The Lone Ranger Might Not Be Dead, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Pixar announces two new films… Paper Wings finds pilot… Peter Jackson talks West Memphis Three… and more ahead. · Hold your horses, Lone Ranger fans! (Groan.) In a new interview with Deadline, Disney chairman Rich Ross said the film might not be dead just yet. “I’m hoping to do it. I’m certainly hoping. I think it’s a compelling story and no one wants to work with Jerry [Bruckheimer] and Johnny [Depp] more than me so we’ll see how it works.” As Deadline points out, director Gore Verbinski’s name is not-so-conspicuously absent from that quote, meaning perhaps the studio could go ahead with The Lone Ranger at a reduced budget, but without Verbinski holding the reins. Rob Marshall, keep your iPhone charged. [Deadline] · Speaking of Disney, the studio held its Comic-Con competitor D23 in Anaheim over the weekend, where it announced plots for the next two Pixar films. The first — due out Nov. 27, 2013 — will follow what would happen if dinosaurs had not become extinct; the second, from Up director Pete Docter, will focus on the human mind (Inception cartoon!) and arrive in theaters on May 30, 2014. Before those films are released, Pixar has Brave and Monsters University coming in the summer of 2012 and 2013, respectively. [Slashfilm] · Sarah Jessica Parker is still pushing for a third Sex and the City film. “I know what the story is. It’s a small story, but I think it should be told. The question is, what’s the right time to tell it?” Answer that question for Sarah in the comments below. [Parade] · Brian Kirk — the Game of Thrones director recently hired to helm Thor 2 — has been put in charge of Paper Wings, a potential starring vehicle for Tom Cruise. Wings is about a rodeo star who falls for a country singer (once rumored to be Reese Witherspoon). [Variety] · Former television producer and current screenwriter Noah Oppenheim will pen the reboot of War Games that MGM is planning for director Seth Gordon. [Deadline] · West Memphis Three supporter and all-around good guy Peter Jackson took to his Facebook page to express joy and outrage about the way the trio was released from prison. “[L]et’s not think for a second that justice was served today. Far from it. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley are finally free to get on with their lives after spending 18 years in prison in Arkansas for a crime they did not commit, but I’m finding it very difficult to suppress a deep anger.” He goes on from there, and it’s well worth your time. [Facebook]