Archive for June 21st, 2003

Kev Hits The Board!

June 21st @ 8:05 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Kevin returned to the board this morning and littered it with posts answering the usual array of useful and useless questions. Here’s some stuff we thought you might be interested in:
How’s Mewes and his chances for working in your future projects?
Kevin: Both are doing well.
After the Clerks cartoon movie is made and the guys at Powerhouse have all kinds of Flash animation stuff for the characters, is there any chance of some webisodes?
Kevin: Sure.
When can we expect a Jersey Girl trailer?
Kevin: The trailer guys might be starting next week, I’m told.
And finally there was this cryptic bit that he later sort of played off…
Kevin: If I was ever gonna do a humorous sci-fi flick, it’d be one of my own design, that I’d probably start in February…

Kevin also confirmed he WILL be appearing at the San Diego ComicCon next month. Visit the View Askew WWWBoard for every word.

RSVP DVD: Exclusive First Look!

June 21st @ 8:05 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Lions Gate

Just in from our contacts at Lions Gate, here’s the DVD and VHS shots for the upcoming RSVP DVD. The film, as you likely already know, features Jay Mewes in a major role and streets on VHS/DVD August 26th. Here’s a synopsis and a look at the features:

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Philosophy student Nick Collier and his friends have just graduated from college. Before the working world comes and scatters them all in different directions, Nick plans one get together for everyone to celebrate. The party is a smashing success — such a success, in fact, that its host never wants it to end. The only way Nick feels he can achieve this is to kill them off, one by one…
Rating: Rated R for Violence, Language and Drug Content
Closed Captioned: yes
Genre: Horror
Spanish Availability: yes
Format: Spanish Subtitles
DVD Running Time: 103 min.
VHS Running Time: 100 min.
DVD Audio Status: Dolby Digital
VHS Audio Status: Dolby Stereo
DVD Special Features: – Production Commentary, Behind the scenes featurette, Deleted Scenes, Trailer

We expect to have more info and a review of the disc right here, well before street date.

View Askew NewsBites™

June 21st @ 8:04 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Sammy Weir

  • Another glowing review of those beloved Clerks inaction figues appears at action-figure.com today, along with plenty of photos. Here’s a snippet:
Quality wise, these figures are flawless! Perfect paint, beautiful lines and excellent balance even from the top heavy and skrawny legged Silent Bob. The likenesses are so uncanny you’d think someone reached into the cartoon and yanked them out! Based on designs by Clerks cartoon animator Stephen Silver, sculptor Jon Matthews brings these characters to life…or plastic equivilent. You’re looking for a down side? I’m telling you, there are none here!! Looking closer you’ll even find little lines for their fingernails. The feel of the figures reminded me of chess pieces for some reason..most likely because they are pretty straight up and down. So if thats the case, is Silent Bob the Queen? Articulation? Maybe you missed the theme here. ZERO points for all your inaction adventures. “I wanted to make a line of toys that mirror my sex life,” explained Clerks creator/film maker Kevin Smith, “Zero action.” All figures measure roughly 5” tall with a MSP of $9.37. Don’t ask, I have nooo idea.

If you don’t own them yet, get ‘em NOW! You don’t want to be playing catchup later when the new sets start showing up.

  • REMINDER: This Monday, June 23rd at 9:00 PM, the History Channel is airing “Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked” which features an interview with Kevin. Check it out or throw it into the ‘ol Tivo schedule.
  • British movie magazine “Hotdog” names Clerks as their Region 1 DVD of the month. Every month, they choose a disc not available in the U.K. and add it to their wishlist for stuff that should be released there. They give the movie a rating of five stars and the extras four.