'Star Wars' Picks Taika Waititi Over Kevin Feige for Next Movie

For well over a year now, I’ve joked that there’s no way Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie will see the light of day because, post-Rise of Skywalker, no Star Wars movie has seen the light of day. Lucasfilm is freaking terrified of sh*tting the bed that badly again. So imagine my surprise to learn that not only is Taika’s Star Wars movie a top contender for the December 2025 release date, but Lucasfilm reportedly took Kevin Feige’s idea out back and put it out of its misery. Would have never called that in a million years, especially coupled with the rumors that Taika is also looking to star in the film. I get the MCU is wobbly right now and Disney probably wants Feige to get his house in order, but part of that disorder can be laid at the feet of Thor: Love and Thunder so your guess is as good as mine here. (Variety)

Nancy Meyers is making a new movie starring Michael Fassbender, which means the return of the Nancy Meyers Kitchen. (Lainey Gossip)

Jonathan Majors could’ve been a little more subtle. (Dlisted)

Chris Rock has been obsessed with Jada Pinkett Smith for 30 years. (Celebitchy)

From Claude: Gail Simone on the seeming lack of interest in non-powered perspectives in superhero stories. (Twitter)

That’s enough out of Chris Cuomo. (Daily Beast)

TV writers are not thrilled with Jenna Ortega’s comments about rewriting the scripts for Wednesday, and of course, she said all of this while talking to Dax Shepard. (IndieWire)

Amazon wants to get into NFTs at a time when pretty much everyone knows that NFTs are a scam. Incredible business savvy over there. (Gizmodo)

From Chris: This song has been my good-vibes to push through a really bonkers busy period at work. (YouTube)

Jon Bernthal is coming back as The Punisher for Daredevil: Born Again. If you’re wondering how that’s going to work on Disney+, you can stream Logan on there now and that movie is three beautiful hours of Hugh Jackman dropping F-bombs while stabbing everyone in their whole entire face. (THR)

The Gloomhaven sequel is so big that they hired a submarine engineer to fit it inside the box, which sounds extremely on-brand if you’re familiar with Gloomhaven. (Polygon)

Krisbholland was looking for a distraction at the library, as you do, and found B.B. Alston’s Amari and the Night Brothers and its sequel. "The Supernatural Investigations series are excellent middle-grade books." What kind of book do you pick up when you want to escape life? (Cannonball Read 15)