Unless they stick to material owned exclusively by Warner Brothers, which includes a ton of film and TV and all of DC comics.

No, not at all (said the guy with friends in the WGA and an intimate understanding of the credits arbitration process). It means the Writer's Guild of America determined that Synder's contributions to the final screenplay, particularly its structure, were substantial enough to warrant a credit. Credits arbitration is…

WarGames was released by MGM, which recently went bankrupt and would probably be willing to make a deal with WB.

I disagree with that—Ready Player One is straight-up linear with a central protagonist and one main story. World War Z's challenge was that it was a diffuse oral history (would've worked better as an HBO miniseries.) I'm not sure what the best tactic is to distinguish the virtual world from the real one, but there's…

I'd argue that 12/13 of the eps were smart. Just not the whole Cynthia Purcell shutting down the operation bit. Arrrrghhhh.

This would be like if, in Harry Potter 7, after it was painfully obvious what Voldemort was, every instructor at Hogwarts was cloned and replaced by Dolores Umbridge.

it was an amazing episode *except* for Kate Purcell, but, yes, I *groaned* when they went to that plot device so they could get rid of the sharpshooters. It seriously took me out of it. B- . Docked it a full letter grade and a third for that. And Jack has nobody in the FBI besides Will & Alana he can call in a favor…

This is my very favorite The A.V. Club ever. Thank you.

Open, Andre Agassi's memoir, co-written by the guy who wrote The Tender Bar.

The AV Club comment section: the 3rd-most feared comment section on the internet. #1 is Making Light, where they DISEMVOWEL trolls. #2 is John Scalzi's Whatever and his mallet of loving correction. They know better than to come here. We know *all* the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos…

I read that as Mystery Bite, which I think is a much better title for our version.

Yeah, it might be crazy, but I was definitely thinking lawyer. If it's not him, it's one of the two technicians, probably the one who doesn't think Will is guilty. Scott Thompson?

I write about aliens, vampires, and zombies, and I know for a fact *I* couldn't invent Wiseau. (I was really hoping I'd get a chance to direct the film version of The Disaster Artist—casting Patton Oswalt as Wiseau—but Franco might just do a good job with it.)

I am amazed and terrified. Well played, Carade. (hey, that rhymes!)

So, for those who've seen the British serieses (yeah, i know, it's not a real word but goddamn we need a plural), Zoe's death came as no surprise—just like Peter Russo's didn't.

Oh dear. I had no idea about the Sundance incident. That's extremely troubling.

Rewatch Anchorman. "PBS… No commercials. NO PRISONERS!" And he *plays* humorless very well in High Fidelty as the douchey boyfriend Ian. See also: Hudsucker Proxy.

Oh yeah, all 3 of them—him (that closing shot of him clenching his hands against the fence in despair), Chris Bauer as Frank Sobotka, and James Ransone as Ziggy—they're brilliant in a frakking Greek tragedy.

Mehhhh, Obama. What's HE ever done for us?

1) Short films get optioned to be turned into features/TV shows on a fairly regular basis; short films on their own can indeed be profitable. Had the theft *not* been discovered, and had LeBouf's film subsequently been optioned (let's say to be remade into a pilot of TV show that went on to receive multiple season…