Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

• We have three words for you: LEGO Dune Sandworm. (Via)
• Elizabeth Banks has been cast as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's W. And we'd forgotten that Josh Brolin has already been cast in the title role. Crazy. Stone is being very flattering to the first couple as far as casting goes. But we're pretty sure he won't be so flattering in pretty much every other area.
• Celebrity "chef" Rachael Ray is spreading her evil empire even further, now into the realm of animation. Yes, brace yourselves for a Rachael Ray cartoon, scheduled to debut in 2009 from Oprah's production company.
• A group is planning on building 50 luxury movie theater complexes nationwide (including one in Pennsylvania) over the next five years. Each theater will feature "40 reclining armchair seats with footrests, digital projection and the capability to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, as well as a lounge and bar serving cocktails and appetizers, a concierge service and valet parking." We're also talking gourmet, made-to-order meals, and a service button at each seat that calls a waiter. Here's the kicker: a ticket will cost $35. Ouch! (Via)
• Superhero Movie, we hope you'll all agree, looks quite terrible, but we have to admit this Tom Cruise parody sequence from the film is pretty dead-on—and pretty funny.
• It looks like a small step may have been taken toward solving the 36-year-old mystery of the fate of the infamous D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a Northwest Orient flight from Portland, Ore., to Seattle in 1971. When the plane landed, he released the passengers in exchange for $200,000, then asked to be flown to Mexico, and jumped out the back of the plane with the money and a parachute somewhere near the Oregon border. Children playing outside their home, which lies inside Cooper's probable landing area, recently found a parachute that might have been Cooper's. (Via Sarah)
• Wii owners can look forward to games from Sega's 8-bit Master System showing up for sale on the Virtual Console in the US. No word yet on exact release dates, but the first two titles will be Wonder Boy and Fantasy Zone.
• Game|Life continued its coverage of the Japanese WiiWare launch yesterday with a look at Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As a King, and a sum-up of their impressions of the whole WiiWare system so far (they conclude that it still needs some work). Meanwhile, Joystiq has a WiiWare round-up of its own.
• Guy Ritchie's upcoming film, RocknRolla (which is another one about mobsters and London's crime world), is apparently number one in a trilogy. Here's hoping it's good!
• Apparently you can now upload a picture of someone at the Alien vs. Predator site and then watch that person get torn apart by an Alien and a Predator. (Via)
• Beware, Xbox Live cheaters! Microsoft now has some pretty stiff punishments lined up for you.

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