Guest starring Professor X as "Mel".

I like to imagine if they had put "Sweetest Thing" on "Joshua Tree", deep on the 2nd side. That would've helped!

He's pretty great on Pride. But more of a backup role for the most part for sure.

From KCRW's The Business (a radio show/podcast hosted by Kim Masters, who wrote the Hollywood Reporter article cited in the articile.) But fired was too strong a word. My bad. Edwards went along with another director finishing the shooting and taking over the editing. This seems to be due to his lack of clout…

You're right. Gareth agreed to stand aside, as Gilroy finished the shooting (and/or reshoots) and did the editing. But my understanding it was that or be outright fired. He basically stopped being the director on the film at that point, and played good soldier.

So many good podcasts, so little time! Don't you know people I'm still way behind on my TV?!

Do we know that's what happened? It sounds like they got the line as written in the script first and then played around (with the likes of Woody Harrelson and Donald Glover, the latter who won the Writers Guild Award for best comedy this past year) for a few takes. McKay is much looser by all accounts.

It all depends on what they were told when hired. Which we don't know. If they were told to bring what they do to a Star Wars movie (a looser, improv style, but with solid storytelling), that's one thing. If they were told, "you will not be allowed to do what you traditionally do on movies on this project, but hey,…

They fired Gareth Edwards and brought in Tony Gilroy on Rogue One. Just Edwards made less noise about it, as he has less clout and less of a following than Lord and Miller. He would not work again within the Hollywood system if he did fight it, while Lord and Miller will be fine.

Yeah, that's a huge difference. Thanks for being clearer than the article above.

Maybe Kasdan is still mad that it became the 2nd most quoted line from Empire (after that whole I am your father speech.)

This article was over the top snarky. I don't think anyone is happy that Miller and Lord got fired as their movies are incredibly fun and feel fresh, so bringing in an old vet to make the movie more studio friendly (bland) is gonna be a disappointment.

I don't know if I'd go as far as awful, but that was definitely underwhelming. The final scene with Gavin rang especially false. Reassuring the audience that the status quo continues. Yay?

From the article I read (Jezebel) she at a Q&A after a screening she was surprised to be asked, (this might have SPOILERS) “Was it a conscious decision to have all the black people have the most gruesome deaths on screen? And then, what was the message you were trying to convey with having this white woman kill a…

Fear by the studio that American audiences won't relate to the character if he kept his accent, I think?

Right! Joss loves that guy.

Having parents in the industry may have helped him get his scripts read (no small thing), and bolstered his confidence that he could make it in the industry (also helpful), but unless there's a story I haven't heard, he gotten his jobs due to immense talent. And kept working because of it, too.

Not sure it's a first draft, but a draft that would likely continue to change, so it seems completely unfair to judge Whedon by it.

He was a guy in 1918. If he was being a little pushy or over-protective when escorting a woman, isn't that time-era appropriate for his character?

It's Marvel Team-Up! I hope they use the next movie to introduce the Fantastic Four to the Marvel Universe (yes, I know they don't have the rights at the moment.)