Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

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We somehow missed the news that Steven Soderbergh was making a 3D rock opera out of the story of Cleopatra, with Catherine Zeta Jones as the title character and Hugh Jackman as Mark Antony, but we're totally excited to read about it now. The latest news on the project is that Ray Winstone will be playing Julius Caesar. Holy wow. Count us in!

AbbyShot Clothiers apparently recreates clothing from famous films. Cinematical is highlighting a replica of Rick Deckard's trench coat from Blade Runner, which is awesome, but they have plenty of other amazing stuff.

Ooh! New photos from Wolverine! (Via)

Zack and Deborah Snyder, the husband-and-wife directing/producing team behind the upcoming Watchmen movie, are still cutting the film down; they're currently at two hours and 35 minutes, but plan to make it shorter. The director's cut is set at three hours and 10 minutes.

Huh. Turns out that thing we posted yesterday about George Miller being officially off Justice League was completely false. Sorry, folks! We thought we were passing along confirmed news there.

More end of year lists! This time we have Game|Life's top 5 Xbox 360 games of 2008, Stephen King's top ten albums of 2008 (via Angela), and this year's best-selling iTunes downloads (King must have his finger on the pulse of something or other, as the top selling album, Coldplay's Viva la Vida, also made his list).

This rules: some colleges are now actually playing Quidditch. There's even an Intercollegiate Quidditch Association. This makes us very happy. Click through to see a video that explains how the sport was adapted for muggles.

Wired presents a photo gallery of geek hotels. You can stay in a Hobbit hole, or the Lars family homestead on Tatooine! Sort of.

Interesting trailer for I Want My Three Minutes Back, a documentary about people who make YouTube videos.

Keanu Reeves might come back for Speed 3.

Cinematical says they have the answer on whether Moriarty will appear in Sherlock Holmes or not, but we're not reading the rest of the post because we don't want the movie spoiled.

Apparently Jason Statham's character in The Transporter was supposed to sort of be gay. But then again maybe not. Well, it would certainly make watching the movies more interesting with this as a subtext...

We just linked Download Squad's post about Notify Me When It's Up the other day, but now they've found an even better notification site.

Dr. Who is finally available on the iTunes store! It's about time.

We just like the headline on this one: "GPS device brought in to protect and track baby Jesus."

Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander is considering Jonah Hex as her next film.

Sci Fi Wire has yet more Prince Caspian behind-the-scenes clips.

Chris Kohler at Game|Life still gives the new Prince of Persia a high rating, but he doesn't like the game's "no fail" feature.

A while back, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft would be ported to the Atari 2600. It was just an April Fools joke, but now Gamer's University has made it a reality.

Wii Fanboy has a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom spoiler to share with us.

The U.S. Patent Office is not letting Nintendo trademark the term "Wii Remote." Turns out the word "remote" is far too common to be trademarked.

That much talked about Ghostbusters video game finally has a release date: June 2009.

Here's a toy for the rare basketball fan/geek combo: a Yao Ming Transformer. It's a basketball that transforms into a vaguely creepy Yao Ming robot.

Many peopled have sued Apple over its ads for the iPhone 3G, saying the device doesn't deliver the experience the commercials promise. Wired's Gadget Lab breaks down Apple's legal defense as: "Our ads don't lie, but you're a fool if you believe them." Brilliant!

Some new studies suggest that advertising on social media networks doesn't work.

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