by Kim Filchak, Senior Reporter

Hello, hello! Rampant Speculation here to talk about the all the news and rumors that have hit the web this week, while at the same time providing me with emotional catharsis so I don’t hunt people down and throw my shoe at them. I live in L.A., so the shoe throwing thing is an ever present possibility. Luckily I wear converse so when my shoe does finally connect with the face and or torso of the object of my nerdrage it should do little permanent damage.

This week some of the news was awesome, some of it merely fueled my ever present annoyance, and luckily none of it raised the shoe throwing threat level much higher than polka dots. (The next level up from that is plaid, followed by the dreaded paisley, which signifies that my friends had best gather bail money.)

American Gods- The dish on this comes via the people at GeekTyrant, with news that the once dead series has been resurrected. American Gods was in play at HBO back in 2008, with Tom Hank’s company, Playtone, producing the adaptation. Then it was not and I was very disappointed.

Starz now has picked up the rights to American Gods and has brought on Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies)  and Michael Green (The River) to run the show. The book follows the story of Shadow, an ex con who gets pulled into the shenanigans of many small gods as they try to navigate and survive in a modern 20th century America and should be a good fit with Fuller symbolic style and Green’s suspenseful narratives. though honestly after 2 seasons of Hannibal Fuller is no slouch in the suspense department either.

Ant-Man- Marvel Studios has added another face to the little blockbuster that could. Deadline is reporting that David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight) has joined the cast in a “unspecified role”.

At the Mountains of Madness- Cthulhu may in fact be, if not in the house, at least getting closer to the neighborhood (He apparently stopped for Del Taco). Auteur Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his just announced sequel to Pacific Rim, but that is not all he talked about. For those of us who really wanted to see him take on Lovecraft there is some reason to be hopeful he may finally get the chance to do it.

With this support from Legendary, do you have any hope that your adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “At the Mountains of Madness” will be made?

That’s exactly what I discussed with them. I said to them, that’s the movie that I would really love to do one day, and it’s still expensive, it’s still … I think that now, with the way I’ve seen PG-13 become more and more flexible, I think I could do it PG-13 now, so I’m going to explore it with [Legendary], to be as horrifying as I can, but to not be quite as graphic. There’s basically one or two scenes in the book that people don’t remember that are pretty graphic. Namely, for example, the human autopsy that the aliens do, which is a very shocking moment. But I think I can find ways of doing it. We’ll see. It’s certainly a possibility in the future. Legendary was very close to doing it at one point, so I know they love the screenplay. So, we’ll see. Hopefully it’ll happen. It’s certainly one of the movies I would love to do.

If it doesn’t work out, what are the chances we see (Lovecraft’s) Cthulhu appear as a kaiju in a “Pacific Rim” movie?

(laughs) Not really. I think there’s a really strong possibility we can do it (“At the Mountains of Madness”) at Legendary because now they are at Universal, and Universal, you may remember, almost greenlit the movie. The fact that we now have two studios together that love the material, and if they support each other, they are risking a lot less. It would be great to do it, but I’ve understood that you don’t plan your career, it just happens.

So yes! We may get our elder gods running amok after all! Keep your fingers crossed and parapsychologist’s sacrificed here people!

Avengers: Age of Ultron- Warning, Avengers spoilers be here. Enter or not, your call River Song.

The Latino Review has alerted the web to the existence of 16 minutes of footage from the upcoming film. It was shot about 3 months ago and features Elizabeth Olson (Martha Marcy May Marlene)  as Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch.

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Additional Avengers: Age of Ultron News: Drew Mcweeny over at HitFix visited the London set of Avengers: Age of Ultron and while he is under some hard core pain of dismemberment non-disclosure agreements, he has a few things he can sort of hint around and one of those things is the fate of Bruce Banner/The Hulk. As reported in the previous Rampant Speculation, Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers, The Normal Heart) has been giving interviews recently in regard to his character’s likelihood of getting a solo film, mostly with a standard not likely. Many fans were disappointed because they want to see a “Planet Hulk” movie, but Mcweeny now has a theory that may make the lack of a “Planet Hulk” movie less of a letdown.

“Without giving away why and how, let’s look at the state of things for Bruce Banner at the end of “Age Of Ultron.” Banner continues to play a key role in things in this movie, and when the final war with Ultron spills onto the battlefield and out of the virtual realm, he has a major part to play. Unfortunately, that ends with him onboard a Quinjet on his way off the planet, with no way to immediately turn things around. He’s going to have to ride out the trip. It’s pre-programmed and he can’t stop it.

