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This week on Superhero Slate Superman flies into theaters, Avengers Doomsday set photos show up, Street Fighter gets an eclectic cast, and more!
Jim Shooter, Julian McMahon
News
The Running Man (6:00)
Trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel
Seems more like a modern and book accurate version of the Schwarzenegger film
The Odyssey (10:45)
Christopher Nolan’s next movie trailer leaks online
Starring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, and Jon Bernthal
Street Fighter (16:00)
Cast announced for live-action film
Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes; Bullet Train) as Ryu
Callina Liang as Chun Li
Noah Centineo (Black Adam) as Ken
Jason Momoa as Blanka
50 Cent as Balrog
Cody Rhodes as Guile
David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
Orville Peck as Vega
Roman Reigns as Akuma
Releases in 2026
The Last of Us (22:20)
Neil Druckman (co-creator) and Halley Gross (Writer) exit series ahead of season 3
To focus on NaughtyDog properties and stories
Maybe Part 3 game?
Venom (26:35)
Rumor: Sony working on animated project around character
Could follow Flash Thompson
Spider-Man bully who lost legs in war, gets bonded to Symbiote
Currently NOT in the style or vein of Spider-Verse (yet)
Sinners (30:40)
Purchased a warehouse full of costumes meant for Marvel’s Blade
Movie was being written as a 1920s period piece originally
Midnight Sons (33:00)
Marvel has hired a screenwriter for the movie
Doesn’t mean greenlit but definitely progress in a direction
Rumor to adapt “Damnation” comic story where Mephisto takes over Las Vegas
Team in comic comprised of Blade, Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone, Man-Thing, Moon Knight, and Doctor Voodoo
Wonder Man (36:15)
Upcoming Disney+ teaser features some powers/abilities of character
December 2025
Fantastic Four (37:20)
Non-story trailer released in Retro-futuristic style
Something you would see in drive-in cinemas
Avengers: Doomsday (40:25)
Leaked set photo shows The Thing, US Agent, and (new) Falcon on a ship
Batman (43:50)
James Gunn says he expects to have 2 finalized Batman scripts before end of the year
The Batman Part 2 was recently completed
Most likely a draft of The Brave and the Bold
Lanterns (44:50)
Nathan Fillion says he has “Dropped more F-bombs” than any other project he’s worked on
Will appear in DCU series on HBO Max as another Green Lantern (reprising role from Superman and (likely) Peacemaker)
Superman (2025) (45:50)
Review for first DCU film
$122 million domestic
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