Deadpool Popcorn Bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins Captain America, Deathstroke Confirmed & More!

This week on Superhero Slate we're debuting the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket, Giancarlo Esposito joins the MCU, James Gunn confirms Deathstroke in the DCU, and more!

What We're Watching: Reacher, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman Begins, The Rock, X-men (2001)

News

• X-Men (23:42)
  
  
  
  • Bryan Cranston has met with Kevin Feige
    
    
    
    • Feige does a lot of generic actor meetings
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Previously mentioned wanting to play someone new, including Mr. Sinister
    
    
    
    • Prevents comparison to other versions
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Deadpool & Wolverine (27:30)
  
  
  
  • First Popcorn bucket revealed
    
    
    
    • Looks like BossLogic idea
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Regal teasing their version
  
  
  
  


• Captain America: Brave New World (37:35)
  
  
  
  • Confirmed: Giancarlo Esposito has been added to film as “a thorn in Sam Wilson’s side” set photos confirm
    
    
    
    • Will also appear in TV series, probably Daredevil Born Again?
    
    
    • Character could be Cutthroat, who has ties to Serpent Society
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Currently filming police chasing “The Falcon” with car explosion and hand to hand fight sequences
  
  
  • Diamondback (Rosa Salazar) given comic accurate appearance in reshoots
    
    
    
    • Previous set photos
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Thunderbolts* (45:55)
  
  
  
  • Rumor: Yelena, US Agent, Ghost, and Taskmaster sent to eliminate a target in a vault and realize they are sent there to die
    
    
    
    • Could be the Sentry character?
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • They team up to bring Contessa Valentina Allegre De Fontaine down
    
    
    
    • Possibly enlist The Sentry to protect her against team?
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Thor (48:20)
  
  
  
  • Thor 5 looking to film Fall 2025 for post-Secret Wars release
  
  
  • Search for writer/director ongoing
  
  
  
  


• Scarlet Witch (52:10)
  
  
  
  • Rumor: Looking for a director for a solo based movie to be in theaters before Secret Wars
  
  
  • If director search is ongoing, script might be near completion
  
  
  
  


• Deathstroke (54:40)
  
  
  
  • James Gunn “confirms” plans to have Deathstroke in DCU
  
  
  • Could be something now or way later such as rumored Teen Titans movie
  
  
  
  


• Booster Gold (57:15)
  
  
  
  • Three frontrunners for role rumored to be: Dylan Playfair (Letterkenny), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk), and Patrick Schwarzenegger (Gen V)
  
  
  
  


• The Umbrella Academy (59:11)
  
  
  
  • 4th and Final Season trailer released
    
    
    
    • Has no books to follow
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • August 8, 2024 on Netflix
  
  
  
  

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