Archive for August 17th, 1998

Fall Previews…

August 17th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by J Fields

  • With Dogma not on the horizon THIS fall but NEXT fall, it’s nice to see some projects withother Askew-tied actors/tresses are coming up…All of the following info was taken from the Fall Previews from Premiere and Entertainment Weekly:
Premeire Magazine’s Fall Preview
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American History X – No mention of actor Ethan Suplee.
Enemy of the State – No mention of Jason Lee.
Meet Joe Black – Mentions co-star Clair Forlani.
Rounders – Full article about Matt Damon.

Entertainment Weekly’s Fall Preview
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American History X – No mention of actor Ethan Suplee.
Enemy of the State – Lists actor Jason Lee as being in it, and gives a description of his character – “He’s a muckraking radical journalist”.
Knock Off – No mention of actress Carmen Lee.
Shakespeare in Love – Mentions actor Ben Affleck.

Some final TV details, as well: New episodes of the Chris Rock Show start on HBO this Friday,and the Brendan Fraser flick “School Ties” hits USA on the 27th, though the TV Guide listsMatt & Ben as the stars!

Daredevil vs. Comics Code…

August 17th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ryan

  • Here’s a nice piece of info regarding Kevin’s take on Daredevil, coutesy of Mania.com:
“We’re all fans of the Frank Miller DD,” Palmiotti adds, “but this isn’t a Frank Miller take on Daredevil. It’s a Kevin Smith take to Daredevil. It’s very intense. It deals more with Matt Murdock than it deals with Daredevil.”

THE Kevin Smith? Yep, the creator of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy will be writing DD up to issue seven. For those who find it hard to picture Jay and Silent Bob’s so-profane-it’s-Memorex dialogue coming out from under DD’s mask, relax: Kevin Smith can write more than one style of story.

“We took his first script and ran it through the Comics Code, and not one problem,” Palmiotti gloated. “He made the Code.”

“The first issue, like all the issues after that, concern themselves with the subject of faith. Since DD is one of the few superheroes who’s open about his faith, we shake that up a bit. He’s given a task, and he has to either carry it out or not.”

Palmiotti confided that Daredevil does not, indeed, complete his task, and that choice will start DD down his new road. But what that task was will have to wait till the presses roll in six short weeks.

He DID say this, though: “Costumed villains are not what it’s about. There ARE villains, and there’s a lot of action, but there are a lot of forces that are playing on Matt’s head.”

After Smith, there should be plenty of interesting threads for the next writer to follow up on.”