Things We Saw Today: Marvel Gave James Gunn An Infinity Stone For His Birthday

“Director of a Marvel film” is a pretty easy gig to land, right? (via Blastr)

• Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert Crawley, has joined the cast of ABC’s upcoming musical fantasy sitcom Galavant as a (presumably) singing pirate. (via TVLine)
• Actor JJ Murphy, a new addition to the cast of Game of Thrones, passed away four days into filming his role. He played Ser Denys Mallister, the most senior member of the Night’s Watch; showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff say he will not be recast. (via Daily News)

.@AnthonySHead was not pleased when he realized there is no #Giles. What’s up with that @OriginalFunko? #SDCC pic.twitter.com/Y3SU8lD3MX

— Sarah Michelle (@RealSMG) July 23, 2014

Yeah, what’s up Funko?! I don’t know, though. I wouldn’t want him to get a big… head.

• Hayley Atwell on Agent Carter and the ‘psychological cost’ of S.H.I.E.L.D. (via Blastr)
• Michael Fassbender, who’s co-producing and starring in the Assassin’s Creed movie, swears the film is still chugging along and says that “we absolutely want to respect the game.” His cheekbones are just too hard to animate. (via /Film)
• Coming Soon: Makeup Inspired by Fabio-esque Romance Novel Covers (via Jezebel)

There’s Sharknado perfume now. Yeah, OK. (via Death and Taxes)

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