul Rudd, Rachel House, Rachel McAdams, Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Gunn, Sebastian Stan, Seth Green, Stanley Tucci, Taika Waititi, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Tom Hiddleston and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
• Disney+Marvel (50:00)
  • Reports there are up to 9 unannounced series in works for streaming service
  • Ghost Rider, Secret Warriors, and Nova are potentially among them
• Black Widow (1:04:20)
  • Scarlett Johansson suing Disney over streaming release
    • Financials were based on theatrical dividends
  • Disney calls it “sad and distressing”
• Star Wars (1:16:00)
  • Lucasfilm hires deepfake YouTuber who did Luke Skywalker in the Mandalorian
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife (1:20:10)
  • Trailer released for upcoming film
  • Egon’s family revealed

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