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January 28, 2008

Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment.

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  • Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct both Hobbit movies. Woo hoo!
  • Awards season continues! Cinematical was liveblogging as Sundance gave out their awards. The SAG and DGA awards also were announced, and the results seem to suggest that the Coen brothers' film No Country for Old Men is a shoe-in for an armload of Oscars.
  • The Top 20 Geek Movies of All Time, courtesy The List Universe. This Phillyist has seen all of these except two, and we think we're proud of that fact, although that feeling could be shame... (Via)
  • There are various (via) articles around the internets (via Jill) this morning about a US satellite about the size of a bus, which may or may not contain hazardous materials, and may or may not contain sensitive intelligence data, that has gone out of control and is expected to crash to Earth some time in late February or March; nobody knows exactly when or where. Um... what?! Apparently this has happened a number of times before and the satellite has always burned up harmlessly on reentry, but it's still a bit astounding and upsetting.
  • Terry Gilliam is hoping that Johnny Depp will be able to take over for Heath Ledger on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
  • Some crazy new gameplay footage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
  • Local game company Peccable Productions recently released a cool new card game called Realpolitik. And yeah, we'll admit, part of the reason we're pimping it is because the guy who designed it is a close friend, and because this Phillyist, his wife, Star Foster, and some of his other friends appear on the cards. But we've also played the game, and we swear it's totally fun.
  • John Cleese is in negotiations to play physicist Dr. Barnhardt in the upcoming remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Oh, man, they're not going to make Dr. Barnhardt a comic relief character, are they?

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