Disney+ Starts This Week & The Eternals Bomb Scare | Weekly News Episode 248

This week Superhero Slate is counting the sleeps till Disney+, Moon Knight and She-Hulk get writers, more famous actors join The Batman cast, and more!

News

• Disney+ (16:15)
  • Launches 9 AM EST on Tuesday, Nov 12
• Mandalorian (19:05)
  • First episode Tuesday Nov 12
  • Second episode November 15, and every friday through December 27
• Marvel (19:45)
  • More MCU films added to Disney+ Launch
    • Endgame moved up
  • You will need a Disney+ Sub to keep up with MCU going forward
• Loki (27:55)
  • Series will kick off Doctor Strange into the Multiverse of Madness
    • Does his Endgame appearance cause multiple universes?
  • Possible season 2 on the table
• WandaVision (30:30)
  • Currently in production, multiple sets for different decades being built
• Hawkeye (34:00)
  • Was originally a movie before being rewritten for online show
• Moon Knight (35:30)
  • Jeremy Slater as head writer
  • Developed and created The Umbrella Academy on Netflix
• She-Hulk (38:10)
  • Jessica Gao hired as head writer
    • Pickle Rick episode of Rick and Morty
    • Also Silicon Valley
• Iron Heart (40:45)
  • Rumored to being developed for Disney+
  • Riri Williams “took over” for Tony Stark while he was gone in comics
• Thunderbolts (43:30)
  • Rumored to be in development at Marvel Studios
  • The earliest incarnation was a team of villains masquerading as heroes
    • Unsure if show or movie
• The Eternals (45:20)
  • Actors evacuated from set after finding World War 2 bomb near set
• Spider-Man Into the Spider-verse (46:55)
  • Japan Spider-Man (live action) will be in upcoming sequel
  • Piloted mecha Leopardon in show
  • Honest Trailer
• Helstrom (48:25)
  • Show adds previous Colossus actor Daniel Cudmore in recurring role
• Marvel’s Avengers (51:05)
  • Video game will have alternate endings
  • The credits will not be the end game, with more releasing post-launch
• The Clone Wars (54:40)
  • Star Wars animated show will debut season 7 in February on D+
  • Will have 12 episodes, probably final season
• Marvel vs DC (55:10)
  • Marvel and Star Wars movies have 66% of people go to theater to watch
  • 73% watch DC movies on streaming service; 75% for next Fantastic Beasts (WB property)
• The Batman (59:35)
  • Andy Serkis cast as Alfred Pennyworth in film
  • Colin Farrell is in talks to play The Penguin
  • Rumor: Matthew McConaughey up for Two-Face in film
• The Boys (1:04:50)
  • Season 2 to air mid-2020 on Amazon

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