Early Buzz: 'Fight Club,' Whedon, Nic Cage and more

Good morning, all! It's a lovely Tuesday morning, and you'll be relieved to hear there are zero royal baby references in today's headlines:

- Sacha Baron Cohen won't be playing Freddie Mercury in a biopic, which is a bummer.

- New Republic talks to Bob Odenkirk.

- Speaking of Bob, did you see he's going on the road with David Cross and Brian Posehn?

- Fight Club is getting a graphic novel sequel.

- Joss Whedon is the latest guest on the Nerdist podcast.

- Whoa, a Kick-Ass 2 stuntman saved a woman from a suicide attempt at Comic-Con.

- The Guardian talks to Nicolas Cage.

- The New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum writes about the legacy of Sex and the City.

- This blog entry titled "The Pixar Theory" — it theorizes that all Pixar movies are connected — has been blowing people's minds. (Thanks, Mason!)

- Does Natalie Portman want to direct?

- Arrested Development didn't bring a bunch of new subscribers to Netflix.

- Actor Dennis Farina has died.

- Here's a list of tasty summer beers.

- You'll laugh at this video of 280 movies cut together to perform Ice Ice Baby.

- And finally, I like it when these stories pop up: Overdue library book returned 41 years late. (And the borrower paid the fine!)