The Flashpoint Directors & Marvel's Animated Future | Weekly News Episode 155

Welcome to Superhero Slate where the Flashpoint movie gets its directors, Venom may have a surprise for us after all, we’re ready to get Solo (A Star Wars Story), and more!

Welcome to Superhero Slate where the Flashpoint movie gets its directors, Venom may have a surprise for us after all, we’re ready to get Solo (A Star Wars Story), and more!

News

Flashpoint (13:35)

John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein hired as directors

Wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming

First choice was Ben Affleck, approached as recently as last week

Justice League (17:55)

Digital on Feb 13/Blu-Ray on March 13
Box Art brightens up characters
“Return of Superman” Scene to be added

No other deleted/extended scenes

Wonder Woman II (21:00)

First film to adapt PGA’s new sexual harassment policy

Gotham City Sirens (21:55)

WB is killing upcoming movie
Suicide Squad 2, Birds of Prey (written by Christina Hodson) and The Joker vs Harley Quinn (writers/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa) to remain

Legends of Tomorrow (25:00)

Kid Flash moves to LoT as series regular

Black Lightning (26:40)

Pilot impressions

Venom (29:18)

Peter Parker may appear in Venom afterall

Per John Schnepp
Holland has been on set a few days already

Deleted Instagram post may confirm Carnage

Spider-Man Homecoming Sequel (34:50)

Femme Fatale lead

European in her 20’s

Ant-Man and the Wasp (36:15)

Hope and Scott in suits

Cloak and Dagger (38:35)

Debut June 7 at 8 PM with two-hour premiere
New sneak peek

Marvel Animated (40:05)

Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Spider-Man are reportedly coming to an end
No renewals yet before show hiatus

Toy Story 4 (45:40)

Stephany Folsom has been brought on to write script for TS4

Replaces Rashida Jones/Will McCormack

Uncredited on Thor: Ragnarok due to guild regulations

Received story credit

Best Rated Film (47:55)

New front runner - Paddington 2

Indiana Jones (50:51)

Fifth entry could be next Steven Spielberg film

Solo (51:20)

Trailer to be released this week (rumor)

Placed with The Maze Runner

EPK reel sneak peek promises fan service and ‘old’ star wars feel to it
Synopsis revealed:

Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.

And ‘logo’

Star Wars Rebels (56:12)

Final season 4 episode trailer

Bride of Frankenstein (57:00)

Script production never stopped
Back to pre-production

Javier Bardem still expected to be Frankenstein’s Monster

Men In Black Spinoff (58:20)

Releasing May 17, 2019

A week after Gambit and the week before Toy Story 4

Tomb Raider (59:30)

https://youtu.be/u1kJniuk8oQ
Official Trailer 2 debuts

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