Archive for October, 1998

Kevin Reports The Latest…

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Kevin stopped by the board early this morning to report what he’s been up to lately and to speak about few of the latest rumors…
I spent the better part of the last few days in NYC, taking care of business (in the parlance).

Yesterday, I taped an interview for A&E’s Biography, on… Matty Damon. I’m not sure when itairs, but they’re doing him, the irritating Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz in one show(fourteen minutes each, as none of them have enough history to support a single episode). After that, I was up at DC Comics to talk Green Arrow for awhile, and then off to dinner with Rock and the newly 30 Janeane Garofolo.

Today, it was ‘Rats reunion day, as we recorded the commentary for the DVD. It was me, Scott,Ben, Vincent, Lee and Mewes, and we had a grand ol’ time. It’s some funny (and only slightlyinformative, to the folks who’ve spent a lot of time on this site) stuff, and you all haveVincent to thank for what seems like will be an incredibly jam-packed with extras-goodnessDVD (and believe me – the irony of such a spectacular, ‘Signature Edition’ package for such a lambasted cinematic abortion is not lost on the little-flick-that-couldn’t’s creator).Afterwards, Lee came down and watched ‘Dogma’ (which he loved), and expressed his desire to pop by the board tomorrow night.

In the early afternoon tomorrow, we’ll be taping the other video interviews at the Stash (me,Scott, Mewes, Vincent, and Lee), for any interested folks. And, again, this seems like it’s going to be a great DVD.

We’re two reels away from finishing the ‘Director’s Cut’ on ‘Dogma’. It’s now almost at thetarget length (2:45), which means we screen it for Miramax in two weeks. Next Thurs/Fri,Mosier and I head to L.A. to show the flick to the potential composer (and when we can revealwho it is, you’ll flip), before which I should have some news for the curious on where we’resound mixing, what’s in and what’s been cut, etc. (though, for the record, that one piece on ‘Ain’t It Cool News’ talking about the desert scenes, and the under-two-hour ultimatum was soout of the loop it was laughable. Believe me – I’d tell you guys about something as big asthat (because I’d be firing you all up for an old fashioned letter-writing campaign); for any’inside’ scoop, you need look no further than this board.

Here’s one last tidbit of inside info: that news about ‘Supes’ not being quite dead yet?Complete bullshit, I’m told. But there may be some interesting developments surrounding thatproject yet…

Lee on the board tonight would be cool…Definitely a rare treat. Hopefully they can make ithappen through their busy schedules. As for the composer, when it’s official, Kev’s right -You’re gonna love it. We can’t say who it’s gonna be though, we’ll leave that big news toKev himself.

From what we’ve seen, Dogma will DEFINITELY be well over 2 hours, as Kevin says. We suppose ifMiramax really digs it, the cut will remain at 2:45, most likely a bit less after some tweaks.Kevin indicated to us that the cut that goes to Cannes will most likely be the same cut thathits theatres October 99, so prepare yourselves for an epic flick, folks. With all theintermingled sublots and character development, it flies by though. Hell, we wish they’d keepit at the 3 hours it runs at now!

Finally, as for Supes – Hopefully this indicates that interest hasn’t totally died down for hisscript yet, though we forgot to ask him about this when we saw him last weekend…

Comic News A-Plenty…

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ryan Fedon, C.E. Murray, Buddy Scalera, Senor Biggles, & Scott Krone

  • There’s a lot going on surrounding View Askew in the comics world, so instead of posting a ton of seperate stories, we thought we’d summarize it for you under one nice headline today.
  • First of all, a familiar-looking ad from Issue #689 of Comic Shop News. Looks somewhat familiar, huh?
  • Jay & Silent Bob are rumored to return yet again in DareDevil #2. Wanna know where? Swoop the text ahead to findout, or have fun searching for yourself: On Page 2, Panel 1, there are three blocks on the floor. Theletters on the left & right sides of the blocks spell out “Jay” and “Bob” respectively.

    The new issue hits stores this Wednesday.

  • Wizard World is currenly running 2 VA features: The first being some exclusive shots from Clerks artist Jim Mahfood’sscrapbook, including a never before seen Clerks work sketch! The second story is a brief summary of what to expect from theClerks Christmas Special. Be sure and stop by this very cool site and check them out.
  • And here we have a slightly different ad for the Clerks Christmas Issue that we mentioned a few days ago.
  • Finally today, as promised, Jason Lee stopped by to do some Q&A with Kevin over at the View Askew WWWBoard lastnight. Be sure and drop by to read some of his responses.

Interviews Askew: Scott Mosier…

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Ming

  • Mike McCarthy has conducted yet another memorable and insightful review of a member of the Askew crew: This time, producer extraordinaire Scott Mosier. Take a few moments to read it, and you’ll learn all about Scott, from his first meeting with Kevin, his aspirations, future plans, and thoughts in general. Highly recommended! Check it out at Interviews Askew or directly here.

