July 1, 2008
Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you.

- Guillermo Del Toro dropped some more hints about what we can expect from the one or two Hobbit movies he's going to direct.
- Check out Pixar's first short film.
- More pics from Scorsese's upcoming film, Ashecliffe.
- An upcoming film version of King Lear is set to star Anthony Hopkins as the titular king and Naomi Watts, Keira Knightley, and Gwyneth Paltrow as his daughters.
- We're still vaguely interested in seeing Blindness, but we have to say this poster is pretty lame.
- Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Juliette Lewis, and Zoe Bell have joined the cast of a roller derby movie called Whip It! which will also star Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page.
- At long last, the Quantum of Solace trailer is online. It's pretty freaking sweet, too!
- A recent survey commissioned by Microsoft reveals that one in five Canadian men have played video games naked. Good to know!
- DS Fanboy takes a look at various limited edition DS Lite models, (Via)
- A guide to where you can play Street Fighter IV next month.
- A look at the new Death Knight class from World of Warcraft's much anticipated Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
- Christopher Nolan says he's really not sure whether he'll do a third Batman movie or not, but Gary Oldman thinks he will.
- Wow, the rumors were true! AMC has just announced that Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen will star in the network's upcoming miniseries reboot of the cult 1960s show The Prisoner. We're so excited!
- Game|Life covers some tantalizing hints recently dropped about the next Penny Arcade game.
- Supposedly Bill Murray told Lucy Liu she was a crummy actor on the set of Charlie's Angels. They got into a big fight, and that's the real reason Murray wasn't in Charlie's Angels 2. This could just be a rumor, but it has the ring of truth about it.
- Check out some Hellboy II clips online.
- The Movie Blog offers some alternate casting for recent comic book movies. Some of their choices are really quite good.
- A video sneak peek at Hell Ride, an upcoming biker film produced by Quentin Tarantino.
- Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to join the cast of the new Terminator film, supposedly in a pivotal role.
- Legendary Pictures, the company that produced 300, has hired Frank Miller to write a spinoff of the movie. Ugh. That sounds like a terrible idea.
- Zack Snyder's first cut of Watchmen was three hours long, and he's having a hard time cutting it down to a length the Hollywood honchos will accept. The first trailer for the movie will be in front of Dark Knight.
- LEGO + Nintendo = awesome.
- Watermelons apparently have some of the properties of Viagra. Who knew? While you're thinking about that, consider the results of a hot dog taste test, which has picked the best wieners of all. Hee hee. (Via Sarah)
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