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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Netflix's One Piece: Into the Grand Line! Will the Straw Hat crew survive the treacherous waters of Reverse Mountain and the bizarre islands ahead? Can the series successfully introduce the eccentric agents of Baroque Works and the adorable Chopper? Who won't Luffy make friends with on the open ocean? Find out all these questions and more! Find One Piece Into the Grand Line streaming only on Netflix!Part 1: Episodes 1-4 (5:41)Part 2: Episodes 5-8 (25:02)Follow Superhero Slate! (46:21) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store
This week on Superhero Slate we’ve got a Wonder Man trailer, your exclusive reviews for Avatar Fire and Ash and Stranger Things Season 5, and more! News Avengers: Doomsday (9:30) Trailer Updates Trailer #2 featuring Thor now officially released Trailer #3 with the X-Men (Fox era) now playing in front of Fire and Ash Trailer #4 now rumored to feature Wakandans and Fantastic Four Korean Rating’s board listed 2 more, so possibly 6 total? One a week to lead up to Super Bowl BIG trailer reveal Rumor: Time codes in “Doomsday” Date videos relate to scenes from Endgame Loki being captured, Bruce Banner and the Ancient one, & Hawkeye return with baseball glove Wonder Man (17:45) New trailer for upcoming series released Hollywood has given an explicit “No Superpowered People” in movies mandate Department of Damage Control appears again Fantastic Four 2 (20:20) Rumored to want Matt Shakman back to direct (unannounced) sequel Characters will have large role in Avengers films Black Panther 3 (22:20) While talking about upcoming Black Panther 3 (no details), revealed Sony stopped him from using Kraven in Black Panther (2018) Blade (25:50) Jordan Peele’s MonkeyPaw Productions shared rumor about Peele being involved in upcoming Blade movie Has history in horror and supernatural films Parodied their own response on X Avatar: Fire and Ash (29:35) Review with Spoilers Stranger Things (53:45) Season 5 and Series Review with Spoilers Follow Superhero Slate (1:15:20) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

This week on Superhero Slate, we're recapping San Diego Comic-Con 2025, reviewing Fantastic Four First Steps, stepping into the Peacemaker Universes, and more! News SDCC 2025 (1:17) Updates Masters of the Universe (5:55) Teaser trailer with title treatment in various languages June 5, 2026 Predator: Badlands (8:25) Trailer for upcoming movie Features young Yautja and Elle Fanning as Weyland yutani synthezoid Mechanized loader in the end Could this be a secret Alien vs Predator movie? Predator: Killer of Killers (9:40) New version with extended ending dropped on Hulu Star Wars: Ahsoka (14:30) First photo of Eman Esfadi returning as Ezra Bridger in season 2 Maul: Shadow Lord (15:00) First photo shows Maul’s return in upcoming show Ne Zha 2 (18:15) Getting re-release in US with English voices Ne Zha 2 explores the consequences of Ne Zha's defiance against the heavens and the internal struggle of being a "demon child" born of chaos. $2.19 billion box office Clayface (21:40) New report on plot: "centers on an ascending actor whose face is disfigured by a gangster. As a last resort, the actor turns to a fringe Elizabeth Holmes-style scientist for help. At first, the experiment is successful but … well, it wouldn’t be a horror movie if the story ended right there, would it?" Peacemaker (24:05) Trailer released at SDCC Image of a potential alien on set with James Gunn Synopsis released: “In season 2, Peacemaker discovers an alternate world where life is everything he wishes it could be. But this discovery also forces him to face his traumatic past and take the future into his own hands.” August 21, 2025 Superman (30:00) All 26 characters in the Hall of Justice memorial identified Madame Xanadu Silent Knight Exoristos Black Pirate Miss Liberty Whip Whirlwind Super-Chief El Diablo Iron Munro The Ghost of Flanders Sandman I (Wesley Dodds) Amazing Man (Will Everett) Zatara Liberty Belle Bulletman Max Mercury, see Whip Whirlwind Bulletgirl TNT Dan the Dyna-mite Phantom Lady Atomic Knight Freedom Beast Wildcat Vibe Gunfire Maxwell Lord Very obscure, random heroes from time James Gunn has teased that at the very least, 2 out of the 26 heroes in the mural are important to an upcoming DCU project Booster Gold (34:20) David Jenkins (Our Flag Means Death) to write pilot for series If successful, will become show runner Inherited...

