Deadpool Popcorn Bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins Captain America, Deathstroke Confirmed & More!

This week on Superhero Slate we're debuting the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU, James Gunn confirms Deathstroke in the DCU, and more! What We're Watching: Reacher, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman Begins, The Rock, X-men (2001) News X-Men (23:42) Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige Feige does […]

This week on Superhero Slate we're debuting the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU, James Gunn confirms Deathstroke in the DCU, and more!

What We're Watching: Reacher, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman Begins, The Rock, X-men (2001)

News

X-Men (23:42)

Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige

Feige does a lot of generic actor meetings

Previously mentioned wanting to play someone new, including Mr. Sinister

Prevents comparison to other versions

Deadpool & Wolverine (27:30)

First Popcorn bucket revealed

Looks like BossLogic idea

Regal teasing their version

Captain America: Brave New World (37:35)

Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm

Will also appear in TV series, probably Daredevil Born Again?
Character could be Cutthroat, who has ties to Serpent Society

Currently filming police chasing “The Falcon” with car explosion and hand to hand fight sequences
Diamondback (Rosa Salazar) given comic accurate appearance in reshoots

Previous set photos

Thunderbolts* (45:55)

Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die

Could be the Sentry character?

They team up to bring Contessa Valentina Allegre De Fontaine down

Possibly enlist The Sentry to protect her against team?

Thor (48:20)

Thor 5 looking to film Fall 2025 for post-Secret Wars release
Search for writer/director ongoing

Scarlet Witch (52:10)

Rumor: Looking for a director for a solo based movie to be in theaters before Secret Wars
If director search is ongoing, script might be near completion

Deathstroke (54:40)

James Gunn “confirms” plans to have Deathstroke in DCU
Could be something now or way later such as rumored Teen Titans movie

Booster Gold (57:15)

Three frontrunners for role rumored to be: Dylan Playfair (Letterkenny), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V)

The Umbrella Academy (59:11)

4th and Final Season trailer released

Has no books to follow

August 8, 2024 on Netflix

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