• The director of the Captain America movie has been named, and it is Joe Johnston.

• How odd. The city of Batman, Turkey is suing Christopher Nolan for royalties from The Dark Knight. "The royalty of the name 'Batman' belongs to us ... There is only one Batman in the world. The American producers used the name of our city without informing us," says the mayor. Indeed!

• Own your own bonafide Bruce Campbell doll!

• Oh, sure, the Empire's been defeated, but io9 reminds us of Star Wars second best bad guys: the Nadai, introduced into the Marvel Comics Star Wars series after Return of the Jedi.

• Sure, he's always talking about a third film, but it's always nice to hear Danny Boyle reiterate that he'd like to direct 28 Months Later.

• A book about Batman in Japan during the zeitgeist of his popularity in the mid-'60s looks fascinating, but is sparking some major criticisms for intellectual theft... and the author's weaselly self-justifications aren't helping matters any.