This week on Superhero Slate Superman flies into theaters, Avengers Doomsday set photos show up, Street Fighter gets an eclectic cast, and more! Jim Shooter, Julian McMahon News The Running Man (6:00) Trailer for Edgar Wright’s take on Stephen King’s novel Seems more like a modern and book accurate version of the Schwarzenegger film The Odyssey (10:45) Christopher Nolan’s next movie trailer leaks online Starring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, and Jon Bernthal Street Fighter (16:00) Cast announced for live-action film Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes; Bullet Train) as Ryu Callina Liang as Chun Li Noah Centineo (Black Adam) as Ken Jason Momoa as Blanka 50 Cent as Balrog Cody Rhodes as Guile David Dastmalchian as M. Bison Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki Orville Peck as Vega Roman Reigns as Akuma Releases in 2026 The Last of Us (22:20) Neil Druckman (co-creator) and Halley Gross (Writer) exit series ahead of season 3 To focus on NaughtyDog properties and stories Maybe Part 3 game? Venom (26:35) Rumor: Sony working on animated project around character Could follow Flash Thompson Spider-Man bully who lost legs in war, gets bonded to Symbiote Currently NOT in the style or vein of Spider-Verse (yet) Sinners (30:40) Purchased a warehouse full of costumes meant for Marvel’s Blade Movie was being written as a 1920s period piece originally Midnight Sons (33:00) Marvel has hired a screenwriter for the movie Doesn’t mean greenlit but definitely progress in a direction Rumor to adapt “Damnation” comic story where Mephisto takes over Las Vegas Team in comic comprised of Blade, Ghost Rider, Elsa Bloodstone, Man-Thing, Moon Knight, and Doctor Voodoo Wonder Man (36:15) Upcoming Disney+ teaser features some powers/abilities of character December 2025 Fantastic Four (37:20) Non-story trailer released in Retro-futuristic style Something you would see in drive-in cinemas Avengers: Doomsday (40:25) Leaked set photo shows The Thing, US Agent, and (new) Falcon on a ship Batman (43:50) James Gunn says he expects to have 2 finalized Batman scripts before end of the year The Batman Part 2 was recently completed Most likely a draft of The Brave and the Bold Lanterns (44:50) Nathan Fillion says he has “Dropped more F-bombs” than any other project he’s worked on Will appear in DCU series on HBO Max as another Green Lantern (reprising role from Superman and (likely) Peacemaker) Superman (2025) (45:50) Review for first DCU film $122 million domestic Spoilers Start (59:50) FULL SPOILERS! Follow Superhero Slate (1:19:30) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

This week Superhero Slate has your review of Marvel's Thunderbolts*, Sgt. Rock is the first DCU cancellation, the Avengers Doomsday cast gets together, and more! May the 4th News Sgt Rock (15:20) Movie canceled for potentially 2 reasons: It needed to be in production by Summer 2025 Budget was slashed and director walked Could be revisited at end of year for production 2026 Clayface (17:10) Rumor: Doing a page 1 rewrite of script Mike Flanagan only wrote a skeleton script for film Scooper: strongly hinted that the DCU's future will be reevaluated after Superman's release this summer. Ahsoka (22:40) Rosario Dawson shares first set photo confirming season 2 now in production First concept art images shared at Star Wars Celebration Japan Deadpool (25:10) Ryan Reynolds is in early stages of writing a new project Along with “three or four” X-Men characters Thought to be a proper X-Force movie Different than Deadpool 2 X-Men (27:50) MCU version believed to have Mister Sinister as villain in first outing Have always teased character across previous X-men movies with Essex Corp Hawkeye (30:30) Jeremy Renner says no season 2 because they offered him half the pay to return for the same work (8 month shoot) Rumor: Hawkeye Season 2 will move forward with Hailee Steinfeld as lead Avengers: Doomsday (37:20) Officially filming this week with actors together Chris Hemsworth showing workouts (and short hair), Pedro Pascal in his Mister Fantastic Suit, Robert Downey Jr. doing a Tate’s Bakeshop ad, full team at Thunderbolts Newton Thomas Sigel confirmed as director of photography The Usual Suspects, 4 X-Men movies, Superman Returns, Drive Spider-Man: Brand New Day (45:20) Rumor: J.K. Simmons to return as J. Jonah Jameson Thunderbolts* (47:50) Movie Review for last Phase 5 movie Spoilers (57:50) Ties to larger MCU & Post Credit scene details Follow Superhero Slate (1:22:25) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Deadpool and Wolverine! Grab your special sock nerds, because we're taking a look at the Threequel with FULL Spoilers! Does the return of Deadpool and Wolverine diminish their days at Fox Studios, or does the Marvel Cinematic Universe help them expand their horizons? Find out all our thoughts and more! Box Office Looking for $400+ million opening weekend $38 m Thursday, $96m Fri, ~$105m Saturday Spoilers (9:30) REAL Cameos, Crossovers, and Post Credit Scenes Follow Superhero Slate! (1:03:00) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

