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The View Askew references continue with each passing Daredevil comic, and they’re getting better and better. The latest issue (#13) features a sequence where Matt goes to a video store (pgs. 4-5). Who might be working the counter at the store? Why, it’s Randal of course, with Dante hanging around as well. There’s some great dialogue on Matt from the both of ‘em, and Dogma even appears on the Coming Soon area behind the counter. We’ve got a scan of the dialogue panel above. Click it for a better look. Bravo to the Marvel Knights team for continuing to put some great in-jokes into the book for fans of Kevin’s work. We’re continuing to buy the post-Kevin story arc books, and they’re still fantastic.

Variety & Cinescape online, two very reliable sources, are both reporting that Ben Affleck is indeed close to signing on as the new Jack Ryan character. This would be the third Ryan to hit the silver screen, with the first two being, of course, Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford. If Affleck does indeed commit, the next film, “The Sum Of All Fears” will be fasttracked and begin production as soon as this Fall. It would certainly be interesting to see how the film plays out, as all of Clancy’s books have seemingly been written for an older Jack Ryan character. Affleck’s youth may either throw off the franchise or bring in an entirely new audience and a long line of follow-ups. We’ll keep our eyes on this one.

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Just wanted to throw a word up about the last update’s newsbite concerning supposed “new” interview quotes from Chevy Chase. The quotes actually stemmed from an old interview already covered on this site. Chevy’s had nothing to say since the Fletch Lives project was announced, and some say he may even be somehow involved with the project. Time will tell…

Brian Lynch’s script “Nightcrawlers”, recently bought for production, now has an IPO on the Hollywood Stock Exchange website. This is a good sign for the film, though nothing’s definite. It’ll be interesting to see which of Lynch’s several scripts make it into the limelight first, with that film, his Muppets movie, Everybody’s Dead, and of course, Big Helium Dog all in various stages. BHD is set to make its big debut at Vulgarthon this October, which will be the first time everyone (including us) gets a look at the film.
Those of you looking for .WAV files of the more classic lines from Dogma can now find some newly posted ones at Movie WAV Place.
The trailer for Chris Rock‘s new film, “Nurse Betty”, is now linked from the ZENtertainment website.
Dogma streets on VHS in Australia this weekend. If you had a tough time finding it in theaters there, you should easily be able to catch it now. Reviews around the continent have been quite good.