Archive for June 9th, 2004

Will Miramax & Disney Split?

June 9th @ 10:53 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris, Ty Nelson

  • Here’s more on the interesting, developing story regarding Miramax and Disney’s future relationship, or lack thereof. We’re not sure
    what this means for the future of View Askew, but imagine that Kevin would likely continue to work with Bob and Harvey regardless of their parent company.
    However, it’s interesting to see that “Green Hornet” and its respective budget are cited as one of the reasons that Disney’s thinking of renegotiating
    things. Here’s the story off the wire :

Kevin goes on to say that it’s “ridiculous”, since Harvey and Bob are the guys that built the company.

So, there ya have it.

Kevin @ “Farenheit 911” Prem…

June 9th @ 10:52 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris, NYYThurman

  • Michael Moore’s controversial new film ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′ premiered at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science in Beverly Hills, California last night, and Kevin was on hand to check out the film. We’ve got photos up above (the first expands into a very high-resolution shot directly from AP, the rest are courtesy WireImage and thus you’ll need a subscription to see them in their full-screen glory). Looks like a very star-studded crew was on hand for this one.

At the premiere, Kevin was interviewed and then quoted in this MTV News story:

“I like his stuff, and a chance to see it early and see it for free? Count me in,” said director Kevin Smith (”Mallrats,” “Clerks”), one of the few who talked to reporters, adding that the film is being released at a bad time for Bush. “It seems like so many people are waiting to see an administration change that you don’t even need this film to push it over the edge.”

Good for you, Kev – Don’t shun the press like so many of those other fearful folks!

UK “Evening With” Photos!

June 9th @ 10:52 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Martin Fleming



  • Thanks to our old pal who provided us (and you, fine readers) with all those Arena columns, here’s 3 nice shots of the increasingly
    thinning, Atkins-friendly Kevin doing his thang behind the podium at his recent UK Q&A appearance. Kevin’s back stateside now, but it sounds like he got
    to meet a lot of you and did some good press for the film over there. We’re sure you’d all welcome him back anytime.

View Askew NewsBites™

June 9th @ 10:51 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Darren Pickles, Rainer Fernbach

  • Guardian UK has another small blurb on Kevin’s likely exit from Green Hornet’s directing duties.
  • Send ‘em!
  • Apologies for the late notice, but we just learned of ClerksClerks screenings tonight and tomorrow in Linz/Austria. If you’re in the area, it’s playing in
    the Moviemento cinema, tonight at 9 PM CET and tomorrow at 6pm and 9pm CET. It’s showing in English with german captions. For further info, surf
    HERE.
  • Brad’s off to the beach for the weekend, so be sure and address any scoops e-mail directly to Chris or the standard scoops box, now thru
    Monday. Thanks, folks!