Summer Popcorn Bucket Battle, Summer Game Fest Reveals, Superman 100% Done, and more!

Superhero Slate

This week on Superhero Slate we’re looking at another summer of Popcorn buckets, Fantastic Four Tickets on sale now, Superman is 100% locked in, and more!

Guest Host: Superfan Jim

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News

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (12:30)
  • First DLC called The Order of Giants revealed
  • September 4, 2025
• Invincible VS (17:45)
  • 3 v 3 tag fighting game from characters in the Invincible Universe revealed
  • Seems to retain voice actors from Amazon series
• Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls (21:20)
  • Announces new 4 v 4 tag fighting game by makers of Dragon Ball Fighter Z/Blazblue/Guilty Gear series
  • Featuring a lot of characters not in Marvel fighting games
    • Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Storm, Ms. Marvel, Star-Lord, and Robbie Reyes’ Ghost Rider
  • 2026 release
• Deadpool (28:17)
  • VR game announced for Meta Quest 3 headsets
    • Will be voiced by Neil Patrick Harris
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day (32:10)
  • Rumor Sadie Sink to play an alternate universe Gwen Stacy
• Midnight Sons (36:10)
  • Development on the movie ‘moving again’
  • Movie lineup rumored to include: "Wong, Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Blade, Werewolf by Night, & Man-Thing."
• Thor 5 (41:25)
  • “Officially” in development at Marvel Studios (per scooper)
  • Will be a movie post-Secret Wars saga
  • Taika Waititi NOT returning
• Fantastic Four (45:00)
  • Tickets on sale now
  • First look at HERBIE concession vessel (drink, popcorn, and candy)
    • Galactus head popcorn bucket 17” wide by 20” tall
  • Doctor Doom NOT in the movie according to director
• Superman (51:05)
  • Tickets most likely on sale June 10
  • First glimpses at popcorn buckets include:
    • Generic S logo in clear yellow
    • Superman using heat vision in a popcorn maker
    • A Daily Planet newspaper box
  • Film is 100% complete per James Gunn
  • 2 hours and 9 minutes with post credit scenes
• Star Wars: Starfighter (1:02:00)
  • Mia Goth cast as antagonist
    • Will be chasing Ryan Gosling and his teenage nephew (in movie)

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