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Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cowboykurtis on April 04, 2003, 09:56:02 PM
can any kevin smith fans explain to me what you like about his films. he seems like he should be making sitcoms instead of features. i think hes a better writer than a director, however i am still pretty unimpressed all around. chasing amy is the only film of his worth talking about in my opinion. im not denying that he has talent, however his work doesn't merit the name he has for himself. i guess im saying hes overrated.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on April 04, 2003, 11:06:20 PM
I enjoy his work overall, but I feel he is overrated. I know a lot of people that sing his praise but I don't see the point. People that say "Dogma" is there favourite movie... what? Watch a Bergman film for Gods sake (literally, I guess). I think what I enjoy is that he has established his own cult.. and they all love to sit down and live through these fun characters in this 'View Askewniverse'... again, I enjoy it.. but Kevin Smith isn't the best thing since sliced bread.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Kev Hoffman on April 05, 2003, 12:36:02 AM
I am a Kevin Smith fan.  I truly enjoyed DOGMA and CLERKS, and loved CHASING AMY.  Though I'm not much of a fan of JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK and MALLRATS, they both fit nicely into Smith's world.  He's a great writer and especially showed it in CHASING AMY.  It's his opus.

I really enjoy the swift dialogue, with such add-ons as pop-culture references, adult/childish humor, and sometimes just his downright cleverness.  I know many people that don't like Smith, and many whom do.  I guess, as said by SHAFTR in an earlier discussion, Smith is just an acquired taste.  I would agree that it took me some time to really enjoy Chasing Amy, and now I love it.  Sure, his movies aren't much to look at, but, to me, you can't beat his dialogue in a fair amount of cases.

I expect nothing but great things out of JERSEY GIRL, with its new direction for him.  Both visually and writing are 'said' improvements.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Sigur Rós on April 05, 2003, 02:18:15 AM
I just love it when Kevin Smith shuts up like Silent Bob.......no, that was a cheap joke! I like Kevin Smith... :shock:
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Ernie on April 05, 2003, 09:16:59 AM
I love the guy for the most part. I fucking love Clerks and J&SBSB and Dogma. They always make me laugh, anytime. Chasing Amy and Mallrats suck though...they are two of the most annoying movies ever imo. I can forgive him, don't get me wrong...but they are really horrible. Besides, doesn't he like to pretend Mallrats never happened himself? Everybody makes some mistakes. Kinda like he did when he dissed PTA and David Gordon Green...that wasn't even cool.

But back to positives: I also love his new dvd...an Evening w/ Kevin Smith, that is hilarious! Clerks The Animated Series is great too...just bought that a few days ago.

I agree that he's not the best director in the world...but I think he's far from a bad director. He just doesn't have a lot of style, there's nothing wrong with that. His movies are coherent.

One more thing...he is the king of commentaries.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on February 18, 2004, 01:17:36 AM
Kevin Smith to Write & Direct The Green Hornet
Source: Variety

Kevin Smith (Jersey Girl) will write and direct The Green Hornet for Miramax Films, reports Variety. Smith expects to have a script ready in time to begin shooting scenes of the masked Hornet and his kung-fu-fighting chauffeur, Kato, by late summer. The film will be based on the venerable character created by Fran Striker and George Trendle for a radio serial that launched in 1936.

"I dig the fact that he kicked off a run of billionaire playboys who decided to put on a mask and fight crime, and that he was Batman before there was a Batman," said Smith.

While he never thought he would make a superhero film, Smith made an exception for The Green Hornet, for several reasons. Among them is the fact that the character has high name recognition but isn't shackled by the storyline, says the trade. Most people remember the title character and Kato, but cannot name their adversaries or even recall the tricked-out car they drove. For Smith, that leaves plenty of room for imagination.

"I always said I'd never do one, based on my limited experience writing on 'Superman' and having to answer to the studio, the producer, the comics company and eventually a director," Smith said. "Then there's a fandom that gets up in arms if you even try to stray from their character. Here, there is simplicity in the character and the situation.

"Equally important, the only person I have to answer to is Harvey [Weinstein], with whom I've made four movies. This is the only circumstance that led me to take on a comicbook movie, and something so big."

Smith hasn't gotten to the casting stage yet, but said he was intrigued by both actors who were linked to the film while it was at Universal. George Clooney had a pay-or-play deal for the title character before Steven Spielberg extricated him to star in DreamWorks' first drama, The Peacemaker. Jet Li once was linked to the role of Kato.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on February 18, 2004, 01:31:13 AM
Direct and write? ugh, can't he just write it instead?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on February 18, 2004, 02:03:00 AM
Quote from: StefenDirect and write? ugh, can't he just write it instead?
Reasons for this? He's directed EVERYTHING he's written. Come on, people...
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on February 18, 2004, 02:08:58 AM
Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: StefenDirect and write? ugh, can't he just write it instead?
Reasons for this? He's directed EVERYTHING he's written. Come on, people...

Reasons? Have you ever seen a Kevin Smith movie?! Granted, they are very fun and entertaining but every one of them has the "embarassment problem" Ya know when your watching a movie and something dramatic happens and the audience is supposed to react, but instead the scene comes across as completely cheezy and you feel embarassed sitting in a theater with people watching it? I like Kevin Smith, I own all his movies, but I just think he would be better suited letting other more "talented" directors make his movies. I'm not 15 years old anymore. I see the flaws in his filmmaking.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on February 18, 2004, 02:11:57 AM
Good lord. Look, if you own all of his movies then you MUST know that he's a talented director. If you see the flaws, then there mustn't be that many that you like them enough to buy. I don't own any of them. I just know he's skilled at everything he does, and that includes directing.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on February 18, 2004, 02:20:04 AM
Quote from: CinephileGood lord. Look, if you own all of his movies then you MUST know that he's a talented director. If you see the flaws, then there mustn't be that many that you like them enough to buy. I don't own any of them. I just know he's skilled at everything he does, and that includes directing.

Thats fine that you consider him a skilled director. I myself do not. I think he is a horrible director, but a brilliant writer and wish he would stick to writing and stay away from directing. Opinions differ, and i'm glad you have your own, since most people don't.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on February 18, 2004, 02:21:23 AM
I look at it this way: Why would you trust somebody else in handling his own 'brilliant writing'?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on February 18, 2004, 02:22:36 AM
Quote from: CinephileI look at it this way: Why would you trust somebody else in handling his own 'brilliant writing'?

Because it would be alot better than watching his horrible directing.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on February 18, 2004, 02:27:00 AM
I wouldn't be so sure since it's his own material. But in any event, at the end of the day... I think he can direct. You don't think so.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on February 18, 2004, 02:29:39 AM
Quote from: CinephileI wouldn't be so sure since it's his own material. But in any event, at the end of the day... I think he can direct. You don't think so.

He can direct. Or else he wouldn't be getting paid the money he is. he just isn't very good at it in my opinion. I haven't seen jersey girl yet so im not sure what he can do with a good dp, but most of his stuff comes off as completely cheezy (the fiorentino crying and splashing scene in dogma comes to mind) Jusy my own opinion though.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SHAFTR on February 18, 2004, 04:29:08 AM
Quote from: MacGuffinSince the other thread has turned mainly about Jersey Girl:

Kevin Smith to Write & Direct The Green Hornet
Source: Variety

Kevin Smith (Jersey Girl) will write and direct The Green Hornet for Miramax Films, reports Variety. Smith expects to have a script ready in time to begin shooting scenes of the masked Hornet and his kung-fu-fighting chauffeur, Kato, by late summer. The film will be based on the venerable character created by Fran Striker and George Trendle for a radio serial that launched in 1936.

"I dig the fact that he kicked off a run of billionaire playboys who decided to put on a mask and fight crime, and that he was Batman before there was a Batman," said Smith.

While he never thought he would make a superhero film, Smith made an exception for The Green Hornet, for several reasons. Among them is the fact that the character has high name recognition but isn't shackled by the storyline, says the trade. Most people remember the title character and Kato, but cannot name their adversaries or even recall the tricked-out car they drove. For Smith, that leaves plenty of room for imagination.

"I always said I'd never do one, based on my limited experience writing on 'Superman' and having to answer to the studio, the producer, the comics company and eventually a director," Smith said. "Then there's a fandom that gets up in arms if you even try to stray from their character. Here, there is simplicity in the character and the situation.

"Equally important, the only person I have to answer to is Harvey [Weinstein], with whom I've made four movies. This is the only circumstance that led me to take on a comicbook movie, and something so big."

Smith hasn't gotten to the casting stage yet, but said he was intrigued by both actors who were linked to the film while it was at Universal. George Clooney had a pay-or-play deal for the title character before Steven Spielberg extricated him to star in DreamWorks' first drama, The Peacemaker. Jet Li once was linked to the role of Kato.

from his webboard

"Oh well. Cat's out of the bag. Yes – I've been handed Miramax's biggest movie to date
(unless you count "Gangs of New York", which was rumored to cost a hundred million or
something). It may not be big news to some here (or to any folks who aren't into comic
book movies). But it sure as shit's big news to me. Big, wonderful news. I still can't believe
it..."
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: brockly on February 19, 2004, 04:13:55 AM
why was banky's thread locked? re-open it please.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: classical gas on February 19, 2004, 05:24:15 AM
I think it was locked because anything you could have posted on that thread you could just as easily have posted on this thread, no reason to take up room and, of course,  no offense to you or banky....
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Raikus on February 19, 2004, 10:34:09 AM
Posted on the VA board earlier today:
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I'm gonna try to hit all the questions you guys have been asking. Forgive me if I forget a few.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
We were in the editing room on "Jersey Girl" a few months back, swapping out a song, and Jon Gordon (friend and Miramax exec) was on the phone, talking about something comic-book sounding. When he got off, I asked him what he was talking about, and he said "Green Hornet." I said "You guys have 'Green Hornet'? Who's directing?" He said "Nobody yet. You
wanna do it?" I said "Harvey would never give me that movie." He said "You got a take on it?" I said "I've had a take on it that's been sitting on the hard drive of every computer I've had since '95, when I was asked to come up with a take on it while working on 'Rats' at Universal." So I told him about it, he said "I love that. Lemme run it past Harvey." Jon runs
it past Harvey, and Harvey says "I'm into it. Tell him to write up an outline." So I started an outline... 'til the feet started to get cold. "This is too big," I fretted. "I'm not an action director. I'm gonna pooch it if I try." So I wrote Jon an email, informing him that I was bowing out. He asked if I'd written any of the outline, and I told him I had two pages. He insisted I send them in. I did, and he gave them to Harvey, who read the pages, called me, and said "This is too good. I'm not letting you back out of this. It's time you grew up and pushed yourself by trying something different than all the talky flicks. You can do this. We'll surround you with an amazing support team. You're right to be scared – but it's a good fear. It's the kinda fear that's gonna make you try harder."

After that, how could I say no?

IS MOSIER PRODUCING?
Sadly, no. After giving it serious thought, he felt he wasn't ready to go back to work this year. He wants to take '04 off and travel, learn to paint, master Maya (the animation program), and generally rest (i.e. – not produce). Scott's feeling was that after ten years, he wanted a long vacation. And since he's my friend first, producer second, I had to support
him in his decision.

It's gonna be tough going into this without Scott, but I've gotta respect my boy's wishes. He'll still read the drafts and give me notes and cut suggestions as always, but that'll be about it on "Hornet." I'll miss him something fierce.

WHAT'S THIS MEAN FOR "FLETCH WON" and "RANGER DANGER"?
Everything just gets pushed back a year. If it's any consolation, Harvey's insisting we go right into "Fletch" after "Hornet" wraps.

HAVE WE STARTED CASTING "HORNET" YET?
Yes. Some offers went out to actors this week. I'm meeting with the guy we all want for Britt Reid Monday night. If actors start accepting offers, I'll let you know.

DO YOU WANT TO HIRE MASTER WOO-PING?
Christ, yes. We're working on this now.

WHAT CAR'S GONNA BE THE NEW BLACK BEAUTY?
Working on this too. There are a few manufacturers we're talking to already (for me, though, the dream car is the Cadillac 16).

IS THIS A SELL-OUT MOVE?
Me making a comic book movie? That's about the least selling-out move I could make, as far as I'm concerned. But that's just me.

ARE ANY V.A. REGULARS GONNA BE IN IT?
I'm writing a part for Mewes, I know that. Beyond that, expect to see some other familiar faces pop up as well.

HOW TRUE ARE YOU STAYING TO THE CHARACTERS AND BACKSTORY?
Very, very true. The story spans a few decades, though.

SO WILL YOU MENTION THE LONG RANGER CONNECTION THEN?
Can't. The Lone Ranger is owned by someone else. Legally, we can't refer to him without optioning that character as well.

HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING THE SCRIPT?
Yes. I'm fifty pages in.

WHAT'S THE BUDGET?
Too early to tell. But early guesses put it around seventy million.

IS THERE A RELEASE DATE SET?
Not a specific date, but we're due in theaters August '05.

WILL IT BE SERIOUS OR SPOOFY?
It's serious. Granted, there will be some humor in it, but we're still playing it straight on this one.

HAS THE "JERSEY GIRL" RELEASE DATE BEEN CHANGED?
Yes. We moved ahead one week. We now open on the 26th. Harvey decided he wanted to open the flick closer to Easter, so as to take advantage of the Easter break, during which time our weekday grosses would be stronger, as folks are off from school. Also, the additional week buys us some more press hits and promotional time. Yes, it means waiting
one more week, but what was I gonna do – argue with the guy? He just handed me "Green Hornet" for Christ's sake.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SmellyBoobFungus on February 19, 2004, 12:16:29 PM
i think a super-hero film is good for smith. i like when directors work against theirselves and challenge their abilities as filmmakers. granted, smith doesn't have the 'healthiest' background for visual-fliar, i see this is a really good oppurtunity for him to experiment and push himself as a more visual director. nevertheless, the characters are going to be fun, but i'd love to see some visual texture in this film! c'mon smith, i know you can do it!
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: brockly on February 20, 2004, 06:18:05 AM
Quote from: classical gasI think it was locked because anything you could have posted on that thread you could just as easily have posted on this thread, no reason to take up room and, of course,  no offense to you or banky....

i understand that, but we all know sooner or later they are going to have to open a thread for the film itself. just seems a bit retarded to me. :?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on March 17, 2004, 11:21:39 PM
Color Gyllenhaal 'Green'?
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Kevin Smith is zeroing in on an actor to jump into the "Green Hornet" suit. The filmmaker -- currently prepping for the March 26 release of Miramax Films' "Jersey Girl," starring Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler -- has met with Jake Gyllenhaal about taking the title role in the Miramax project, sources confirmed. Thanks to a positive chat with the actor about the famed character and the direction of the potential franchise, Smith is now interested in casting Gyllenhaal as the crime-fighting superhero who also doubles as Daily Sentinel publisher Britt Reid. Other names may still be in the mix, but sources said Gyllenhaal appears to fit Smith's current conception of the character. If all works out, it would be Gyllenhaal's second brush with a superhero suit: He had been put on standby to step in as Peter Parker/Spider-Man last year when, for a brief time, it looked as if Tobey Maguire might be exiting the Sony franchise. Gyllenhaal is next starring in "The Day After Tomorrow."
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: modage on March 17, 2004, 11:24:28 PM
haha, whoa thats a ways off of the old 'george clooney' rumor huh?  and i guess that smith saying he wanted an 'actor first' might be a bit of an insult to his usual leading man ben affleck not being considered for this part?  i dont see how he's a competely different 'type' for this sort of role?
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Post by: ono on March 17, 2004, 11:32:26 PM
Well, I forget where it was I read it (thinking IMDb), but I think Affleck said he was through with action roles and wants to concentrate on drama and ... comedy.  Hehe.  Whoo.  We'll see.  We shall see.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on March 17, 2004, 11:33:52 PM
Quote from: OnomatopoeiaWell, I forget where it was I read it (thinking IMDb), but I think Affleck said he was through with action roles and wants to concentrate on drama and ... comedy.  Hehe.  Whoo.  We'll see.  We shall see.

Ahh Ben Affleck, the boy who's had a bit of a rough time in the tabloids and at the box-office of late, is attempting a minor comeback with his mug appearing all over promoting "Jersey Girl". It's during these promos according to the IMDB, that Affleck revealed that he's vowed he'll never do a "Daredevil" sequel as he doesn't want to do more action movies - "I can't imagine doing another action movie. I'm not interested". Instead he's focussing on lighter fare such as the holiday release "Surviving Christmas" which he describes as "The kind of script you would normally expect someone like Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell or Eddie Murphy to be in. Instead, it's me trying my hand at comedy".
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on March 18, 2004, 01:05:00 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin"The kind of script you would normally expect someone like Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell or Eddie Murphy to be in. Instead, it's me trying my hand at comedy".
Ok, wait. So it's material for former SNLers like Myers, Sandler, Ferrell or Murphy. But they gave it to you. Desperation move on their part, I guess. I'll pass, thanks.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: modage on March 18, 2004, 05:37:01 PM
according to an interview with Michel Gondry at AICN, he "worked on THE GREEN HORNET, which was supposed to be a big franchise film. I worked on it for two years; I designed the car, and we worked with a writer on the script, but the studio didn't see the possibility of it. They didn't believe in it. And I always wanted to do something like BACK TO THE FUTURE. But it's just the spirit that's important to me. If it's quirky and not taking itself too seriously, I like it."  wow, how did that happen?  Gondry loses Green Hornet to Smith?!
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Chest Rockwell on March 22, 2004, 07:28:07 PM
Is anyone else watching Yes, Dear with special guest Kevin Smith?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: RegularKarate on March 22, 2004, 09:10:41 PM
What a whore... Yes, Dear?

Why doesn't he just start doing bits on Leno... oh, wait
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: billybrown on March 24, 2004, 01:18:17 PM
Box office predictions for Jersey Girl everyone... I'll go with an opening take of 14.5 mill, total take of about 40-50 mill. I also predict that quite a few of the reviews are going to use words such as "cute", "funny",
"sweet",  and "charming."
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: billybrown on March 25, 2004, 08:27:49 PM
Being that it's only being released on 1600 screens opening wknd, I'll re-adjust my opening wknd accordingly and say 7 mill. Keep all those numbers coming guys... good stuff!
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Banky on March 25, 2004, 09:09:11 PM
Quote from: billybrownBox office predictions for Jersey Girl everyone... I'll go with an opening take of 14.5 mill, total take of about 40-50 mill. I also predict that quite a few of the reviews are going to use words such as "cute", "funny",
"sweet",  and "charming."


http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=5827
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: AntiDumbFrogQuestion on March 29, 2004, 09:23:02 AM
Who is in this same predicament:

You want to see three movies.
First, the Ladykillers, which will be a hit because of Tom Hanks, so will probably be out a little while.
Second, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind looks and sounds GENIUS so it will be around for a LOOOOONG time
And lastly, Jersey Girl, which doesn't even LOOK like a Kevin Smith movie, and like his movies, you have to pay careful attention in the ads to even find out he is involved.  So you see Jersey Girl first, because it may not be out that long.

CUZ THAT'S WHAT I DID!
And even though it seems like Kevin Smith Lite, it wasn't a totally shitty movie. Probably won't spurn any cult followings like Clerks, but we all know THAT already. It was cute, charming and....oh wait. Fuck. That was said already.
But the use of the word 'shit' to replace 'fuck' was interesting, and George Carlin rules, but way too many Will Smith jokes popping up.
Will Smith...Kevin Smith....are they related?
And Racquel Castro could actually act for her age.
THE END.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on March 29, 2004, 02:01:59 PM
AntiDumbFrog, two questions:

1. For your prediction of longevity for some of these movies, I must ask: how often do you go to the movies?

2. Have you ever visited Xixax's Now Showing forum? It's cool. Maybe you'll like this thread: http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=369

And one answer:
QuoteWill Smith...Kevin Smith....are they related?
Clearly, they are. Isn't it obvious?
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Post by: modage on March 29, 2004, 05:13:51 PM
i doubt any of those 3 movies will be around too long.  in a month most will probably be completely gone.  the big april PRE-SUMMER movies are coming.  lets get all this quirky/goofy shit out of the way, its time to blow some shit up!
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Post by: Stefen on March 29, 2004, 11:00:18 PM
Has anyone heard anything about Mewes lately? I read in a newsletter that he's back on the black tar. Tragic, really.
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Post by: Raikus on March 30, 2004, 09:35:30 AM
I don't think that's the case. Kevin has him reigned in and working at the View Askew HQ.
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Post by: Stefen on March 31, 2004, 11:41:00 PM
hahaha check out www.newsaskew.com for april 1st. Almost as funny as the time they turned newsaskew into a pta site.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: modage on April 03, 2004, 03:49:25 PM
dont think this has been posted....

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When Kill Bill opened last fall, critics were quick to point out that despite all the movie's in-your-face ingenuity, it was obvious that Quentin Tarantino didn't have children of his own (no father would direct a scene in which a young girl witnesses her mother's murder on-camera, they argued). Hollywood's full of bad-boy filmmakers -- raunchy, violent new voices who revel in the extreme -- but sooner or later, even bad boys grow up. Take Kevin Smith, whose first movie, Clerks, originally earned an NC-17 rating on the basis of language alone.

Now, in Jersey Girl, audiences are getting the chance to see the softer side of Smith as the director translates his own experience as a new father to the screen. "My mother had always been bugging me to give her something that wasn't an 'R,'" Smith says, "so I was happy to make a movie that was PG-13. It was nice to accomplish that." More Mr. Mom than Mallrats, Smith's latest comedy stars View Askew regular Ben Affleck as a hotshot talent agent who unexpectedly becomes a single dad after his wife dies during childbirth. Here, Smith explains five films that have had a major impact on his career.

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Nothing in Common
(1986, dir: Garry Marshall; starring: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason)
Nothing in Common was very influential and one of my favorite movies of all time. Tom Hanks is fantastic in it, and Jackie Gleason is nothing short of amazing. It's about the relationship of an adult child to his father and how you come to grips with the fact that one day your parents will not be with you. Hanks is kind of lost in a world of work, and he's forgotten where he came from or how he was raised or who his parents were. If I could've flat-out remade that movie, I would've, but it's so perfect, so why bother? Instead, I made Jersey Girl because that's what was on my mind at the time. That's pretty much what I've done with every movie, just take a snapshot of what's going on in my life at the moment that I start writing, and that was the thing that I was most preoccupied with: being a dad, having a daughter, being married. Also, when my kid was born, I became far more aware of my own mortality and by extension, my wife's mortality, and I had that thought that goes through every new father's head: "What if she died? What if it was just me and the kid?" She's such a natural with the kid. She took to motherhood really quickly, while I was just kind of lost in work, and the kid was just something that happened. It changes your life irrevocably: "What if I didn't have somebody else to lean on?"

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You Can Count on Me
(2000, dir: Kenneth Lonnergan; starring: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo)
Another movie I saw that really kick-started the whole process was Kenny Lonnergan's You Can Count On Me. Years ago, I was a judge on the Sundance jury, and his movie was something I was really taken by, just in how quiet it was and how small it was in scope. It told a story about family, which is something I hadn't really done before. I was always making movies about extended family, like the relationships one has with a best friend or a girlfriend or between a rubber poop monster and angels [in Dogma]. I hadn't really touched on family, and watching this movie about two kids who had lost their parents and how they leaned on one another reminded me that there was an area that I hadn't gone into yet, and I was a little jealous. Jersey Girl's missing out on all the wonderful profanity that Chasing Amy had, and the pop-culture references and whatnot, but boil it down to the essentials, and it's still the same thing, a mixture of drama and comedy about relationships. For me it's not like Jersey Girl represents a big departure, and now I'm not going to make movies where people curse or talk about sex anymore. That's kind of what I do, what I'm interested in. When you've got a seven-year-old girl in the picture, you can't have everyone running around saying "c---smoker" 96 times a minute, but it doesn't really represent the direction I'm heading.

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Batman
(1989, dir: Tim Burton; starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson)
My next flick [The Green Hornet] is as far away from this as Jersey Girl is from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. Batman, for its flaws, was a seminal comic-book movie for me, so I always give it up to that movie for the sheer "eventness" of the whole thing. I was knee-deep in comic books at the time, and that movie was the first one to capture the tone of the actual book. It wasn't campy and kitschy like the Adam West TV show. This was the Batman that we all knew and loved, the one that we were currently reading about. This was the Dark Knight. Tim Burton really nailed that. One problem with a lot of the comic-book movies is that the villain's far more interesting than the main character, and you don't want that, especially when your main character's name is in the title. Batman also ran very close to being just flat-out The Joker inasmuch as that character's far more captivating. I think your villain's always gotta be interesting, but your hero has to be your anchor because the fans have to like him in two different personas: first as the straight guy with the secret identity, and then as the guy who puts on the mask and goes out and beats up chain-snatchers and muggers. To me, it's all about making Britt Reid (who's the Green Hornet's secret identity) the most interesting part of the movie, so much so that when he puts on the mask, it's just gravy at that point.

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Slacker
(1991, dir: Richard Linklater; starring: Richard Linklater, Mark James)
['The Green Hornet' will] be the most chatty comic-book movie ever made, that much I can assure you. If I had tried to make this movie 10 years ago, it would've been Green Hornet and Kato sitting off to the side discussing crime as it happened off-camera, one of them exiting the shot and then coming back and talking about what they did. Now, I'm kind of in a place where I'm comfortable enough that I can lean on the visuals to tell the story. Before I became a filmmaker myself, like on my 21st birthday, I went to see Slacker at the Angelika [Theater in New York City]. People spoke quite a bit in that movie, but it was the fact that Slacker was a meandering picture that was groundbreaking for me because it had no plot. It was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. It started with one character and led you to another, and then you lost that first guy for the rest of the movie, and so on. It looked easy to shoot, not all polished and glossy like most movies I'd been used to at the time, and it got me going, "If this is moviemaking, then I want to make a movie, too." I was definitely a little spoiled by the first movie [Clerks], because all we had going for us was what people were saying. Certainly not the look -- it looked like it was shot through a f---ing glass of milk.

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Trust
(1990; dir: Hal Hartley; starring: Adrienne Shelley, Martin Donovan)
Slacker got me into the independent film movement, which led me to Hal Hartley's stuff. It's all about dialogue for me, and Hartley's stuff uses very stylized dialogue, but it's all people talking. My all-time favorite Hal Hartley movie was Trust, which is the movie that gave me license to do what I do with dialogue. His dialogue was very stagy and surreal, and it didn't sound like real conversations, whereas with my stuff, people say, "What's great about it is it sounds real, it sounds like that's how people talk." I don't know. I've sat around and listened to people talk my whole life, and people don't talk in monologues. The actually speak in stilted sentences, sometimes monosyllabic grunts. Basically, I just found a middle ground between how people really speak and what Hartley was doing. Hal's conversations are a little more eccentric, where his characters study the psychology of things, and I prefer to discuss the mundane or the shit that everybody does or can do. I'm preoccupied with sex because the whole world is preoccupied with sex, whether they admit it or not. It's the thing that we all do and rarely speak about in mixed company, but we certainly talk about it a lot with our friends, so I was just like, let's take that to the next logical degree and make whole movies about people obsessed with sex. Not the kind of high-school romps where people are trying to get laid for the first time, just actual discussions, anecdotal stuff.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: matt35mm on April 03, 2004, 04:26:34 PM
Quote from: Kevin Smith[Clerks] looked like it was shot through a f---ing glass of milk

Hahaha, I dunno, that just made me laugh.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on May 17, 2004, 12:53:39 PM
Kevin Smith on Green Hornet & Future Slate
Source: View Askew

Kevin Smith answered questions from fans this weekend on his official Message Board, and The Green Hornet came up several times.

Asked how the script is going, he said that "It's coming. Was fifty pages in. Then, I sh*t-canned everything and started over. Now I'm sixty pages in and digging it much more. I'm figuring the first draft's gonna come in at around 180 pages."

He also commented on the writing process this time around. "A bit harder. Spent a long time second-guessing myself, trying to write a mainstream flick. Then, I realized that sh*t's for the birds, and I should just write it as if it were a comic book. Since then, it's been much easier."

He said that The Green Hornet won't be his next project. From the looks of it now, he'll first direct an untitled small project, then "Hornet," next Fletch Won and then Ranger Danger. He may squeeze in a few more projects after "Hornet" and the latter two as well.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on May 17, 2004, 01:34:06 PM
Quote from: CinephileKevin Smith on Green Hornet & Future Slate
Source: View Askew

Kevin Smith answered questions from fans this weekend on his official Message Board, and The Green Hornet came up several times.

Asked how the script is going, he said that "It's coming. Was fifty pages in. Then, I sh*t-canned everything and started over. Now I'm sixty pages in and digging it much more. I'm figuring the first draft's gonna come in at around 180 pages."

He also commented on the writing process this time around. "A bit harder. Spent a long time second-guessing myself, trying to write a mainstream flick. Then, I realized that sh*t's for the birds, and I should just write it as if it were a comic book. Since then, it's been much easier."

He said that The Green Hornet won't be his next project. From the looks of it now, he'll first direct an untitled small project, then "Hornet," next Fletch Won and then Ranger Danger. He may squeeze in a few more projects after "Hornet" and the latter two as well.

Cool
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: El Duderino on May 17, 2004, 01:47:45 PM
wow, he's got a lot on his plate.

i like Kevin Smith, i think he's a good screenwriter and a good director. i think his best work is without a doubt, Dogma. also, i reccomend Clerks the cartoon to everyone, it's hilarious

also, i like that he likes "You Can Count On Me"
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Banky on May 17, 2004, 02:49:01 PM
you gotta give the guy credit for staying busy

so whens PTA's next movie being released?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Sleuth on May 17, 2004, 06:19:22 PM
OH THAT IS JUST IT I AM DONE DEBATING THE ABSURDITY
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Banky on May 17, 2004, 10:34:44 PM
yeah no kidding me too
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on June 08, 2004, 06:44:05 PM
Kevin Smith May Not Direct The Green Hornet
Source: Empire Online

Empire Online attended a new Kevin Smith talk in the UK where he said that he may not direct The Green Hornet:

Asked whether he was worried about taking on the cult comic given that he is on record as saying that he cannot direct action, Smith dropped something of a bombshell on fans anxiously waiting for his take on the material. "I think the way around it is just not to direct it because otherwise I'm going to have to recant, and f**k that! Honestly, I signed on to Green Hornet to write and direct it at a time where I don't know what I was thinking. I was just like, "Someone wants to give me a comic book movie? Wow."

More info here. (http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=15910)
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on August 25, 2004, 01:16:37 AM
Smith casts Web for next great shorts

Filmmaker Kevin Smith has announced MoviesAskew.com, an online community, showcase and DVD series for aspiring filmmakers under the slogan: "We've shown you ours. Now show us yours." The Web site is scheduled to be unveiled Sept. 10. Submissions must be 30 minutes or less, and an internal review panel will select five for streaming on the site each month. Visitors will vote on the five to select the monthly best, and the winning 12 will be compiled into a commercially released MoviesAskew DVD. The 12 monthly winners also will be screened at the First Annual MoviesAskew Film Festival, which will be held in Westwood or Red Bank, N.J. Smith and actor Jason Mewes will select five of those 12, which will then be rescreened and subjected to an audience vote for overall best.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Raikus on August 26, 2004, 09:38:16 AM
An important fact to note is you have to be a registered user of the VA board. It costs $2 to register and he's already said you don't need a certain post count.

http://www.viewaskew.com/theboard

Also, it's $20 per film submitted.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Banky on August 28, 2004, 04:14:20 AM
CLERKS 2 IN 2005!!!!  
 
Well, there are always scoops that we hate holding on to, and this was certainly one of them. Finally, the news has been given the go-ahead to announce here, and we couldn't be happier. Here's the piece that AP is running today, announcing that yes, the SECRET PROJECT for 2005 is indeed a live action CLERKS sequel, tentatively titled CLERKS 2:
Director Kevin Smith Plans 'Clerks' Sequel
By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES - Kevin Smith is making another convenience store run.

The writer-director of "Dogma," "Chasing Amy" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" told the Associated Press on Friday that he has begun work on a sequel to "Clerks," his homemade indie classic from 1994.

That $27,000 movie, shot at night in a store where Smith worked, chronicled the adventures of Dante and Randal, two guys who talk about life, death, sex and movies while working at neighboring stores.

The sequel picks up 10 years later.

"It's about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s. Those dudes are kind of still mired, not in that same exact situation, but in a place where it's time to actually grow up and do something more than just sit around and dissect pop culture and talk about sex," Smith said during an interview at his Hollywood office. "It's: What happened to these dudes?"

A new 10th anniversary DVD of "Clerks" debuts Sept. 7, and Smith said working on that three-disc set inspired him to write about what became of those characters.

The sequel — titled "The Passion of the Clerks" — is set to begin shooting in January. Miramax Films, which turned the original into a cult-hit after buying it at the Sundance Film Festival (news - web sites), plans to distribute the follow-up.

"It's funny, it's very raw, insanely foul-mouthed. In many ways it's the antithesis of 'Jersey Girl,'" Smith said, referring to his recent PG-13 comedy with Ben Affleck (news) as the widowed father of a little girl.

Smith is also writing the screenplay for a movie version of "The Green Hornet," but no longer thinks he will direct it. The "Clerks" movie has moved to the top of his to-do list.

He said he called Jeff Anderson, who played the combative video-store worker Randal, and Brian O'Halloran, who was the besieged-by-strangeness convenience store employee Dante, to run the idea by them first.

"Jeff was actually very protective of 'Clerks,'" Smith said. "Jeff was like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? That movie means a lot to people and do you want to go back?' I thought about it honestly, and it would seem chicken to not give it a shot just because I'm afraid of (messing) with the first film."

So far, he said he has gotten only positive responses from the people who have read the script, so he decided to move forward with it. Both O'Halloran and Anderson are signed on, and Jason Mewes, will return as stoner Jay, the "hetero life-mate" of Smith's stoic Silent Bob.

"I'm sure there will be naysayers who say, 'Oh my God, it's an opportunistic grab at a buck,' but it's not. We're doing it for nothing," Smith said. "We're going to do it insanely inexpensively. The budget will be somewhere between 250 grand and $5 million."

The original was shot pre-dawn, and most of the actors worked for free and then went straight to their day-jobs with little or no sleep.

"This time around we'll afford ourselves the luxury of nice 12-hour days," Smith said. "And people can get paid."
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: classical gas on August 28, 2004, 05:20:06 AM
Quote from: BankyCLERKS 2 IN 2005!!!!  
 
The sequel picks up 10 years later.


I heard K. Smith was a big fan of Linklater.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: mogwai on August 28, 2004, 05:48:02 AM
Quote from: kevin smithclerks 2
one of the lamest post april fool jokes ever.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: ElPandaRoyal on August 29, 2004, 05:51:27 AM
Quote from: Banky"The Passion of the Clerks"

:roll:

It's a fucking joke, right?
Title: god i hate kevin smith
Post by: clerkguy23 on August 29, 2004, 06:21:35 PM
man, i used to be such a big fan. what happened to kevin smith? he's such a little bitch now. i can't believe he's doing this.
Title: Re: god i hate kevin smith
Post by: bonanzataz on August 29, 2004, 07:21:43 PM
Quote from: clerkguy23man, i used to be such a big fan. what happened to kevin smith? he's such a little bitch now. i can't believe he's doing this.

yah... me too...

i wouldn't mind it too much if it was animated. the animated show was funny.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: bonanzataz on September 01, 2004, 01:39:47 AM
some information that may be useful to you... (from imdb)

Film-maker Kevin Smith is launching an online short film contest. The Jersey Girl director, pal of Hollywood hunks Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, has launched Moviesaskew.Com, which will let users submit their projects, which will be judged by a panel led by Smith. Twelve films will be highlighted on the site for one month each and will then compete in the Moviesaskew Film Festival next year, where five finalists will be chosen by celebrity judges and the winner picked by the audience. The victor will be rewarded with an apprentice position on Smith's next movie, which is expected to be the sequel to Clerks.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on September 01, 2004, 02:12:21 AM
hey, i posted something like that too! we're like twins! twins born, like, 7 days apart...
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: bonanzataz on September 01, 2004, 02:15:06 AM
aw, boo....
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on December 17, 2004, 02:13:14 PM
Mallrats 10th Anniversary Disc Planned

Looks like Kevin Smith's next special edition DVD will be Mallrats. At a recent "An Evening With Kevin Smith" show, he confirmed that the DVD is no longer available because Universal is planning a 10th anniversary edition next year.

Some fans suggested on his View Askew message boards that, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the film they gather at the Eden Prairie, Minn. mall where the movie was filled. In response, Smith posted the following:

"So funny that you mention this, because I just went into Universal yesterday to work out the details of the Mallrats 10th Anniversary Edition DVD. We were talking about doing another ArcLight Screening/Q&A which we'd shoot out here in L.A., but as I was driving home, I was thinking "Maybe we can go to the Eden Prairie Mall and hold the screening/Q&A..."
Title: Re: god i hate kevin smith
Post by: ©brad on December 18, 2004, 03:35:55 PM
Quote from: clerkguy23man, i used to be such a big fan. what happened to kevin smith? he's such a little bitch now. i can't believe he's doing this.

i just remembered those tv spots of the jersey girl dvd release, when he's all like "this is my wife. pretty hot, eh? well in order to keep her happy i need money so help me out and buy my dvd..." something to that effect.

1. your wife ain't that hot.
2. you know you're at a low point in your career when you do stupid shit like that.
3. the passion of the clerks is a ridiculous title and will inevitably suck.
4. smith needs a break like ben stiller does.
5. yes i'm in a bad mood.
Title: Re: god i hate kevin smith
Post by: Myxo on December 18, 2004, 03:38:29 PM
Quote from: ©brad1. your wife ain't that hot.
2. you know you're at a low point in your career when you do stupid shit like that.
3. the passion of the clerks is a ridiculous title and will inevitably suck.
4. smith needs a break like ben stiller does.
5. yes i'm in a bad mood.

1. His wife looks like a crack whore.
2. Yep
3. Sure is..
4. He needs to actually stop creating View Askew titles. God, let it go.
5. Me too..
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: cine on January 26, 2005, 11:09:34 AM
READ THIS ARTICLE:

Silent Bob loves CTV's Degrassi: Kevin Smith plans to act in three-episode arc

Jay and Silent Bob are coming to Canada. And they plan to visit Degrassi high school.

Indie American filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Jersey Girl) has made no secret over the years of his love of the long-running Canadian TV franchise, and has even included references to it in his films featuring those slacker/stoner characters Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith).

After his offers to direct and/or write for the show were declined (sorry, he was told, Degrassi is 100 per cent Canadian content and that would jeopardize their Telefilm funding) it was agreed he could act in three episodes. So he'll be playing a dual role: a visiting director and the mute Silent Bob character he plays in his films.

''It's the easiest job in the world because I have to play myself but I play a fictionalized version of myself where I've been successful,'' Smith quipped Wednesday during a photo-op visit to the north-end Toronto studios of Epitome Productions where Degrassi is shot. ''I pretend I'm a little different version of me.''

The droll director posed with cast members and happily accepted an ''official'' Degrassi High lettered cardigan sweater, which he promised to wear to bed with his wife.

The script's pretext for the Degrassi visit is that Smith is shooting a new film, Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, in which the characters require a high-school diploma but no school in the U.S. will accept them, so they come to Toronto.

''I'm just angry that I didn't think of that first and shoot that picture,'' he said. ''So we actually may wind up making that movie one day because I'm incredibly charmed by that notion.''

Admitting to a long-standing crush on the show's character Caitlin Ryan (Stacie Mistysyn), Smith revealed that the onscreen version of himself is single and that he might be pursuing her in the storyline - something, he conceded, that he hasn't yet cleared with his real-life spouse. But he revealed that Mewes would be joining him on the episodes, adding that he might also try to get actor-friend Ben Affleck to show up.

''Affleck, honestly, could use the work right now. What better way to reboot your career than starring in a Canadian melodrama?''

Smith is planning to start another real Jay and Silent Bob film - a Clerks sequel - early next year, about the time his Degrassi arc will be airing on CTV.

As to whether the Degrassi experience will become part of the film series, he said that was an interesting question.

''That'd be awesome. I might throw in a reference, like, 'We just got back from Canada. Here are our degrees.' ''

The Jersey boy readily heaped praise on Degrassi, recalling how, as far back as 1990, he was working in a convenience store on Sunday mornings and, in order to maintain his sanity, would catch episodes of the Degrassi High and Junior High forerunners which were then airing on PBS.

''So I just kind of fell in love with the show,'' he said, adding that growing up was never depicted so accurately on television.

''I loved the story arcs and I also love challenging material . . . such a great alternative to most of the crap that's on American TV.''

The new Degrassi is now the flagship show on Noggin, a teen-oriented cable channel in the U.S., and cast members have become so well known they were mobbed during a recent cross-country publicity tour of U.S. malls.



I found this out cause my TV guide has 'Jay and Silent Bob' on the cover with one of the show's characters. I'll scan it later. It must be seen.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Ravi on January 26, 2005, 01:43:09 PM
I always said that Kevin Smith would end up directing episodes of Degrassi.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SHAFTR on January 26, 2005, 01:52:05 PM
What is with him being on the commentary for the new Donnie Darko DVD?
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: RegularKarate on January 26, 2005, 07:01:28 PM
Quote from: RaviI always said that Kevin Smith would end up directing episodes of Degrassi.

you were wrong:

Quote from: The Articlehis offers to direct and/or write for the show were declined (sorry, he was told, Degrassi is 100 per cent Canadian content and that would jeopardize their Telefilm funding)
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: grand theft sparrow on January 26, 2005, 08:16:42 PM
Quote from: RaviI always said that Kevin Smith would end up directing episodes of Degrassi.

That's even funnier because of your avatar.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on January 27, 2005, 12:07:19 AM
Quote from: SHAFTRWhat is with him being on the commentary for the new Donnie Darko DVD?

Quote from: DVDFile's reviewSmith had no involvement whatsoever with the production of this movie, but is apparently a friend of Kelly's and a big supporter of the movie. Personally, I am not a fan of any of Smith's films (I outright despise most of them, in fact), but I can't deny that he's an intelligent guy capable of expressing himself coherently. Kelly uses the track to point out the differences between the theatrical cut and the Director's Cut, and goes into quite a lot of detail about his specific ideas for what the movie's mythology is all about. Smith helps talk him through some of the gaps in the conversation (this is Kelly's third commentary for the feature, after all) and acts as a useful foil not afraid to bust Kelly's chops about some of his more pretentious ideas. Towards the end of the track Smith asks Kelly a series of questions posed by fans.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Ravi on March 12, 2005, 07:07:47 PM
I borrowed the Clerks cartoon DVD a few weeks ago, and it was extremely funny.  I wish it was on for more than 6 episodes.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SHAFTR on March 12, 2005, 09:52:11 PM
Quote from: RaviI borrowed the Clerks cartoon DVD a few weeks ago, and it was extremely funny.  I wish it was on for more than 6 episodes.

agreed.  It was very good considering that is only 6 episodes.  If the network would have given it time, I'm sure it could have grown to become even better.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: jtm on May 03, 2005, 10:16:47 PM
Kevin Smith has far too much time on his hands...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?p=6546369#post6546369
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pubrick on May 04, 2005, 09:43:13 AM
Quote from: JTMKevin Smith has far too much time on his hands...
why is he replying with detailed description of his earnings to sum retard on a rottentomatoes board?

wow. how lame can a person be.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: jtm on May 04, 2005, 01:47:57 PM
Quote from: Pubrick

wow. how lame can a person be.

i thought so too... did you read the rest of the thread? the funniest part is all the people that told him he and his movies suck.  and he just kept coming back for more.

and if anyone doubts it was really him, make sure to check the link at the bottom of his first post.
Title: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Brazoliange on July 08, 2005, 07:55:44 AM
http://moviesaskew.com/SecretStash/eat

heh.

Kevin CONFIRMS Degrassi Directing Gig!

-Well, here's one that came in out of nowhere today -- You may recall that CTV ran a story in Canada a few weeks back, stating that Kevin was lined up to direct a feature film based on the Degrassi series. After we ran the piece, Kevin was strangely silent on the topic, which led us to believe there might very well be some truth to the left-field rumor after all.

Today, CTV has that confirmation. In a piece Kevin taped for their entertainment program, in which you get a look inside his plush trailer where he's residing between "Catch And Release" takes, Kevin very nonchalantly REVEALS that he indeed WILL direct a Degrassi feature, at least, that's the plan -- Originally scheduled for the end of the summer, the project's been bumped back a few months to get the script in order. So, we're EXPECTING that Clerks 2 will come up on schedule, followed by the Degrassi gig, then into "Ranger Danger". Don't quote us on that. Just our guess.

Source: News Askew (http://www.newsaskew.com)
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on July 25, 2006, 11:14:17 PM
Two Thumbs Up: Roeper and Kevin Smith

Word from Kevin Smith on his online diary is that he will be sitting in as a guest critic on Ebert and Roeper next week, subbing in for Roger Ebert, who is still recovering following post-surgery complications. Smith says he and Richard Roeper will be discussing The Ant Bully, Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Miami Vice, Barnyard, and perhaps World Trade Center.

Ebert and Roeper taped six episodes ahead of his surgery, to cover his absence, but the complication of a burst blood vessel requiring emergency surgery has kept the big guy down longer than he anticipated (and, no doubt, he's itching to get out of that hospital bed and back into the balcony). It was announced about a week ago that several guest critics would be invited to fill Ebert's shoes until he's well enough to return. Ebert is still (so far as we know) in Northwestern Hospital, and is reported to be improving.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Ravi on July 28, 2006, 01:43:48 AM
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50858

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Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pubrick on July 28, 2006, 09:35:19 AM
highlight of the highlights: 2000
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: bluejaytwist on July 28, 2006, 11:45:08 AM
fat guys really need to stop wearing pant/shorts
its not helping the cause
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: pete on July 28, 2006, 11:56:23 AM
is there a pattern for fat directors to want to instigate publicity-related confrontations?  I can only think of Michael Moore and Kevin Smith, and to a lesser exten, Ratner (he's only just a bit overweight), but we get a list going?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on August 10, 2006, 11:01:41 PM
More on Kevin Smith's Horror Flick
Source: Cinematical

The other day, rumors were swirling regarding Kevin Smith's next project. Apparently, Smith was asked about this during a Q&A session (one of about 5,000 the dude does each year) and his answer surprised a lot of people: Silent Bob was planning on directing a horror film. Say what? Horror? Kevin Smith? Of course, with little info to go by, folks immediately began speculating as to what type of horror film Smith would take on.

Well, since news travels real fast, the question was once again raised when Smith and the gang recently returned to Red Bank, New Jersey to screen the original Clerks, as part of that whole Netflix Rolling Roadshow thing. This time, fans zeroed in on the horror film, forcing Smith to go into a bit more detail. He revealed his next project will indeed be a horror film, though admitted it was at least two years away from hitting theaters. When pressed to explain what type of horror flick, the writer-director insisted it would be "straight horror" and not some Jay and Silent Bob Return from the Dead sort of thing. According to Smith via a tipster (who is paraphrasing), "Its gonna have all of the horror you'd expect, blood and guts...and tits. No, no, no, not that, I'm talkin' about man tits. What? What's so bad about man tits? I have tits! They're sexy! And hairy ... but, yeah, I'm doin' a horror movie."

Smith also claimed to be shooting the entire thing in Los Angeles, meaning he would finally be leaving New Jersey ... though, I'm not so sure that's a good thing. After all, New Jersey needs a great horror film -- I've often found myself scared to death while driving through some parts of the state. I mean, have you ever tried to make a left turn in Jersey? Talk about hanging on for dear life -- there's a horror flick just dying to be unleashed.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: modage on August 11, 2006, 08:30:53 AM
if his de-evolution as a filmmaker continues, and this manages to be somehow worse than clerks 2, this will go straight to video (if it ever gets made). 
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on August 22, 2006, 12:50:45 AM
Interview : Kevin Smith
Source: MovieHole

Writer/director Kevin Smith doesn't even attempt to come up with an interesting answer for what inspired a sequel to his 1994 hit, "Clerks". Quite simply, says the infamously amusing filmmaker, he "ran out of ideas".

After the colossal failure of his Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez starring rom-com "Jersey Girl" – based on Smith's own relationship with his daughter - Smith – best known for his slightly more edgier, significantly more infantile comedies like "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and "Dogma" – decided to return to where it all started: At a convenience-mart with sirs Dante and Randall.

Smith doesn't see it as a step-back, and he's not returning to his comfort zone because his last film tanked.

"Some people think that since Jersey Girl didn't work I went back to this, but that's only partially true", explains Smith. "Yes, Jersey Girl played a role, just not in the way people think. About half way through filming that one I decided I didn't want to work with famous people [anymore]. It's not because of Ben and Jen, but all the weird baggage that comes with working with famous people.

"Whenever we were talking about the movie, the press only wanted to talk about the big pink diamond ring [that Ben had bought Jen]. They kept asking what it's like to be with them. I was like 'Ask them'! I don't know the inner workings of their bodies or their minds. They'd ask me because they can't get in touch with them.

"I spent two years working on a story I wanted to tell and people were more interested in the back story than the story itself. Maybe that's because Jersey Girl didn't work, but maybe it's because those people were way more famous and it was a fairly conventional story. I decided next time that I want to work with unknown people because then people will concentrate on the movie itself. That turned into Clerks, which was a happy medium because unless these guys start screwing each other they aren't going to be in US Weekly. If they were, it might be good for the movie in a post-Brokeback era.

Granted, Ben Affleck does have a role in "Clerks II" – but it's very small, and initially, it was going to be even smaller.

"He wanted to be part of it, so he asked if he could be a background extra, but he wanted to get paid for it. I told him Gigli must have tanked harder than I thought", Smith, who constantly takes the piss out of his friend Affleck, laughs. "I told him to come on out, but I knew he would want some dialogue. He came out and shot his scene, which was just him reacting in the background and we shot it twice and got it right and then he came up to me and said it felt like he should say something. I said, "Of course you do, here's a line of dialogue for you."

