Fox Scraps Blockbuster Movies – TSHR 34

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Matt Smith Joins Morbius Movie – TSHR 34


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Hank and John discuss all the latest superhero movie, TV, and streaming news. Will the Black Widow movie be R-rated or PG-13? Is Doctor Who’s Matt Smith being cast for too many roles? The guys debate whether or not Lego spoils movies and a whole lot more on The Superhero Report.

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MOVIE NEWS:

Warner Bros. has finally set a release date for Matt Reeves’ long-awaited Batman standalone, which is tentatively titled The Batman. The film will open on June 25, 2021. The film will be minus Ben Affleck.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/the_batman/the-batman-the-suicide-squad-dc-super-pets-get-release-dates-ben-affleck-is-no-longer-the-dark-knight-a166147

James Gunn is officially on board to direct the Suicide Squad relaunch featuring mostly new characters.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/suicide_squad/the_suicide_squad/james-gunn-officially-on-board-to-direct-suicide-squad-relaunch-with-mostly-all-new-cast-a166150

Han Solo Rumored to be in the next Star Wars movie. A good comparison may be Obi-Wan Kenobi, whose death in A New Hope appeared to conclude his arc, before his subsequent Force Ghost appearances showed that he’s at peace in the afterlife. Force Ghost or Flashback?

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/han-solo-rumored-return-star-wars-episode-ix/?fbclid=IwAR0FFy8DSocdIAc1bdkMx9cbqpClSoH9WCo2lVjOoK5HmxAiTqRkq-7C2z0

Hayden Christensen portrayal of Anakin Skywalker to be in Star Wars episode 9 allegedly.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-episode-ix-rumor-teases-return-hayden-christensen/

Doctor Strange sequel reportedly hires a writer and movie seems to point to nightmare as the villain.
https://superheronews.com/doctor-strange-sequel-reportedly-hires-writer-pointing-to-nightmare-as-the-villain/

Fox’s Planned Marvel Projects have Reportedly been scrapped. Including Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, Silver Surfer, Gambit, Kitty Pryde and Multiple Man.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/gambit-doctor-doom-and-the-rest-of-foxs-planned-marvel-projects-have-reportedly-been-scrapped-a165773?fbclid=IwAR1Kpg9rDujIhTMXkjX-figUSQsZVXBajLX8dREgFNBNwNMqneZf_xJAGL8

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/dark_phoenix/dark-phoenixs-budget-may-have-ballooned-to-upwards-of-200-million-after-expensive-reshoots-a165781

Black Widow is set to be released next year and production is expected to begin soon. There’s a rumor circulating that the film would be R-rated however, that would limit the potential audience of the film and seems unlikely.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/black_widow/black-widow-movie-rumored-to-be-marvel-studios-first-r-rated-release-a165780

Matt Smith to join Jared Leto’s Morbius. In other news he’s also been cast as Batman, The Hulk, Magneto and a young Black Widow.

https://www.newsarama.com/43622-jared-leto-s-morbius-adds-doctor-who-s-matt-smith-report.html?utm_source=notification

TV/STREAMING NEWS:

DC Universe Streaming Service Struggling to pick up subscribers.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/dc-universe-reportedly-struggling-pick-subscribers/?fbclid=IwAR2P-59hf11ur-ZYgCylnsCNoe-y9WIO7laGNvYPIFnv0MkSHkPg8q2bIH0

We may have not seen the end of Daredevil. “I don’t know what the conversations are behind the scenes at Marvel,” Charlie Cox said, “but in a few years if another opportunity comes up with Marvel or whoever, I’d love to be considered.”
“I live in hope because I loved the character and I loved the job.”

https://www-cnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/daredevil-is-canceled-but-charlie-cox-isnt-done-with-matt-murdock/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fgoogle-amp%2Fnews%2Fdaredevil-is-canceled-but-charlie-cox-isnt-done-with-matt-murdock%2F%23referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s

The Umbrella Academy trailer hits and shows a super dysfunctional family.

https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-umbrella-academy/266165/the-umbrella-academy-trailer-cast-release-date-news

Including Black Lightning and the planned Batwoman series, The CW is about to air six DCTV series in the upcoming 2018-2019 regular television season with network president Mark Pedowitz claiming there is room for more.

https://www.cbr.com/cw-not-yet-hit-arrowverse-saturation-point/

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