Archive for April 29th, 1999

Stash Pics & More In Wizard…

April 29th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Sounds like Kevin’s heading back to the comforting east coast of New Jersey! He’s also got some details on what else is up. Read on, folks:
I’ve read the first draft of the ‘Clerks’ pilot (by me and Dave Mandel), and I must say…

It’s pretty fucking funny.

It’s also ninety seven pages, which means there’s a world of cutting ahead of us. Thankfully, it’ll just be a matter of losing good material in favor of the better stuff we’ll keep. Not a bad position to be in, that.

Our work at Skywalker comes to a close, and so I’m outie tonight, bound for home (after three weeks away). The movie sounds phenomenal. Kudos to Gary, Tom, Phil Richard, Shannon, Juan, Shari, Joe, and everyone who smoothed the flick out aurally, and even improved it in places.

Next week, there’s a table-reading on the show out in LA, where Brian and Jeff will climb into their respective roles for the first time in five years. Jay will be there too, but he’s – of course – been down the Jay path since his first outing (hell – he lives it). Should be a good time.

It’s been an eventful trip, to say the least, and I’ll be happy to tread the mother-soil anew.

Gotta carry that bride o’ mine ‘cross the threshold, ya know.

Thanks for giving me something to do during the mix.

Wow. We can hardly wait to see Dogma with the new sound mix, score and FX in place!

Clerks DVD Petition: A WIN?!?!?

April 29th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Have we WON!?!?!?! Minutes ago, we (along with TONS of YOU) started receiving a response from Disney on our Clerks DVD petition. Here it is:
Please excuse this bounce-back response.

There is 99% possibility that the CLERKS Collectors Series Edition will be back on the summer schedule; however, the planned June 29th release date will probably not be made.

Look for future announcements as to the date.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who participated in the petition, as well as thank Disney/Buena Vista for their reconsideration and response. If a representative from Disney could be kind enough to contact us directly on details on the release (whether anything will be deleted/changed or everything will remain intact, as well as a proposed release date), we’d love to hear from you…Even if you’d like us to keep it confidential for now. Thanks again, everyone! All of you loyal Clerks fans are the reason that we were able to make this happen. We’ll keep you posted.

View Askew NewsBites™

April 29th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Chris K., DiscoBuc, Robby, & Aug

  • Mallrats is hitting cable, complete and uncut (unlike that ABC debacle earlier this year), on the cable channel Starz this Tuesday at 2:45. Set those VCRs or tune in if you’re a night owl!
  • Salon Magazine was kind enough to give us a nice plug…Too bad it’s yet AGAIN credited to the View Askew site and NOT the News Askew site! All the same, at least they like us:
ViewAskew.com: Director Kevin Smith (“Clerks,” “Chasing Amy”) has more than made up for inflicting “Mallrats” on an unsuspecting public with a fantastic site that is the first and best destination for his fans. As he puts it, the site gives you “the power of communication, as you can actually interact with the losers who hit it big with their movies of smut and conscience!” Interested in the controversy surrounding Smith’s upcoming Matt Damon-Ben Affleck flick “Dogma”? Click over to the “Dogma: Rumor Control” section, in which the filmmaker gives his take on the brouhaha and offers the curious a bushel of info on the pic. View Askew also offers one of the better collections of celebrity merchandise, including signed editions of the Smith-penned “Daredevil” comic book series and Jay and Silent Bob action figures. And let’s be honest: How many directors would go to the trouble to explain how to play drinking games to their films? Spielberg? Scorsese? Not a chance. The site even gives you the option of printing the rules out in an easy-to-read format, perfect after you’ve had one too many. Finally, a celebrity who cares about the little people.

Okay, so the signed stuff IS View Askew…But drinking games and Dogma RC? Oh well…We’re glad they at least gotnoticed, even if it WAS erroneously! But please, press-type people, realize we are NOT View Askew! Thanks.

  • The current issue of Spin Magazine has a 1 page piece on Ethan Suplee. It covers his past work and he mentions Dogma and how Kevin wrote the shit demon part for him. Ethan mentions that it was taken as a huge compliment. Check the issue for the full story, available now at your local newsstand.
  • The latest IndieWire mentions our story on Kevin’s marriage and gives us a nice plug…Thanks guys!