Piles of poo

I've so been looking forward to the Wonder Woman movie but now, not so much. Joss just announced that he's no longer attached to the movie...guess half of the people spreading rumors about the purchase of another script were right. Here's what j himself had to say over at whedonesque:

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SATIN TIGHTS NO LONGER.

Joss will not be fighting for our rights after all. You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman. What? But how? My chest... so tight! Okay, stay calm and I'll explain as best I can. It's pretty complicated, so bear with me. I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. Hey, not that complicated.

Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did. Everybody knows how long I was taking, what a struggle that script was, and though I felt good about what I was coming up with, it was never gonna be a simple slam-dunk. I like to think it rolled around the rim a little bit, but others may have differing views. The worst thing that can happen in this scenario is that the studio just keeps hammering out changes and the writer falls into a horrible limbo of development. These guys had the clarity and grace to skip that part.

So I'm a free man. Well, sorta. There is that "Goners" movie I can finally finish polishing, and plenty of other things in the hopper I've wanted to pursue. I'm as relieved as I am disappointed, and both of those things lead to drink, so that's a plus. Truly, you may be hearing some interesting things brewing in the coming months. But all potential jets therein will be visible.

But most importantly, I never have to answer THAT question again!!!! And you don't have to link to every rumor site!

Finally and forever: I never had an actress picked out, or even a consistant front-runner. I didn't have time to waste on casting when I was so busy air-balling on the script. (No! Rim! There was rim!) That's the greatest relief of all. I can do interviews again!

Thanks for your time. You are the people who make the world go 'round. Or, no, science does that.

-j.

ps All right, it was Cobie Smulders. Sorry, Cobes.

So I'm a little bit heartbroken but as always, Joss makes it all okay by bringing the funny. Hopefully the WW movie will still have a nice feminist feel so I can bring the kids but I don't know that I'll bother going opening weekend now.

What else? The funeral yesterday was fine, not awkward and not really all that sad. She wanted a positive service and it certainly was. Macaroni had a friend to run around the church fellowship hall with and our car didn't break down on the 2 hour ride home so no complaints. Although I do have a wicked kink in my neck from sleeping in the car.

Jboy is having friends over today so I'm off to clean the house. It's way too cold to go outside anyway so I'll be watching movies and reading comics. (Just one month until this!)

Netflix review: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Four and 1/2 stars. I loved this movie almost as much as I love Peter Sellers. Geoffrey Rush is amazing...there were times I wasn't sure if they were using old footage of Sellers because Geoffrey was so convincing. Very good, kind of sad and totally funny.