Here’s where I’d wager his spaceship is headed: wherever the Guardians of the Galaxy are located. If I was a betting man, I’d say there will be no Hulk solo film as part of Phase Three. Instead, Banner’s ship will take him to another planet, where he will end up meeting the Guardians and having an adventure with them. Hulk will definitely come out to play a few times. I suspect we’ll see some sequences that very much feel like they’re part of the Planet Hulk story, but that the larger story will be about the Guardians finding a way to get Banner home, only to end up going with him. That would move a big piece of the puzzle into place to get Thanos looking back at the Earth in time for the third “Avengers” film.”

I like this, it puts a new spin on the Hulk in space story line and sets up a way of bridging the Cosmic based action and the ongoing earth bound Avengers story lines. I had really hoped Carol Danvers was going to be the bridge between the two fictive worlds but this works just as well and as Bruce is already an established character they do not have to shoehorn in an origins story to explain who he is and why this matters.

What really interests me about this is the how and why of Bruce ending up on that Quint jet headed for deep space. In the original “Planet Hulk” story Banner was an unwilling victim of the Illuminati, doing their shtick of making decisions for the good of mankind regardless of who it hurts, by tricking him into a space craft and launching it into deep space. That the Hulk comes back mad and looking for revenge goes without saying but what happens to him before that makes up the bulk of the story of “Planet Hulk”. The story that follows is called “World War Hulk”, because Banner is back on Earth to kick some Illuminati tail and he has no interest in bubble gum nor taking names.

The thing is that Tony Stark was right up in there in the other dudes with power club, making that call with the rest of them, which makes sense given who the characters are in the 616 comic’s universe. In 616 Bruce and Tony were not close at the time, sort of collages but not really friends, so you could see him being more willing to make the decision to lob the giant green rage machine/gifted scientist into space. However, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Bruce and Tony are the science bros and it is hard for me to see Tony unilaterally deciding to chuck the Hulk into space when in doing so he is losing a good friend. Maybe this time around it’s accidental, or an act of sacrifice on the part of Bruce to save everyone. Though who knows, maybe Tony will once again make a “hard call” on behalf of everyone only in this case when the Hulk returns look for some payback he will not have his d-bag brotherhood the Illuminati to back him up. I do not see that ending well.

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice- Zach Snyder (Watchmen. Man of Steel), erstwhile director of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice talked to USA Today and among other things provided them a first look at Superman.

Snyder also gave an interview about his in progress production and the decision to make it a legal drama via the missing s in the vs part of the title of the film.

The director can’t say exactly how the relationship between the two superheroes evolves, “but suffice it to say there is a ‘v’ in between their names” in the movie title, Snyder says. He explains that having the “v” instead of “vs.” is a way “to keep it from being a straight ‘versus’ movie, even in the most subtle way.”

There is a very dark part of me that wants this to mean that Batman V Superman is going to go full Grisham on us and have Lex Luther and the People of Metropolis file a wrongful death suit against our favorite Kryptonian, or even have the U.S. Department of Justice bring charges against Superman.

Yeah, I know, that is probably not going to happen ever and is not really a good storytelling fit with the evolving aesthetic of Snyder’s DC Movie Verse but I have a Law and Order addiction, as you may have noticed, and I have needs here people. Primary my needs involve Jack McCoy prosecuting the case and drinking scotch after an awesome surprise take down of Lex at cross examination and a pragmatically idealistic closing arguments about spacemen’s rights at the end of the trial.

Snyder also had thinky thoughts on Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, The Tudors) and his evolution while playing the role of the Big Blue Boy Scout.

Really digging in and evolving the character — both as Clark and as Superman — is a challenge, Snyder says, but there’s also “the fun of trying to figure out what to put in front of him that’s difficult.”

Cavill is definitely more comfortable in the role the second time around, says the director. “We’ve both created this guy and we can push him around a little bit,” he says. “The more time I spend with Henry, the more he’s Superman to me.”

The debuting heroes Superman meets will affect his perspective on Earth and on the ones he loves, and Snyder feels his convictions will be drawn into question as well.

Lest you think that Zach Snyder is playing favorites with his superheroes he also has some words about the Bat.

“he figured he’d one day tackle an adaptation of Frank Miller’s seminal 1980s masterpiece The Dark Knight Returns, which pits a retired Batman against government agent Superman.

