Movieline's Week in Review: Say Whaaat?

The first week of August (and the official beginning of the end of summer) rolled by in fine fashion; sure, it was at times an agonizingly slow news week, but the first looks, surprise developments, and WTF? revelations kept things bouncy. Head into the weekend with your head held high, week. You gave us plenty to munch on. For starters: The terms "Brett Ratner" and "Oscars" in the same sentence? You so crazy!

• Movieline tried to friend request the Breaking Dawn pirate, who held a press conference in Argentina claiming her innocence.

• Captain America found some foreign allies at the box office while the teachers of America found a friend in Matt Damon.

• Holy matrimony, Batman! A wedding broke out at a Dark Knight Rises fight.

• R.I.P. Bubba Smith, a/k/a Lt. Hightower.

• Brett Ratner is producing the Oscars. Wait, is that a good thing?

• <a href="http://www.movieline.com/2011/08/steven-soderbergh-is-directing-second-unit-on-the-hunger-games-because-of-course.php

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• A tip or two (or 9) for Warner Bros. in their endeavor to make an edgier Green Lantern sequel: Hire Odd Future.

• Thanks to this week's Movieline interviewees Rachel Weisz, J.K. Simmons, Jayma Mays, the makers of Bellflower, and this week's Verge designee John Boyega.

• And finally a batch of exciting first looks to kick off your weekend: Superman! Catwoman! Roberto Benigni!!