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News From Chicago!

August 17th @ 11:49 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Greg Trawinski

  • Surprisingly, not too many revelations made at Wizard World in Chicago last weekend, where Kevin and Jay were in attendance. We suppose Kevin’s saving
    his BIG announcement for a couple more weeks. At any rate, Aint It Cool News mentioned a few tidbits in their own wrapup
    of the festivities:
Kevin Smith Q & A: He is pulling back from directing Green Hornet, but is still writing it. He says he doesn’t think he can handle the scope of a big budget action movie like that. He said that a big announcement is coming about his next film, to shoot in November. He said it’s a small film. He promised to tell us if we bought all the “Big Ass” Jay Inaction Figures – but I guess we didn’t do it, cause he didn’t spill (hey, I bought one for the team!).

In other news, we practically walked by Jason Mewes (”Jay” from the Clerks series) who looks completely different and “regular” in that he was blended right in at some random booth in the convention hall. If someone hadn’t said “hey there’s Jason Mewes” and I hadn’t heard his voice I would have missed him. I didn’t bother him as he appeared to be speaking with friends and was already surrounded by some fans.

The big-ass exclusive Jay figures made it to the con, yet alas, big-ass Bob wasn’t ready quite in time. Look for him to arrive at another show or via the Stash
soon to complete your collection. Big Jay figures stand around 17 inches tall, and ran for around $30 at the show. They sold like hotcakes, we’re told.
If there’s any left, we’ll let you know how you can get yours as soon as possible.

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August 17th @ 11:48 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Chris Kuiters, Tyrone Shoelaces, Ron Bennett, Matthew Dukarski, Justin McGill

  • In its first 4 days at the Australian box office, Jersey Girl took $484,425 on 145 screens with a screen average of $3,318. By comparison, Walking Tall (starring The Rock) opened to $1,069,464 on 192 screens. As a gauge, the Australian box office usually works out to be 10% of the US box.

  • Ming shared an interesting little collectible with us via The Board at View Askew. It’s a Korean-made View Askew box set, which contains the first 5 Kevin Smith movies plus bonus features. Ming runs down the entire disc in his opening post, which includes a humorous screenshot of “Screen English” (a feature used to explain the “language” of Chasing Amy), and, interestingly enough, a DTS soundtrack on the Mallrats disc. They’re charging $53 plus shipping for the set. You completists may want to grab yourself one. Just because. As Ming points out, you need a region-free player to access any of the content.
  • Eion Bailey, star of “A Better Place”, appears in a new DVD release, the collected TV show “Significant Others”. It’s a television show he did in the late 90’s that was cancelled after three episodes. All six are now collected on a two-disc set. For added incentive, hottie Jennifer Garner is on the show, as well. Bailey did fine work in A Better Place, Fight Club, and Band of Brothers, so it’s surely worth a look.

Dark Horizons reports that Ethan Suplee will continue work in a new film for United Artists:

Art School Confidential: “Ethan Suplee has joined the cast of United Artists’ “Art School Confidential.” Suplee, whose credits include “Without a Paddle,” “Cold Mountain” and “The Butterfly Effect,” will play the role of Vince, an aspiring filmmaker. Vince is roommates with the central character, Jerome (Max Minghella), an aspiring artist who achieves the fame he’s always dreamed of when he’s inadvertently arrested for being a murderer…”
  • A website on Star Wars threw up a pic of Walt and Bryan from Wizard World in Chicago this past weekend.
  • Fox Home Entertainment is targeting a November 30th release for the Daredevil Director’s Cut DVD.

  • And finally today, who can explain this apparel, spotted at a clothing store in Downtown Disney? Hmmm….

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