No doubt other bloggers will pick this up, but I too must blog about Patrick Warburton cast as The Tick in the upcoming live-action series for Fox. "Metaphysically perfect casting" is almost an understatement. What is The Tick? Who is Patrick Warburton? See also the story from Variety and the MetaFilter thread.

#blogirc chat tonight, 5:30 PST, irc.skunkworks.cx .

God bless Stan Lee:

My old pals the Backstreet Boys were smack-dab in the middle of yet another of their sold out concert tours when suddenly and without warning a spaceship crash landed next to the stadium where they were perf orming. The young minstrels raced to the rescue of a beautiful alien creature who emerged from the crashed starship. The Backstreet Boys quickly learn that the curvaceous interstellar visitor is on a dire mission to protect the Earth from an approaching a lien invasion. The alien gives each of the boys an enchanted amulet embedded with mystic crystals. When our lyrical lads wear the amulets their DNA gets twisted by a virtual genetic cyclone that gives each of them astonishing super powers.

Twice as many women filmmakers at Sundance this year than last. About one quarter of the films. Quoth Jodie Foster: "It’s the last great dispar ity in Hollywood... There aren’t good reasons for it, really, except that producers tend to be men, and when they’re about to entrust $5 million or whatever to someone, they like to pick people that look like them. It makes them feel safer..."

Sam Norkin interview on Sondheim.com. His art now graces Sondheim.com's front page and interface. (Many thanks to Mermaniac for reminding me to visit Sondheim.com semi-regularly.)

Spielberg has kidney removed. (Thanks my dog wants to be on the radio.)