Whatever screenwriter Michael Arndt comes up with for Star Wars: Episode VII, he'll be hard-pressed to make it as entertaining as the heaps of twists and turns that the rumor mill has already given us. To wit: J.J. Abrams, who was once rumored as a potential director for the movie before he publicly dismissed those reports by saying he'd rather be in the audience, is now apparently directing after all.

If you've seen any of the teasers, trailers, or stills for Iron Man 3, you know it won't have as much of the happy-go-lucky vibe of its predecessors -- in fact, it looks like Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is going to have to deal with epic amounts of pain and loss before arriving at the threequel's inevitably inspiring final act.

We still have no idea who will be helming Star Wars: Episode VII, but while half of Hollywood's A-list directors have been busy turning down the chance to help create the next sequel in the saga, Zack Snyder has been making plans to shepherd a Star Wars spinoff.

Darkness has struck at the heart of a Mark Romanek project once more: The director, who famously lost his grip on Universal's Wolfman reboot a few years ago for having an excessively dark take on the story, has departed Disney's upcoming live-action Cinderella project for exactly the same reason.