Adam Driver's Ben Solo Movie Was Crazy Close to Happening

When I covered this news the other day, I had zero expectations that it’d be anything more than a brief blip in the pop culture zeitgeist considering The Sequel Trilogy ended with a wet fart, and The Mandalorian has driven the franchise into the ground. Welp, here we are. It turns out The Hunt for Ben Solo was reportedly much further along than Adam Driver revealed. This thing was primed and ready to go until Bob Iger slammed the brakes at the very last second. (Playlist)

Lily Allen is done pretending David Harbour is her best friend. (Lainey Gossip)

Hang ten, little buddies. (Celebitchy)

Did the DNC go back in time and make Graham Platner know that his tattoo was a N*zi tattoo? If so, that’s pretty amazing. There’s a baby born in 1946 they should visit. (Bluesky)

Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan are probably your new Crockett and Tubbs. (THR)

Jack Smith to Jim Jordan: Say when, b**ch. (Wonkette)

From Seth: Amazing. (Threads)

Fantastic Four: First Steps is hitting Disney+ real soon. (The Wrap)

Am I supposed to feel sorry for these marks? (Daily Beast)

Hope everyone’s ready for a butt-ton of KPop Demon Hunters merch. (Deadline)

George Lucas is not gonna love this. (Kotaku)

I was born at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C. in 1960, three years before this mook slipped suddenly head-first from his mom's well-worn womb on whatever truck lot she was laboring, thereby suffering the regrettable injury that has so burdened the rest of us ever since.

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— David Simon (@audacityofdespair.bsky.social) October 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM