Sometimes a source gets on a roll and it seems ol Nick Fury and his mighty agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. are whupping ass this bright cloudy Sunday morning. This time his news is on Kevin Smith and an alleged MAGE film….

Hey, Harry, Nick Fury reporting in from the field. Got some great news for View Askew fans, and comic book fans as well.

I wouldn’t label this information 100% correct, because I heard it from a friend, but the source is DAMN reliable, so I put a fair amount of faith in it.

Seems that Kevin Smith is a big fan of a comic book from the 1980s called MAGE: THE HERO DISCOVERED, published by Comico, and created by Matt Wagner. A sequel, called MAGE: THE HERO DEFINED, is being published by Image right now (Kevin wrote a fan letter in issue #1).

Here’s the gist: KEVIN MATCHSTICK is a disaffected cynic who doesn’t believe in magic anymore. MIRTH, a strange wandering magician appears to him, and tells him that he’s a hero. What’s more, there’s an unspeakable evil infiltrating the city (Philidelphia) and he’s the only one who can stop it. Sure enough, the UMBRA SPRITE, as well as his five sons THE GRACKLEFLINTS are unleashing goblins, trolls, and a dragon in the area, searching for THE FISHER KING.

Kevin just recently talked about his desire to do the project in WIZARD MAGAZINE, and he called it “an urban Star Wars.” An apt description, I guess, with Kevin being akin to a Luke Skywalker, and Mirth being a lot like an Obi Wan Kenobi.

So anyway, the producers see this script as a big deal, like an $80 million movie, with big epic battles in the streets of Philidelphia–think MEN IN BLACK, or GHOSTBUSTERS, with humans fighting wild creatures for the fate of the planet, with lots of big special effects and CGI. Cooooooooooooool!!

Kevin’s going to be writing the script. Right now, the project is in the early stages, and has no studio associated with it.

Okay, take it for what you will, but that’s what I’ve heard. Let’s cross our fingers and hope it’s true. Nick Fury over and out, headed to the beach to beat the stuffing out of that wuss-boy imposter Hasselhoff…

Click HERE to read IFC’s exclusive interview of writer/director Kevin Smith.

“Clerks”
Saturday, June 13, Starting at 8PM (ET)

BETTER BUY THE BIG GULP…IFC AIRS 12 STRAIGHT HOURS OF “CLERKS”

Meet Dante and Randal, two tired, bored and underpaid convenience store drones. Next, meet Kevin Smith, the guy who created this disorderly duo and put them through their paces in everyone’s favorite low-fi comedy, Clerks. Now, get to know Dante, Randal and Kevin really well as IFC airs 12 straight hours of Clerks along with such rarities as the original ending, the theatrical trailer and an exclusive interview with Smith himself on June 13 beginning at 8pm (ET).