The Internet has been a funny place the last few days. Over the long weekend, "Star Wars" fans worked themselves up into a lather when rumors began circulating that Benedict Cumberbatch was certain to be cast in "Star Wars: Episode 7" based on his exit from Guillermo Del Toro's "Crimson Peak," supposed confirmation from a site with no track record for scoops, combined with vague reasoning that Lucasfilm likes to put out press releases on Tuesdays. Well, Tuesday came and went with nothing from the "Star Wars" camp but we now see what may have lured Cumberbatch away from Del Toro's project. Deadline reports Cumberbatch is set to star in director James Gray's long-developing adaptation of David Grann's "The Lost City Of Z." For those of you that remember, Gray once had the film lined up with Brad Pitt slated to star, before it fell apart as the director reportedly battled Paramount over his pay for the gig, while Pitt absconded to make "Killing Them Softly." But it's a film that...
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