RUMOR CONTROL...THESE ARE THE FACTS

[Ben Thomas]

Get Brad Bird in to direct episode VII.

[Abraham Smashington]

Get Brad Bird to direct Day of the Tentacle, THE ANIMATED MOVIE RIGHT NOW.

[BillyG]

Get Brad Bird to direct Day of the Tentacle, THE ANIMATED MOVIE RIGHT NOW.

Or Grim Fandango.

[Anderson]

Everything happens when I'm at lunch.

I actually deleted this email because I thought it was bullshit and I was in the middle of reading what I got in on Captain America.

Then, it blew up. So, yeah.

Alan Horn is trying to turn into the Louis B. Meyer of nerds.

[Ben Thomas]

There's actually a chance that Lucas has done something for monetary reasons that might actually produce a good Star Wars product for the first time in 30+ years.

[BMichaelKrol]

There's actually a chance that Lucas has done something for monetary reasons that might actually produce a good Star Wars product for the first time in 30+ years.

This.

[Anderson]

There's actually a chance that Lucas has done something for monetary reasons that might actually produce a good Star Wars product for the first time in 30+ years.

What's even crazier than this is that, it's not him calling the shots anymore. Iger and Horn's Disney is all about patchwork collectives. They want the best and most available on their key franchises.

If Lucas can stay back enough as a consultant, we can see some amazing lineups come out of this arrangement.

[BillyG]

The call just said "Lucas intends to retire" so I don't think this consultant shit is much more than HAND OVER THE FUCKING LOOT LUCAS!

[Anderson]

The call just said "Lucas intends to retire" so I don't think this consultant shit is much more than HAND OVER THE FUCKING LOOT LUCAS!

That's what I thought at first, but the more I look at the wording of it...it seems odd.

I've now gone from WTF to skeptical of a lot shit that is coming up in the phrasing.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Horn's been working into overdrive to net Nolan at Disney. And Whedon sold Firefly to Fox originally to get in Lucas' good-graces for Star Wars.

[Anderson]

Winter Soldier news (that totally got overshadowed today)

Scarjo will be the Black Widow again. Cobie Smulders and SLJ will have bit roles.

Frank Grillo has been cast as Crossbones.

Now, they're working out who is playing the Zemos and Sharon Carter.

[Captain Russ]

So are we getting flashback OG and Helmut as the big bad? Bloodstone sounds like the macguffin...

[Anderson]

So are we getting flashback OG and Helmut as the big bad? Bloodstone sounds like the macguffin...

What appears like is that the Zemos have been keeping Hydra going after death of Red Skull and Zola.

[Captain Russ]

Crossbones had better have his boss-as-fuck mask.

[Matt]

Sounds like Francis Lawrence is two things:
- a guy who is making the producers happy with what he's done so far on CATCHING FIRE
- a fucking glutton for punishment.

He's signed to do the two MOCKINGJAY movies, now. No break, no rest, no parole.