It ultimately made sense with Dawn of Justice to add Bruce Wayne and his cowled alter ego to the mix. Because of Christopher Nolan’s recent Dark Knight trilogy, “I was in no rush to put Batman in the movie,” Snyder says, “but on the other hand it seemed organic the way our story was unfolding to start to feather him in.”

Instead of using several movies to define Affleck’s Batman, Snyder felt the character’s 75-year mythology is so deep in culture now that they can just jump to an older, road-weary take on the Dark Knight. Plus, he says, “it’s cooler to see a crusty old Batman beating the snot out of guys.”

Additionally in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice News- Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) still refuses to confirm his casting as Aquaman in the DC movie verse and IMDB is listing him as only rumored as cast as the wet one in The Justice League. Momoa recently spoke at Evolution Expo and talked about the kind of comic book character he would like to play.

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“I think it would be really, really fun to play a superhero. You know? I’ve always talked about, like, what’s your favorite. I mean I love Lobo so… but ah… You know. It would be awesome. I don’t know how they do it but… Yea, absolutely I think it would…I just don’t really see myself as a superhero. Yeah, no I mean, they’re kind of written a little different. I don’t know. I just… you know. I’m not wearing a lot of the…I don’t see myself in tights a lot. And ah…I’m more of a, I don’t know, an anti-hero if you will. In life. So, not the smiling, parading to saving the world kind of guy. Yeah, the Hulk would have been fun!”

Quote and vid via Point of Geek.

I have no idea what this may mean for his portrayal of the King of Atlantis, antihero is not really a term you hear thrown about in regards to Aquaman. Most people remember him as a nice guy in an ugly outfit who talks to fish while the rest of the Justice League gets stuff done. That said ever since his 1990’s bad ass makeover Aquaman has had a more Namor the Submariner “dickish monarch with no tolerance for the surface world’s drama” attitude, so if they’re going with that version of Aquaman the term antihero could certainly apply here.

And Finally in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice News– This bit has some SPOILER type stuff, so skip on down if you want to remain pristine.

Word has come out via The Latino Review regarding persons of interest in the ongoing legal battle of Batman V Superman. It seems like the list of defendants got longer by 3 names and, more importantly, going by my egregious over use of the legalese I clearly have been watching WAY too much Law and Order lately.

TLR is reporting that there are three new secondary villains who will be evil-ing it up in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. As this is just rumored right now make sure you have some salt on standby just in case, but since we live in a world of hope here is a break down of what may be to come.

“A serial killer Batman fights early on in Gotham City. He usually kills with just a knife and carves a tally mark somewhere on himself for every victim. A real nasty piece of work.”

So your basic Gotham serial killer type dude, only he is more into self-scarification than dressing up in Cosplay to rob banks.

“One of the world’s deadliest assassins, 50s, who meets with Luthor’s bodyguard Mercy Graves to set up a assassination.”

David Cain is a awful, terrible, super creepy guy. He trained along side Bruce Wayne in the League of Shadows before becoming “one of the worlds most deadly assassins”, but that is not what makes him the worst. See he wanted the perfect partner, but when the children he would take to train did not work out he decided to father one. He and the League of Shadows kidnapped the martial artist Sandra Wu-San, after killing her sister, and basically forced her to have his kid in exchange for her life. Yes, you read that correctly. He then raised the child, Cassandra, to be a perfect weapon. All she ever learned from her father was extreme violence and pain. Under his guidance she learned neither speech nor writing, she existed in silence because words were considered unnecessary for her life as a killing machine, her only form of language was that of reading body language during hand to hand combat. He made her kill her first target when she was 8 years old. This dude is a monster, he is way worse than a run of the mill serial killer like Victor Zsazs.

Eventually Cassandra broke her conditioning and became the second Batgirl, but the degree of abuse Cain inflicted on his daughter is truly horrible. The inclusion of Cain makes me wonder if Cassandra may show up at sometime, or if he is there just to name check the League of Shadows and reference Batman’s history with them. There are a lot of other assassins populating the world of DC comics that they could have used, Deadshot for one, Cheshire for another, but if this rumor is accurate then they picked this guy for a reason and given how all around terrible he is I hope it is a good one.

