• A recent E! Online article again dug up the ‘ol rumor about Kevin directing the ailing Superman film. Here’s the blurb they ran:

And for the record, as far as we know, Kevin NEVER intended to direct the film. Just write it.

• You saw the Mewes news above, now see him in RSVP — Available on DVD everywhere TODAY! Buy or rent your copy, and then don’t forget to enter our RSVP “Killer Trivia” Contest! You’ve got until the end of September. We’re currently spinning through the disc and enjoying the extra features. In the meantime, check out this interview with writer/director Mark Anthony Galluzzo (but beware of the spoilers!).
  
• Yet another sighting of that Buddy Christ dashboard statue — This time, he’s on the cover of the current Reno News & Review!
• The great MALLRATS is playing on Friday, September 5th at the NUART on Santa Monica Blvd. for their Midnight screening that night. Get more info HERE.
• Speaking of Mallrats, Production Weekly reports that Claire Forlani (recently appearing in “The Medallion”) will star opposite Jim Caviezel in the Bobby Jones biopic “Stroke of Genius”, directed by Rowdy Herrington. She joins a cast that also includes Malcolm McDowell and Connie Ray. “Genius” is about the gold legend who became an icon and retired from competitive gold at age 28. Forlani will play the wife of Bobby Jones (Caviezel). Production is scheduled to start on September 8 in Atlanta.

• Brian O’Halloran wowed ‘em again when he hosted the Integra LifeSciences 4th Annual Charity Softball game this past Wednesday in Plainsboro, NJ. Integra played a team comprised of knights, ladies and wenches of the New Jersey Renaissance Kingdom. The game raised over $6000 for the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey. Brian was charming, witty and accomodating to all of his fans, and even donated a View Askew hockey jersey to the raffle held during the game. Above you’ll find a photo of Brian with the Renaissance ‘wenches’ from the event.
• Some local DVD deals this weekend — Both Coconuts and Best Buy have Clerks – Uncensored for $9.99. Best Buy also has Mallrats for $12.99. We assume most of you have these in your libraries already, but in case you want to pick up a spare or copies for your pals, these are some great prices.
• A new View Askew information site called “Web Askew” has launched. The site features a large character database that lists and explains every character to appear in the Askewniverse, live chat, links a-plenty, and more. Visit it HERE.
• A scooper thought this t-shirt might be Vulgar-inspired. Just seems bizarre to us, though. If you’re the type to wear that t-shirt, stay away!
• Clerks makes another appearance in Something Awful’s Photoshop Friday with a fairly creative Max Payne-style take on “Clerks”.
• A quick Buddy Christ mention appears at IO Comics today.

• This week, we’ve got an article from way back in 1994 that appeared in the June edition of Premiere magazine. The article focused on the influence of Richard Linklater’s “Slacker” and how it helped inspire filmmakers such as Kevin and Guin Turner (who you die-hards may recall from her cameos in Chasing Amy and Dogma) make their own independent films. 3 scans above. Enjoy!

• Sify Movies ran a small piece regarding Kevin’s comments on Mel Gibson’s new film, “The Passion”. For those who haven’t been following the news, Gibson’s “Passion” was filmed as an accurate depiction of Christ’s crucifiction, as told in the Bible. Naturally, having gone through protests with Dogma, Kevin is no stranger to religious backlash. Here’s what he had to say:

• Greg’s Movie Previews is currently running a poll similar to ours, asking who you’d like to see play “Fletch”. They’ve included Lee in their list, and he’s naturally leading the pack.
• Kevin gets a small mention in this salon.com article on video store clerks:

• And finally today, it certainly seems that the creator of Warm Milk Comics is familar with the goings-on at the famous View Askew WWWBoard.

• It’s impossible to count the amount of email we got on this, but many of you noticed an uncanny resemblance of one of the characters in this past weekend’s #1 film, “Freddy Vs. Jason”. Yes, the stoner character in the film certainly does seem to be closely modeled to View Askew’s very own Jay Mewes.
  But hey, it’s just not site readers taking notice. Check out this excerpt from Elvis Mitchell’s NY Times review of the film:

Heck, this blog critic felt that it was an even bigger conspiracy.
Personally, this reviewer actually dug the film. Having grown up loving those characters, it’s certainly strange to see them in a film here in this century, especially with today’s slick visuals, but there was something fun and campy about watching the two chracters in the same film — And hey, they managed to work the sex and violence in there pretty well, just like old times. If anything, hopefully the big box office weekend for the film will convince studios that the horror genre isn’t dead, and allow them to put more cash into production on some new ones. Next month, the way that new releases Cabin Fever (which genre fans will love) and then October’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake fare should also set the tone for horror’s future.
Will we see a View Askew horror film someday? Perhaps not from Kevin, but hey, Vincent Pereira, are you listening?

