The rumours of Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor can be officially declared dead. Although they floated around online, since Cranston is a personal friend of Ben Affleck, I never saw them coming from a reputable source. Variety has just announced the actual casting: Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor, and Jeremy Irons is Alfred Pennyworth.

The feature adaptation of the graphic novel inspired by (arguably) the first SF novel opened to poor reviews and mediocre box office.

Will the Bureau add to the discussion, or are we just going to bolt?

Spike Jonze’s SF-romance uses a human/AI love to address our relationship with technology, among other things. Reviews have been good, overall. What does the Bureau think?

Variety reports that Paul Rudd will star in Marvel’s forthcoming Ant-man movie. The news appears to be confirmed at the Wrap. Is this a good choice? A good idea? And when will Squirrel Girl scamper onto the big screen?

Variety has the details. Indiana Jones is now owned by Disney. Paramount still distributes the first four films, and they can share in financial obligations and rewards in future films, but new projects are under Disney’s control.

I’ve gotta admit, I’m impressed. It looks like they can handle multiple villains with this story.

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They couldn’t get a Wonder Woman film to fly, but Gal Gadot will play the Amazing Amazon in the Batman/Superman movie which, I suppose, should henceforth be a Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman movie.