This week on Superhero Slate Spider-Man’s Brand New Day sets Brand New Records, Firefly is returning as an animated series, Marvel adds New Release Dates, and more!

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News

Firefly (12:10)
- Animated series coming out for show
  - Set after live-action series but before Serenity movie
- Marc Guggenheim (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow) and Tara Butters (Agent Carter, Reaper) as show runners
- Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau
  - A new actor will be enlisted to voice Shepherd Book after Ron Glass passed away in 2016
  - Joss Whedon not involved but has ‘given blessing’
Fast Forever (16:44)
- Michael Lesslie (Now You 3 Me, Hunger Games; X-Men) has been tapped by Vin Diesel to pen Fast Forever
  - Rewriting a script previously written by Aaron Rabin and Zach Dean
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (21:30)
- Frank Miller has drawn a special cover for IDW’s #300 issue
  - Draws on previous work with Daredevil and Ninjas
Sonic 4 (26:05)
- Filming underway with new cast announcements
  - Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) and Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows)
  - Kristen Bell (Frozen) is voicing Amy Rose, with Ben Kingsley and Nick Offerman officially joined
  - Returning stars Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, and Lee Majdoub.
Powers (28:30)
- Animated version of Brian Michael Bendis’ comic series coming for Netflix
- Was originally a Playstation Network live action show too
- Synopsis:
  - “Combining the tropes of the superhero genre with the police procedural genre, Powers follows two Chicago homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who work in cases involving super powers.”
Daredevil: Born Again (30:50)
- Season 2 this week on Disney+
- Born Again Official Podcast also released
- Finn Jones & Elodie Yung shared “training” photos, possible returns in Season 3?
Marvel Studios (35:00)
- Removed some dates, added new ones to release calendar Post-Secret Wars
- Current Lineup:
  - July 31, 2026 (Spider-Man: Brand New Day) – but owned by Sony
  - December 18, 2026 (Avengers: Doomsday)
  - December 17, 2027 (Avengers: Secret Wars)
  - May 5, 2028
  - July 28, 2028 (NEW)
  - December 15, 2028
  - May 4, 2029 (NEW)
  - July 13, 2029 (NEW)
- Meanwhile, the following dates have been dropped from their calendar:
  - February 18, 2028
  - November 10, 2028
- Ideas for movies:
  - Black Panther 3, Doctor Strange 3, Thunderbolts 2, Fantastic Four 2, X-Men, Midnight Sons/Blade, Deadpool 4
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (48:20)
- First teaser trailer for upcoming movie released
  - Peter Parker still around his friends who don’t remember him
  - Biggest trailer launch of all time in 24 hours with a staggering 718.6 million views
- Transformation of Spider-Man
  - Season 2 of the animated Spider-Man series?
- Tarantula, The Hand, Scorpion, Boomerang, The Punisher, Bruce Banner, Department of Damage Control
- Keith David as voiceover?
- Similar to the “leaked” version, but differences

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