Archive for February 21st, 2001

Mysterio’s Latest AICN On-Set Report!

February 21st @ 7:27 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Tyler Stansbury & Ant

  • Yet again, another excellent report came in to AICN from Mysterio…With more details of the excitement on set. This one discusses some details of an interesting scene (which involves an explosion!) and something with a bunch of animals involved. Here’s a snip:
This is Kev’s ‘Fox Force Four’, and tonight is “glamour stuff” with the girls as he calls it.

The girls (Shannon, Eliza, Ali & Jen) all sit bundled up in coats and shielded by propane heaters that Kev dubs “The Fortress of Heat”. They’re coming in handy tonight, as temperatures are to dip into the low-‘30’s, with cold winds throughout.

The scene calls for the girls to simply hop out of a van, and strike sexy, camp-like poses together in their tight, body-hugging suits.

To motivate the girls performance and hoping to get the shot off in one or two takes, Kev offers up this little piece of advice:

“The sexier the pose you make, the faster we move on to the next shot. The van you will be jumping out of does have heat, but the other van waiting directly behind you is “the heat van”; it’s MUCH warmer.”

The shot is set and the girls drop out of their coats, revealing their skimpy outfits, and head off to the van.

The scene rolls, but isn’t quite what Kev and Scott want. Scott would like them to exit the van a bit quicker, so he offers up this direction to the girls:

“Maintain the sexiness, but make it faster.”

After a few more takes, the scene moves into a 2-shot of each set of girls, striking those same sexy poses. What looks great on film looks even better in person, but you’ll just have to take my word for it (or not).

As always, read the whole thing at Aint It Cool News.

Jay & Silent Bob Font FIXED!

February 21st @ 7:25 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Hey folks, we’ve finally got that fixed version of the Jay & Silent Bob Font online for your graphics-designing pleasure. Enjoy it, and thanks again to Carmen Fornarotto for his excellent work on this one. Sorry for the problems with the first copy we put online.

Clerks DVD Praised At IGN!

February 21st @ 7:20 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Mike Collins, Dave Hunt, Joe Bonincontri & Rick Peterson

  • IGN reviews the Clerks TCS DVD and again the disc scores an amazingly high rating (9 out of 10). The reviewer goes on about how wonderful the disc is, and includes a TON of shots from the episodes and menus (many from that hilarious Korean animation finale of the first ABC-aired show). Here’s a preview, just a couple very slight spoilers:
A few gems:

The Pokemon spoof. Holy cow, this is hilarious. The last third of an episode is done in Pokemon style complete with pointless dance numbers, animals there for no reason, and transforming robots (including the one I picture at the bottom where a robot transforms from a car back into a robot, KILLING THE PASSENGERS). Funny.

The “Outbreak” episode, with a great job by James Woods and no shortage of laughs.

Randall’s tenure as the bride of a mail order husband.

Judge Reinhold!

The little league game with the rescued slaves (from the Indy 4 spoof). How did they get away with this?

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY great stuff and fans and non-fans of Kevin Smith can dig it. Buy this DVD or I will send out a puncher.

Read the full review HERE!

Details On Quesada’s J&SBSB Role…

February 21st @ 7:18 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Neil

  • Here’s a report from a scooper who uncovered some information on Quesada’s mysterious role in J&SBSB on one of the most unlikely sources, the shopping channel QVC. Swipe the hidden text below for details on Joey’s part in this one:
On QVC UK Nic Buruci (dynamic forces) mentioned he was good friends with Joe Quesada during one of his comic collectible hours. He said Quesada would be appearing in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (or Jay and Silent Bob’s Last Adventure as he thought it was called). Nic said Joe played a Pizza Delivery Man who gave Eliza Dushku a “special delivery”. Hinting, like the other stories, it all very rude.

It just gets stranger and stranger. Can anyone piece this one together yet?

View Askew NewsBites™

February 21st @ 7:16 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Keith Bores, Misty George & Peter Venkman

  • This was on the “Ask Marilyn” section of E! Online. Nothing new, but it looks like a scoop dug from the News Askew archives to us:
Dear Marilyn: Can you give me the scoop on the new Kevin Smith film starring Ben Affleck? I need answers.

Courtney Compliment, Tipp City, Ohio

Dear Courtney: The plot to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has been kept under wraps, but Matt Damon has told me he and Affleck are just doing cameos in the film. As the story goes, Jay and Silent Bob catch the two making Good Will Hunting II.

Smith and sidekick Jason Mewes will be reprising their roles as überslackers Silent Bob and Jay, and the film costars Chris Rock, George Carlin, Shannen Doherty, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Seann William Scott and Alanis Morissette.

  • If you’re keeping up on the Clerks DVD reviews, check out another one from Bureau 42 HERE.
  • And finally today, an interesting piece on Fletch Won from ComingSoon.net. We’re not sure of the accuracy of this one, it seems spotty at best, but here’s what they had to say:
No ‘Fletch Won’, But Fletch’s Son Instead?

There’s been lots of talk in the last year that screenwriter/director Kevin Smith wanted Jason Lee to play the new Irwin Fletch in the upcoming “Fletch Won” movie which was supposed to be a prequel of sorts, following a younger Fletch solving his first case.

Now comes word from ‘TheRagingBull’ who heard at a card show in Pennsylvania, from a person who worked on the first Fletch film, that the new Fletch movie will not be the rumored “Fletch Won,” but will be based on the book “Son of Fletch” from 1993 and his son will now be the main character.

Our source says that this would give Chevy Chase more time on camera, as he would play his father, making the two a father and son team.

Amazon.com’s listing for the book includes a synopsis:

A young escaped convict shows up at Fletch’s door–claiming to be his son. Problem is, Fletch never knew he had a son. In all his years of solving crimes, the wise-cracking reporter has never come upon a case he couldn’t handle. But now Fletch faces the greatest challenge of his career: fatherhood.

Will Chevy Chase return in the role as Irwin Fletch? Has Kevin Smith changed his thinking? Only time will tell – take this as a rumor for now.

Update Coming (With AICN, IGN, & More…)

February 21st @ 8:13 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad

  • Hey folks…I’m off to work but I figured I’d fend off a large mailbox full of scoops by saying that we’ve got the IGN Clerks DVD story and the AICN update from Mysterio all ready to go today…So check back a little later for that stuff and more! ‘Til then…