Archive for July 6th, 1998

Kevin At The HSX…

July 6th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ribcage & Silent Jason

  • Well, we warned you folks not to surf over to the Hollywood Stock Exchange game, but you didn’t listen, DID YOU?!?! Now you’re addicted. Oh well. We’re considering possibly getting updates on how View Askew related stock is doing, at least from time to time, plus, Kevin was JUST added as a commodity. Check this out:
This week HSX will list the long anticipated director StarBonds.

The schedule will go something like this:

Monday, Independent Directors: Quentin Tarantino (QTARA), Spike Lee (SLEE), John Singleton (JSING) and Kevin Smith, (KSMIT).

Of this group, obviously Kevin Smith is the one you want to own. Kevin Smith is a God. “Clerks” hinted at this fact and “Chasing Amy” confirmed it. QT is tough to call. “Jackie Brown” was a serious snooze-fest. Spike Lee is an incredibly talented director and John Singleton is a solid talent.

Pretty cool, ‘eh? Kev’s the best bet! Surf over if you dare, we’re too afraid. It’s too easy to get addicted!

More Disney Dogma Rumors…

July 6th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by P. Mae Lee

  • Don’t go getting all worried now…There’s concern that Dogma‘s gonna get stomped due to controversial religious issues…Trust us, this is all just getting blown out of proportion because of a silly quote or two. But anyway, another article on the subject of Dogma and Disney‘s stance ran today, so we figured you’d wanna see it:
The Disney Co. could soon be the target of another holy crusade.

Catholic activists are seeing red over “Dogma”, a new Miramax satire that stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as a pair of foulmouthed homicidal angels.

The flick offers a fractured Gospel in which Chris Rock plays a black 13th apostle, rocker Alanis Morissette is God and a distant female relative of Jesus works at an abortion clinic.

The script has William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, demanding an audience with Disney chief Michael Eisner.

“They love doing this,” says Donohue, of Hollywood film makers. “[Theysay], ‘Let’s see how we can stick it to Christians. What would reallyoffend them?’ ”

Donohue may just get that Eisner powwow. According to a source quoted on the Internet’s Mr. Showbiz, the exec “is not comfortable with this film.”

Meanwhile, “Dogma” star Affleck tells Mr. Showbiz’ Jeffrey Wells: “I know [Miramax chairman] Harvey Weinstein has his trepidations about this, and he’s gotta answer to Disney. Is Michael Eisner nervous about it? Probably. . . . But I certainly hope [Disney] supports the movie.”

A Miramax spokeswoman says Affleck was “just speculating” about Eisner’s reaction.

Just more religious fanatics looking for something to crow about…Don’t get us wrong, we’re both church going folk, one of us Catholic even, and we can’t WAIT to see the movie. Plus, remember that the flick hasn’t even finished EDITING yet, so all this fuss is just unfounded and pure speculation. The movie’s gonna make it folks…And it’ll be HUGE…Don’t you worry!

Ben, Ben On The Range…

July 6th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Aug

  • Our beloved Dark Horizons has posted some interesting casting news regarding a possible upcoming role for Ben. Check it out, it sounds like a good one!
Range: ‘StarkRavingD’ drops in this scoop about the defacto-Speed second sequel “Range”, and from the sounds of it pre-production is well underway. Here’s the details:

It seems that the “Range” film project is running along smoothly once again. Dante Spinotti has been signed as director and Mark Gordon and Jack Frost Sanders will be producing. Robert Duvall is rumored to commit soon to the role of ‘Kilmer Switch’, the villain but the lead hero role of ‘Dutton Cox’ has yet to be filled. FOX desperately wants Ben Affleck onboard this project but won’t throw a 20 million dollar paycheck his way. Dylan McDermott is the studios second choice. Affleck seems likely based on his pumped up performance in Armageddon. The film will employ James Cameron‘s Digital Domain for the helicopter-related special effects.

Sounds like a winner to us…We’ll at least follow up if Ben decides he wants the role, but expect much LESS coverage than Armageddon if it actually comes to fruition. We’re tired.