For the most part, genre entertainment news has been relatively light. Yes we’ve had a round of castings for DC projects, and Kevin Fiege is slowly opening the kimono for X-Men info, but on the whole nothing earth shattering (who knows, we might see a planet shatter whenever the ‘Superman’ trailer finally comes). This makes for a perfect time to defer the 200th episode of the show and take a look at the state of things over at DC and Marvel. They are both looking to emerge from a slump, despite taking very different approaches (though I’m sure DC would have loved a $1B hit that allowed them to have their cake and eat it too). The guys unpack the similarities and differences and sprinkle in a few different news bits along the way. All that and so much more on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!

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• Kevin Fiege is entering his X-Men era as he starts opening up about plans for the mutants as part of ‘Secret Wars’. Are we ready?

• Channing Tatum’s ‘Gambit’ project might finally see the light of day as Marvel loved the reception to the characters recent appearance in live action.

• Will DC’s casting choices and new direction pay off as James Gunn continues to stir the pot online.

• ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ is on the horizon. More details continue to come out.

• ‘Lanterns’ has cast most of it’s titular space cops. We continue to be excited.

• Elizabeth Olson believes Marvel movies help theatres “pay the rent” and that for small movies, streaming is the “only option”, while not being interested in being part of straight to streaming projects.

• The Terminator (4K release)

• Extraction (2020)

• Godzilla: Minus One