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--- Third Times A Harm - I'm pretty sure that Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne and so on will all be in the third Insidious movie, I seem to remember that being mentioned around the time that writer-actor Leigh Whannell was named as its director, but I could be totally off, who knows, my brain's a poisonous sieve. But this we know for sure - one of the girls from the upcoming Jem and the Holograms movie will be acting in it! Her name's Stefanie Scott and she's a cute teenybopper thing.

--- Better Beastly - Guillermo Del Toro is too busy with [insert name of fifty billion other projects here] so he will not be directing the live-action Beauty and the Beast movie with Emma Watson that he'd been attached to for awhile now. He will be producing it and writing it though, because god forbid he not do more than any sane person should be doing at any one given time.

--- Bones For Belting - Hey look there's a cute funny little chait with my beloved honky-tonk songstress Neko Case at The New York Times where she's asked about her style choices and they are as in her usual awesome way awesome. It involves skeleton pants from a Halloween store and a bare-chested Adam Ant costume, in case you're wondering. She is so kick ass.

--- White Hat - The news that Tom Hiddleston will be playing country-western legend Hank Williams sounded funny at first, you know it did, but if you look at pictures of them together it's not actually that bad a job, physically. And Tom can do an American accent just fine. Can he sing though? Does he sing in Only Lovers Left Alive? I remember guitar playing but not specifically singing.

--- Speaking of Hiddles, that adaptation of JG Ballard's book High Rise (note to self: you still have to read that!) that he's making with Sightseers director Ben Wheatley is going to have to invest in a lot of closet space in that titular apartment tower, because Noted Homosexual Luke Evans has just joined the cast.

---  Super Duper Heroes - Did y'all see that list of superhero movies that Nikki Finke (who just reignited her fiery online presence yesterday) says that Warner Bros. and DC are planning on gunning into high gear soon? It's pretty bonkers, I don't know if I buy it. Three superhero movies in 2016 and three superhero movies in 2017? Shazam and Wonder Woman and Justice League and a Green Lantern/Flash team-up movie? They better know they have to mix this shit up - nobody is gonna want to watch building fall on people this much.

--- And With Regards to all that overwhelming news, The Playlist looks at the rumors that a third Spider-Man movie is getting delayed for a bit, which they think (and I agree) is good news what with all the superhero pile-up coming our way. Andrew Garfield needs to go do some proper acting anyway, I miss that. He is so good! He'll still fit in those tights in a couple of years.

--- And Finally I have resisted watching the trailer for Birdman before now because I can't stand director Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu so so so much, but I suppose I have to after reading Nathaniel's "Yes No Maybe So" on it at The Film Experience and seeing the amazing visuals we're getting via DP Emmanuel Lubezki. All that plus Edward Norton wrestling in lil' fancy-man briefs? Dammit I am gonna have to see this movie.