October 26, 2025

The Hunt for Ben Solo Movie, DCU Sets Up Salvation Run, Fantastic 4 Streaming Date, and more!

1 hour 11 minutes

This week on Superhero Slate Star Wars Fans start the Hunt for Ben Solo, The DCU sets up Salvation Run, Fantastic 4’s Disney+ Date Revealed, and more!

Battlefield 6, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Ghost of Yotei, Shogun, Ghostbusters

News

Constantine 2 (14:20)

James Gunn has talked to Keanu Reeves about the movie

Reeves confirms drafts of script are in works

Gunn has not ‘read any script yet’

Peacemaker (16:34)

DC filed for trademark “Salvation Run”

Salvation is the universe Peacemaker was left in at the end of the season

“A prison for meta humans”

The Brave and the Bold (18:55)

Andy Muschietti intends to direct the movie still, but updates are a little away

"We have to wait a few, a couple of months to start talking about it...I screwed it already!"

Man of Tomorrow (22:30)

James Gunn teases movie with piles of storyboards

Has plans up to Man of Tomorrow, DCU will “go significantly further” but nothing is guaranteed

Warner Bros. Discovery (24:45)

Officially up for sale, has turned down initial Paramount offer

Keeps DCU future in question at this time

Will it maintain co-leadership?

HBO Max (31:30)

Has raised prices across all plans

Basic with Ads - $11

Standard - $18.50

Premium $23

Stranger Things (34:40)

Series finale will also get theatrical release at same time

350+ theaters to screen it

Fallout (37:15)

Season 2 coming to Amazon December 17

Will include New Vegas location

Weekly releases through February 2026

Transformers (41:40)

TV-MA Rated Energon Universe series in works

From Robert Kirkman (Invincible) and Joe Henderson (Lucifer)

Will feature Transformers, GI Joe, and Void Rivals characters

Fantastic 4 First Steps (46:38)

Releasing on Disney+ on November 5

Will include IMAX version as well

Enjoy 10 hours of The Things waiting around

The Hunt for Ben Solo (48:45)

Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh denied follow up Star Wars movie by Disney execs

Film was written, finalized, and ready to go with a proposed start date before being rejected by Alan Bergman and Bob Iger.

Details revealed by Adam Driver:

"I always was interested in doing another 'Star Wars,'" Driver said on Monday. "I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen [Kennedy] had reached out. I always said: With a great director and a great story, I’d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him."

"We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. It was called 'The Hunt for Ben Solo' and it was really cool. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that."

Details confirmed by Steven Soderbergh:

"Sources close to the project emphasize that this was not a loose concept or early pitch. The film, operating under the codename Quiet Leaves, had a finalized screenplay and was entering early prep and staffing stages. Disney purchased a fully developed treatment and beat sheet, developed by Soderbergh and screenwriter Rebecca Blunt (the pseudonym for Jules Asner, Soderbergh’s wife, who also wrote Logan Lucky]), and hired Scott Z. Burns—who was paid more than any screenwriter in Lucasfilm history—to complete the screenplay.

According to insiders, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Carrie Beck were directly involved throughout development and were reportedly enthusiastic about the drafts that came in. Kennedy and the Star Wars Story Group waited until the project was 'ready to shoot' before they presented it to Disney. When the final script, budget, and proposed start date were delivered to Disney, it marked the first time Lucasfilm had ever presented a fully approved project that did not move forward."

Fans have paid for a "Save #TheHuntForBenSolo" banner to fly over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank and also a digital billboard in Times Square

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October 26, 2025

The Hunt for Ben Solo Movie, DCU Sets Up Salvation Run, Fantastic 4 Streaming Date, and more!

1 hour 11 minutes

This week on Superhero Slate Star Wars Fans start the Hunt for Ben Solo, The DCU sets up Salvation Run, Fantastic 4’s Disney+ Date Revealed, and more!

Battlefield 6, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Ghost of Yotei, Shogun, Ghostbusters

News

Constantine 2 (14:20)

James Gunn has talked to Keanu Reeves about the movie

Reeves confirms drafts of script are in works

Gunn has not ‘read any script yet’

Peacemaker (16:34)

DC filed for trademark “Salvation Run”

Salvation is the universe Peacemaker was left in at the end of the season

“A prison for meta humans”

The Brave and the Bold (18:55)

Andy Muschietti intends to direct the movie still, but updates are a little away

"We have to wait a few, a couple of months to start talking about it...I screwed it already!"

Man of Tomorrow (22:30)

James Gunn teases movie with piles of storyboards

Has plans up to Man of Tomorrow, DCU will “go significantly further” but nothing is guaranteed

Warner Bros. Discovery (24:45)

Officially up for sale, has turned down initial Paramount offer

Keeps DCU future in question at this time

Will it maintain co-leadership?

HBO Max (31:30)

Has raised prices across all plans

Basic with Ads - $11

Standard - $18.50

Premium $23

Stranger Things (34:40)

Series finale will also get theatrical release at same time

350+ theaters to screen it

Fallout (37:15)

Season 2 coming to Amazon December 17

Will include New Vegas location

Weekly releases through February 2026

Transformers (41:40)

TV-MA Rated Energon Universe series in works

From Robert Kirkman (Invincible) and Joe Henderson (Lucifer)

Will feature Transformers, GI Joe, and Void Rivals characters

Fantastic 4 First Steps (46:38)

Releasing on Disney+ on November 5

Will include IMAX version as well

Enjoy 10 hours of The Things waiting around

The Hunt for Ben Solo (48:45)

Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh denied follow up Star Wars movie by Disney execs

Film was written, finalized, and ready to go with a proposed start date before being rejected by Alan Bergman and Bob Iger.

Details revealed by Adam Driver:

Details confirmed by Steven Soderbergh:

Fans have paid for a "Save #TheHuntForBenSolo" banner to fly over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank and also a digital billboard in Times Square

Follow Superhero Slate (1:09:40)

Email us your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan!

Mike – Life Rewards Risk

Chris – @Valdan

Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast!

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0
iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJzn
Google Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music

Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

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