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This week on Superhero Slate, we look at the most anticipated movies for 2025, DC Studios confirms a solo Clayface movie, Kraven’s bomb kills the Sony’s SPUM universe, and more!

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2025 Movies (10:50)
- Fandango’s most anticipated movies for 2025 revealed
  - Captain America: Brave New World
  - Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  - Jurassic World Rebirth
  - From The World of John Wick: Ballerina
  - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Clayface (16:40)
- “a DCU story from a script by Mike Flanagan, has been OFFICIALLY greenlit.” – per James Gunn
- Confirmed to be a DCU film, not an Elseworlds or Batman II antagonist
  - Will appear in upcoming Creature Commandos episode voiced by Alan Tudyk
- Not sure which version of Clayface, but most likely the monster-esque version seen in Batman The Animated Series and Harley Quinn
- Releasing in theaters September 11, 2026
The Batman (23:10)
- The Batman Part II still has an October 2026 release date
- James Gunn confirms script is still not finished
  - Robert Pattinson signed on for Christopher Nolan’s movie filming summer 2025
- Could be delayed further
Dynamic Duo (26:40)
- The “animated” movie around the Robins: Dick Grayson and Jason Todd officially greenlit as well
- June 30, 2028
Creature Commandos (28:10)
- First episode available to watch on YouTube for free
- Episodes 2 and 3 remain on Max streaming service so far
Superman (29:25)
- Trailer highly likely to debut next week per insiders
- May not be Superman focused
Secret Level (31:30)
- First half released on Amazon
Deadpool (34:00)
- Deadpool & Kidpool meet Lynda Carter in SickKids donation video
- Poke at her previous time as Wonder Woman at DC
Avengers: Doomsday (36:15)
- Chris Evans confirmed to return via The Wrap
- Will likely be playing Nomad, a non-America allegiance version of Captain America
- Theories include Captain Hydra and Dr Doom building Evil Avengers as antagonists
Avengers: Secret Wars (42:10)
- Doctor Strange and Clea’s actions rumored to be 60% of why Secret Wars is happening
- Other 40% made up of Spider-man, Loki, Wanda, and Doctor Doom
Agatha All Along (43:20)
- Potentially revealed as a multi-season show for “Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy” at Golden Globes
- WandaVision was placed under “Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television”
What If (48:35)
- Season 3 titles revealed
- Starting next weekend December 22 and releasing daily
Spider-Man 4 (50:40)
- Amy Pascal says film will be focused more on Spider-man than Peter Parker based on how No Way Home ends
  - “Well, we have to deal with the fact that he decided he was going to give up being Peter Parker.”
  - “And he was going to focus on being Spider-Man because being Peter Parker was too hard,” she teased. “That’s what the movie is about.”
SPUM (52:45)
- Sony hanging up non-Spider-Man universe video attempts
  - “taking this misfire very seriously,” and “has a reset in store.” per Deadline
- Was plan before Kraven hit theaters, will focus solely on Spider-Man movies with Marvel
- Could be looking at Animated only theatrical approach and live-action TV licensing
Kraven (58:35)
- Now in theaters, opening less than $11 million
- Removed magic blood plot from film

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