 “If I was a betting man, I would put money on Scoot McNairy playing this guy. In the movie, Edge is a total slimeball and a public relations exec for Lexcorp. Basically, he’s Lex Luthor’s mouth piece. We meet Edge early on when he goes toe to toe with Lois Lane in a television talk show. In the movie’s backstory, Edge and Luthor were members of the most notorious gangs ever to come out of Hob’s Bay. This is the kind of role that is in McNairy’s wheelhouse. I just don’t see McNairy playing Dick Grayson/Nightwing because Grayson is in his mid 20s in the movie and McNairy is 36.”

McNairy (Argo) could very well be playing Morgan Edge, though the New 52 version of the character is African American and by casting the role to reflect that they could add to the diversity of the cast, which has three very white guys as the leads.

There is one final name of The Latino Review’s list and this is the one I am super excited for, and will be totally bummed if it turns out to be incorrect (Not going to lie, I may end up throwing my shoe), because she is freaking awesome!

“She’s in the movie and plays a very stern and focused senator with an intimidating presence. She doesn’t trust Superman. At all. Sees him as a threat and comes up with a counter measure that I won’t spoil.”

This one is not unexpected, Amanda Waller has always been the U.S. governments very unhappy iron fist in a Kevlar glove when it comes to dealing with the super types, be they heroic or villainous. Waller was in charge of the Suicide Squad, a team made up of villains captured and fitted with cranial explosive devices and made to work off their crimes against the United States by going on missions with a very low, read often nonexistent, survival rate. She is such a strong presence in the DC comics universe that it would seem odd if they left her out of Batman V Superman.

The Latino Review has said the part is as yet un-cast so here are a few of my picks, because I freaking the love The Wall and want to see her and her zero f*cks given attitude all up in Batman’s face. (I know, I have issues.) Originally drawn as a larger woman, Waller was recently given a New 52 glamour shots makeover in the comics, which for the record I hate with the passion of a 1000 fiery suns, so instead of going by physical type I am just going to name the actresses I think have the level of authority, bad ass, and pure personal power to play the Wall.

 So, yeah, any one of these ladies will do.

Exodus: Gods and Kings- Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) and Christian Bale (Batman Begins, American Psycho) are going all Charlton Heston on us and remaking the biblical epic Moses. Do you think between this and the Warner Bros project The Odyssey that people are trying to bring back the Swords and Sandals flicks of the 60’s and 70’s? Because those were expensive films to make. Unless you count all the badly dubbed Hercules movies from Italy, those were cheep and all sorts of amazing. I would totally be down with more of those, so long as the dude still wore mini skirts in them.

EW talked to stars Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton (Warrior, The Great Gatsby) about the ambitious old testament neo epic. Knowing that he was stepping into some legendary shoes Bale was very diplomatic about taking the role Heston (The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Soylent Green) made famous and making it his own.

“Charlton Heston does Charlton Heston better than anyone,” says Bale. “But the biblical account of Moses is extraordinary, and there was lots of room for us to go to places that [Heston’s movie] The Ten Commandments never dreamed of going.” (Bale’s biggest stipulation before signing on? “No fake beards,” he says with a laugh.)

 

Edgerton talked about playing the infamous Pharaoh and his relationship with Moses.

Joel Edgerton certainly looks dramatically different than he has in previous film such asThe Great Gatsby or Animal Kingdom. “You take the hair off a man you never know what he’s going to look like. It’s like when you throw a bucket of water on a little dog,” jokes the actor. “When Ridley first called me I have to admit I was like, ‘Really, me—Pharaoh of Egypt?’ But he made it work.”

Ramses and Moses begin our story as close allies, having grown up together almost like brothers. “There’s a deep connection between the two of us,” says Edgerton. “It becomes a really complicated relationship that starts with a lot of love and companionship and ends with destruction.”

 

Also, apparently of note, camel crap has one hell of a stink and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) has a terrible gag reflex. The more you know.

While the movie delves into rather dark subject matter—“There’s nothing mild about the Exodus or Moses,” says Bale—the actors managed to keep their senses of humor. Like when they discovered during the iconic crossing of the Red Sea that Breaking Bad’s Paul has a rather sensitive gag reflex. “Over a series of takes, some of the camels had taken a dump in the sea,” says Edgerton. “I guess it didn’t smell so good and it kind of wafted up… It became a real problem for him.” He laughs. “And you don’t want me or Christian to have that to hold over you!”

 

Exodus: Gods and Kings opens December 12th 2014.

