This week on Superhero Slate Tom Cruise Films a Lightsaber Fight, The Winter Soldier Gets Two Faced, The X-Men Return to Marvel, and more!

News

• The Wrecking Crew (14:10)
  • Trailer for Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa’s new “Lethal Weapon” style film
  • Amazon Prime January 28
• Star Wars: Starfighter (20:10)
  • Tom Cruise showed up to set and Shawn Levy let him shoot some of the scenes
    • “Cruise just wanted to watch, he told them, but Levy, setting up a scene involving a lightsaber duel in the water, suggested the star jump on one of the cameras."
  • Shawn Levy confirmed events:
    • "Last week, Steven Spielberg was here. And now Tom Cruise is wielding a camera, ruining his very nice shoes. Now when you see the movie, you’ll know that part of it was shot by Tom. I mean, how cool is that?"
• Avengers: Doomsday (24:30)
  • Trailer #3 featuring the X-Men officially released
  • Trailer #4 with the Wakandans, Atlanteans, and Fantastic Four in theaters now
  • Super Bowl on February 8
• Star Lord (30:55)
  • Rumor: Character will appear in VisionQuest and Doomsday
    • Previously concept art showed him as a roommate with White Vision
  • Helps explain how he knows most Champions/Young Avengers
• Blade (36:40)
  • Rumor: Marvel shelving movie for character to appear in Midnight Sons first
  • Movie was supposed to tell history of both Blade and the Ebony Blade, as a double meaning
• Spider-Woman (40:15)
  • Olivia Wilde’s previously announced movie has been scrapped by Sony
  • Willing to let Marvel use more characters
• The Batman 2 (43:10)
  • Sebastian Stan joins cast as Harvey Dent
  • Scarlett Johansson rumored to be his wife Gilda Dent
    • Could lead to female Two Face
  • Movie could follow The Long Halloween plot
  • Barry Keoghan most likely to return as the Joker
• Mister Miracle (49:40)
  • Tom King confirms casting is underway for animated series
  • He also hinted that we'll learn how the character fits into the wider DCU
    • James Gunn has said animated characters would play their counterparts in live action

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