• 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:

• 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….

• Popular writer Brian Bendis has revealed that he’s hoping to get Kevin back on board for a “What if…” Daredevil storyline that he’s got
  planned:

Sounds GREAT to us! We’d love to see Kevin back in the writing fold, even co-writing with Bendis would be way cool and probably help with all of those
looming deadlines. We’ll keep you posted if we hear more.

• A couple of rumors surrounding casting of 2 of Kevin’s on the bubble projects right now have popped up, and Moviehole has the scoop on them both. First off, a rumor that’s been long floating around here at News Askew regarding the new Fletch. That being that Ryan Reynolds is a frontrunner:

We assume that if Blade 3 puts Reynolds on the map, this is a strong possibility.

Next up, there’s that Jet Li as Kato in Green Hornet thing that’s been whispered about all the way back to the day the project was first announced. Again, Moviehole has the story. Here’s what Li had to say regarding the role:

JoBlo also covers these stories as well as teases a few of the other things we’ve been talking about lately, including of course the Clerks X DVD (which we’re knee-deep in going through today, it’s an INCREDIBLE amount of material), and of course that “small project” that we’re expecting to hear an official announcement about any day now. Stay tuned! It’s gonna be exciting…

• With its release this week, there’s quite a bit of “Jersey Girl” press happening in Australia and New Zealand. So, we figured we’d run
  down a few of the articles and reviews for you. First up, Australian website Moviehole gives the film 3 and a half stars in their review. Here’s a snippet:

This article from an Australian news site covers Affleck’s
crazy life in the press over the past year, and his feelings towards Jersey Girl today. About the film, he says:

And finally, Melbourne newspaper “The Age” gives the film a very kind review. Click the image to read it.

• Rerun alert: The episode of MADtv featuring Kevin will be repeating on Fox stations on 9/4. The normal airtime is 11 PM EST, but you
  should check your local listings to be safe.
• There was an IFC scheduling error with Clerks last week, so it didn’t air. The new schedule indicates it’ll air this Saturday at 12:00
  EST and the following Sunday at 6:00 AM EST.

• People.com has just published a new article regarding Kevin and Jen’s recent re-nuptuals, which features some new quotes and information
  that wasn’t in the AP release from last week. Here ya go:

• Netflix, the popular online DVD rental service, is currently calling Dogma its “Featured Comedy”.
• We received another report that international Continental (yeah, that makes sense) flights are also showing “Jersey Girl”.
• This Saturday, on German TV channel PRO7, they’ll show Dogma at 22:40. We assume it’ll be dubbed over. Hopefully all of our German
  friends and fans will be tuning in.
• And finally, in the goofy news of the day, someone’s done up this funny fake screenshot trying to start a rumor that Clerks X features a badly colorized version of the film.

• We’ve had a busy past few days, but now it’s time to get caught up on all that’s happening in the world of View Askew! In case you missed
  the recent updates, scroll down, as Kevin dropped a TON of news of interest to west-coasters, including the fact that, while the new West Coast stash IS
  scheduled to open doors this month, no official BASH will be held. However, you can still get DVDs and stuff signed at the new store, which is great, since
  most folks spent the last Bash doing mostly that, anyway. So there ya go. And of course, there’s that little news of that show we like to call VULGARTHON
  hitting the West Coast for the FIRST TIME this Fall. Yep. It’s a good time to be a Californian. Damn you, east coast!

Not to say that there’s not still a bunch of stuff for us ALL to look forward to. We just received the first anywhere copies of Clerks X and Jersey Girl
to review. These puppies are gonna take a while to get through (goodbye, weekend!) but we promise you a BUNCH of coverage, screenshots, and tons of
exlusive info from these releases. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

Don’t forget about all the toys and other swag. With Chicago happening this weekend, we still haven’t seen definite confirmation on the arrival of those
HUGE Jay and Bob inaction figs, though we figure (ha ha, pun intended) they’ll show up sooner or later SOMEWHERE. And with all those variations of the
Kevin figure slated for future cons, wow…Time to rent out a room to store all of this stuff somewhere.

Alright, so, let’s throw some newsbites at ya’ll and get all these little tidbits out in the open for ya! Whaddiya say? Cool? Let’s go!

• Yes, our mates over there in the southern part of the world are finally getting to glimpse JERSEY GIRL on the big screen, starting
  tomorrow (Thursday, August 12th). Purchase tickets for their largest chain, Hoyts, online HERE. We’ll let you know how the film fares.

There’s also a bit of press for the film’s release, including an interview with Affleck and some other reviews and tidbits
HERE as well as a review from (you’ll love this)
The Catholic Church of Australia!!! Of course, if you’re IN Australia, we know you’ll see
the flick in the coming days…Be sure to TALK BACK and let us know what ya think!

• Today’s installment of web comic “The Devil’s Panties” contains a very obvious “Jay & Silent Bob
  Strike Back” reference.
• On Sunday, September 5th, there will be a midnight screening of Mallrats at the Paramount theatre on 261 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, B.C.
  Canada. All seats are 5 bucks. Don’t miss this rare chance to catch a View Askew classic up on the big screen if you’re in the area!
• We’re receiving reports of JERSEY GIRL playing on some international flights (one from Air Jamaica, at least). So, if you can’t wait
  another month to see the flick again, fly somewhere. Maybe you’ll catch it (plane-friendly edited, of course!).

• Here’s a good article that appeared in the last issue of Cinescape Magazine featuring Dogma’s makeup effects artist Vincent Guastini. It sure sounds like Singer’s version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA would have been a ton cooler than that other remake.
• CLERKS will be airing on IFC this Thursday (8/12) at 11:30 pm EST. Sure, we know ya already got the DVD – But watch it anyway one last time before Clerks X next month!
• More on Kevin’s involvement in Richard Kelly’s upcoming SOUTHLAND TALES can be found HERE on romanticmovies.com.
• Looks like VA’s own Raquel Castro is hard at work on her next film, “Little Fugitive”. She plays a supporting character named Destiny. Look for the film later this year. We hear she just wrapped shooting her role this week.
• The next Project Greenlight has begun and here’s an article about what you can expect on Bravo next February. There’s spoilers there for those of you not wanting to know the script chosen, but it’s safe to say that this year they’re going for a larger audience over an artful pic. Sounds like a cool change. We just wish Bravo would air the series uncensored like HBO did.
• Here’s a couple interesting excerpts from Matt Damon’s recent PLAYBOY interview:

• We’ll all be watching Kevin’s famous short again next month on DVD, but who wants to know what’s up with flying cars these days? Curious.
• And FINALLY today…….All we have for you is a link and a promise you should STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT MORE! Muhahahah…

• Kevin dropped by his webboard again today with some more news concering some upcoming events out on the West Coast. Check out what he had to say right here:

Kevin is also taking suggestions on what flicks he should show during the WC Vulgarton. Just drop by THIS THREAD and add your suggestions. We’ll be back on Wednesday with a full update.

• Yes folks, as we all know, September 7th is the biggest release date in View Askew history, with the largest DVD set ever to come out
  of Jersey, Clerks X, hitting the stands along with the first release of our newest flick, Jersey Girl. Both discs are worth your valuable time, money,
  and shelf space. Here’s a full list of all the features…And don’t forget, preordering from the Stash is the ONLY way to go — Why? Because both of
  them come personally signed by Kevin Smith himself, of course!

Do take note of all that’s on that Jersey Girl DVD after all — For a non-special edition, we’d still call that pretty darn special! There’s gonna be a lot
of couch time to put in starting September 7th, folks — Prepare your friends and family for a week or so without them seeing you. And place those orders
today!