G.I. Joe 3- They are making a third film in the series based on a children’s toy and its subsequent totally kick ass cartoon show (Remember when they sort of crossed over with the Transformers? That episode where the transformers ended up stuck in human bodies and Cobra Commander was still around and was totally not impressed by the punk ass ways of the future villainous organizations? Best. Episode. Ever.) but I digress. Variety has reported that Paramount has hired Jonathan Lemkin (The Devils Advocate, Lethal Weapon 4) to write the script for the movie, which is slated to come out in July of 2016.

“Most of the cast, including Dwayne Johnson and Adrianne Palicki, are expected to return with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing. It was initially thought that Jon Chu would return to direct, but as of now he’s not attached to the pic.
Plot details are vague right now but sources say this installment is expected to revolve around Johnson’s character Roadblock, who was introduced in the last installment and soon became a fan favorite.”

I am still mad that they killed Duke.

Guardians of the Galaxy- Director James Gunn (Slither) has posted a link on his Facebook to an awesome fake travel site for visiting the far reaches space with Galaxy Getaways.

Hocus Pocus 2- There were rumors earlier this week that comedic goddess, night cheese eater and proud snuggy owner Liz Lemon, aka Tina Fey (Mean Girls, 30 Rock), was going to helm a sequel to the Disney comedy Hocus Pocus, a landmark film about how sisterhood and empowerment is gained via the casting of curses on obnoxious children. It turns out this is not the case, Deadline has reported that while Fey is indeed in talks with the Dread Mouse, she is in fact doing something else with them and not the thing with the witches.

 “Disney is in early development with 30 Rock Golden Globe-winner Tina Fey on a supernatural-themed feature, but a knowledgeable source tells me it’s not the Hocus Pocus sequel that’s being wrongly buzzed about all over town. The film, currently known as Untitled Witch Project, will be produced by Fey and Cinderella producer Allison Shearmur in what’s described as falling in the vein of Ghostbusters, with Fey also attached to star. Sorry to break it to fans of the 1993 Bette Midler horror-comedy: No Hocus Pocus 2 project is currently in the works at the Mouse House – yet.”

 

The Odyssey- The awesome folks over at The Mary Sue have reported on Warner Bros plans to film yet another version of the ultimate of old school epics, The Odyssey.

“Warner Bros. has thrown their weight behind Odysseus, a “large-scale” film based on The Odyssey. Russian actor/director Fedor Bondarchuk, most recently of the war film Stalingrad, will helm, with Jeremy Doner (The Killing) on writing duties.”

Warner Bros is partnering with Legendary to bring this epic version of the one of our species very first epics to the big screen. The Mary Sue also notes that this is something they previously done with the…um I guess you could call it memorable? reboot of Clash of the Titans, or as I like to call it “Dudes with daddy issues wear togas and all the ladies get stabbed right in the baby maker, the movie” and it’s sequel Wrath of the Titans, aka that film I did not see. So this should be interesting.

When all is said and done I think this paired with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 2, a bottle of red wine, and ten pounds of chocolate might be a good way to kill a weekend.

Pacific Rim 2: Guillermo del Toro (The Devils Backbone, Hellboy) recently announced that there would in fact be a sequel to the cult favorite Pacific Rim, the best movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters ever made that is not Voltron. He recently talked to The Wall Street Journal about his plans for the film.

Without spoiling anything, what can fans expect from “Pacific Rim 2″?

We are three years away, so to spoil anything would be fantastically silly of me. What I can tell you: [screenwriter Zak Penn] and I really went in, we started with [screenwriter Travis Beacham] about a year and a half ago, kicking ideas back and forth. And, admittedly, I said to Zak, let’s keep kicking ideas till we find one that really, really turns the first movie on its ear, so to speak. (…) It was hard to create a world that did not come from a comic book, that had its own mythology, so we had to sacrifice many aspects to be able to cram everything in the first movie. Namely, for example “the Drift” (editor’s note: the neural link between pilots of the giant robots, or jaegers), which was an interesting concept. [Then there was] this portal that ripped a hole into the fabric of our universe, what were the tools they were using? And we came up with a really, really interesting idea. I don’t want to spoil it, but I think at the end of the second movie, people will find out that the two movies stand on their own. They’re very different from each other, although hopefully bringing the same joyful giant spectacle. But the tenor of the two movies will be quite different.

What can you tell me about the animated “Pacific Rim” series? Do you know which network will carry it?

