Don't feel like surfing through multiple sites to get caught up on today's movie news? Fear not, my friends – welcome to Quick Hits, where you'll surely be able to devour the latest news faster than it takes me to say Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen looks relatively swell for a big-budgeted movie about clunky robots from outer space!
Where's Waldo: The Movie – A long time ago I joked with friends that Where's Waldo would make a great movie franchise, and now Universal has won the film rights to the popular comic strip (in which you have to find Waldo in different crowds of people), beating out other studios like Warner Bros. Something tells me Waldo was better when we couldn't find him. Any ideas on who could play him? I say Rainn Wilson. [Variety]
Look, It's Dakota Fanning in 'New Moon' – It's not an official photo, but this tiny little image of Dakota Fanning in costume on the set of The Twilight Saga: New Moon is our first good peek at the girl as the vampire Jane, who, honestly, is totally rocking the classic vamp look. You go Dakota! [JoBlo]
Winona Ryder Talks 'Heathers' Sequel – Once again Winona Ryder has gone on record as saying a ,em>Heathers sequel is in the works, with Christian Slater also onboard to reprise his character 'Obi Wan" style. She said the same thing three years ago, and still no sequel. Ahem, has the gal gone from compulsive shoplifting to compulsive stretching of the truth? Where's our Heathers sequel, woman! [US Magazine]
Verbinski May Ditch 'Bioshock' Movie – He quietly stepped away from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in order to adapt the popular video game Bioshock into a full feature film, but now director Gore Verbinski says that because the film would need to shoot outside the United States in order to receive certain tax incentives, he may not be able to physically commit to the gig for a year and a half because his tight schedule may get in the way. [LA Times]
Barbarella is Back On - Not long after Robert Rodriguez quit his planned big-budgeted Barbarella remake starring his girlfriend Rose McGowan, filmmaker Robert Luketic (21) is said to be interested in revisiting the quirky (and super sexy) 1968 sci-fi flick starring Jane Fonda. A source told Entertainment Weekly that it will be "a big intergalactic adventure with a sexy twist." Let's see if it happens this time … [EW]
New Logos for Upcoming Marvel Movies – A whole bunch of new artwork is currently on display at the Las Vegas Licensing International Expo, including a teaser poster for Edgar Wright's adaptation of the comic Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, as well as logos for Iron Man 2, Thor, The Avengers and Captain America. [AICN]
