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has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas.ehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- tavis: you are the best at intrigue. abrams could do a trailer for a book. to do something that makes people wonder what it was. is valid.a book how, so ion't know didn't attempt to describe what this is. i am glad you are here to describe it. >> 15 years ago i was at lax and i saw a book on the bench. novel.a robert ludlum i opened it up, and somebody read the book and brought me to -- it said, somebody read this book and brought me to lax. please pick me up and take me somewhere else. i thought, that was such an optimistic thing. it made me think of when i was in college and people wo

has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas.ehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- tavis: you are the best at intrigue. abrams could do a trailer for a book. to do something that makes people wonder what it was. is valid.a book how, so ion't know didn't attempt to describe what this is. i am glad you are here to describe it. >> 15 years ago i was at lax and i saw a book on the bench. novel.a robert ludlum i opened it up, and somebody read the book and brought me to -- it said, somebody read this book and brought me to lax. please pick me up and take me somewhere else. i thought, that was such an optimistic thing. it made me think of when i was in college and people wo

has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas.ow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -- tavis: you are the best at intrigue. abrams could do a trailer for a book. to do something that makes people wonder what it was. is valid.a book how, so ion't know didn't attempt to describe what this is. i am glad you are here to describe it. >> 15 years ago i was at lax and i saw a book on the bench. novel.a robert ludlum i opened it up, and somebody read the book and brought me to -- it said, somebody read this book and brought me to lax. please pick me up and take me somewhere else. i thought, that was such an optimistic thing. it made me think of when i was in college and people woul

he stops to ask george lucas how to pronounce super nova. >> glad you were here to see it.you pronounce that? >> well, for almost 40 years, there has been speculation whether a blooper r eaeel even existed and lucas film commented on it. he screened his production at comicon in july. so there you have it. it is pronounced, super nova. >> we knew that. >> who knew? >> meanwhile, a clean up crew hits the jackpot. >> and where it was hidden. you have one guess next. ( bell rings ) they remind me so much of my grandkids. wish i saw mine more often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family. it's been pretty tough since jack passed away. it's a good thing you had life insurance through the colonial penn program. you're right. it was affordable, and we were guaranteed acceptance. guaranteed acceptance? it means you can't be turned down because of your health. you don't have to take a physical or answer any health questions. they don't care about your aches and pains. well, how do you know? did you speak to alex trebek? because i

. >> yeah, martin scorsese, george lucas, jim cameron, david fincher, lars von trier. >> jimmy: how fun did, because here you are directing. >> absolutely. >> jimmy: is this your first directing? >> yes, it is, my directorial debut. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. it's so fun. it's going well on rotten tomatoes. i don't know if you care about that. >> awesome! >> jimmy: it's going well. "man of tai chi" and basically what it is, it's almost like -- there's a fight club", right? kind of? but it's a really high-end, a lot of money at stake. >> yeah. it's about fighting. but you think it's about fighting but it's really about something else and you follow this character tiger chen who lives in beijing -- contemporary every man delivery guy. but he's also studying ling kong tai chi. he's a high martial arts master. but ends up getting involved in underground fighting, which i run -- donaka. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. donaka, yeah. [ applause ] and he's trying to make some money to save his temple from developers. and as he goes into this underground fighting,

look over the course of the history of cinema, you find films, like 2001, hitchcock, you have george lucas star wars, and james cameron, avatar all technical achievements, and alfonso has hit one of those milestones. graphty is ongravity has reachef those, unlike avatar hits you on a technical standpoint. this is a technical and emotional achievement.acev she delivers, and she is so physically demanding in film. everything about this movie works.rk again, i have seen it three times, it gets better every single time. i gave it a 5 out of 5. i have yet to give a 5 this year. if you tweet me at kevinke mccarthy, i will tell you you which the best 3 imax theaters are in the area. >>> runner, runner, timberlake, affleck.ck. >> this movie is a disaster, it's one the worst scripts i have seen on camera but timberlake is very deep in thene film. you are dealing with a guy who g is going to college and deposed to princeton and is gambling with his tuition money. ne and affleck, owns a site and cheats him out of that money. m. timberlake goes to costa rica ti con not front him, and they up h working

for the book to be turned in to a film, i understand that steven spielberg and george lucas of the originalo sign off on the project. have we heard from either one of them yet? >> well, they both silentl endorsed us. stephen has been more public and he's been incredibly supportive and we're very thankful from all of the support through the years from everybody, lucas film, paramou paramount, spielberg and everybody. there are legalities involve and they want to make sure it's handled appropriately since it's such a big franchise. so we're taking those steps. jar smi being very strategic about it. but we feel good we're making progress. >> chris, eric, really cool project. let us know how it turns out. >> we will. thanks so much. >>> think your house might be haunted? just in time for halloween, ap era an eerie new website puts you a few clicks away from finding out who may have died in your house. the creator started the website after discovering most states do not real home sellers and agents to disclose if a death took place on the property. so for the low, low priest ofce $11.99, you can

