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

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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!

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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

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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)

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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!

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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)

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of DC's The Flash! Does the Flash outrun Michael Keaton's Batman return? Is this the end of the DC Universe as we knew it? They put WHAT cameo in here?! Find out all these questions and more!

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse

• Box Office (7:50)
  • $55 million, less than anticipated
• Review (11:15)
• Spoilers (19:00)
  • Cameos
  • Reverse Flash implication?
  • 3 post credit scenes filmed; form 3 different ‘regimes’ in charge of DC

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3! Does our team of notorious, spacefaring, galaxy guarding A-Holes make out alive? Does James Gunn give up on Marvel for DC, or does he deliver one final time? Will there ever be another team of Guardians? Find out all these questions and more!

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

• Box Office (8:25)
  • $282 million (50th highest ever)
  • Knocked Mario off top spot
• Spoilers (17:50)
  • Soundtrack choices
  • Cameos: James Gunn familiars
  • Fun abilities
  • I Am Groot
  • Guardians of the Galaxy version 2
  • End Credit scenes

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Super Mario Bros! Do The Super Mario Bros. find more success in their second theatrical project? How many Nintendo properties can be found in just 90 minutes? Does this setup the Super Smash Bros. universe? Find out all these questions and more!

Super Mario Bros.

• Box Office (07:50)
  • Second best 5 day opening ever
    • $377.2 million globally, making it best animated opening movie ever (Ahead of Frozen 2)
    • Biggest video game opening (Warcraft was previous holder)
    • Best for Illumination (Minions 2)
• References (13:55)
  • Punch Out, Donkey Kong, Smash Bros, Kid Icarus, Mario Kart, World 1-1, Music themes

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods! How is the superhero life now that Shazam has a few years under his belt? Is the Shazamily loved or feared by Philadelphia? Is there a Shazam vs Black Adam sequel in the cards? Find out all these questions and more!

Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023)

• Box Office
  • Currently around $30.5 million domestic, nearing $35m internationally
• Spoilers (16:30)
  • Cameos and Nods
  • End Credit Scenes

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania! How does the third outing for Scott Lang as Ant-Man in the MCU turn out? Does Phase 5 kick off with a whimper or a Kang? Where is the closest Baskin Robbins? Find out all these questions and more!

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

• Box Office
  • Currently around $104 million domestic, nearing $225m internationally
• Spoilers (19:43)
  • Kang’s story in QR
  • MODOK
  • Nexus Beings
  • End Credits

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Welcome to the Superhero Slate review of Avatar: The Way of Water! Is our second outing to Pandora with the Na'vi better than the first? Does James Cameron raise the bar even farther for movies? How many names can YOU remember? Find out all these questions and more!

• Movie Experience
  • Laser at AMC; heated seats
  • Flight of Passage ride at Disney
  • 3 hours and 10 minute film
• Box Office
  • Currently around $400 million domestic, nearing $1 billion internationally
  • No competition, might go all the way to February
• Spoilers (23:05)
  • Are there any spoilers?
  • Spider and Kiri’s parentage

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