Joker 2 Review, Dynamic Duo Movie Announced, Venom 3 Popcorn Buckets, Spider-Man vs Knull, and more!

Superhero Slate

This week on Superhero Slate, we've got our reaction to Joker 2, DC's new animated movie featuring 2 Robins, Venom The Last Dance popcorn buckets arrive, Spider-Man 4’s rumored title includes royalty, and more!

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News

• Joker: Folie A Deux (21:10)
  • Opening estimated lower than $39 million domestically, on par with Morbius $39
    • Previews down 50% from Joker
  • Todd Phillips given final cut from WB (director who brought in $2.5 billion for studio), and Venice premiere considered “disaster” with low reviews sitting for so long
    • No test audiences for film either
  • RT scores: 33% Critics, 31% Audience
    • Rare alignment
  • Chris Review
• The Penguin (30:05)
  • Series Episode 2 saw a 17% increase in viewers from premiere
  • Sitting 94% on RT
• The Batman (32:50)
  • David Zaslav is losing patience in DCU and pushing for more Batman at WB/DC to compete with Marvel Studios
    • The Batman II in 2026 and no date for The Brave and the Bold in DCU
  • Idea is making Robert Pattinson’s Batman THE Batman, including DCU retroactively
    • Compounded by The Penguin being a ratings success
• Dynamic Duo (37:45)
  • Animated movie based on Nightwing and the Red Hood in works from DC Studios and Swaybox Studios
    • Story of 2 previous Robins early days, Dick Grayson and Jason Todd
    • "[Dynamic Duo] will depict how the friendship between Grayson and Todd as youths becomes tested by their diverging ideas for what their future should be. (Reports that the characters will begin as a pair of thieves in the film were false.)"
  • Swaybox known for Momo animation which is a cross between CGI, stop motion, and live-action performances.
    • Demo reel for Swaybox
• Super Hero (42:20)
  • Marvel and DC have lost the shared “Super Hero” trademark registered in 1967
  • Due to DC trying to block a comic called “Super Babies” then not responding to the challenge in time
  • They still jointly own “Super Heroes” and “Super-Villain”
• Deadpool & Wolverine (44:00)
  • Now on PVOD, #1 first day purchased movie in 2024
  • Henry Cavill reportedly not done with the MCU
    • Not necessarily the Cavillrine
• Nova (48:20)
  • Rumor: Glenn Close and John C. Reilly to reprise their roles as Nova Prime and Rhomann Dey in upcoming series
  • Introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy as Nova Corps members
  • Could be flashbacks if they were not brought back by Infinity Stones
    • Thanos got the power stone off screen in Infinity War
• Silver Surfer (50:30)
  • Rumor: Solo Silver Surfer project still in works at Marvel
    • Thought to be Special Presentation, not full series
  • Which Silver Surfer: Shalla-Bal who is in Fantastic Four or Norrin Radd?
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man (52:25)
  • Rumor: Logan Kim (Ghostbusters Afterlife) has been cast as Amadeus Cho in MCU
    • Could be live-action or Spider-Man animated series
  • Mother was teased in Age of Ultron
• Spider-Man 4 (55:00)
  • Reliable source: "Take this with a grain of salt, but I’ve heard the next Spider-Man movie might be titled Spider-Man: King in Black."
  • Would tie into Symbiote left in No Way Home and possibly Knull in Venom 3?
  • Rumor: Andrew Garfield locked in for 2 more Spider-Man appearances
    • Secret Wars and....?
  • Part of Sony and Marvel’s new deal is that Marvel can use any Sony film character 30 days after they hit VOD, rather than completely off the table
• Venom: The Last Dance (1:00:35)
  • Rumor: Andy Serkis will play mo-capped Knull in film
    • Previously directed Let There Be Carnage
  • Regal’s popcorn and drink vessels confirmed for movie
    • Including Anti-Venom design (more comics than movie) as controller holders
  • Cinemark includes a character accurate concept
  • Pizza Hut has black aioli drizzle for pizzas in collaboration
  • Tickets on sale
• Spider-Man Noir (1:06:40)
  • First set photos show Nicolas Cage on set (as Ben Reilly?)
    • Set in the 1930s as an aging detective
  • Newspaper confirms Silvermane as one of the antagonists
    • Looks to be played by Brendan Gleeson

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