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Okay ... maybe it's really not going to be about Buck Rogers?

For weeks now Brad Bird's upcoming live-action feature, "Tomorrowland," has had everyone buzzing about what it could be about, especially since it's named after one of the most popular Disney theme lands.

Christian Bale in 'The Dark Knight Rises' & Henry Cavill in 'Man of Steel'. Photos courtesy of Warner Bros.

There is no "The Legend Ends" when there's money to be made ... and "The Avengers" to challenge.

Hot on the heels of rumors that Warner Bros. has scrapped Will Beall's "Justice League" script and is starting the project over from scratch comes word that the film is still very much a high priority at the studio -- and that "from scratch" might mean bringing in a tried and true superhero duo to make it work in time to take on "The Avengers 2" in Summer 2015 (and, in theory, "Star Wars: Episode VII," though we all know that J.J. Abrams, who took four years to make a "Star Trek" sequel, won't have it ready by then, right?).

Robert Downey Jr. in 'Iron Man 3' (Photo: Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Pictures)

With two solo movies and a worldwide smash team-up flick under his belt as the armored Avenger, you’d think Robert Downey Jr. would have the whole being a superhero thing down pat. But even while shooting this summer’s “Iron Man 3,” there was still one part of the process that tested his endurance and his patience.

That would be what Downey likes to call his “irritation therapy.”

Ralph Macchio; Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi in 'The Karate Kid' (Photo: Getty Images/Everett Collection)

We don't mean to cause an existential crisis for any children of the '80s out there, but we felt it was worth noting that Daniel is now as old as Mr. Miyagi was upon the release of "The Karate Kid" (1984).

Yeah, a tweet made today by Roadside Attractions pointed out that Ralph Macchio is 51 ... and so was Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, once upon a time, even though his infinite wit and wisdom made him seem like he was at least a thousand years old.

Tom Cruise in 'Oblivion' (Photo: Universal Pictures)

Tom Cruise is still a movie star, and a big one. Sure, "Jack Reacher," "Rock of Ages," and "Knight and Day" may not have lived up to box office expectations, but he's still the guy the studios call when they want to add name value to a potential blockbuster, and a new look at one of Cruise's bigger future projects has appeared on line, confirming he's still capable of his traditional big screen heroics.

The grand scale sci-fi/action pic "Oblivion," with Tom Cruise in the leading role, will be hitting theaters in April, and while two trailers have previously appeared -- the first in December, with an "international" trailer following in February -- a third that's just been released on line adds more details to an increasingly lively story.

Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska in 'Stoker' (Photo: Fox Searchlight)

If Wes Anderson and Edward Gorey got together to make "Shadow of a Doubt," that movie would be "Stoker." Of course, it wasn't directed by either Anderson or Gorey, but by auteur Park Chan-wook - the guy who famously had his protagonist devour a live octopus for his breakout, Cannes-winning hit movie "Old Boy." Park made a name for himself in his native South Korea with a series of brilliant and increasingly baroque movies about cruelty, lust, and vengeance that always successfully rode the line between spine-tingling suspense and overwrought insanity. For his first English-language movie - which stars Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, and Nicole Kidman - Park mines very similar territory, even if the script was penned by "Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller.