Marvel's UPDATED Release Schedule, Daredevil Big at D23, Sandman in Spider-Man Noir, and more!

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This week on Superhero Slate, we have a release schedule update for the MCU, we're getting eyes on Daredevil at D23 next week, Spider-man Noir adds Sandman, and more!

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News

• Deadpool & Wolverine (10:45)
  • $824 million as of today
    • Biggest R-rated movie in US history
    • Will need to pass Joker’s $1.06 B to become highest ever
• The Marvels (14:45)
  • Rumor/Theory - Monica Rambeau ended up in Deadpool’s universe at end of movie
  • Setting up incursions to potentially feature some Avengers vs X-men in Battleworld
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (17:25)
  • Sets being built in UK show off Baxter Building landing pad
    • Possibly Yancy Street
  • Rumor: Movie effectively show how a universe “ends” in the MCU
  • Rumor: Team is not together in ‘modern time’ of film and the Fantastic Four has to reunite to fight Galactus
    • Galactus is multiversal being like America Chavez, where there is only one of him in the entire multiverse
• Avengers: Kang Dynasty (22:55)
  • Matches previous rumors: To focus on Anchor beings: All 3 Spider-man actors, Nic Cage’s Ghost Rider, and Logan being recruited by TVA to fight Kang Council
  • Would end up failing and Battleworld would be created by Kang
  • Movie since rewritten and new directors hired
• Avengers: Doomsday (29:25)
  • Movie will have Victor Von Doom trying to stop incursions (Universes colliding and decaying) by unifying them into one place - a new, solitary Sacred Timeline
  • Filming for upcoming Avengers films will be in the UK
    • As opposed to Atlanta for previous films
• Avengers: Secret Wars (35:05)
  • Rumor: Marvel Studios still wants Tom Cruise as Iron Man
    • Heavily implied in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but could not due to scheduling conflict
• MCU (36:35)
  • New release schedule
    • Captain America: Brave New World - February 14, 2025
    • Thunderbolts* - May 2, 2025
    • The Fantastic Four: First Steps - July 25, 2025
    • Blade - November 7, 2025
    • Untitled Marvel Movie - February 13, 2026
    • Avengers: Doomsday - May 1, 2026
    • Untitled Marvel Movie - July 24, 2026 - REMOVED
      • Possibly leaving Sony room for Spider-Man 4
    • Untitled Marvel Movie - November 6, 2026
    • Avengers: Secret Wars - May 7, 2027
    • Untitled Marvel Movie - July 23, 2027
    • Untitled Marvel Movie - November 5, 2027
  • Rumor: Every movie that isn’t a prequel between Avengers Doomsday and Secret Wars will be set on Battleworld
    • Including possibly Spider-man 4
• D23 (44:40)
  • August 9-11 this weekend
  • More Marvel, Star Wars, Disney TV series news than SDCC
  • Fortnite next season reveal?
• Daredevil: Born Again (45:55)
  • D23 kicks off promotion for series
  • Season 2 filming starts soonish (back 9 episodes)
  • Previous version had no ties to Netflix seasons
• Superman (48:35)
  • James Gunn confirms the movie has wrapped filming.
  • Releasing July 11, 2025
• Spider-Man Noir (50:45)
  • Character descriptions revealed for upcoming series
    • Ben Reilly:
      • A retired superhero with the powers of Spider-Man who is too old and broken, both figuratively and literally, to suit up the way he used to. Instead, he takes low-level PI cases and stays out of the ones that involve high-profile names, like that of the Mayor. Through flashbacks, we find out about his past heroics, and past failures, that led him to this point. He is charming, but weathered, and the pilot does an excellent job of setting him up for a good character arc moving forward.
    • Yuri Watanabe:
      • A stage singer with unknown ties to crime organizations in New York City, including that of the mayor. Her character exists entirely through the eyes of Ben Reilly in the pilot, but there is an interesting larger story set up for her in the pages.
    • Flint Marko, aka Sandman:
      • A hired goon working for Yuri, but he has an unknown condition that causes him to turn into the Sandman. When he switches between identities, he has no memories of what the alter ego did while in control. It seems a decent amount of the story will revolve around him, and there is a lot of potential for this character to be a fan-favorite.
    • Robbie Robertson:
      • A reporter and friend of Ben Reilly's. Not a lot of depth to the character in the pilot but has fan-favorite potential written all over him.
    • Mayor Delgado:
      • A corrupt politician whose motivations and past are entirely unknown. The character exists as a setup for future episodes, likely as the main villain.
    • Silvermane:
      • An ageing crime boss whose plans to retire are thrown out the window after his mansion is burned down. It appears that he will be one of the other major antagonists of the series.
    • Janet:
      • Ben Reilly's secretary/second-in-command. Think Joan from Mad Men.
    • Edward Addison:
      • A man who can catch himself on fire with no harm to his body, and one of the Macguffins for the plot.
    • Delgado:
      • Another PI that has a good working relationship with Ben Reilly.

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