- The new Cameron Crowe flick, “Almost Famous†with Jason Lee in a starring role, now has the trailer online. The film is in FACT based on the life of the writer/director and his experiences, at a young age, being a cub reporter for Rolling Stone. Jason Lee is seen BRIEFLY in the trailer, one line, but he is credited 4th in the flick. The movie seems to follow the reporter as he bonds with a band, which he shouldn’t do, as he writes about them. You can watch the trailer online HERE (5.5 MB QUICKTIME). We’re predicting good things for this film, it looks like a good one.
- Well, it looks like Chevy Chase can’t keep his mouth shut about the whole Fletch thing. Now that Kev’s confirmed he’s doing a new film based on the character, he’s back to his complaing. This comes to us from Salon.Com:
Chevy Chase to Kevin Smith: You didn’t call, you didn’t write …
Chase thought he and the “Chasing Amy†director had something special, that they could chart a beautiful future — or at least create a lucrative film franchise — together. And now he’s (sniff-sniff!) out in the cold with no explanation.
“Just after his movie ‘Chasing Amy’ came out, Kevin Smith contacted me,†Chase tells the Calgary Sun. “He said he wanted to write and direct a ‘Fletch’ movie for me.â€
The comedian says he “tried to give him my idea of having Fletch be one of those ambush TV journalists†because “it lends itself to so many comic possibilities.†But Smith told him he had his own concept for the project.
“I gave him two years before I contacted him again. He told me he didn’t want to do a ‘Fletch’ anymore.â€
Now, Miramax Films has purchased the rights to the detective series and has hired Smith to direct the first in what it hopes is a long line of “Fletch†films — without Chase, who starred in two “Fletch†flicks back in the ’80s.
“In all that time, he never sent me a note or a postcard to say he’d changed his mind,†Chase charged. “Two years is a lot of time to lose when you’re my age and want to do another ‘Fletch’ movie.â€
So many “Fletch†ideas, so little time …
As we mentioned the last time this happened, the whole honest Fletch/Chevy explanation from Kevin in our archives.
- There is now a Dutch Dogma website online HERE. If you speak the language or are just curious, you may wanna check it out.
- Kevin Smith as a college course? Some undergrads think so. Two fans are teaching a course entitled “The World According to Kevin Smith.†at Tufts University, just outside of Boston in Medford, MA. Tufts has a program called Explorations that allows undergraduate students to teach topics of interest to them. They designed the entire full-credit course on their own. It will meet once a week for 3 hours. It will be a discussion based class and will look into the films (obviously), some comics, some scripts, the cartoon show and some other stuff.
Their course description is as follows: “The World According to Kevin Smith. This course will use the diverse works of Kevin Smith as a foundation for discussing modern cultural and social issues. Topics such as the independent film industry, censorship, portrayal of youth in media, sexuality, and religion will be discussed.†Sounds like a fun 3 credits!
- Those of you who enjoyed the clips of Kevin at the webmasters panel in San Diego will be happy to know that the CHUD site plans to add more as time goes on. You’ll find new editions periodically right HERE. Enjoy!
- Finally today, Kev appears in a cartoon from this week’s TV Guide (with Clint Eastwood on the cover). Catch ya at the next one.
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