- One last bit we missed from Kevin’s last group of posts that came later in the day:
Q: When should we expect the Clerks animated movie? Will it go to theaters or not?
A: Mosier and I were talking about doing them as a series of straight-to-video flicks. Like one a year.
- A Chasing Amy mention appeared in an article about movie trilogies that’s getting syndicated in many papers throughout the country (first in the LA Times, but also now it’s shown up in the Washington Post and the Des Moines
Register):
There’s a special art, and allure, to trilogies
by Patrick Day (Los Angeles Times)
Hollywood, Calif. — When the characters in writer-director Kevin Smith’s romantic comedy “Chasing Amy” mention “the holy trilogy,” they aren’t discussing religion, they’re talking about “Star Wars.”
The article goes on to talk about Star Wars, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, and other upcoming trilogies. There are no further View Askew mentions.
- Mallrats clocks in at #33 in the 50 most underrated recent films according to Box Office Prophets.
- Wanna see the cover art for the UK Mallrats Special Edition DVD? DVDAnswers has it.
- And Affleck’s back in the news today, with more articles discussing his past and upcoming projects. First off, here’s a blurb from this San Francisco Chronicle article on JG:
If Affleck is most famous at the moment for the woman he dates, it’s actually his bond with two men that has most shaped his professional life. Filmmaker Kevin Smith personally intervened with Miramax to get “Good Will Hunting” made; Affleck in return has appeared in five Smith-directed movies, including the romance “Jersey Girl,” which comes out in March.
And here’s a listener’s summary of an interview that Leeza Gibbons did with Ben on her “Hollywood Confidential” syndicated radio show:
Leeza commented on “Gigli” not doing so well at the box office, and he made jokes about it having the wrong marketing campaign. “They should have called it the “Ishtar” for our generation”, etc. She asked if he thought it would hurt his future movies. He said he wasn’t sure what effect it would have on “Paycheck”, but he was very confident about his next film to be released. “It’s called “Jersey Girl”. Kevin Smith wrote it, and I co-star with Liv Tyler. I’m really proud of Kevin. This is a slam-it-out-of-the-ballpark movie.” I think he may have said it’s the best thing he’s ever done. (Ben, that is, but he may have meant Kevin, too.) I don’t recall him mentioning Ms. Lopez at all. I didn’t think to take notes, but it was a pretty cool interview to get to hear.
- Oh and finally, there’s some real gossipy Affleck stuff on Page Six today that very ridiculously mentions “Jersey Girl” as the film that “Ben’s career is hinging on”. Sure, sure. Hey, we’ll see ya next time!!! Thanks for stopping on by.