Smith, who says Matt Damon was also asked to appear in the film but had to decline the offer to do a role in a De Niro film he was doing, explains that the film would only have made sense if it were again headlined by the original stars, Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson as the slacker cashiers of the original film.

"I thought since Clerks is a story about what it's like to be in my twenties, why not use Dante and Randall as the way-in again? It's nice. There is a built-in poignancy of showing those guys 10 years later, especially if you open up your head, why not use the dudes who helped you the first time around, the characters particularly.

A slightly more familiar face, actress Rosario Dawson, joins the cast of the sequel. Smith says he never expected someone of Dawson's - she's starred in everything from "Men in Black 2" to "Rent" – calibre to even consider appearing in his rather immature comedy. It was a mutual love of everything 'nerdy' that had the attractive actress chomping at the bit to do the movie, though.

"Very few women know about comic books and no one who looks like Rosario knows black and white independent comic books. Even though she's a goddess she makes you feel like she's normal. The first conversation I had with her was about anal bleaching", laughs Smith.

Obviously, considering his brand of humour, Smith hasn't grown up too much – and he likes it no other way. He's not at all pretentious, he says, and regularly questions whether he's advanced at all in his storytelling skills.

"I was trying to figure out when and if I ever crossed the threshold to adulthood. I work in a business that affords you a very extended adolescence. I make pretend for a living. It's not a real job like a mail man or a doctor. I had the first movie picked up when I was 23 so I'm not sure if I ever became an adult. I have a wife and kid and house, but I'm not sure I'm an adult. I realized I became an adult when I did Clerks. Becoming a man isn't at a bar mitzvah, it's when you make that decision to do that thing that you wouldn't have done 10 minutes ago or 10 years ago, that changes your life forever. I wanted to give these characters that opportunity. I feel a great debt to Dante and Randall because they made my career. That's why the movie is like it is. They see they've grown up. It sneaks up on you and happens."

As a thanks to the many fans who have stuck with him through thick and thin – and "Jersey Girl" – Smith got to give a little something back this time, offering the viewers a chance to be involved in his film. Kinda.

"It was weird, we did this thing for the myspace people, where the first 10,000 people that signed up for the page got in the end credits for the movie – which is really cool, because when the movie ends, there's this crawl with all the names, but it goes bloody fast. It looks like you're looking at the Matrix code. The strange thing, as of the Saturday morning [after the release of the film], there were 10,000 new IMDB pages", he laughs.

And is this the last Clerks? "For now it is, but I'll never say never again after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. If we somehow open huge and Harvey Weinstein wants Clerks 3 right away I would tell him I have nothing now, but if I hit my forties and have something to say I might consider it. I feel like these two are nice bookends now. Maybe one day, but I'm not ready yet. I have to get better as a filmmaker before I take something like that on."

One of Smith's big interests is comic books, and though he'd love to make a comic book movie one day – he was initially attached to write the film version of "The Green Hornet" – he says he doesn't feel as if he's talented enough to pull it off.

"I'm just not wired that way. I didn't get into films to make comic book movies. I love comic books and watching those movies, but I had the opportunity to do the Green Hornet thing and I just couldn't do it. I knew I would fail so why should I start? It would be like someone asking me to play a guy with a 10-inch dick. I'm not equipped to do that!", he laughs.

"I was so flattered to be asked to do Green Hornet, but it's like asking me to do Schindler's List. I just can't do it and I took a lot of shit on the internet about that. Green Hornet was a radio show and then later a TV show in the 60s so there is no built-in audience under 80 for that. The show was horrible too. It was really an uphill battle. People wanted Kato to be a girl, but Kato is not a girl. I met with the toy people and they showed me the toys they designed already and it didn't look right at all.

Next up, the director appears in the comedy "Catch and Release". "That's with Jennifer Garner and Timothy Olyphant. I'm just acting in it, I didn't write it or direct it, or anything like that. So if you've heard it's fabulous, that's why – I didn't direct it".
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on August 24, 2006, 12:26:41 PM
Smith on his upcoming horror movie
Source: Moviehole

Filmmaker Kevin Smith touched down in Australia this week to promote the bejesus out of his comedy "Clerks 2". Moviehole's Mark Bennett - an out and out horror buff – was so keen to find out about Smith's upcoming horror film (announced it a couple of weeks back), that he decided to tie him to a chair, and threatened to play his scenes from "Vulgar" on loop, if he didn't give up the goods.

"Next up I want to do a horror movie. I just think it would be kinda interesting – for me at least – to go left. I've made seven comedies, or variation thereof, and some people would argue that none of them are funny. But it would be nice to make a horror movie. An intentional horror movie, not like Jersey Girl. [much laughter]. It's a genre that I grew up watching on VHS and on cable when I was a kid", said Smith.

"No jokes and stuff, not like Scary Movie 4. There are people that do that really well, like Edgar Wright with Shaun of the Dead, but I don't want to make a comedic one, I want to make a straight-forward horror movie.

"It'll be a bit of slasher, but I'm kinda looking more at ... you remember that movie Race With The Devil? It's more kind of in that vein. Or Wicker Man. Something in that vein where it's creepy and unsettling more than gore."

Smith says some of his favourite horror movies include "The Shining, Halloween. I'll pretty much for anything that I came of age watching. You know, the '70s-'80s slasher genre. The current crop of horror movies not nearly as much. There seems to be a lot of remakes and whatnot. A lot of "Let's do Texas Chainsaw. Again. And let's do The Hills Have Eyes again." I'm sure there's probably ripe material out there. A lot of things are more horrible than a dude in a mask trying to stab you. [inaudible – something like, You can look it up in the newspaper and pull it out of there]. So I'm kinda going for that. The one thing I'm happy about is the idea that I have, I haven't seen it done before."
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on January 19, 2007, 12:07:12 PM
Will Kevin Smith Direct Again? Filmmaker Talks Sequels And Nudity
'Some people will tell you I peaked with "Chasing Amy," ' co-star of this month's 'Catch and Release' says.
Source: MTV

Kevin Smith loves to make references to the number 37 in his movies, but the New Jersey filmmaker had his busiest year ever at age 36.

From writing and directing "Clerks II" to co-starring in this month's "Catch and Release," Smith said 2006 left him "bushed." Given the chance, though, the man they call Silent Bob loves to talk. Smith recently spoke with MTV News about his new life as someone else's sidekick, the future of the View Askewniverse and what he just won't do with his shirt off.

MTV: What was it like performing a script that wasn't yours?

Kevin Smith: It's heaven on earth, sir. No responsibilities except for your performance. You're never worrying about where the camera is, you're never worrying about [when to] cut. But sitting around, waiting to act sucks. 'Cause when I'm working on my stuff, I'm on set all the time. But being an actor, you shoot a master and then you're off camera pretty much all day. Or you go back to your trailer when they're setting up shots. There's a lot of downtime. I wound up watching a lot of f---ing movies on "Catch and Release."

MTV: Would you say experiencing that downtime is something that'll change you as a director?

Smith: Absolutely. We went into "Clerks II" maybe three or four months after we finished "Catch and Release." I took that lesson with me — I'll never let the actors sit around. If they're not shooting, they're home. They don't need to be sitting around the set. I tried to work them harder and quicker, so I could get them out of there earlier. Other than that, I'd been doing this, what, 11 years at that point. So there wasn't much to learn that I hadn't [already] learned. Although, I sat there on "Catch and Release" and was just like, "God, [director] Susannah [Grant], first-time filmmaker, better visual director than I am already, 11 years in." She really knows what to do with the camera.

MTV: You talk about the film as if the whole thing was made easy for you. Was there an aspect that was most challenging?

Smith: Squeezing into those f---ing tie-dyed shirts without layers. I'm a layers guy, man. I'm always wearing a top on top of a top, or an overcoat just to hide everything. It was a rather naked performance for me.

MTV: Interesting, because on IMDb it says you picked out your own wardrobe. So that's not true?

Smith: Not really. There were one or two times I asked them, "Could I wear a jersey over one of these shirts?" But other than that, no. You concede to whoever's in charge. I mean there are some times where you'll kinda draw a line in the sand, where you're just like, "Look, this is going to make me way more comfortable in the performance if you allow me this." Like Susannah in the massage scene was like, "I'm gonna need you to take your shirt off." I told Susannah that I don't take my shirt off for my wife, and we've been married almost eight years. You think I'm going to do it here on camera? Forget it, man. I'll never live it down on the Internet. That sh-- lives forever.

MTV: That scene is hysterical, can you talk a little about it?

Smith: Juliette Lewis, one of the best f---ing actresses on the planet, it's real easy to just sink into a scene with her. She was just sitting around, talking on set and then all of a sudden she'd say something not apropos to the conversation and I'd realize we were in the middle of a scene. She's just so natural. She can take anything on the page and make it sound like it's coming from the top of her head.

You know what's really weird about [the scene] too, she's crawling on my back and I just can't help but think, you know, this is the chick from "Cape Fear." I saw that movie in theaters years ago, before I was ever a filmmaker. Never once in a million years did I think, "One day that broad is going to be kneeling on my back."

MTV: You still have moments like that?

Smith: Oh, all the time, sir. Those moments never go away. They go away with the people that you came up with. Like, I'm never standing opposite Ben Affleck and going, "I can't believe I'm talking to the 'Bounce' guy." I've known that dude for a while. But the people I watched before becoming a filmmaker, you still feel kinda weird. There's still this "You're famous" thing going on.

MTV: You recently did work on "Live Free or Die Hard" and directed a sequel yourself this year. Is there pressure to always make the follow-up film better?

Smith: No, no, because I think that sets you up for a big fall. Some others will tell you different, that you should try to always strive to be better. With "Clerks II," I just wanted it to be an excellent companion piece to the first movie, 'cause you'll never be better than that first movie. Me, I just wanted to bookend that series very nicely. I wanted you to be able to sit down, watch "Clerks" and then "Clerks II" and, aside from the obvious color difference, not be like, "Oh man, one was made by a dude who lived in his parents' house, one was made by a dude who lived in Ben Affleck's house."

MTV: It almost sounds like you're saying that you peaked with "Clerks."

Smith: Some people will tell you that, sir. I mean, jump on the Internet. Some people will tell you I peaked with "Chasing Amy," then there's a small portion who'll tell you I peaked with "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." I don't feel like I peaked with "Clerks," but that movie was significant and special. There are movies that are more special to me, and I can understand why they're more special to the audience.

There's a big identity factor working in "Clerks" ' favor. Because you look at that flick and you say, "Sh--, I could make that movie." You root for it a little bit. You get that the first time out. You don't get that again.

MTV: How much does fear play a part in your creative process?

Smith: Big time, absolutely. You're always kind of second guessing yourself to some degree. Like, making "Clerks" — it was an absolutely fearless place to make a movie from, same with "Chasing Amy." I find it's always best to make a flick after you're coming off an unsuccessful flick. Like "Clerks II" was so f---ing liberating because we came off of "Jersey Girl," and there was no place to go but up. I think the failures are just as useful. It absolutely blows and feels horrible and hurts your feelings, but something good always comes out of it. I tend to be a lot more fearless coming off something that not everyone liked.

MTV: And, of course, "Clerks II" was a big success.

Smith: I think that's what might be daunting about doing another movie. Do you do more of the same?

MTV: And yet you've created this universe very much like "Star Wars" mastermind George Lucas ...

Smith: Although not nearly as lucrative. It's provided me a healthy living, but George Lucas is insanely wealthy and created something from scratch. Really, all I did was just hold up a mirror to my own universe. This dude created Wookiees and sh--.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Mikey B on January 19, 2007, 02:44:02 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin on January 19, 2007, 12:07:12 PM
MTV: How much does fear play a part in your creative process?

Smith: Big time, absolutely.
Kevin Smith, a film maker you can believe in. Ok, bad joke. I overall a majority of his work, really I do.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pubrick on January 20, 2007, 03:06:09 AM
Quote from: Mikey B on January 19, 2007, 02:44:02 PM
I overall a majority of his work, really I do.
you didn't actually say anything there, silias.

if you're gonna make a new identity you should at least try to make it less stupid than your last one. otherwise what's the point? you wanted to be ridiculed under a different name?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: meatwad on January 20, 2007, 08:57:47 AM
but he's a satirist
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on February 14, 2007, 12:59:16 PM
Smith deals with the devil for 'Reaper' pilot
Source: Production Weekly

Kevin Smith is set to direct the CW pilot "Reaper," a comedic drama about Sam Oliver, a 21-year-old slacker who learns that at birth his parents sold his soul to the devil and now has to pay the debt by becoming the Satan's bounty hunter, retrieving souls escaped from hell. Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters wrote the project; that will film for two weeks in Vancouver, beginning March 12th.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on March 11, 2007, 04:22:53 PM
Selected Readings From "My Boring Ass Life"
Sunday, March 11, 2007 Update by Kevin Smith

That's right! We finally secured funding for the sixth film in the Jersey Trilogy, tentatively titled "Derogatory Term For Slacker Twentysomethings: Funny Word After Colon." We're currently tinkering with the tag line - I suggested "Just because they do something doesn't mean they have to do something," but corporate's pushing for "Punchy, two-sentence sarcastic comment. Balls." After fighting all this time for just for permission to do the project I'm inclined to let them win the battle, but we'll see what the future brings.

