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Fantastic Four First Steps & Jurassic World Rebirth Trailers, DCU Animation, and More!

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This week on Superhero Slate, we're breaking down the Fantastic Four First Steps and the Jurassic World Rebirth trailers, the DCU leans into Animation, and more!

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  • X-Men (12:10)
    • Insider says they’re casting for upcoming movie
      • Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw and Babygirl) as Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops; Sadie Sink (Stranger Things and The Whale) as Jean Grey; and Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and The Gray Man) as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat
      • Rumor: Javier Bardem eyed to play Mister Sinister as villain of film
        • Other rumors say Iceman will be in film as well
        • Rumor: No origin story movie, as they’ll have been around and are already a team
        • Captain America: Brave New World (19:50)
          • Will be released this week in theaters
          • Director confirms Adamantium is more durable than Vibranium and teases it will become part of Project X and Wolverine in MCU
          • Black Panther 3 (25:00)
            • Producer says Wakandans will have something to say about Adamantium being introduced vs their Vibranium
            • Rumor: Black Panther variants could show up in next Avengers movies, so not a direct recast
            • Rumor: Ryan Coogler is interested in leaning into a more horror/supernatural/thriller tone for this film.
              • His next film is the Sinners movie with Michael B Jordan/vampires
              • Avengers: Doomsday (29:35)
                • Rumor: Spider-Man to have a huge role in film
                • Rumor: There’s a reason he has THAT face referring to Robert Downey Jr as Victor Von Doom
                • Rumor: Plan is not to kill Loki, but possibly bring him off his role as Time Keeper, and have a reunion with Thor
                • World War Hulk (35:00)
                  • Rumor: Film could play out in Battleworld, news possibly before Comic-Con in July
                  • Moon Knight (38:28)
                    • Rumor: "look up Memento, American Horror Story: Hotel and 'Ei8ht' from Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" for Season 2 inspiration
                    • Strange Academy (41:00)
                      • Could turn into Animated feature instead of live-action series
                      • Same with Power Pack as previously reported
                      • Vision Quest (43:00)
                        • Ruaridh Mollica had been cast in Vision as a series regular called "Tucker."
                          • Could be Tommy Maximoff’s real name, or if Vision builds his own family as Vin
                          • Terry Matalas (Star Trek Picard/Showrunner), Christopher J Byrne (American Gods), and Vincenzo Natali (Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities) as directors of episodes
                          • Fantastic Four: First Steps (45:15)
                            • Teaser trailer released for upcoming film
                            • Invisible Woman, The Thing, Johnny Storm, but no Mister Fantastic Powers
                              • Reed has a long chalkboard and is researching the multiverse
                              • Galactus shadow and over the shoulder in New York
                              • Baxter Building very prominent
                              • John Malkovich shows up - theories are Doctor Doom from Earth X or Red Ghost, a cold war villain trying to replicate the experiment that gave F4 their powers
                              • Jurassic World Rebirth (54:30)
                                • Trailer released this week takes us back to Isla Nublar, to revisit the original Jurassic Park site
                                • Need DNA from 3 biggest dinosaurs in the area with abilities to help people
                                • MORE DNA splicing, looks to be Human & Dinosaur mix or some kind of mutant
                                • The Authority (1:01:25)
                                  • Rumor: Movie is being “reworked” since announcement
                                  • Some discussion about it being animated back in November, but not the same idea as when it was included with Gunn’s Gods and Monsters panel
                                  • Blue Beetle (1:03:15)
                                    • Animated series worked on this year to debut in 2026
                                    • Unsure if soft reboot again or continuing the movie
                                      • 2023 film was pretty disconnected from DCEU at large
                                      • Skeleton Crew (1:04:40)
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