you have hitchcock, stanley kubrick, george lucas, george cameron. this is our guy.ion. >> steve: how many stars? >> i gave it five out of five. >> steve: whoa! >> this is my first five out of five this entire year. and sandra bullock deserves best actress. >> brian: four years to make? >> oh, yes. the incredible special effects, most of it is cgi, but they're integrating human performances into the movie. it's incredible to watch. i'll tell you now, i had nerd tears and real tears streaming down my face. >> elisabeth: i love the tears. but kevin, did you save any stars for "runner, runner"? >> oh, this is a train wreck. run away as fast as you can. here is the thing, you're dealing with a gambling film that has poker elements and they're doing these poker metaphors. like this is your chance, go all in on this one. it's so cheesy. i hate metaphors like that. i gave it 1 1/2 out of 5. affleck was lazy and boring. >> steve: his message is, go toe "gravity." kevin mccarthy joining us from london where he's brokering a peace deal. thank you for joining us for joining us

we thank george lucas for that. that cost us like what $30 million. >> that was gravity. "morning joe." "time" magazine mark halperin and leigh gallagher is still with us. joining the table host of msnbc the last word, lawrence o'donnell. and in washington, nbc news white house correspondent and host of the daily rundown chuck todd. >> so i'm on the twitter this morning. >> how is that? >> that's great. lawrence announces on twitter he's going to do the show without kathy -- >> very personal announcement. >> very personal. somebody who follows me says yeah but can you do it without alcohol for once? no alcohol or coffee. >> bring out the breathalyzer. >> should the president negotiate with republicans? >> no. it's all about next one. if you can negotiate with finality you should. >> let's forget the next one. let's talk about the politics of this one. and i say this, i want my republican friends listen. >> to me. you want thome listen to me. >> do i. i want them to think how a partisan democrat is thinking right now, somebody that's been in washington, and somebody who se

we went to george lucas and we said we know you've done some good stuff in the past. >> impactful. >>ecial. the holograms -- >> pointers that have lasers come out. >> look what we got. day ten. >> he's always in the next place. >> this, i guarantee you, a decade from now we'll be talking about it -- >> welcome back to "morning joe." harold ford jr. is still with us. robert gibbs in washington. and joining us, niall ferguson who is the author of "the great degeneration." >> niall has written a few articles about paul krugman. kind of tough. we'll talk about those in a little bit. >> in fairness to niall they are not tough. >> her honest. >> quoting some facts. >> but niall leaves some things hanging so you can look at them. >> the way you want to interpret it. >> like the title of his book. >> so, let's talk first about the news. >> sure. later today president obama is going to talk to a handful of republicans at the white house in an effort to find a solution to thamblgs a maybe a solution that would reopen the government and avoid a default. the president invited all 232 house republ

we have a little something for you this morning that george lucas probably wouldn't want you to see.seen blooper reel from behind the scenes of the very first "star wars" movie. here to walk us through it, a.j. hammer, host of hln's "showbiz tonight." >> what's really cool about this, particularly excite, is the fact that as iconic a movie as it is, there is precious little behind the scenes footage. there are certainly no blooper reels. there's an editor for lucas films. he was digging in the archives for a book and he stumbled upon this. let's roll it out. >> we have no weapons. >> you would prefer another target, a military target, then name the -- blah, name it, now, before i go home. >> line. >> action. >> whoo! that -- >> all right. >> now let's get some distance before that thing goes super nova? how do you pronounce super nova? super nova or super nova? >> that line was cut from the movie. that line wasn't even supposed to be there. >> it's a very good question. super nova or super nova. >> i felt like he said it the same way both times. >> it is interesting they were able to

this is all from george lucas' file. someone posted it ontube yesterday.36 seconds. >> some of those i think are just made up. the ones i really believe are the ones that entered "toy story." they crack me up. let's tell you what's coming up on our show. >> a world war ii vet brutally attacked in his driveway of his own home. four teen-agers charged with his murder. the victim's wife and son join us live with a message to those teen-agers coming up. >>> then they say lightning never strikes the same place twice. tell it to this guy. he was hit two times on the same day. hear his amazing story of survival. ♪ at od, whatever busi with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records ana we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks. then, we were protecting the transfer of data. and today it's evolved to infrastructure... ♪ ...finance... and military missions. we're constantly innovating to advance the

lucas posted his video on youtube last night and withinan hours wed got this statement frm the school system.t we are currently investigatingly this situation.tuatio all prince george's countys public school bus drivers areiv required toar follow and practie all maryland state traffic laws. lucas was back out with his his camera phone today. and what a difference a day makes. every bus stopped at the stop sp sign. we're told one of the two people standing on the corner monitoring them is a drivingg instructor. the other from the school system's department of transportation. >> so after we recorded the footage, then something was done. >> reporter: the schoolorte system actually encourages people to keep their eyes on its 1215 buses on its web page. lucas says he, for one, will keep his eyes open. >> i will be keeping my eye on it, just for the concern theern neighborhood and the community. >> reporter: audrey barnes,ss fox 5 news. >>> wow. >> it's amazing. >> yeah. >> we used to be the press only, now everybody is the press, so the power of the press. >> and affecting change. >> effecting change. effec >>> also on that video shot by mr. lucas, there were cars that bl