And an election she didn't have to call — she had three years until the end of the parliamentary term.

"Imagine the horse-trading that's done within parties being done between them instead…." is a fairly good start on it.

Yes, it's a parody of joke candidates (and rotten boroughs).

If it's a small role, she could be playing the Wasp.

Pixar's films have a long development process with a willingness to reinvent the films quite late in the process, and The Good Dinosaur felt kind of like what happens when that goes wrong.

"going back to what is basically the original one"

The updated version of "There Will Come Soft Rains" will consist entirely of the household appliances saying things like 'Wifi connection not available, cannot make toast'.

Human Torch.

And landed a few more times shortly thereafter.

For the kids, it's random humour, for the parents they're references.

Remember, we *are* Middle Earth's dystopian future.

It is, he's actually Stan Lee.

You've heard about some of the British celebrities (most 70s-era) that have been the subject of similar cases recently?

If there are lots of cutout figures, we'll know they got 60s-70s Gilliam instead.

Neither this or the linked article are very clear, but I think Branco would be claiming rights in the Gilliam production, not the original book.

That spelling sometimes appears in older sources as an anglicisation, though it's rare to do that with names that don't need transliteration nowadays.

Wait till he finds out that this is the policy for every movie night on Themyscira.

Isn't a multiethnic squad a bit of a general war movie cliche? Though I agree it's still a strong parallel.

Man of Steel cuts off the only mention of 'Superman' partway through, I seem to recall. Doing that felt less natural than never bringing up the name Wonder Woman here, though.

The high costs would have initially been for high-quality restoration from rare and expensive source materials. Makes less sense now, though.