• Well, the headline pretty much speaks for itself. Kevin’s finished the first OFFICIAL day of shooting the flick, and it sounds like it started off just splendidly. Great to hear. Here’s the director himself:

• Aint It Cool News broke this scoop just this evening, ending the rumors flat. David Duchovny will not be involved with Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back due to scheduling conflicts, but from the sound of things may want to work with Kevin in the future (so it’s not all bad). Here’s the story, with thanks to AICN:

• Lots of rumblings are going around regarding the proposed August 10, 2001 release date going around regarding “American Pie 2”. As many of you know, and Kevin himself has joked, the flick shares a LOT of actors with “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back”, and presently shares a proposed release date. Not only that, but with both the flicks being R-rated comedies after the same demographic, we’re almost positive that someone is going to move dates. With Jay & Bob already underway, and AP2 still just in a scripting stage, we don’t think the August 10th date is in jeopardy, at least as far as AP2 is concerned. Dimension wants Jay & Bob out on that date, and we’ve got a feeling it’s going to make it. Of course, we’re not always right, either. We’ll let you know if anything changes.

• Lee from the DVD Debate website contacted us with some exciting news for those of you in the UK, or anyone with a DVD player that can do Region 2, really. It appears that Clerks will hit DVD this summer, including everything from the US DVD version, as well as an anamorphic transfer! We’re not sure if this means they’re doing a totally new transfer from the original elements, or if it’s going to be a cheated anamorphic, but we’ll keep you posted. As strong supporters of full anamorphic DVDs, it’s always nice to see a flick being made available that way. Here’s what Lee had to say:

• Too Many Nicknames have posted a clip of “Chasing Kevin”, the famous short/satire that capped the end of Vulgarthon late last year. Readers of this site may recall all the questions about the film within the film, “Employees” that strangely mirrors the plot and characters of Clerks. Satire? For real? Check out the new Chasing Kevin clip at their official site and see for yourself!

• There’s a short little sound bite from Jason Lee on Cinescape Online. He talks very briefly about playing TWO ROLES in J&SBSB and says the film has “a lot of chaos”. Cryptic.
• An advanced review of the upcoming issue #1 of Green Arrow appears at Fandom.com
• More UK News: Jason Lee’s turn in Almost Famous hits the screen on January 26th, and Ben Affleck in Bounce moves into theaters a week before on January 19th.

Also, Empire Online summarized the Psycomic announcements last week, focusing a great deal on the hopeful Duchovny cameo.

• Quite a few folks wrote in to tell us there’s a picture of Jay Mewes and Pauly Shore on that site we mentioned yesterday for Shore’s new flick. We’ve got a copy for you above.
• Mallrats is playing in Gainesville, FL at the Reitz Union (University of Florida’s student union) on the following dates: Wed 1/31, Thurs 2/1, Sat 2/3, Sun 2/4, and Mon 2/5. Times are 8:00 PM & 10:30 PM. The cost? $2 w/ student ID, $3 general admission. Surf HERE for more info.