Of course, when you're dealing with the suits there's bound to be some bad news. I'm sad to announce that, at this point, only 85 or so of the actors from my previous movies have signed on to be a part of "Derogatory Term". I really hope that number rises - coaching newcomers to talk for five minutes straight without breathing can be a chore - and nobody's saying that's not going to happen. I just know it takes a true friend to rail my supermodel wife on camera. If it weren't for them, well, I don't know what I'd do. Sometimes I honestly feel like Darth Vader walking through Mordor while Magneto's trying to give him a handjob. I'm lucky in that my friends are constantly around to show me love and support, even when times are tight and I can only afford to buy them one new car a month.

I'm getting too mushy here so I'll sign off. I just wanted to share the good news with my true fans, you readers. Until next time...
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on April 09, 2007, 02:18:31 AM
Kevin Smith Reveals Horror Project
Source: ComingSoon

The long-discussed "Kevin Smith horror project" has been given an identity for his fans to latch on to. During a conversation with a UK-correspondent from Rotten Tomatoes, Smith - who last helmed Clerks II - says that once he has completed a comedy that's currently keeping him busy, he'll be moving on to Red State with the intention to begin filming somewhere in middle America (a "true red state") later this year. Although Smith has touted the film as something horrifying, he insists others, in the end, may not agree.

Red State, according to Smith, takes its inspiration from Fred Phelps, a Kansas preacher of the Westboro Baptist Church who recently became the center of a documentary because of his, and his congregation's, eyebrow-raising belief system. "The notion of using a Phelps-like character as a villain, as horrifying and scary as that guy can be, there's even something more insidious than him that lurks out there in as much as a public or a government that allows it and that's the other thing that I'm trying to examine in a big, big way," Smith tells the site.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: meatwad on April 09, 2007, 09:31:19 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 11, 2007, 04:22:53 PM
I just know it takes a true friend to rail my supermodel wife on camera.

who's going to break it to him that his wife is not hot at all
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on June 06, 2007, 01:16:37 AM
After six little words, Harvey Weinstein is sold
Source: Los Angeles Times

It's rarely a good idea to greenlight a movie off of a title alone (unless it includes the words "Pirates" and "Caribbean"). That's like falling in love with a MySpace photo.

But when Harvey Weinstein pulled the trigger on the latest raunchy comedy idea from "Dogma" and "Clerks II" writer-director Kevin Smith after Smith had written only six words of it, Weinstein's $15 million looked like a pretty good bet.

The title? "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."

For a certain stripe of moviegoer, that's a sure thing.

"A bawdy sex comedy with heart," as Smith describes the just-completed script, "Zack and Miri" is about two friends who have managed to trudge into their 30s with a satisfying lack of accomplishment. But a 15-year high school reunion and dire rent problems spark the novel moneymaking idea of pulling together an amateur porn enterprise. As for where it goes from there, just think of Smith's characteristic sexual verbosity finally coupled with matching imagery.

"It's ... dirty, with nudity," says Smith. "But funny nudity, not gratuitous nudity." Well, leave it to Smith to choose a plotline that kneecaps the issue entirely. (The civilians-making-a-blue-movie conceit also drove the narrative of writer-director Michael Traeger's "The Amateurs," which played festivals last year.) Because the story unfolds during a snowy Minnesota winter, Smith plans to film "Zack and Miri" there in February (although, Smith jokes, global warming may force him to shoot at one of the poles).

In the intervening months, Smith is publishing a book of reprinted blog entries from SilentBobSpeaks.com called "My Boring Ass Life." And he hopes to squeeze in filming of his low-budget ($3 million) horror script, "Red State," by the end of the year. Smith is aiming to give the politically charged screenplay, about outsiders who stumble into "fundamentalism gone to the extreme" in Middle America, a naturalistic, drive-in feel.

"Horror is more than a dude with a chain saw," says Smith, who engaged the Christian right promotional machine for the release of "Dogma." Given his rabid fan base, Smith is keeping the screenplay on lockdown at his Hollywood Hills home, so agents, actors and executives have needed a personal invitation to see it. Rosario Dawson, a "Clerks II" star, is supposed to give it a read this week.

After her vampy turns in "Sin City" and "Grindhouse," it sounds like a perfect trilogy.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pubrick on June 06, 2007, 02:48:15 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin on June 06, 2007, 01:16:37 AM
"Red State,"

that's a way better title than the porno.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on July 18, 2007, 11:43:53 PM
Kevin Smith Wants Rosario Dawson For His 'Porno,' Compares 'Red State' To 'Shining'
'It's not horror like 'Hostel,' ' director says of 'State,' which starts filming in early 2008.
Source: MTV

After years of writing films surrounding characters in the View Askewniverse, Kevin Smith is gearing up for two very different films without Jay and Silent Bob, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" and the horror film "Red State" — but that doesn't mean audiences won't see at least one familiar face from his previous flicks.

"I wrote [the role of Miri] for Rosario Dawson," Smith said of the "Clerks II" star. "I'd be kind of flabbergasted if she didn't do it."

When reached for comment, Dawson's management said "no deal is in place at the moment."

"It's a lot of new faces," Smith continued. "But Jason Mewes is going to be in it — not playing Jay, but playing a new character. Hopefully Jeff Anderson [Randall from 'Clerks'] as well."

The story of two friends from Minnesota who launch an amateur-porn studio on the eve of their 15-year high school reunion "Zack and Miri" will be "done shooting by Christmas," Smith announced, and "sometime in February or March, we are going to start on 'Red State,' " he said.

Though Smith described "Red State" as a "horror movie," he conceded that not everyone will agree.

"I keep trying to, like, [temper] everyone's expectations, because it's not horror like 'Hostel.' It's not gore porn," he insisted. "The best comparison I think of is 'The Shining.' It's going for that kind of mood. It's a very unsettling film."

A blogger, podcaster, lecturer and frequent commenter on the Internet, Smith was uncharacteristically tight-lipped about "Red State," coyly suggesting that most of what we think we know about the film is wrong.

"You hear the log line about, like, religious fundamentalism gone awry, and you're like, 'All right, I kind of got the movie in my head.' That's Act One," he said. "Whatever everybody knows about it in terms of the [Fred] Phelps-like character is just a piece of the movie and the movie kind of becomes a bigger statement than just that."

Radical right-wing preacher Fred Phelps, whom Smith called "a fringe, bizarrely Christian archetype," served as a model for the movie's antagonist.

"He definitely informs the character, but it's not like this is Fred Phelps with a different name," Smith said. "That's kind of an easy target to me. If you're just going to tee off on crazy, crazy, right-wing fundamentalist extremists, that's kind of easy. I think our movie doesn't stop there. It goes out to target something a little harder."

That hardness may come with a price, specifically Smith's first onscreen death. (No, we're not counting that old guy in the bathroom from "Clerks.") Asked how many protagonists there were in the film, Smith replied, "We start with four."
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Myxo on August 04, 2007, 07:12:59 PM
Enjoy this gem from Comicon.. :lol:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ou2mVnElp6c
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: The Red Vine on August 05, 2007, 01:10:11 AM
Quote from: Myxo on August 04, 2007, 07:12:59 PM
Enjoy this gem from Comicon.. :lol:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ou2mVnElp6c


Quote from: ©brad on December 18, 2004, 03:35:55 PM
you know you're at a low point in your career when you do stupid shit like that.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: MacGuffin on October 17, 2008, 12:14:12 AM
Kevin Smith sets space comedy
Indie-film veteran eyes biggest budget yet
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Writer-director Kevin Smith is developing a futuristic outer space comedy.

The film will reference other sci-fi movies and revolves around a father-son relationship. Smith has nodded to the genre in his earlier work but never made a sci-fi film.

The indie-minded Smith is aiming for a budget in the $45 million-$50 million range, which would be his biggest. He again will produce with partner Scott Mosier via their View Askew banner.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein, with whom Smith has collaborated on most of his movies, could reteam with Smith on the film. Insiders said that TWC execs have read part of the script and are interested in making the movie. Smith has finished a first draft of the script, but the project will not move forward until after his next project, "Red State." Smith will not be doing that with the Weinsteins but instead is seeking independent financing and a spring start date for his dramatic tale of a domestic terrorist in the Heartland.

The Weinstein Co. this month will release Smith's Seth Rogen comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno." That film, at about $25 million, had his biggest-budget to date, but Smith knows the sci-fi movie will be pricier.

"The moment someone steps out of the spaceship, it's going to cost a little more," he said.

Smith said he's looking forward to exploring new character dynamics as well as outer space.

"All the relationships in the flicks I've done have been done before, have been either a guy falling for a girl or two dudes hanging out in a 'bromantic' comedy," he said. "I wanted to explore a father and son."
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: hedwig on October 17, 2008, 01:08:19 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin on October 17, 2008, 12:14:12 AM
The film will reference other sci-fi movies
HOLY SHIT I WONDER IF HE'LL REFERENCE STAR WARS!!!
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: last days of gerry the elephant on October 17, 2008, 08:36:54 AM
I thought he already made a sci-fi before, what was it... Galaxy Quest?

...no?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on October 17, 2008, 05:53:06 PM
Kevin Smith is to film making what rape is to sex.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Stefen on October 17, 2008, 05:53:33 PM
Quote from: omuy on October 17, 2008, 08:36:54 AM
I thought he already made a sci-fi before, what was it... Galaxy Quest?

...no?

He didn't make that. How do I know? Because Galaxy Quest is fucking awesome, that's how.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: RegularKarate on October 20, 2008, 02:35:57 PM
Quote from: Stefen on October 17, 2008, 05:53:33 PM
Quote from: omuy on October 17, 2008, 08:36:54 AM
I thought he already made a sci-fi before, what was it... Galaxy Quest?

...no?

He didn't make that. How do I know? Because Galaxy Quest is fucking awesome, that's how.

yes, Smith could never come close to making something as great as Galaxy Quest
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Convael on October 30, 2008, 04:53:29 PM
Kevin Smith now too fat for toilets:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/10/kevin-smith-say.html
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: jtm on November 27, 2008, 02:19:18 AM
stumbled across this earlier tonight... thought it was funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QepgKVOVfZ8&feature=related



Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 12:42:10 AM
This is going to be soooo rediculous it's gonna be amazing.

Willis, Morgan to play 'Cops'
Kevin Smith to direct film for Warner Bros.
By DAVE MCNARY
Source: Variety

Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan will star in Warner Bros.' detective comedy "A Couple of Cops," with Kevin Smith directing his first major studio pic.

Marc Platt's producing the project, formerly titled "A Couple of Dicks." The scripting team of Robb and Marc Cullen penned the screenplay, centered on a pair of cops who track down a stolen baseball card, rescue a Mexican beauty and must deal with gangsters and laundered drug money.

Warner picked up the project in turnaround last year from Gold Circle, where it had been in development with Robin Williams and James Gandolfini in the lead roles.

Willis will next be seen in Disney sci-fi thriller "The Surrogates," directed by Jonathan Mostow. "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" star Morgan has been set for a remake of "Death at a Funeral" for Screen Gems and Sidney Kimmel.

Smith directed "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" last year for the Weinstein Co.
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Post by: Stefen on March 04, 2009, 09:41:33 AM
It's like a direct to video version of 48 Hours.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: john on March 04, 2009, 09:47:03 PM
This seems like the kinda film Kevin Smith grew up watching and never really grew out of. So, even though I don't really have any interest in seeing it, I'm very pleased that it is his next film. At least it's a bit of a surprise.

In that most recent Evening With Kevin Smith DVD, he had a pretty good Willis anecdote (which one of y'all already  mentioned, I think) and talked about their mutual desire to work together eventually.

I didn't think it would be so soon but I also thought the project they would eventually work on together would be more clever than this. Don't know why, considering I'm talking about the director of Jersey Girl and numerous films centering around the same fucking characters again and again and again.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 09:56:02 PM
Once upon a time Bruce Willis was considered a comedic actor before anything else so I'm hopeful this will be fun because Willis was really good at it. I never expect any Kevin Smith film to be good, but the hope is that Smith doesn't intrude on a good performance.

It's hard to think that Willis was such the anti-action star that Fox removed all images of his face and name in Die Hard trailers because test audiences were laughing, but that was the place Willis once had in Hollywood.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 10:47:50 PM
GT, are you a fan of the show 'moonlighting'?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 10:52:55 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 10:47:50 PM
GT, are you a fan of the show 'moonlighting'?

Was a fan of the movie/pilot. Saw the show when I was really young and it re-ran on Bravo, but haven't seen it in years so couldn't say anymore. The movie I saw much more recently.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 11:24:39 PM
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 10:52:55 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 10:47:50 PM
GT, are you a fan of the show 'moonlighting'?

Was a fan of the movie/pilot. Saw the show when I was really young and it re-ran on Bravo, but haven't seen it in years so couldn't say anymore. The movie I saw much more recently.
You should really purchase/netflix/rent the first two seasons....really quick and snappy writing.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 11:24:39 PM
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 10:52:55 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 10:47:50 PM
GT, are you a fan of the show 'moonlighting'?

Was a fan of the movie/pilot. Saw the show when I was really young and it re-ran on Bravo, but haven't seen it in years so couldn't say anymore. The movie I saw much more recently.
You should really purchase/netflix/rent the first two seasons....really quick and snappy writing.

And having read your Kagemusha review, you should watch Ran next.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 11:39:10 PM
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 11:24:39 PM
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on March 04, 2009, 10:52:55 PM
Quote from: SiliasRuby on March 04, 2009, 10:47:50 PM
GT, are you a fan of the show 'moonlighting'?

Was a fan of the movie/pilot. Saw the show when I was really young and it re-ran on Bravo, but haven't seen it in years so couldn't say anymore. The movie I saw much more recently.
You should really purchase/netflix/rent the first two seasons....really quick and snappy writing.

And having read your Kagemusha review, you should watch Ran next.
I have it pre-ordered on blu-ray for criterion...its coming in may. I thought no one was reading my reviews. Thanks.
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Post by: MacGuffin on April 18, 2009, 12:52:22 AM
Kevin Smith to play Carnegie Hall
Director takes spotlight in 'Silent Bob Speaks'

Filmmaker Kevin Smith is set to play New York's Carnegie Hall on June 17. David J. Foster and Jared Geller are producing "Silent Bob Speaks: An Evening with Kevin Smith," in which the director will offer uncensored anecdotes and engage in an audience Q&A.

"This country must truly be in a desperate financial crisis. How else to explain Carnegie Hall allowing someone with so little talent onto their hallowed stage," Smith said.

Smith, whose writing and directing credits encompass "Clerks," "Dogma" and the recent "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," regularly appears live at other venues nationwide.
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Post by: MacGuffin on May 14, 2009, 02:28:00 PM
Kevin Smith on A Couple of Dicks and the Collapse of Zack and Miri
Source: Vulture

For every fan of Kevin Smith's movies, there are roughly 10,000 people who think he's a hack — something Smith is painfully, hilariously aware of. Long before Tina Fey was putting Internet commenters on blast, Smith was directly engaging with his legions of anonymous online haters. But in the wake of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, possibly the biggest disappointment of his career, Smith has moved on. In New York shooting A Couple of Dicks — an action-comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan — and prepping for "An Evening With Kevin Smith" at Carnegie Hall on June 17, Smith spoke with Vulture about competing with Judd Apatow and why he hopes his next movie is like Road House.

A Couple of Dicks is the first movie you're directing that you didn't write. Did you feel the need to put your own stamp on the script?
Beautifully, [screenwriters] the Cullen brothers are dialogue crazy — the whole movie is like cops who are practically married but not actually, and, I mean, that's right up my alley. It's like Dante and Randall [from Clerks] as cops. That's why I was attracted to it in the first place. We all feel like we're trying to make a TNT classic — that movie that will just air ad nauseam forever once it hits TNT. I want it to be Road House. [My movies] all get cut to shit. I could never watch them [on TV]. Jersey Girl is the only one that doesn't get hit hard, but that one's tough to watch for a number of reasons. Television version or not.

How did you end up choosing this movie?
After Zack and Miri — or after, rather, the collapse of Zack and Miri — I was just like, I don't feel like writing anything right now. I read it and I was like, this is like Lethal Weapon with 40 percent less action, which is something I can get my head around. On 30 Rock, one of the posters in Tracy's office is for a movie called Black Cop / White Cop, so when it was announced people were just like,"It's Black Cop / White Cop!" But it's not race-specific. It's not, "He's a white cop who plays it by the book. And he's a slaphappy black dude who's gonna teach him how to misbehave and be a real cop!" It's two guys who are longtime partners who kind of depend on the friendship.

The name was changed to A Couple of Cops for a while there, right?
It was always A Couple of Dicks. When Variety reported the story, they got it wrong. I called Warner Bros. like, "Oh man, is that it? Did you guys cave?" And they're like, "No! It's Dicks!"

Were you nervous about shooting action scenes for the first time?
The studio — it's very cute — they try to not say the obvious. And the obvious is, "We are piss-scared you are going to fuck this up. You have never done anything like this." So every step of the way everyone's like, "It would probably be good to see some storyboards two months before you start shooting the sequences." So we sat down with Dave, my DP, and the storyboard artist, and everybody breathed a sigh of relief.

And you're still doing your "political horror film," Red State, at some point?
I'm hoping. That's about finding cash. And right now it's the worst time in the world to go finding cash. I'll just wait till the time is right and somebody ponies up, and maybe it'll get to the point where I'll just say, "Fuck it — I'll do it." But I've been in the business long enough to know that you should never risk your own money, particularly on a fucking Kevin Smith movie.

As you mentioned, Zack and Miri didn't do as well as expected. How did you take that?
I kind of dropped out of society. I just kind of wrapped myself in a weed-infused cocoon ... a coma, if you will. And it was great. It was really, really wonderful, man. I don't want to be one of those people who's all, "Let me tell you about legalization!" But, my God, I don't think I've ever been happier in my life. And after years and years of ... you know, I used to literally fight with people online. I would waste days online, talking to total strangers, some of them probably children. I was a joke. And I made a movie where at the end they beat up these guys, and still ... you'd imagine that would be therapeutic, but, no, I still kept doing it.

I really feel like I grew up in the last year, and it wouldn't have been possible if Zack and Miri hadn't done what it did. Which wasn't, like, a colossal failure, but it underperformed severely. We were all expecting double of what it did — not even 100 million bucks, but everything was pointing to an easy 60. And after being told that by, like, everybody, and then seeing what it did, it was just so fucking disillusioning. And I know it sounds like, "Oh, rich man's problems. Oh, poor baby, you got paid a shit-ton of money to make your dopey little dream of yours come true, and now you're gonna complain that it didn't make enough money." But you know, I'm sorry, but it bugs you. It's just about, especially when you write and direct, it's about like, fuck, what you have to say isn't important to me, amusing to me, or relevant to me.

You wake up on a Saturday morning, and you're trying to avoid the grosses, not taking any calls and shit from the studio, so the first time you're gonna find out what the movie did the previous night is pretty much when the Internet finds out. You're gonna go to Box Office Mojo and look it up. The morning after it came out, I came out of the bathroom, and my wife was sitting in the chair, she had this face on, and I said, what is it? And she said, do you really want to know? And I was like, "Uh, yes." And she was like "2.2." 2.2 million for a Seth Rogen movie on a Friday night? Doing the math, that's less than a ten million opening — that means it opened less than Clerks 2, which did not have the guy from Knocked Up in it. We wound up doing ten million [opening weekend]. But ten million dollars? I mean, Seth had just opened with Pineapple Express with like 30 million dollars a few months prior. It was depressing.

Do you have theories about what happened?
Opening on Halloween wasn't great. We never really nailed our marketing campaign ... I mean, having "porno" in the title in some weird way hurt. And that shocked me because I was like, "I thought that was our edge, for heaven's sake." But apparently not. I mean, it was what it was. But we should have done better. Because that, to me, was like the most mainstream flick that I could write, and, you know, when it doesn't do the most mainstream business you've ever done ... Well that's not true, it did. The whole way everyone was like, "this is going to be your highest grossing film", and I said, "really, you think so?" And they were fucking right, by about five hundred grand ... nobody said that. It just beat out Dogma. That and Jay and Bob. It was kind of perfect.

And so, yeah, that was tough, but something good came out of it, and that was that I became a habitual fucking weed smoker, for a long period of time. They always tell you, "you don't get anything done." And, you know, I was more productive in six months ... and maybe I'm giving credit to weed, but the fact of the matter is I stayed off the Internet for six months because after our opening I was like, "I can't show my face on the Internet!" Because the Internet is like high school, and having Zach and Miri open to ten million is the equivalent of wearing a really gay-ass-looking shirt on the first day of school, and everyone's talking about it for the next few months. So rather then go back to school, I quit school for a few months.

How are you feeling about the Carnegie Hall appearance?
I've been on a lot of stages, but Carnegie Hall? Talented people play Carnegie Hall. And I wrote on my blog, the only true talent that I could take credit for was when I was 18 or 19 years, I was able to bend over and touch my tongue to my cock. And I thought if I could do that, people would pay money to see that — a morbidly obese man almost breaking his back trying to relive his golden youth when he was able to touch the tip of his tongue to the tip of his cock. But I don't know who's buying tickets to Carnegie Hall. I hope it's not people who are subscribers, or patrons, and then they show up and it's a fucking fat dude up there going, "I got a little dick and I'm untalented!"

Do you see a point where you could retire from directing and do all the other stuff you do full-time?
Yeah, I think so. When I started this, it was all about the fire in the belly. About not I want to make a film, it was if I don't make a film, I'm gonna fucking die. You know, I'm 22, so naturally I was a little bit more emo about it, before emo was a thing. And I've done it a lot and I've not lost my appreciation for it. That being said, I will run out of stories to tell, and some people I'm sure will tell you I ran out after Clerks. But I've had it going for fifteen years, and I think, Wow it's gotta end sooner or later. I used to think that the Jay and Bob movies, that was it, that was my whole life, that's who I was. And I was right, that's who I was, that's what I did.

But that was one chapter. And then you get to a point where, "I'm 38 years old and I don't have anything left to say about Jay and Silent Bob." And I love the bromantic comedies, but there are people who are way better at it than I am. Do I want to compete against Judd Apatow? No. And I was a guy who did that a while ago, but in a world where I'm just not feeling it anymore, do I want to compete with a guy who clearly understands how to reach an audience better than I do? It just feels like maybe it's time to try something else.
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Post by: MacGuffin on May 28, 2009, 12:39:49 AM
Two join Kevin Smith's 'Dicks'
Seann William Scott, Adam Brody cast in comedy
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Seann William Scott and Adam Brody are joining Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in Warner Bros.' "A Couple of Dicks," a buddy action comedy being directed by Kevin Smith.

The script, by Robb and Mark Cullen, follows a maverick cop (Willis) and his partner (Morgan) who, while tracking a valuable stolen baseball card, tangle with a memorabilia-obsessed gangster and rescue a Mexican beauty who holds the key to millions in laundered drug money.

Scott plays a thief known as the Shit Bandit for the souvenirs he leaves at his robberies. Brody is an abrasive detective not happy to be working with Willis and Morgan.

Shooting begins Monday in New York.

Marc Platt and Polly Johnsen are producing. Sarah Schechter and Matthew Milam are overseeing for the studio.

Scott, repped by CAA, recently starred in Universal's "Role Models" and will next be heard in Fox's sequel "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

Endeavor-repped Brody next appears in Boaz Yakin's indie drama "Death in Love" then in "Jennifer's Body," a Diablo Cody-penned dark comedy starring Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried.
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Post by: MacGuffin on January 05, 2010, 01:43:27 PM
Is Kevin Smith the First Director with an iPhone App?
Source: Cinematical

It's entirely possible that there are more directors out there with their own iPhone app, though I couldn't immediately find any for a living director (there's a very cool Hitchcock storyboarding app, but that's about it). So, then, perhaps Kevin Smith has become the first director to create his own iPhone app that's centered on all things Kevin Smith. The move comes shortly after Smith shut down his popular Quick Stop Entertainment website only to open Smodcast.com, which will house his very entertaining podcast with Scott Mosier.

So what do you get for the 99 cents that Smith is asking you to shovel out for his iPhone app (which you can download over here)? Here's a quick rundown:


Cheese: Stream of candid photos straight from the world of Kevin Smih. Twitter: Built-in Twitter client tuned to Kevin's official timeline. Tweet at Kevin, or Retweet his 140-character ramblings. Fan Photo: Get your picture taken with Silent Bob. The silent sidekick will be auto-magically added to photos taken with your iPhone camera. Use them as wallpaper, or share with friends via email or MMS. Rant: Your very own digital action figure spouts memorable sounds from Kevin's digitzed lips. Slam your enemies, impress your friends, and family. Snoogans! Media: Browse and download content from the guy who made Mallrats. Includes albums, movies, podcasts, TV shows, and more. Fanimation: A showcase of fan made videos, hand-picked by Kevin Smith. News: The freshest news from the View Askew Universe. Ringtone: From Kevin's mouth to your ear. A custom Kevin ringer alerts you to incoming calls. Wallpaper: Pictures of Kevin getting fatter and fatter, formatted for iPhone & iPod touch.

