Episode 83 - Stone Age Olympics

Superhero Slate gives a gold medal to the Rogue One trailer, Spider-Man’s tech gets up close and personal, music is in the air for CW’s fall lineup, and more!

Riff & Raff

News

• Star Wars (7:50)
  • Kenny Baker passed away at 81
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (9:27)
  • New trailer during Olympics
• Han Solo (14:55)
  • Young Lando being cast
    • Donald Glover is front runner
• Doctor Strange (17:40)
  • TV Spot during olympics (not much new)
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (19:55)
  • Close-up look at web shooters
  • Michael Chernus to play The Tinkerer
    • Former Stark employee; Uses stolen Chitauri tech
• Thor: Ragnarok (24:00)
  • Tom Hiddleston’s first Instagram post confirms his return
  • Warriors Three also filming on set
• Avengers: Infinity War (25:15)
  • Winter Soldier to return in film
• Captain Marvel (26:30)
  • Nicole Perlman (writer) says origin is changed due to Green Lantern similarity
• Marvel’s Luke Cage (28:14)
  • First trailer
  • Tiara and gauntlets in sight!
• X-Men (TV Series) (33:20)
  • A show about a new family
  • Some iconic characters to appear
• Hellfire (series) (34:41)
  • Canceled because it was more of a ‘feature’ than a series
• Deadpool 2 (35:42)
  • Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) rumored as Cable
  • Mackenzie Davis (The Martian) as Domino
• Aquaman (38:56)
  • Black Manta rumored to be villain
  • Character on set of Justice League
• Shazam (41:20)
  • Movie set in DC universe
  • Has autonomous control
• Man of Steel 2 (43:15)
  • Movie in active development
  • Who should direct it?
• Suicide Squad (45:55)
  • David Ayer confirms Batman smashes Joker’s teeth out
    • Damaged tattoo is from this
• Gotham (47:15)
  • Proto versions of characters to appear
    • Harley Quinn, Killer Croc, Solomon Grundy
• Legends of Tomorrow (48:35)
  • Sarah Grey (Power Rangers) cast as Star Girl
  • New Vixen poster
• Arrow (50:10)
  • Dolph Lundgren appearing in S4
• Supergirl (51:20)
  • Mon-El confirmed
  • Miss Martian also appearing
  • Kevin Smith to direct an episode
  • Musical crossover with the Flash
• The Flash (53:40)
  • Flashpoint is only a few episodes
  • 2 parter in Gorilla City
  • Mirror Master; Dr. Alchemy; Savitar as villains
  • Kevin Smith to direct an episode
• Freedom Fighters: The Ray (57:30)
  • Features The Ray from DC Comics
  • “First gay superhero to lead a show”
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (58:35)
  • First trailer for last movie
  • New Poster
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (1:00:55)
  • Ezra Miller is in film
• Transformers: The Last Knight (1:02:00)
  • Megatron’s new look
• Star Trek: Discovery (1:03:35)
  • Show set 10 years before Kirk helms Enterprise
  • Female captain
• Rocko’s Modern Life (1:04:00)
  • One hour special green-lit on Nickelodeon

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