This week on Superhero Slate we have Star Wars Day rumors (tomorrow), Spider-Man Noir Sounds Fun, X-Men 97 Character Teams Get Revealed, and more!
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Star Wars (4:40)May the 4th tomorrowRumor: Tales of the Jedi: Luke Skywalker, Jedi Video Game Threequel, Ahsoka TrailerMaybe Star Fighter look?Mortal Kombat II (11:36)Movie in theaters this weekCinemark reveals a Tankard mugResident Evil (13:20)Upcoming movie reboot trailer releasedZach Creggar (Weapons) directingSet alongside the games, but doesn’t seem to feature main charactersSpider-Noir (16:10)Early review compare it to “Batman the Animated Series” for noir toneMixes of seriousness with campEpisode titles:Episode 1 - Step Into My OfficeEpisode 2 - Tread LightlyEpisode 3 - Double CrossEpisode 4 - A Mistake I'll Never Make AgainEpisode 5 - BetrayalEpisode 6 - Nightmare on a GurneyEpisode 7 - Nobody's HeroEpisode 8 - The Man in the MaskMay 27, 2026Supergirl (18:55)Better look at Krem (villain) in filmRuntime of 1 hour and 50 minutesDirector “can’t tease” post-credits storyJune 26, 2026Lanterns (21:15)First power lantern photo revealed with release date of August 16 on HBO MaxInvincible (26:00)Season 5 release window confirmedSometime in 2027.Masters of the Universe (30:50)Villain trailer gives me the ickDjango/Zorro (32:50)Movie adaptation of crossover comic book coming to lifeBrian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) directingConfirmed to be an"official sequel" to 2012's Django Unchained, and the crossover comic was co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt WagnerThis movie is said to be "a new story that follows on from the comic series”Infinity Vision (36:50)IMAX CFO Natasha Fernandes said, "From our view, we feel it’s a marketing play to try and offset the fact that they don’t have an IMAX platform or brand for Avengers: Doomsday. It doesn’t offer the consumer anything that they couldn’t get yesterday."Punisher: One Last Kill (42:15)Special presentation releasing May 12Features Frank Castle before he shows up in Spider-ManSpider-Man: Brand New Day (45:30)Rumor: There was a recent test screening for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.Toys and merch starting to hit the internet/releasesWonder Man (47:55)Season 2 will not become a different show"The people who like this show and like it because it feels different are going to be rewarded," he revealed. "And the people who think that this show is going to suddenly turn into something else, I’m sorry to say, it’s not. Simon still has superpowers. It is still about this relationship, about two artists, and our industry. That is essentially what we want to maintain."X-Men 97 (50:55)Season 2 promo art reveals the new ‘teams’X-FactorX-CorpX-ForceThe X-Men got tossed into the past and future, while some remained in the present. Apocalypse looks to be the big bad.Avengers: Doomsday (56:50)Leaked photos from December are getting DMCA takedown noticesMost likely means they WERE real, despite claims of AI on themFollow Superhero Slate (1:03:10)
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