• The A Better Place screening in Houston has been postponed one last time…Here’s the announcement & new date:

• A few weeks back they asked readers of the Comics 2 Film website who they’d like to see directing the Superman movie.The results are in: Dogmatic fans are still chasing Superman writer Kevin Smith giving him 51 votes (or 33%).Second place was former Superman director Richard Donner, with 35 votes (or 22%).
• Here’s some release info for upcoming flicks featuring VA alumni in some capacity: 200 Cigarettes (Feb. 26th),Desert Blue (Spring), Guy Gets Kid (June 25th), Mystery Men (July 9th), Mumford (Fall), All the Pretty Horses (October).
• Alanis finally, after several talk show appearances, talked about Dogma. She was on MTV recently and was asked a questionabout the flick by the host. She said that she enjoyed working with Kevin and that the film was supposed to be out inOctober (the first we’ve heard a release date hinted about in quite some time).

• You’ve heard the rumors, now we’ve got official word. Both Universal and The DVD File confirm that the Mallrats DVD will indeed hit the streets on APRIL 19th!!! This Special Edition has received the royal treatment, including all the missing footage, a hilarious & informative commentary track, 16:9 enhancement, and TONS more. Keep watching News Askew for future updates and perhaps even an advanced review of this disc if we can somehow swing a promo copy when the disc gets pressed.

• Quite a few of you were interested in yesterday’s story that we ran on the new location of the Stash. A while back, we’d heard that plans were to locate the Offices and the Stash under one roof — This is certainly not the case any longer. Vincent wrote us to clarify:

We hope that this clears everything up, and apologize for the confusion. By the way, the NEW Stash address is 35 Broad Street, across from Jack’s Music Shop. This is about a block and a half (and a 60 second walk) from the original location.

• Usually you see Clerks or Amy being shown in special screenings…So this one’s kinda cool. Mallrats will be screened at the University of Arizona’s Gallagher Theatre at midnight on Feb. 25-26. If you’re in the area, check it out, since a LOT of you fans apparently missed it on it’s maiden run! The online schedule for the theater can be found HERE.

• Rumor’s been going around that there’s bootleg copies of both Big Helium Dog and, yes, even Dogma floating around out there. First of all, NOPE, we don’t have any copies of these. SECOND, while there IS a chance that there’s a few BHD bootlegs rolling around out there (since preview copies were sent around and often do get copied), it’s HIGHLY unlikely that this has happened with Dogma, since it’s been in protected hands all along from what we’ve heard. Special precautions were also, of course, taken place during the Philly screening last month. So, in a nutshell, don’t get your hopes up on seeing either of these on the street corner anytime soon — And even if you did, you’d have more fun watching them on the big screen, anyway!

• We usually don’t cover personal stuff like this, but since so many of you dropped us notes about it, we thought we’d print this story that ran on People Magazine’s Online Daily site today:

We’re happy to hear that the parting was on a friendly basis and wish both Ben & Gwyneth the best in the future. By the way, Shakespeare’s getting outstanding reviews across the board and great word of mouth from what we’ve seen.

• One final last minute addition today, too – DP Dave Klein will be appearing in American Cinematographer’s March issue to discuss his work on the picture he just finished: “Carlo’s Wake”. You can read more about the flick at the Carlo’s Wake Press website. See ya next time!

• Here’s another one a few of you hit us with today…Kevin’s quote on the upcoming Star Wars: The Phantom Menace that appeared in the latest Vanity Fair:

We think the guy summarizes things pretty well!

• A scooper checks in with this news about a possible location change for the new and improved Stash! Take a look:

We’re sure that if this is true, Kevin will confirm it in the coming days…

• More comic news? You betcha. With Kevin on board as Executive Producer on the Preacher flick, we’re keeping our eye on the casting. Here’s more:

• Big news with the next issue of the incredible Marvel Knights DareDevil series? Check THIS out!

This sounds like some major goings-on in the DareDevil world! We’re certainly anticipating issue #5 as much as you. Stay tuned!