2017 In Review and A Solo Disaster | Weekly News Episode 152

Superhero Slate

English - December 31, 2017 03:50 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
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As Superhero Slate wraps up 2017 this week, Infinity War marketing is upon us, we look back at the best and worst movies of the year, and more!

Holiday Recap

News

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (9:30)

About to cross $1 billion at box office
Theaters have had to issue warning about silent moment in film

Star Wars (11:15)

FXitinPost fan-made fight of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader from A New Hope

Solo: A Star Wars Story (15:00)

John Williams to write theme song

John Powell to do score

Solo was a young gifted pilot at the Imperial Academy at Carida

Kicked out for rescuing Chewbacca

RUMOR Time

"Disney is bracing themselves for the Han Solo movie to bomb. They were worried about it before all The Last Jedi controversy, but now they’re essentially writing Solo off. The lead actor, Alden Ehrenreich, can’t act, and they had a dialogue coach on hand for all of his scenes. On top of that, the script is unworkable. It’s going to be a car crash."

Black Panther (20:25)

Vibranium Suit up close

Another suit!

Killmonger/T’Challa
Opening weekend may beat Justice League

Avengers: Infinity War (24:20)

Guardians meet an Avenger
Russian calendar for 2018
New promo art features multiple characters

Ultimate Alliance (28:15)

US Patent & Trademark Office received extension to name of UA video games

Square Enix game could be new Ultimate Alliance

Ant-Man and the Wasp (29:50)

Character breakdowns

Scott Lang

"The events of Captain America: Civil War gave us something clear, which is: what was Hank Pym and Hope Van Dyne's reaction to Scott having taken this technology out into the world in Civil War? We had a lot of fun playing around with that. And we play with size and scale a lot. I love the idea of Giant-Man."

Hank Pym

"The events of Civil War, and how Scott reacted to that, have thrown a big wrench into the works. But his curiosity has been reawakened about the Quantum Realm and whether Janet's still alive down there."

Janet Van Dyne

"She's a very important character. It's fair to say if someone were to have spent thirtysomething years in the Quantum Realm and survived, it would have an effect. What did she eat? All she eats is cereal called Quantum Krispies."

Hope Van Dyne

"This is really her coming out party as a hero. Her power set is fantastic. She and Scott both shrink, but there the flying, and the fighting style of The Wasp is different from Ant-Man's."

Iron Fist (32:20)

Season 2 photos

Dakota North (33:55)

Potentially the ‘female-focused Jessica Jones-esque” series in development at ABC
Had 5 issue series, Trades are now back in orders at stores

Released usually when movies/shows are debuting/upcoming

Or will be a part of Jessica Jones season 2

Blade (36:50)

Loose tweets may have revealed upcoming version of character
TV show or possibly on SHIELD

Venom (39:20)

Riz Ahmed to play Dr. Carlton Drake, leader of The Life Foundation

Fantastic Beasts 2 (40:20)

Image of Grindelwald and Rosier
Young Albus Dumbledore