Mortal Kombat & Constantine Reboot | Weekly News Episode 313

Superhero Slate

This week we’ve got a full look at the Invincible series from Amazon, Danny Elfman is working with Sam Raimi again, Mortal Kombat gets an R rated trailer, and more!

Quaranstream: Captain Marvel, Black Panther, The Usual Suspects, Monster Hunter, Down Periscope, One Punch Man Season 2, Aquaman

QuaranFest: Chicken Pizza, Raspberry Peeps

News

• Assembled (32:00)
  • The Making of WandaVision announced
    • Same as Disney Gallery (The Mandalorian)
  • Likely to be for every Disney+ MCU show
  • Debuts March 12th on Disney+
• Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (35:10)
  • Danny Elfman to rejoin Sam Raimi to score film
    • Known for work on Spider-Man series
    • Other superhero films: Batman, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Justice League
• Fantastic Four (36:45)
  • Marvel is just now meeting with writers, no script or details locked down
    • Jon Watts still shooting Spider-Man 3
  • Shaky Rumor: Jennifer Lawrence cast as Sue Storm
• Jessica Jones/The Punisher (39:50)
  • Marvel may have regained rights to characters on Netflix
  • 2 years after cancellation
  • Joins Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist
• Ahsoka (43:20)
  • Mena Massoud (Aladdin) being eyed to play Ezra Bridger in series
• Constantine (44:45)
  • Bad Robot & HBO Max are working on a darker reboot of character
    • Guy Bolton (The Pictures, The Syndicate) wrote pilot and is expected to serve as head writer
  • Possibly link to Bad Robot’s Justice League Dark series
• Aquaman: King of Atlantis (47:25)
  • Three part mini series debuts first look
    • Series aimed at kids for stand-alone stories laced with ecological and ethical themes
• The Flash (53:00)
  • Sasha Calle (The Young and the Restless) cast as Kara Zor-El, Supergirl in film
    • Last played by Melissa Benoist on CW show
    • Supergirl Instagram Comp
• Army of the Dead (56:50)
  • Zack Snyder’s trailer coming Thursday
  • May 21 on Netflix
• Mortal Kombat (58:45)
  • R rated trailer for upcoming movie
  • Characters include:
    • Sonya Blade, Jax, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Shang Tsung, Shao Khan, Goro, Reptile, Kano, Mileena, Sub Zero, Scorpion, etc
  • On HBO Max and theaters April 16
• Invincible (1:02:40)
  • Full trailer for upcoming animated series based on comic book
  • March 26 on Amazon Prime
• Cruella (1:04:50)
  • Trailer for Cruella de Vil prequel series starring Emma Stone
  • Chaos amidst fashion? Very Joker-esque
• Transformers (1:08:40)
  • Next live action filmed called Beast Alliance
  • Heist film across the glove set in the 1990’s
    • Same timeline as Bumblebee
• The Running Man (1:11:50)
  • Edgar Wright to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s novel
  • 1987 movie featuring Arnold Schwarzeneggar
• WandaVision (1:14:10)
  • Episode 7 Discussion
    • Senor Scratch
    • Agnes
    • Spectrum
    • NEXUS

Follow Superhero Slate every week! (1:28:05)

Email us your questions and thoughts to [e-mail] or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan!

Mike – @MikeRoyerDesign, Instagram, PickledComics

Chris – @Valdan, ComicUI – Facebook & Twitter

Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast!

iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJzn
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0
Google Play: http://bit.ly/2nqwu9e

Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store