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Morbius Delays & Selling the CW | Weekly News Episode 357

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This week Superhero Slate is waiting even longer for Morbius, X-Men is bringing back original voice actors, Warner wants to sell The CW, and more!

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News

  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (20:00)
    • Box Office - $1.5+ billion
      • #8 of all time
      • #6 All time Domestic
      • Morbius (24:30)
        • Delayed until April 1, 2022 (no joke)
        • Now more dates than New Mutants
        • Blade (27:10)
          • Casting for character called Faiza, with fighting experience
          • Dr. Faiza Hussain, Muslim woman who weilded Excalibur and took on the same name in the comics
          • Has fought Dracula and worked with Dane Whitman in the comics
          • Eternals (29:40)
            • On Disney+ This weekend
            • Echo (30:15)
              • Rumor: Writers from Netflix’s Punisher and Daredevil series have signed up for Disney+ series
              • Ken Kristensen and Dara Resnik
              • X-Men ‘97 (34:05)
                • Cal Dodd will return as Wolverine in the animated series revival
                  • Alongside Lenore Zann (Rogue)
                  • The show will feature George Buza (Beast), Catherine Disher (Jean Grey), Chris Potter (Gambit), Alison Sealy-Smith (Storm), Adrian Hough (Nightcrawler), and Christopher Britton (Mister Sinister)
                  • Thor: Love and Thunder (35:50)
                    • Leaked poster shows new Thor suit and helmet
                    • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (40:10)
                      • Bill Murray says his “power is being a bad guy”
                      • Could still by a microverse character, not Kang
                      • Turning Red (41:05)
                        • Pixar film skipping theaters, straight to Disney+
                        • Third Pixar film in a row
                        • March 11, 2022
                        • The CW (44:20)
                          • WarnerMedia is looking to sell (most) of the CW Network
                            • Nexstar as a potential buyer
                            • WM would keep minority stake and continue making superhero shows until inevitable HBO Max takeover
                            • Peacemaker (48:35)
                              • On HBO Max this Thursday, Jan 13
                              • First 3 episodes
                              • Sequel to The Suicide Squad (2021)
                              • Batman: Caped Crusader (51:50)
                                • Animated series has Ed Brubaker (The Winter Soldier) join as lead writer
                                • “Set in the past, but viewed through a modern lens”
                                • The Boys (53:45)
                                  • Season 3 confirmed to start on June 3 with 3 episodes, then weekly

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