Star Wars Day 2026 Rumors, Spider-Man Noir Early Impressions, X-Men 97 Characters, and more!

This week on Superhero Slate we have Star Wars Day rumors (tomorrow), Spider-Man Noir Sounds Fun, X-Men 97 Character Teams Get Revealed, and more! Guest Host: Brian – linktr.ee/wildacorn Superfan Dave – America Dew News Star Wars (4:40) May the 4th tomorrow Rumor: Tales of the Jedi: Luke Skywalker, Jedi Video Game Threequel, Ahsoka Trailer Maybe Star Fighter look? Mortal Kombat II (11:36) Movie in theaters this week Cinemark reveals a Tankard mug Resident Evil (13:20) Upcoming movie reboot trailer released Zach Creggar (Weapons) directing Set alongside the games, but doesn’t seem to feature main characters Spider-Noir (16:10) Early review compare it to “Batman the Animated Series” for noir tone Mixes of seriousness with camp Episode titles: Episode 1 – Step Into My Office Episode 2 – Tread Lightly Episode 3 – Double Cross Episode 4 – A Mistake I’ll Never Make Again Episode 5 – Betrayal Episode 6 – Nightmare on a Gurney Episode 7 – Nobody’s Hero Episode 8 – The Man in the Mask May 27, 2026 Supergirl (18:55) Better look at Krem (villain) in film Runtime of 1 hour and 50 minutes Director “can’t tease” post-credits story June 26, 2026 Lanterns (21:15) First power lantern photo revealed with release date of August 16 on HBO Max Invincible (26:00) Season 5 release window confirmed Sometime in 2027. Masters of the Universe (30:50) Villain trailer gives me the ick Django/Zorro (32:50) Movie adaptation of crossover comic book coming to life Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) directing Confirmed to be an”official sequel” to 2012’s Django Unchained, and the crossover comic was co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner This movie is said to be “a new story that follows on from the comic series” Infinity Vision (36:50) IMAX CFO Natasha Fernandes said, “From our view, we feel it’s a marketing play to try and offset the fact that they don’t have an IMAX platform or brand for Avengers: Doomsday. It doesn’t offer the consumer anything that they couldn’t get yesterday.” Punisher: One Last Kill (42:15) Special presentation releasing May 12 Features Frank Castle before he shows up in Spider-Man Spider-Man: Brand New Day (45:30) Rumor: There was a recent test screening for Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Toys and merch starting to hit the internet/releases Wonder Man (47:55) Season 2 will not become a different show “The people who like this show and like it because it feels different are going to be rewarded,” he revealed. “And the people who think that this show is going to suddenly turn into something else, I’m sorry to say, it’s not. Simon still has superpowers. It is still about this relationship, about two artists, and our industry. That is essentially what we want to maintain.” X-Men 97 (50:55) Season 2 promo art reveals the new ‘teams’ X-Factor X-Corp X-Force The X-Men got tossed into the past and future, while some remained in the present. Apocalypse looks to be the big bad. Avengers: Doomsday (56:50) Leaked photos from December are getting DMCA takedown notices Most likely means they WERE real, despite claims of AI on them Follow Superhero Slate (1:03:10) Email us your questions and thoughts to [email protected] or tag us on twitter @SuperheroSlate to become a superfan! Mike – Life Rewards Risk Chris – @Valdan Subscribe to the weekly Superhero Slate podcast! Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3iR1Ak0iTunes: https://apple.co/2HNzJznGoogle Play: https://bit.ly/SHS-YouTube-Music Get Your Swag at superheroslate.com/store