Solution - Peter is the bomb!

by Jimmy Williams

Answer: Click here to reveal

Each clue in the puzzle describes a movie with something changed to reflect a letter change in the movies title. "Peter" in each clue represents a specific actor in the movie. The actors are in alphabetical order by last name.

Real Title

Adjusted Title

New letter

"Peter"

Burnt

Burst

S

Bradley Cooper

Mr. Wrong

Ms. Wrong

S

Ellen DeGeneres

Gone in Sixty Seconds

None in Sixty Seconds

N

Angelina Jolie

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Catching Tire

T

Jennifer Lawrence

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Busers Club

S

Jared Leto

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Stat Wars: The Force Awakens

T

Lupita Nyong'o

Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fill

I

Brad Pitt

Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Rove

R

Julia Roberts

LA Confidential

WA Confidential

W

Kevin Spacey

The Hours

The Hoers

E

Meryl Streep

Magic Mike XXL

Magic Mike AXL

A

Channing Tatum

 

Googling several of these actors together will show that all of them appeared in the famous Oscar selfie tweeted by Ellen DeGeneres at the Academy Awards in 2014. The "Peter" in the puzzle refers to Peter Nyong'o, brother of Lupita, who photo-bombed the selfie and hasn't appeared in any movies.

Ordering the new letters by the left-to-right order the actors appeared in the selfie gives the answer:  

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