Aquaman Photos & Netflix Burnout | Weekly News Episode 176

Superhero Slate has their swimsuits on because Wonder Woman and Aquaman are making a splash from DC, Comcast makes a bid for Fox, we take a guess at the Avengers 4 title, and more!

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News

• The Incredibles 2 (5:00)
  • Spoiler-Free Thoughts
  • Review Episode
• DCEU (7:50)
  • No more writers room
    • Let director’s have vision/approach to films
• Batman v Superman (11:38)
  • The “REAL” Doomsday is still out there - Zack Snyder
• Wonder Woman 1984 (12:35)
  • Wonder Woman returns
  • First images show returning Steve Trevor
    • Aging as well
  • Gal Gadot with TVs
  • Cheetah will be Diana’s friend before attempting to usurp her
• Aquaman (19:21)
  • Tons of new images
    • Aquaman & Mera
    • Vulko
    • Ocean Master/King Orm
    • Black Manta
    • Kingdom of 7
    • Queen Atlanna
• Swamp Thing (27:35)
  • To start filming this Fall in North Carolina
• AT&T/Time Warner (28:30)
  • Merger approved - What for DC?
  • New leadership at WB/DC expected
• Comcast/Fox/Disney (30:25)
  • Comcast has officially put in an all cash bid for Fox at $65 billion
  • Analysts assume Fox assets will be split
    • Comcast wants Sky (they own Universal)
    • Disney wants TV/Film studios
• Avengers: Infinity War (33:10)
  • Zoe Saldana is only actor to be in 2 movies crossing $2 billion
• Avengers 4 (34:20)
  • Footage screened at CineEurope
  • Hulk has a new ‘costume’ - in line with previous image
  • Title is referred to as “Avengers: F____ H_____”
• Captain Marvel (47:35)
  • Footage also screen at CineEurope
  • Pinar Toprak (Krypton, Fortnite) to score film
• Cloak & Dagger (49:50)
  • Breaks record on Freeform: Biggest series debut in years
  • Possible Runaways crossover in the works (SDCC announcement)
• Luke Cage (53:15)
  • June 22 on Netflix!
• E3 (56:05)
  • Spider-Man PS4 gameplay footage
• Star Trek: Discovery (58:05)
  • Showrunners Aaron Harberts/Gretchen Berg have been fired for ‘misconduct’
    • Abusive to show’s writing staff
  • Alex Kurtzman (EP, The Mummy) to continue season 2 starting with Episode 6
• Doctor Sleep (59:30)
  • Ewan McGregor to play Danny Torrence in sequel

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