From the looks of it, it seems Smith is trying to re-focus his brand ahead of the release of Cop Out (due out February 26th), which marks the first film he directed but didn't write (and, as such, doesn't at all feel like a vintage Kevin Smith film, based on the first official trailer). As far as the next 100% full-on Smith film goes, there's talk that his hockey flick, titled Hit Somebody, could begin shooting in Detroit sometime later this year.
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Post by: MacGuffin on February 14, 2010, 08:55:34 PM
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'Too Fat' Actor In Airline Twitter Attack

Filmmaker and actor Kevin Smith has launched a furious Twitter attack on a US airline after he was booted off a flight for being too fat.

The director of cult film Clerks and creator of the Silent Bob character was thrown off a Southwest Airlines flights from Oakland to Burbank.

He launched the Twitter attack on the airline to his 1.6 million followers and even posted a picture of himself puffing his cheeks out in his plane seat.

He wrote: "I broke no regulation, offered no 'safety risk' (what, was I gonna roll on a fellow passenger?)"

He added "Wanna tell me I'm too wide for the sky? Totally cool. But fair warning, folks: IF YOU LOOK LIKE ME, YOU MAY BE EJECTED FROM @SOUTHWESTAIR."

As he explained on the site, the plane's captain had him removed from a plane after he was deemed a "safety risk."

"I know I'm fat, but was Captain Leysath really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?" he wrote.

"Again: I'm way fat... But I'm not THERE just yet. But if I am, why wait til my bag is up, and I'm seated WITH ARM RESTS DOWN. In front of a packed plane with a bunch of folks who'd already I.d.ed me as 'Silent Bob.'"

Smith was offered a $100 voucher as an apology, which he refused, and got on another Southwest flight.

Southwest Airlines apologised to the director via Twitter and blogged a longer statement in which it pointed out that Smith usually purchases two seats every time he travels.
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Post by: modage on August 10, 2010, 10:19:55 AM
Kevin Smith's 'Red State' Gets A Logline
Source: ThePlaylist

The normally chatty Kevin Smith has uncharacteristically been keeping quiet (at least for now) as his newest project, "Red State," gears up for production.

Not much has been known about the project until now except that it's a horror film that's loosely based on nutjob preacher Fred Phelps. Well, Shock 'Til You Drop has acquired a logline that reveals slightly more (sort of) but keeps things mysterious:

   A group of kids encounters a crazed preacher (based on Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church) who gives a whole new meaning to the term "extreme fundamentalism."

Frankly, we're a little surprised that usually very vocal (and totally obnoxious) Fred Phelps hasn't caught wind of this yet; or maybe he'll just show up with pickets in tow on Kevin Smith's set.

The film is gearing up to start shooting next month and will be led by a cast that includes Michael Parks ("From Dusk Til Dawn," "Kill Bill Vol. 1,") with Dermot Mulroney ("My Best Friend's Wedding"), Michael Angarano (Soderbergh's upcoming "Haywire"), Kyle Gallner ("Jennifer's Body") and Stephen Root ("No Country For Old Men," "Office Space") and Melissa Leo ("Frozen River") in talks to join.

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Sounds like KSmith is doing his (terrible) premake of The Master.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pubrick on August 10, 2010, 01:03:36 PM
Quote from: modage on August 10, 2010, 10:19:55 AM
premake

hahaha

:bravo:

i still stand by my crazy belief that this may well be the only watchable thing KS has done in 15 years, based only on the title. for once it doesn't seem that he is immediately setting out to make another embarrassing purile piece of shit. so this might be just OK.. it's his Platoon to pta's FMJ.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pas on August 10, 2010, 08:35:49 PM
I wish I could get excited for this but I finally lost all faith in that guy. I accepted to catch flak and defended Zack and Miri, but Cop Out was just the worst. It was... sad.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Alexandro on August 11, 2010, 02:05:46 PM
if he can make another film like dogma im with the guy. but i will never see copout.
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Post by: mogwai on January 28, 2011, 02:40:28 AM
An Open Letter to Kevin Smith

http://www.pajiba.com/think_pieces/an-open-letter-to-kevin-smith-it-okay-dont-be-cry.php
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Post by: pete on January 29, 2011, 10:33:49 AM
that means everyone's seen this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90pcHCF2h44&feature=player_embedded) right?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Pwaybloe on January 29, 2011, 12:29:41 PM
Someone deserves a huge prize if they can get through more than 30 seconds of that video. 
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Post by: MacGuffin on June 07, 2011, 06:59:11 PM
Kevin Smith Developing Reality Show For AMC About "The Comic Book Lifestyle"
Source: ThePlaylist

AMC, home to such acclaimed programs as "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," "The Killing"....and a Kevin Smith-produced show about comic nerds? That appears to be case. IGN reveals that Smith is prepping a reality show centered around his New Jersey comic store Jay And Bob's Secret Stash. So, want to be a part of it? A casting call has gone out on Facebook and it reveals Smith's exacting standards: "He's not looking for actors, he's looking for real people who live and breath the comic book lifestyle. Must be funny outgoing and have a knowledge and passion for comics, superheroes, movie memorabilia and everything that goes with it." We have no idea what what "the comic book lifestyle" is or what that phrase actually means, but we're pretty sure the show will be populated by folks who are not unlike Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's characters from "Paul." Auditions are happening this month and we presume production on a pilot will get underway soon. There is a point to be made here about a reality show centered around people obsessing about fantasy worlds but we'll leave that one alone.... And since we're talking about Kevin Smith, here are a couple of other morsels of info. The director recently tweeted "Via @bdkreviews "any word on RedState coming out earlier than October?" What're you doing Labor Day weekend? Details this month..." which seems to indicate his divisive horror film "Red State" may be hitting sooner than the previously announced Halloween wide release. He also recently told NHL.com (via Bleeding Cool) that he might publish the "Hit Somebody" script online before making it in order to make sure the full scope of the hockey film is understood. Here's that excerpt: I have a new plan for Hit Somebody. I'm going to publish the script way before I make the movie. It's so much more difficult to explain your intentions to people or to open up your head and let them see what the plan is or how you connect the dots. It's so much easier to just say here and cut to the chase. So much of film, if you're a writer or director, is predicated on keeping it secret. It's my currency, right? But ... it feels stupid to be working on something in the dark that you just want to share. The only reason we do it is because we want people to see it, want people to share in the feeling, the emotion.
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Post by: MacGuffin on August 15, 2011, 05:19:41 PM
Good Luck With That: Kevin Smith Plans 'Hit Somebody' As A Two Film Hockey Saga
Source: Playlist

So the "Red State" tour rolls on and over the weekend, it made its way north, hitting Montreal (with a kind of staggering price of $50 for a ticket) where Kevin Smith presented his horror film with the customary Q&A following the screening. And the filmmaker who keeps stressing he wants to retire from directing is set to make his final bow an ambitious outing. According to Hour Community (via /Film) who attended the event, Smith revealed that his hockey dramedy "Hit Somebody" is now going be a two-film saga with the first part about a player's youth in Canada and the latter half about his journey into professional hockey.

To refresh your memory, the film is inspired by a Warren Zevon song, focusing on a rising hockey player named Buddy McCracken, and has a script Smith has been working on for a while. He's already slotted (somewhat unofficially) much of his "Red State" cast for roles with Michael Parks to play a French Canadian coach, John Goodman as Buddy's first coach Blue Jay Jennings, Melissa Leo in an unspecified part, and Nicholas Braun in the lead role of Buddy McCracken with Kyle Gallner also slated to make an appearance in the film as a Wayne Gretzky-like character. The scope of the project isn't too much of a surprise with Smith revealing earlier this year that he was 110 pages into his script and only half done—the story spans three decades from 1950 to 1980—and despite bitching about the studio system for most of last year, he was contemplating going that route to get financing.

So, will anybody step up to the plate to finance an extensive period hockey film, starring a roster of much smaller names in a genre that has been uneven at best at the multiplex? Yeah, that might be a very hard sell considering the very few hockey movies out there have only really come in a couple of flavors: biopics/inspirational stories or broad comedies. That said, there is one place a hockey drama could theoretically work: television. If Smith can keep the budget down and if the story is in that rags to riches vein, as a cable movie it would make the most sense. But even then, convincing execs that a movie saga about hockey is a worthwhile endeavor when the sport itself lags easily behind football and basketball in popularity is a difficult pitch, even for more adventurous indie or cable outlets. Our advice to Smith? Give CBC a ring (but just don't expect Hollywood sized dollars from the Canadian national broadcaster).

It's yet another twist in the development of "Hit Somebody" that was mooted to start filming around this time, though at this point, 2012 is looking more realistic. As for Smith, he's remained surprisingly silent thus far though he did retweet the Hour story. But we're sure he'll have a very lengthy and wordy explanation posted soon enough.
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Post by: Reel on August 15, 2011, 06:34:18 PM
so I guess no one is really quitting
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Post by: MacGuffin on January 05, 2012, 02:45:47 PM
Kevin Smith Reveals Details of His Final Film, 'Hit Somebody'
Source: THR

The filmmaker announced via Twitter that he hopes to debut his hockey movie at Sundance 2013.

Kevin Smith is sharing details about his next -- and final -- film via Twitter, telling fans that he hopes to unveil Hit Somebody during Sundance 2013.

The auteur had initially planned to create the movie in two parts, but wrote on Jan. 5 that he is currently "Writing script two, but now gonna make one big movie instead... Makes more sense anyway: the movie's about taking one, good shot." Smith revealed that he hopes to begin shooting in June.

In response to another follower, Smith noted that the film's total running time could reach 150 minutes with credits.  

Last January, Smith told reporters that Hit Somebody would be his last film. "I feel good about that," he said while promoting his most recent film, Red State. "I feel like my critics are probably saying 'Oh, good, he's leaving."

Smith clarified that while he is closing the curtain on theatrical films, he is "willing to try other directing projects."
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Reel on January 05, 2012, 04:00:39 PM
Quote from: MacGuffin on January 05, 2012, 02:45:47 PM
Kevin Smith Reveals Details of His Final Film, 'Hit Somebody'

Quote from: MacGuffin on January 05, 2012, 02:45:47 PM"the movie's about taking one, good shot."

Quote from: MacGuffin on January 05, 2012, 02:45:47 PMthe film's total running time could reach 150 minutes with credits. 

I cannot contain the excitement.
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Post by: MacGuffin on July 24, 2013, 04:12:55 PM
Kevin Smith wants Michael Parks and Quentin Tarantino to star in Tusk, his "walrus centipede" horror film
Source: JoBlo

All right, so I'm sure you've come here for the crazy, so let's jump in shall we? Apparently, Kevin Smith dropped the news that while perusing the news one day (and likely high) he came across a story that intrigued him so much that the turned it into a horror script called TUSK. So, what in the hell is TUSK? I'm glad you asked. TUSK is described by Smith as "a cuddly HUMAN CENTIPEDE" which will take the true-life story of a man stranded on an island with a walrus, whom he misses so much after returning home that he puts an ad in the paper for a roommate...a walrus roommate. No, not a real walrus, mind you, but an actual human being who will "dress like a walrus" for 2 hours a day and basically play the part. What, you don't believe me? Take a look at the original ad (http://www.gumtree.com/p/flats-houses/lodger-required/1021568193#1) and then come on back.

Smith called this "the most f**ked-up, absurd movie ever" during his panel in Hall H during Comic Con. Smith also said that he has sent the script out to his RED STATE star Michael Parks and that he wants Quentin Tarantino to play the walrus roommate. And, according to Twitter, Smith is wasting no time with the film set to shoot in September.

So, it appears that, as many of us suspected, Kevin Smith is far from retiring anytime soon. With CLERKS 3 on the way and his long-in-development hockey project floating around somewhere, the writer/director isn't showing any signs of quitting. It also appears that he may be smoking too much weed while reading the news. That said, a human centipede-like horror flick with Michael Parks and Quentin Tarantino? Man, if that happened I wouldn't be able to resist the absurdity.
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: mogwai on July 24, 2013, 04:44:59 PM
Hm, remember when he was relevant?
Title: Re: KEVIN SMITH
Post by: Frederico Fellini on July 24, 2013, 08:43:11 PM
Quote from: Christian on July 24, 2013, 04:44:59 PM
Hm, remember when he was relevant?



No.