This week Superhero Slate is ending 2023 with a bang talking about Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Part 1, the last DCEU movie - Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, breaking down Insomniac’s HUGE Wolverine leaks, and more! Like & Subscribe for Weekly Content Top 2023 Content: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Spider-Man PS5, Taskmaster (series), TMNT Mutant Mayhem, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Blue Eye Samurai, John Wick 4, Dungeons & Dragons, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Ted Lasso, Succession, Barbie, Gen V, One Piece News WB/Discovery (30:10) Possible conversation about merging with Paramount Would be eyed critically from FTC commission eOne (34:22) Hasbro sells off Entertainment One to Lionsgate Purchased in 2019 for $4 billion; sold for $500 million Adds 6,500 film and television titles to Lionsgate’s existing library, including Showtime hit “Yellowjackets,” ABC’s “The Rookie” and Discovery’s “Naked & Afraid” franchise What If...? (35:55) Season 2 Thoughts Season 3 confirmed to be soon Avengers 5 (43:00) Jonathan Majors has been dropped by Marvel and Disney after being found guilty on 2 of the 4 counts Current materials refer to the movie as Avengers 5 instead of Kang Dynasty Excalibur (49:20) UK version of superhero team in early works at Marvel Can include Giah (Emilia Clarke), Dane Whitman (Kit Harrington), and possibly Captain Britain Spider-Man 2 (PS5) (51:55) Insomniac the victim of a hacker leak Reports on video game with Venom, Miles, and Peter as playable characters Coming in late 2025, similar to Miles spinoff with $50 target, would lead into Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man 3 (55:40) Looking to release 2027 and 2028, possibly split into 2 parts at $50 each Spider-Man: The Great Web multiplayer portion added as part of this game with part 1 PS5 or maybe PS6? Wolverine (1:00:30) Has to be released by Sept 1, 2025 on PS5 Early gameplay footage leaked to internet X-Men (1:06:55) Game looking to release by 2030 License mentions PS5 Another X-Men game by 2032 X-Men 97 (1:12:22) Titles leaked for upcoming season, including a 3 part finale E1: To Me, My X-Men E2: Mutant Liberation Begins E3: Fire Made Flesh E4: Motendo E5: Remember It E6: Bright Eyes E7: Shine With Strength Reborn E8: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 1 E9: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 2 E10: Tolerance is Extinction - Part 3 Dune: Messiah (1:14:00) Has reportedly been greenlit at WB already Eyeing 2027 release; takes place shortly after first Dune Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (1:15:30) Review & Discussion with Spoilers Last of DCEU films, started with Man of Steel in 2013 Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire (1:36:20) Review and Discussion with Spoilers Available on Netflix “R rated cut to be more bizarre and a lot of sex.” - Zack Snyder Part 2: The Scargiver out April 19, 2024 Follow Superhero Slate every week! (2:08:20) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: <a href="https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music" target="...

Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Marvel's The Marvels Who exactly are The Marvels and why are their powers connected? How has Disney+ and the actor's strike affected theater turnout for this movie? Why is Goose our favorite Pet-Avenger?! Find out all these questions and more! The Marvels (2023) is the culmination of Captain Marvel (2018), WandaVision (2021), and Ms. Marvel (2022). Spoilers start at: (27:20) Follow Superhero Slate every week! (1:08:19) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Netflix's One Piece! Who are the Straw Hat Pirates and why are they looking for the One Piece? Can Netflix adapt anime to live action and make it GOOD? Can Luffy become king of the pirates? Find out all these questions and more! Find One Piece streaming only on Netflix! Follow Superhero Slate every week! (32:30) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store

Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of DC's Blue Beetle! Will Blue Beetle be the next big DC Superhero? How well did this movie make the transition from Max Streaming? Which DC Batman is THE fascist? Find out all these questions and more! Blue Beetle (2023) Box Office (3:43) $25 million opening weekend domestically $43.4 worldwide Review (9:20) Spoilers (15:15) Follow Superhero Slate every week! (50:45) Email us your questions and thoughts to superheroslate@gmail.com or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store