- The Ben Affleck-produced “Push, Nevada” premiered on ABC last night. The drama will give viewers a chance to win a huge chunk ‘o cash (the first clue revealed the amount to be OVER a million bucks):
Mild-mannered IRS agent Jim Prufrock (Derek Cecil) travels to a remote desert town in search of missing money and stumbles on a place where mystery, danger and peculiar characters lurk around every off-kilter corner. Everyone has a secret in Push, Nevada, but no one is talking, unless they’re telling Jim to get out of town — fast. Every word, every sign, every gesture could hold a clue to solving the riddle of this tiny Nevada town. Solving the clue to the missing fortune could win you $1 million.
The mystery begins when a fax from the Versailles Casino in Push is sent by accident (perhaps) to Jim, alerting him to a sizable accounting error — and an embezzlement scheme involving a fortune in cash. Casino honcho Silas Bodnick refuses to talk about the missing money, so Jim’s investigation leads him to Push, where nothing is as it seems.
Push is a town where neighborhood couples indulge in synchronized romance each night at 9:15; where the only casino, the Versailles, pays out the biggest jackpots in the state; and where the lonely look for companionship at “Sloman’s,” a slow-dance bar. It’s there that Jim meets Mary (Scarlett Chorvat), a beautiful and enigmatic woman who tells him that the mystery of Push is, “like all the best secrets, not quick in the telling,” and warns him to go home before he gets hurt. A determined man, Jim plans to find out what mystery lies behind Push, no matter what the risk. All along the way, a shadowy team of high-tech operatives monitors his every encounter with the town’s denizens.
The pilot episode, co-written and Executive Produced by Matt Damon will air a sneak preview on ABC Television, Tuesday, September 17th at 9/8pm central. The series premiere is on Thursday, September 19th at 8/7c. More information can be obtained at the official Push, Nevada website: http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/push/index.html
So, all we wanna know is, as members of the View Askew family, can we compete? Huh, huh? Can we? Chances are we’ll fall under some strange subsidiary of ABC or something with the Miramax connection — Ben, say it ain’t so!
- Affleck was ALSO the first guest on the primetime Regis & Kelly show last night. He was interviewed live via satellite from Philly, yet NO mention of Jersey Girl! He did treat folks to his Regis impression, chat about his 30th birthday, and get some plugs in for Push, Nevada & Daredevil.
- According to CD-Wow, there are region 0 version of the Clerks and Chasing Amy coming out on DVD (in PAL format) in the UK. Those of you in other regions who don’t have copies of these on DVD yet might want to take note, as the region-free ability should allow these to play on any PAL-compatible DVD player.
- Jason Lee showed up on The Daily Show and talked Stealing Harvard, but Askew-related items were mentioned quite a bit. Skateboard talk was still there, but Jason did make the comment that he “sleeps with the director”. Kevin, Chasing Amy, and even Jersey Girl were mentioned. Stewart pointed out that he gets asked back by directors over & over, citing Kev & Cameron Crowe, to which Jason replied “Kevin is making a new movie with Affleck & J-Lo. I’m in it for one day and I’m the Veteran!”. Dark Horizons ran a behind the scenes clip of Lee’s upcoming “Dreamcatcher” yesterday as well.
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