We are talking about all the possibilities in terms of networks. We’re formulating ideas that are, again, interesting and not the usual route, but the series tackles the stories that happened to pilots working in the Shatterdome (editor’s note: a building where jaegers are built and maintained and pilots train), but also cadets learning how to become pilots. All of this happens prior to the first movie, and it gives you a little more depth into the background of certain characters that will appear in the second movie. So it’s really expanding the material. I was incredibly happy with the comic book series that came about from a graphic novel called “Tales From Year Zero,” and we are continuing the tales for the next three years. So by the time the second movie comes out, you will have probably one year of the animation airing, and you will have three years of the comic book series ongoing, so we are trying for all these things to be canon, to be in the same universe, to not wing anything, so that if anyone … a lot of kids, for example, have discovered “Pacific Rim” through the toys. They come in through the toys, and then they watch the movie, and then they learn this, they learn that through the movie or the comic book series, so we’re trying to make it canon so we can expand the universe. And by the time we come into the second movie, you have a good feel for the world, and we can dedicate ourselves to character and ideas and spectacle.

 

 

Do you plan on expanding the cast and adding new characters in “Pacific Rim 2″?

I’m hoping to bring the same idea I had in the first movie, that was to make it multicultural and humanistic as much as possible, to make characters from many nationalities or gender, to make them equal in the scope of the adventure, in the day-to-day of the adventure. So, we’re bringing a few characters that are new and hopefully doing good work managing those that survived the first movie. (laughs)

When do you expect production to start on “Pacific Rim 2″?

I start designing in six weeks. It takes me nine months to design a movie like that. People see the movie, and they have to see that we designed everything in the movie, from ID cards or patches, pamphlets, posters, signs, sets. I start with a core team for about six months designing the jaegers and the kaiju, you know, so we know how many kaiju, how many jaegers. We are creating some new jaegers and a lot of new kaiju. We start [designing the production] in August.

Sharknado 2: The Second One- Syfy, knowing well it’s audience’s insatiable hunger for both shark infested tornados and terrible acting wreaking havoc on large cities, has released a sneak peek of Sharknado 2: The Second One. This time New York City is the urban population center with the inclement people eating weather and it looks like there is some sort of interpersonal drama being experienced by the food source, ermmm- I mean main characters, so that should make the devouring of people even more entertaining by contrast. Enjoy.

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Star Wars:Episode VII– The Latino Review has reported that Billie Lourd, otherwise known as Carrie Fishers daughter, has been cast in an as yet unnamed role in Star Wars: Episode VII. Who might she be playing? The Daily Mail claims to have the answer, they are declaring that Lourd will be playing a younger version of Princess Leia in flashback scenes. They seem quite giddy at the prospect, which could be their usual mode, and talked happily about the infamous twin buns making an appearance as well. Which, why?

As with all rumors, Star Wars related and other, nothing has been confirmed by Bad Robot or Lucas Films nor has it even been remotely hinted at. She has apparently been spotted on set, but she could in fact be visiting her mom, as you do when you mom scores a gig in London.

Also In Star Wars Episode VII News-Via Nuke the Fridge we have word that Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Degrassi the Next Generation) visited the set and that the FanBoy Prime was very happy with what he found there, happy to the point of crying tears of joy.

“Visited J.J. and his EP VII set. I signed the NDA so all I can share are this old Bantha-Tracks subscriber’s tears and snotty nose of joy. The Force is WITH this movie. Holy Sith…” 

 

Additionally in Star Wars: Episode VII News– Han Solo is on his feet, sort of. E! has pictures of Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Working Girl) up and mobile on Sunday night with the aid of a knee-supporting crutch. E! also talked to his people to get an idea of where he may be in his recovery from the injury that sidelined him in June.

His rep told E! News that following a “successful” surgery Ford would soon begin rehab for his injury. “He’s doing well,” added the rep, “and looks forward to returning to work.”

And Finally in Star Wars Episode VII News- A rumor has been debunked. The Guardian is reporting that Tom Cruise (Top Gun, Mission Impossible) is not in fact going to be in the up coming Star Wars film.

It hints at a battle scene but reveals nothing we did not already know; Apocalypse, the 4 horsemen, Egypt, desert planet, giant sandworms, the spice…. Wait, wrong franchise, though thinking about it that would make one hell of a crossover.

And on that note I am closing it down for the day. I will be back on Monday to dissect, complain, and have all the opinions about everything that happens between now and then that I happen to notice. I hope everyone has a great weekend and to those of you celebrating the 4th of July, please do not set yourself on fire when you get drunk and set off fireworks. That said enjoy your booze and explosives, I myself have other plans.

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