This week on Superhero Slate Star Wars Fans start the Hunt for Ben Solo, The DCU sets up Salvation Run, Fantastic 4’s Disney+ Date Revealed, and more!

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News

• Constantine 2 (14:20)
  • James Gunn has talked to Keanu Reeves about the movie
    • Reeves confirms drafts of script are in works
  • Gunn has not ‘read any script yet’
• Peacemaker (16:34)
  • DC filed for trademark “Salvation Run”
  • Salvation is the universe Peacemaker was left in at the end of the season
    • “A prison for meta humans”
• The Brave and the Bold (18:55)
  • Andy Muschietti intends to direct the movie still, but updates are a little away
    • "We have to wait a few, a couple of months to start talking about it...I screwed it already!"
• Man of Tomorrow (22:30)
  • James Gunn teases movie with piles of storyboards
  • Has plans up to Man of Tomorrow, DCU will “go significantly further” but nothing is guaranteed
• Warner Bros. Discovery (24:45)
  • Officially up for sale, has turned down initial Paramount offer
  • Keeps DCU future in question at this time
    • Will it maintain co-leadership?
• HBO Max (31:30)
  • Has raised prices across all plans
    • Basic with Ads - $11
    • Standard - $18.50
    • Premium $23
• Stranger Things (34:40)
  • Series finale will also get theatrical release at same time
  • 350+ theaters to screen it
• Fallout (37:15)
  • Season 2 coming to Amazon December 17
    • Will include New Vegas location
  • Weekly releases through February 2026
• Transformers (41:40)
  • TV-MA Rated Energon Universe series in works
  • From Robert Kirkman (Invincible) and Joe Henderson (Lucifer)
  • Will feature Transformers, GI Joe, and Void Rivals characters
• Fantastic 4 First Steps (46:38)
  • Releasing on Disney+ on November 5
    • Will include IMAX version as well
  • Enjoy 10 hours of The Things waiting around
• The Hunt for Ben Solo (48:45)
  • Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh denied follow up Star Wars movie by Disney execs
  • Film was written, finalized, and ready to go with a proposed start date before being rejected by Alan Bergman and Bob Iger.
  • Details revealed by Adam Driver:
    • "I always was interested in doing another 'Star Wars,'" Driver said on Monday. "I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen [Kennedy] had reached out. I always said: With a great director and a great story, I’d be there in a second. I loved that character and loved playing him."
    • "We presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. It was called 'The Hunt for Ben Solo' and it was really cool. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that."
  • Details confirmed by Steven Soderbergh:
    • "Sources close to the project emphasize that this was not a loose concept or early pitch. The film, operating under the codename Quiet Leaves, had a finalized screenplay and was entering early prep and staffing stages. Disney purchased a fully developed treatment and beat sheet, developed by Soderbergh and screenwriter Rebecca Blunt (the pseudonym for Jules Asner, Soderbergh’s wife, who also wrote Logan Lucky]), and hired Scott Z. Burns—who was paid more than any screenwriter in Lucasfilm history—to complete the screenplay.
    • According to insiders, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Carrie Beck were directly involved throughout development and were reportedly enthusiastic about the drafts that came in. Kennedy and the Star Wars Story Group waited until the project was 'ready to shoot' before they presented it to Disney. When the final script, budget, and proposed start date were delivered to Disney, it marked the first time Lucasfilm had ever presented a fully approved project that did not move forward."
  • Fans have paid for a "Save #TheHuntForBenSolo" banner to fly over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank and also a digital billboard in Times Square

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