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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This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got a Wonder Man trailer, your exclusive reviews for Avatar Fire and Ash and Stranger Things Season 5, and more!

News

• Avengers: Doomsday (9:30)
  • Trailer Updates
    • Trailer #2 featuring Thor now officially released
    • Trailer #3 with the X-Men (Fox era) now playing in front of Fire and Ash
    • Trailer #4 now rumored to feature Wakandans and Fantastic Four
    • Korean Rating’s board listed 2 more, so possibly 6 total?
      • One a week to lead up to Super Bowl BIG trailer reveal
  • Rumor: Time codes in “Doomsday” Date videos relate to scenes from Endgame
    • Loki being captured, Bruce Banner and the Ancient one, & Hawkeye return with baseball glove
• Wonder Man (17:45)
  • New trailer for upcoming series released
  • Hollywood has given an explicit “No Superpowered People” in movies mandate
  • Department of Damage Control appears again
• Fantastic Four 2 (20:20)
  • Rumored to want Matt Shakman back to direct (unannounced) sequel
  • Characters will have large role in Avengers films
• Black Panther 3 (22:20)
  • While talking about upcoming Black Panther 3 (no details), revealed Sony stopped him from using Kraven in Black Panther (2018)
• Blade (25:50)
  • Jordan Peele’s MonkeyPaw Productions shared rumor about Peele being involved in upcoming Blade movie
    • Has history in horror and supernatural films
  • Parodied their own response on X
• Avatar: Fire and Ash (29:35)
  • Review with Spoilers
• Stranger Things (53:45)
  • Season 5 and Series Review with Spoilers

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This week on Superhero Slate we’re ending 2025 with trailers for Doomsday, One Piece Season 2, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, we’re looking forward to 2026 releases and more!

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New

• One Piece (16:40)
  • Season 2 trailer released along with episode names
    • The Beginning of the End (Loguetown Arc)
    • Good Whale Hunting (Reverse Mountain Arc)
    • Whisky Business (Whiskey Peak Arc)
    • Big Trouble in Little Garden (Little Garden Arc)
    • Wax On, Wax Off (Little Garden Arc)
    • Nami Deerest (Drum Island Arc)
    • Reindeer Shames (Drum Island Arc)
    • Deer and Loathing in Drum Kingdom (Drum Island Arc)
  • March 10, 2026 with all episodes at once
• The Odyssey (20:53)
  • Christopher Nolan’s next movie trailer officially released
  • IMAX clips played in front of Avatar as well
• Avengers Doomsday (25:40)
  • Trailers in theater
    • Trailer #1 - Steve Rogers - officially released
    • Trailer # 2 - Thor - leaked
    • Trailer # 3 - X-Men - leaked
    • Trailer #4 - Black Panther/Fantastic Four - rumors
    • Currently no Loki or Doom trailers until potential Super Bowl
  • Chris Evans was not previously announced on the chairs, but in the first teaser
    • Could there be more non-announced characters for Doomsday or is his role smaller in film?
  • Theory based on trailers so far
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (39:35)
  • Trailer leaked by viewers who provide ‘feedback’ on trailers
    • Full release January-Super Bowl time frame
  • Sadie Sink rumors spin back up as a ‘mind controlling’ person with powers
    • Back to Jean Grey or Shathra
    • Frank Castle will be protecting her from DODC (Department of Damage Control)
  • Rumor: Rosario Dawson to return as Night Nurse
    • Possible famous image from Civil War: Punisher carrying Spider-Man to medic
• Spider-Man 5 (45:25)
  • Destin Daniel Cretton expected to return for sequel to Brand New Day
  • Unsure about Shang-Chi sequel film/director
• MCU Reboot (48:20)
  • DODC is becoming ‘anti-mutant’ group in universe
• Man of Tomorrow (50:05)
  • Lars Eidinger announced as Brainiac
    • Seen in films All the Light We Cannot See, Jay Kelly, Dumbo, and White Noise
• MillarWorld (52:35)
  • Rumor: Netflix has dropped Mark Millar and properties back in January 2025
  • Millar changed his company name to “Mark Millar Productions” and quit social media when the Netflix/WBD merger was announced
• Top Movies 2026 (55:20)
  • By Google search:
    • 1. Avengers: Doomsday
    • 2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day
    • 3. Toy Story 5
    • 4. Scream 7
    • 5. Supergirl
    • 6. The Cat in the Hat
    • 7. Masters of the Universe
    • 8. Street Fighter
    • 9. The Odyssey
    • 10. Wuthering Heights
  • Dunesday - December 18, 2026
    • WB has no intentions of moving Dune 3 release date from Avengers: Doomsday

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