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--- Gamble On Chan - X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner says that Channing Tatum is going to be playing the character Gambit, full-stop. He'll presumably be showing up in the next X-Men movie called Apocalypse, which already has a release date in May of 2016 even though it hasn't begun filming yet. Gambit was played by Taylor Kitsch in the first Wolverine movie but then everybody hated that movie and everybody decided they hated Taylor Kitsch and it was a whole thing.

--- Forever Stab - I linked you over earlier in the contest but in case you've forgotten Final Girl is having a Killer Competition, facing off the slashers and psychos of movie-dom bracket-like, and today we're down to eight hateful hopefuls! These were some of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make in my life. (I have apparently led a very easy life.)

--- S&M Sandwich - We all know and are excessively bitter about the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Wood is married to Aaron Johnson (HALF HER AGE), yadda yadda - well maybe she'll make it up to us since she's cast him in an undisclosed role in the movie... obviously I haven't read those godforsaken books so I am just gonna go ahead and assume that there's a male character that has a 30-page sex-scene with Jamie Dornan, right? That's what's happening here? Good work, lady!

--- X Shade - I agree with the folks at this link that I'm surprised one of her handlers didn't throw a muffin across the room right into her mouth to shut her up, but Ellen Page actually commented on the whole Bryan Singer thing, and threw some probably kind-of-deserving shade, innocent or guilty, in that general direction...

"Whatever comes of it I do think that there’s a systemic issue of people in places of power manipulating and abusing young people.”

Word, Ellen. I haven't said anything about this scandal here at the site because, well, reasons, but I do think she's coming at this from the right angle.

--- Spring Broken - James Franco filmed an Instagram video (what's new) as his Spring Breakers character Alien (okay that's new) denouncing the sequel that's getting made, saying it's being done without director Harmony Korine's consent. I figured they'd get him a producing credit at least, but I don't have a problem with the sequel moving on. His movie was what it was; I think Jonas Akerlund could make something his own that could be interesting.

--- There Are Dumb Questions - Going to Q&As after movie screenings is always a blessing and a curse, and Michael C. captured the latter half of that experience brilliantly over at his site yesterday, listing all the types of horrible people who ask the horrible questions that make your every hair stand on end. I want to pass out this list to everyone at every screening I go to from now on.

--- Wookie Nookie - Rumor was that Adam Driver was playing the bad guy in the new Star Wars movie; the new rumor is that he's playing the son of Han Solo and Princess Leia. He might still be the villain though - perhaps he's been lured to the Dark Side, or something. I'm just trying to figure out in what universe Adam Driver is what Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford would give birth to. Are we sure she didn't cheat with Chewbacca?

--- AmEx Amazing - There's no information on what it is about, but Charlize Theron is teaming up with The Square director (and Joel brother) Nash Edgerton for a movie called American Express. The Square is fantastic, Nash is fantastic, Charlize is beyond fantastic, so sign me up for whatever. It could be two hours of her filling out a credit card application and I'd watch it!
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