Morning Dailies: Stiller, Keanu, Sicko, Fantastic Four, Batman, Ryan Adams

– Despite godawful reviews (“the existentially and aesthetically unnecessary sequel to the equally irrelevant if depressingly original,” writes the Times), the Fantastic Four sequel bagged, $57 million at the box office this weekend. [EW]
– But the FF director, Tim Story, still wishes he had a better cast. [Vulture]
– As we wrote over the weekend, the trailer for P.T. Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” trailer is finally online.
– The co-conspirators against Michael Moore have leaked parts of his new film, “Sicko” on YouTube. [Hollywood Reporter]
– War comedy alert: Ben Stiller is directing, “Tropic Thunder,” which will star Owen Wilson, Nick Nolte, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. as a group of actors who go on location to shoot a war movie, only to find a real live war. Funny that. [Variety]
– While we had a summer Friday, the new and improved Batman suit leaked. [EW]
– Then the new high-tech Bat-ride photos emerged. [L.A. Times]
– Is Anthony Micheal Hall the Riddler? And is this a set-up for the 3rd Batman film? [Cinematical]
– Keanu Reeves turns down a role is the soon-to-be-filming adaptation of Alan Moore’s classic graphic novel “Watchmen.” [Cinematical]
– Meanwhile, Patrick Wilson (“Little Children”) all but confirms that he’s been cast as Watchmen character, Nite Owl. [Cinematical]
– The New York Times gives a preview of the upcoming genre-heavy New York Asian Film Festival. [NYTimes]
– Avuncular jazz saxman, Ornette Coleman collapsed at Bonaroo due to the oppressive heat. [Yahoo]
– Considering all the heroin and cocaine he’s consumed in the last few years, even Ryan Adams is surprised he’s alive. [NYTimes]
– Is Gawker trying to take credit for Bob Harris’ insane, Jim Garrison-like Sopranos theory tome? They link to Harris, but don’t explain their, “we have the Sopranos answers,” post come from him. [Gawker]
– Overrated albums? Flaming Lip Wayne Coyne thinks Nevermind is overpraised and Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos feels Television’s Marquee Moon isn’t all that. Pet Sounds and Sgt. Peppers get a beatdown from questionable artists. [Guardian]