Things We Saw Today: First Poster For The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Via Collider. Click to embiggen. The first teaser trailer will be released this Tuesday morning.

• Benedict Cumberbatch used to flash churches. Wait, what? (The Frisky)
• Did you happen to see R’ha, that short film that went viral earlier this year about a war between robots and aliens? (If not, you can watch it here; it’s really good.) Well Star Wars producer Rick McCallum is producing a feature-length version. Director Kaleb Lechowski is living the dream. (/Film)
• The TSA apparently has a problem with lightsaber-shaped canes; airport security wouldn’t let Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew through with his until he started tweeting about it. C’mon, TSA. Haven’t you heard that Wookiees are known to pull people’s arms out of their sockets when they lose? Let the Wookiee win. (The Wrap)

Via Tumblr user charmingdeadpool: “My brother and I went to comicpalooza. He was Tiny!Tony Stark and every time he saw someone with a batman outfit or shirt or a robin costume, he would go up to them and do this, also he would give them fake money and tell them to buy something nice.” (Fashionably Geek)

• Emma Stone has dropped out of Guillermo del Toro‘s revisionist gothic romance/ghost story Crimson Peak due to scheduling issues. Mia Wasikowska may replace her as “a young author named Edith Cushing who discovers that her charming new husband is not who he appears to be.” (Collider)

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