Archive for December 7th, 2000

Dogma DVD Edits?

December 7th @ 5:50 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Nolan Reese

  • This post from Vincent Pereira at Mobius’s Home Video Forum sheds light on an interesting edit we might see on the Dogma Special Edition DVD commentary and documentary:
You’d be surprisedwhat sort of legal hurdles you have to go through to include certain supplements on DVDs- when you guys see the DOGMA S.E. next month, you’ll seewhat I mean. We had to do some editing to the commentary and documentary due to a clause in the Miramax/Disney-sale-to-Lion’s Gate-contract that none of us had any clue about when we recorded said commentary and videotaped the interviews for the documentary – you’ll all see what I mean when the DVD comes out, and I think you’ll get a kick out of how we went about honoring the contract while keeping the jist of the commentary/documentary intact.”

Sounds like they did what they had to for legal reasons, but in a funny way, and we’ll still get the effect of what they were trying to explain. Should be fun.

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Is “Clerks: Sell Out” Next After J&SBSB?

December 7th @ 5:49 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Josh Weil & Tyler

  • Many of you wrote in after catching the new page at the excellent Upcoming Movies website regarding Kevin’s next project (following “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back”). As those of you recall, when Vulgarthon took place in October, Kev DID mention in one of the Q&A sessions that an animated Clerks cartoon would be the next View Askew project to hit theaters after this one, NOT the Fletch movie as we’d expected before. Now, keep in mind nothing’s been inked on this yet, and we’ll be watching it closely. All we DO know is that Miramax was excited at the idea and that the plan was to release an R-rated, animated film featuring Dante and Randal making a black & white movie about their Quick Stop/RST lives (so, in effect, making “Clerks”). It’s an interesting prospect, but one just in the planning phases so far. If you’d like to see what Upcoming Movies has up, check them out HERE. So, in short, we DID mention this in our Vulgarthon coverage, but some of you may have missed it.

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View Askew NewsBites™

December 7th @ 5:47 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Hoser, Sean, Legoman, Godfrey, Patrick O'Reilly, David Willbe, Tim Mooney & Hoser

  • Wizard World has posted confirmation that Kev and Jay will indeed appear at Wizard World in Chicago – August 17-19, 2001. We’ve added this information to the countdowns now.
  • Here’s an excerpt from an article that appeared at EW.com. In it, Kevin discussed the comic book elements of “Unbreakable”:
According to well known ink and paint devotee (and ”Dogma” director) KevinSmith, an affection for the genre informs the film’s somber, rainwashedaesthetic. ”It reminds me a lot of a comic book called ‘The Mage,”’ saysSmith, speaking from the set of his latest offering, ”Jay and Silent BobStrike Back.” That semi- obscure comic follows ”a wizard who convinces aregular guy to try and find out if he’s a superhero, and it’s also set inPhilly.” What’s more, several pundits — including New York Times filmcritic Elvis Mitchell — have mentioned the visual similarities between thesecurity guard hero (Bruce Willis) on patrol in his poncho and a DC Comicscharacter known as ”the Spectre.”
  • Live in Atlanta? Wanna see Clerks and Dogma on the big screen, for free? They’ll be playing at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta on Monday, December 18th, at 8 PM. We’re not positive on the free thing, but our scooper speculates that there won’t be a charge…So get in line early!
  • The Clerks animated series is getting an airing in Australia on the Seven Network at 5:10am (yikes, set the VCR!)Airings start on the 13th of December. We have no idea if they have the rights to air all 6 or just the 2 that aired stateside.
  • Aint-It-Cool-News has posted a positive review of BREAKERS, the new flick with JASON LEE, Gene Hackman, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Read it HERE.
  • Loaded, a national and widely-read “lads” magazine here in England ranked none other than Rats’ Claire Forlani at number 31 in their “Hot 100” – the list of attractive women to watch in the coming year. She beat out luminaries along the lines of Charisma Carpenter (Buffy, Angel), Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) and Anna Kournikova (Uh…Tennis) to get there.

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