Popcorn Buckets RANKED, Superman Trailer, Sony Blames Critics, and more!

Superhero Slate

This week on Superhero Slate, we've got your 2024 Popcorn Bucket Rankings, the Superman trailer flies into our newsfeeds, Sony Blames Critics for Failures, and more!

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News

• Popcorn Vessels (11:40)
  • The buckets that made 2024 ranked by us!
  • View the List!
• Netflix (42:00)
  • New mandate uncovered from Netflix executives for content produced for the platform
    • “Characters must explicitly state their actions and intentions to accommodate distracted viewers who might be treating movies as background noise.”
• The Batman II (43:30)
  • Delayed full year to 2027 even after James Gunn says “Clayface and Batman have no overlap” to close release dates
    • “The only reason for the delay is there isn’t a full script.” - James Gunn
  • Rumor: VFX heavy script as well, possibly leaning into Mr. Freeze?
  • Internally now “untitled” rather than Part II or 2
  • October 1, 2027
• The Brave and the Bold (45:45)
  • Andy Muschetti confirms film is postponed currently and will work on another movie beforehand
• Superman (46:30)
  • Teaser trailer released
  • Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Mr. Terrific, Krypto, Metamorpho, Lex Luthor, Ultraman, The Engineer, kaiju
  • The Hot Mic podcast reveals test screening viewers have said: "[The] buzz is not good. I'm hearing bad things. I'm hearing 'you should be worried things.' It sounds like James Gunn is aware of some of the feedback."
    • "Someone who's seen Superman told me it has the tone of the first Captain America movie and the Mummy films.
• Karate Kid Legends (53:55)
  • Trailer released bringing together classic and newer Karate Kid properties
  • Includes original movies, Cobra Kai, and the ‘soft’ reboot featuring Jackie Chan
• Sinners (54:50)
  • Upcoming Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan movie shot on film
  • Moving from March to April 18 due to lack of development labs
• Black Panther 3 (56:15)
  • Movie confirmed by Marvel Studios
  • Nate Moore will continue to help produce, but is leaving Marvel Studios to do other projects
• Captain America: Brave New World (57:10)
  • Rumor: Scrapped post-credits scene revealed where President Ross is assumed ‘dead’ and shows up outside Betty Ross’ window to continue being Red Hulk in secret?
  • How many ‘corrupt’ politicians can the MCU go through? Iron Man 3, Winter Soldier
• Nova (59:49)
  • Brings Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds) as showrunner and writer
  • Will focus on Richard Rider as main character, confirmed to also have an ensemble of characters
• Avengers: Annihilation (1:00:34)
  • Next phase of MCU is starting the Countdown to Annihilation
    • 2007 comic book series where Annihilus took wave of his ‘army’ across galaxy, wiping out planets, etc
  • Very cosmic focused, could focus on Legendary Star-Lord, Nova Corps, Guardians of the Galaxy, Eternals, Captain Marvel, etc
• Avengers: Secret Wars (1:02:30)
  • When bringing back legacy characters: everyone is on the table and all formats
    • Possibly old versions (Dolph Lundgren’s Punisher), robotic ones (Howard the Duck), animated versions (similar to Spider-Verse)
• What If...? (1:03:25)
  • Season 3 concludes series
  • Fun ‘cameos’ throughout the final few episodes
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man (1:06:25)
  • Final trailer released
  • January 27, 2025 on Disney+
• Kraven (1:09:22)
  • Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra admitted that Kraven is “probably the worst launch we had” in the nearly eight years he’s been at the studio.
  • Blames critics for failures of Madame Web and Kraven
    • “For some reason, the press decided that they didn’t want us making these films out of Kraven and Madame Web, and the critics just destroyed them.”
  • Is stepping down role on Jan 2
• Across the Spider-Verse (1:12:20)
  • Officially announces directors for film, Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson
    • 9 months after movie’s original release date
  • Team has worked on previous Spider-Verse films
• TMNT: The Last Ronin (1:13:40)
  • Rumor: James Wan (Aquaman, Conjuring, Saw) in talks to direct R-rated movie based on The Last Ronin graphic novel
  • Tyler Burton Smith (Boy Kills World) writing script

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