Star Wars Day, The Boys Season 4 Trailer, Rumors for the Avengers, Blade, Midnight Suns, and more!

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This week on Superhero Slate, we're celebrating Star Wars Day, The Boys get the first trailer for Season 4, we’re opening up the rumor mill for the Avengers, Blade, Midnight Suns, and more!

What We're Watching: Game Changer, Halloween (A Hidden Movement Game), Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace

News

• Star Wars Celebration (15:25)
  • In Japan this year
  • Fortnite
• The Acolyte (16:45)
  • First story trailer reveals Jedi hunting villain
  • June 4th double episode premiere
• The Mandalorian and Grogu (22:00)
  • Will begin filming later this month
  • Confirmed by stunt actors, production milestones are being met and is on track for May 2026
• The Boys (23:15)
  • Season 4 trailer showcases lots of blood, powers, and farm animals
  • Amazon Prime on June 13
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (26:50)
  • New Announced second Batman VR game
  • Will take place in Arkham game universe
  • Releasing for Quest 3 in 2024
• Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part 3 (28:55)
  • Upcoming animated movie to feature Kevin Conroy’s Batman and Mark Hamill’s Joker
    • Other versions of characters will also appear
  • Has been combining the animated universes, similar to the original Crisis comic book
• Agatha (30:50)
  • Promotion for Fall series looks to be about to ramp up
  • WandaVision social profile is now half purple
• Captain America: Brave New World (32:35)
  • Images showing off Sam Wilson’s Captain America suit
    • Confirms the New Falcon
    • Look at flight helmets
  • RUMOR: Adamantium will make its appearance in this film, and has ties to the Celestial corpse from Eternals
• The Fantastic Four (38:45)
  • Adds Paul Walter Hauser to the film in undisclosed role
  • Possible HERBIE voice or Mole Man?
• Avengers 5 (41:45)
  • Rumor: Main characters to lead film are Captain America (Sam Wilson), Spider-Man, Moon Knight, The Hulk, and She-Hulk
  • Kang Variant (not Jonathan Majors) rumored to still be the main threat
• Avengers: Secret Wars (50:15)
  • Rumor: Film will see Tom Holland gain the black symbiote suit
    • Similar to original comic Secret Wars #8
  • Will be part of the symbiote left behind in No Way Home
• Blade (53:40)
  • Rumor: Wesley Snipes has signed up to reappear as his Daywalker version in a future Marvel movie
  • Could be a return in Secret Wars; most likely not a Blade reboot cameo
• Midnight Suns (56:10)
  • Rumor: Fede Alvarez (Alien Covenant, Evil Dead) is top choice to direct horror film for Marvel
  • Michael Giacchino also runner up due to work on Werewolf by Night
• Captain Britain (58:05)
  • Rumor: A Captain Britain series is in development for Disney+
  • Focused on Marvel’s MI13 and Excalibur comics
    • Partially setup in Secret Invasion?
• Deadpool & Wolverine (1:01:55)
  • New CCXP poster shows Marvel Jesus
  • Rumor: Reshoots in May are adding last minute cameos and more secret surprises
    • Could lead to some unspeculated surprises for viewers
  • Director Shawn Levy is pleased with the movie and isn’t trying to fix anything
• Tron Ares (1:04:30)
  • Jeff Bridges will return for third movie
    • Not a reboot film
• Masters of the Universe (1:07:22)
  • Travis Knight (Bumblebee) to direct film from a David Callaham (Shang-Chi) script
  • Released synopsis:
    • “10-year-old Prince Adam who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Power Sword—the only link to his home on Eternia. After tracking it down almost two decades later, Prince Adam is whisked back across space to defend his home planet against the evil forces of Skeletor. But to defeat such a powerful villain, Prince Adam will first need to uncover the mysteries of his past and become He-Man: the most powerful man in the Universe!”
• Rebel Moon: Chalice of Blood (1:11:25)
  • Extended cuts for Zack Snyder’s movies getting new subtitled names?
    • “Extended cuts set in different, parallel universes to main movies”
  • Rated R for “Gore, Sexual Content, and Graphic Nudity”
• Fallout (1:17:40)
  • Series review & discussion
  • Until season 2

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