• Here’s another chance for View Askew fans to catch Brian O’Halloran starring in “Drop Dead Roses”…This time out on the west coast! The film will screen as part of the LA Film Festival, showing on: Tuesday, September 23rd – Laemmle Fairfax, Screen 3 at 10pm, 7907, Beverly Blvd (corner of Fairfax) in West Hollywood. Director Jessica Hudson and some of the film’s stars will be attending. We’re not sure if Brian will be there or not, but we’ll let you know as soon as we can confirm or deny. Regardless, be there!

• Moviehole scored a couple new promotional pics from Jersey Girl — They’re a little dark, but you get the idea.
• Affleck has some kind words to say about Kevin and Jersey Girl in this article which appeared at Zap2It.com yesterday:

Project Greenlight, by the way, airs its finale this Sunday, and that is VERY sad. It was a fascinating season, which hopefully will convince Miramax to “greenlight” a third series and film of their own. Plus, we KNOW we’ve got a script in us somewhere…

• Check out Colin and David’s 4-minute film titled “Loco Tender” that they made as part of the “48 hour film challenge” in England, where they were given a random title and genre, and just 2 days to make a film. The end result, given the timeframe, is rather slick and, since they’re both Clerks fans, opens with some very familiar angles as an homage to the View Askew classic. Watch it HERE!
• And finally today, perhaps the US government should re-focus their search to local convenience stores? See ya next time…

• We’re starting a feature that we plan to run for the next bunch of Sundays here, called “News Askew Retro”. This site started back in 1997, but with Clerks premiering back in 1994, we missed a few years of stuff. What we plan to offer are some article scans of things that we missed, that you might have missed as well. This week, we’ve got scans of the Clerks write-up as it appeared in the 1994 London Film Festival’s program. Enjoy, and we’ll be back next week with an article from the June 1994 Premiere Magazine.

• Here’s what Fletch author/creator Gregory McDonald thinks of Kevin’s Fletch script according to Laker Jim’s Fletch Won website:

Sounds like some very positive news from one who could be one of the film’s toughest critics – A great start!

• Here’s yet another tidbit from Kevin’s recent Q&A in Chicago, courtesy of Comic Book Resources:

• Jay Mewes stars in RSVP, coming to DVD and video on August 26th here in North America. If you’re in the UK, you may be able to nab a previously viewed copy at Blockbuster at a very good price (as low as £2.99). Watch this site for your chance to WIN a bunch of RSVP goodies very soon.
• And finally today, a fun little story — Spotted this past Friday evening, in the aftermath of the NorthEast blackout, in thescenic heart of the Upper Left Side of Manhattan, Metro Twin Theater (99th & B’way) displayed a sign reading: ‘I ASSURE YOU, WE’RE OPEN – Dante’. Presumably the theater manager in question, in addition to rising to the challenge of bringing fine cinema to the blackout-starved masses of the Upper Left Side, is a View Askew afficianado. Bravo.

• Hey, thanks for stopping by today. Busy times around here! With all of the discussion going on regarding the candidates for the lead in the Fletch Film (Won, One, whichever the studio is going with)…We thought that a great poll topic would ask viewers whom their favorites of the 5 candidates that Kevin mentioned might be. Thanks to DerekD for the suggestion there. Be sure and get your vote in!
  Also, we can certainly understand the confusion and disappointment that some of you might feel that Jason Lee is not one of those choices. We all know that Kevin campaigned very hard to get Lee in that role, but we must all remember that in the end, not all decisions for the casting of a film lie with the directors (those of you watching this season’s “Project Greenlight” should relate to that all too well). A lot of times, it’s really just a matter of who the studio is comfortable getting behind. See below, as Kevin checks in with his side.
  We’ve got lots more in the works, including another exciting contest announcement, more exclusive content, and some fantastic scoops, so don’t miss out — Things are really heating up around here these days. But don’t forget to get outisde, especially those of you here in the northeast with us…Summer’s flying by and that dreaded cold weather is going to come back again — At which point we’ll again question why the hell WE live in the northeast. Okey dokey then, let’s get on with today’s update!