Preorder Your Figures/Delay…

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Bill GrandPre

  • Graphitti Designs has been taking preorders on the Jay & Bob figures for a while. They’ll cost ya $46.95 altogether. HOWEVER, the sad truth is, they report that the figures aren’t shipping ’til November.

Kevin To Appear Online October 8th…

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Aug & Patrick Keller

  • Keivn will be appearing online this Thursday, for AOL subscribers ONLY (darn, huh?), to discuss Green Arrow, amongst other things, we’re sure. Here’s the official announcement:
This month’s meeting of the Sherwood Forum Live presents a special guest: Kevin Smith! Join us at keyword ChatDC (on AOL) on Thursday, October 8, at 7:00 PM ET to talk with the writer of the upcoming new GREEN ARROW series!

We’ll try and have a transcript for those of you that miss the chat. Check back on Friday for that…

View Askew NewsBites™

October 2nd @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Katie & David Burke

Daredevil #1 Variant Cover

  • Here’s a small scan (sorry, the pic doesn’t expand) of that variant DareDevil cover. Apparently they’re sold out right now, but if they get more to put out therethey have a pretty cool deal where you can get all four of the Marvel Kights books and, as abonus, The DD #1 Variant Cover! The price on it all? $20! Check it out.
  • If you’re in the area and not interested in seeing Robin Williams running through heavenand hell, Jackie Chan kicking ass, or some computerized bugs, catch Clerks at midnight tonightat the Tinseltown theatre in Baton Rouge, Lousiana.

Amy Screening In Arizona…

October 1st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Benjamin Leatherman

  • Wanna see “Chasing Amy” up on the big screen again? Well…There will be two midnight screenings of the flick at the Gallagher Theater in the University of Arizona‘s Student Union on October 15 and 16. Prices are $2.50. What a bargain!

Supes Reborn AGAIN???

October 1st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Twilight Man

  • From The Daily Buzz comes some distressing news for fans of Kev’s Superman Lives script…It appears that interest is starting to return to the film, possibly, yet again without his brilliant script:
“Superman Lives” Again?

Variety columnist Michael Fleming reports that a new script for Superman Lives has been written by Dan Gilroy and is in the hands of producer Jon Peters. The new script is designed to cost less than $100 million to shoot, and Nicholas Cage is supposedly interested in the project again. Fleming had no word on whether Tim Burton was still interested in directing.

We wonder if Jon Peters is still demanding his precious spider finale? Ugh.

Previews Magazine Plugs VA…

October 1st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Zeebadaboodee

  • Lots of nice View Askew & Oni Press plugs in the latest issue of Previews magazine can befound. Here’s a summary…
1) Page 16 –

“Cash Register Holiday Cheer” – Oni Comics has teamed up with View Askew toreunite writer Kevin Smith and artist Jim Mahfood on the new Clerks HolidaySpecial, an all-new comic book adventure presenting the Yuletide through theeyes of those who are forced to experience it more than any of us… retailclerks.

“This seemed like a natural idea,” Smith said. “Anyone who has worked behindthe counter knows what hell holiday shopping can be. So, obviously, Randal andDante are going to be looking at this season with a whole different slant.”

As in his other comic books with Oni Press, Smith uses the Clerks HoldiaySpecial to expand upon the world he has created in his films. In the originalfilm and the early comics, there has always been a mysterious door between theRST video store and the Quick Stop Mart. Only nw can it be revealed that thedoor leads to an apartment of an old man who Randal has become convinced isSanta Claus, and he’s not going to rest until Dante, Jay, Silent Bob, andwhoever else is in earshot is convinced, too.

2) Daredevil Preveiew Page 156

Basically a synopsis of the 4th issue. An interesting note though, Previewslabels Daredevil # 4 as having “Massive potential, a guarenteed Top Ten hit.”

Apparently, #4 will see the appearance of a big DD baddie named Bullseye.

3) Daredevil # 1 Variant Cover -page 240

Being offered again for the bargain price of $6.95 is the variant cover. We haven’tseen these or had our chance to get our hands on one, but we hear it’s pretty cool!

4) Clerks Holiday Special Full page ad -Page 281

Very cool full page ad with a blown up cover (done by Art Adams). It’s the samecover that appears over on our Clerks Comics page, but it’s made up to look like a christmascard with “Happy Holidays from Quick Stop and Rst Video” on the top and “Ho,Ho, Noonch” on the bottom.

We’ll try and get our hands on some scans of the stuff mentioned above. Send ’em if ya can!

Jay & Bob In Savage Dragon…

October 1st @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Chainsaw Design, Jim Wade & Greg

  • Jay & Silent Bob continue to invade the comic realm! There’s a one panel cameo of the duoin the latest Desperate Times comic which appears in the back of each issue of The Savage Dragon, currently at issue #53. Anyway, one of the characters in the story is looking to buy some pot, so they go to Jay and Silent Bob. Who else, right?