***A Variety story published last night partially backs up the CHUD theory for why Fox pulled out of ComicCon–ie: they couldn’t/didn’t want to tone down their R-rated material after being reprimanded for showing racy Borat footage last year–but also suggests that the studio might have had to do a reality check on their presentation’s “wow” factor. “The pics Fox wanted to promote are all f/x-intensive, with many of the money shots not yet complete.”

***Why is it okay to consistently, pejoratively use words like “doughy” to describe Seth Rogan? Would a casting item about Renee Zellweger refer to her as “the bony, squinty-eyed thesp”? Whatever–the guy’s gonna write and star in The Green Hornet.

***Gavin Hood, who won a Best Foreign Film Oscar two years ago for Tsotsi, has been hired to direct the X-men spin-off Wolverine. Variety describes the pic as an action-loaded “origin story about how Logan emerged from a barbaric experiment as an indestructible mutant with retractable razor-sharp claws.”