- Kevin’s been on IFC’s Split Screen a lot lately. We hear they’ve got a Kevin Smith interview that’s been airing in 2 parts, but it’s tough to dig up concrete dates and times. Check your local listings. If we hear definites on when you can catch the interviews, we’ll definitely let you know. IFC tends to re-air lots of stuff.
- For the Kevin Smith/VA completionists, the Rock and Carlin A&E Biography shows are available by calling 1-800-423-1212 or going to www.biography.com.
- The new issue of Premiere Magazine (with Ashley Judd on the cover) features an article with Kev about Sundance. We’ve yet to see it to verify, but hope to get a transcription for ya soon.
- We know this is a long shot as far as Askew scoops go, but it’s a cool exclusive so we wanted to run it. Above we’ve got2 very early sketches dropped in our path that somehow made it out of the Dreamworks labs. They’re from the upcoming prequel to “The Prince of Egyptâ€, tentatively titled “Josephâ€. One is a sinister-looking corn stalk from a dream sequence, and another isa few concept sketches of Joseph. Why we running them, you ask? Word has it that Affleck is going to be lending the voice tothat character (though we hear the animators had no reference to draw from, which explains why the dude doesn’t seem very Affleck-like). Thanks to “Cohee Lundon’s Finger-Cuffs†for the exclusive.
- Dogma’s still selling out around the globe: The flick arrived in Hong Kong theaters last Thursday (the 6th of April), but we hear it’s only in 2 cinemas. Tickets for all the shows have been sold out consistently, though, again proving that there’s a lot of Smith fans around the world.
- Hey there UK’ers and other Region 2 DVD folks: There may be hope for you regarding a Dogma DVD with all the extras soonafter we see the Region 1 release this fall. A region 2 DVD rumor site had this to say:
VCI have let me know that they will probably be delaying the release on “Dogmaâ€. As I understand it the R1 disk will soon be released with no extras, this will be followed by a special edition later in the year. I believe VCI’s plan is to delay their release so that they can bring out a fully specified disk with lots of extras including some UK sourced material not on the R1 disk.
- Sounds like Damon & Affleck are cooking up something to help aspiring screenwriters get a shot via the Internet:
THOSE WITH SHORT ATTENTION SPANS NEED NOT APPLY: And here’s a longish tidbit concerning this big deal of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s where they want to offer fledgling writers a leg up via the Internet.
“We’re putting up a Web site where anybody who has a screenplay can submit it,†Matt explains to a reporter. “The only rule is that you have to read two other screenplays and rate them. Once we get down to a certain number of finalists, we’re going to read them and pick five. They’ll shoot five minutes of their movie on digital cameras. The one we choose will get a $1 million budget from Miramax to make their movie.†Sounds like a lot of trouble to go through for a measly one mil.
No word on where this site is or if this is really happening, but we’ll let ya know. If you win the contest, just remember to give News Askew a thanks in your end credits. 🙂
- A clip from Mallrats (featuring Jason & Stan Lee, as always, no relation) aired on last night’s Daily Show on Comedy Central (A damn funny show, we gotta say). The episode should re-air tonight at 7 PM EST before the next guest hits at 11 PM. Catch it today at 7 if ya wanna see (The reason for the clip was news surrounding Stan Lee’s new comic book deal with DC).
As always, we thank ya for stopping in today. See ya next time with lots more.
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