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“Wow, I guess casting an unknown is best really,” said Kevin Smith, who wrote a draft of the long-in-development epic several years ago, when it was going to star Nicolas Cage and be directed by Wolfgang Peterson, and then Tim Burton.

“I heard Singer’s thinking about [Kevin] Spacey as Lex Luthor, which is awesome,” Smith told The Post.

After his offers to direct and/or write for the show were declined (sorry, he was told, Degrassi is 100 per cent Canadian content and that would jeopardize their Telefilm funding) it was agreed he could act in three episodes. So he’ll be playing a dual role: a visiting director and the mute Silent Bob character he plays in his films.

“It’s the easiest job in the world because I have to play myself but I play a fictionalized version of myself where I’ve been successful,” Smith quipped Wednesday during a photo-op visit to the north-end Toronto studios of Epitome Productions where Degrassi is shot. “I pretend I’m a little different version of me.”

The droll director posed with cast members and happily accepted an “official” Degrassi High lettered cardigan sweater, which he promised to wear to bed with his wife.

The script’s pretext for the Degrassi visit is that Smith is shooting a new film, Jay and Silent Bob Go Canadian, in which the characters require a high-school diploma but no school in the U.S. will accept them, so they come to Toronto.

“Including never-before-seen footage of a subplot involving Matt Murdock’s (Ben Affleck) defense of an innocent man (Coolio) framed for murder, as well as
extended fight scenes, comic banter and back-story, the extended DVD allows action fans to wade deeper into the blind vigilante’s dark world than ever
before. The brooding protector of Hell’s Kitchen comes fully loaded, with a host of extras to complement the new scenes and added material, including
audio commentary by director Mark Steven Johnson and producer Gary Foster, as well as “Giving the Devil His Due: The Making of DAREDEVIL DIRECTOR’S
CUT,” an all-new featurette.”

RyeSAC Events presents “KEVIN SMITH LAYS THE PODIUM DOWN”

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Roy Thomson Hall . Toronto . ON

Director Kevin Smith returns for another Q&A session. This event will be filmed for an upcoming DVD “An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder”.

General Public tickets will go on sale Monday, October 25 at 12:00pm at roythomsonhall.com, 416.872.4255 or at the box office. Tickets are

$50.00(CDN) plus applicable taxes/service charges.

$32.50(CDN) student tickets can only be purchased by students at the following university/colleges. Please check with them directly to confirm their on
sale date.

The idea was simple: we create a contest in which we get chicks to send in naked pictures of themselves so we could masturbate to pics of their no-no spots. When it was pointed out that this might be viewed as even more sad and desperate than “Jersey Girl”, we altered the idea slightly: get chicks to send in pictures of themselves with just their pants off so we could masturbate to pics of them in the almost-altogether. We were gonna call the contest “Show Us Your Panties.” Then, PC thuggery (aka, my wife) forced us to change it to “Show Us Your Shorts.”Somehow, in all the confusion, it became a stupid-ass short film contest.

*sigh*

So here it is: Movies Askew. This is your chance to share your art with us, and impress not just the View Askew pantheon of has-beens and never-was’, but also the porn-searchin’, meat-slappin’, message board-trollin’-and-flamin’, no-life-leadin’ denizens of the internet.

Got a short? Got twenty five bucks? Then you’re welcome here. Take a chance and maybe find yourself with an actual career one day (if it can happen to some fat kid from Jersey, it can happen to you). Someone’s gotta win, and it could be you, right? Take home the Grand Prize: a home entertainment system from our good friends at Panasonic and some Miramax DVD’s to watch on it.

What’s that, ya’ say? That’s not good enough?

Fine – we’ll throw in a sweet-ass Panasonic DVX100 – the same kinda camera we used to shoot “The Snowball Effect” documentary, as seen on the “Clerks X” dvd (plug, plug).

All of that’s still not good enough? Christ, you’re pushy.

Fiiiiiiiine – we’ll bring you on as an apprentice on the next movie we shoot. There – ya’ fuckin’ happy now, you vampires! We’ll give you a complete overview of the real film biz during whatever View Askew Production happens after this contest ends. And if you think that sounds like a sweet deal, just you wait: it ain’t gonna seem like such a prize when you’re waiting hand and foot on Jason “This Coffee’s Fucking Cold, You Asshole!” Mewes.

So what in fuck’s sake are you waiting for? Download your application, write a damn check, and get your ass to the Post Office, son! You gotta be in it to win it (though sitting on the board and mocking those who do enter doesn’t require you to be in anything, except a severe state of self-loathing).

Kevin Smith Unveils His Next Project From The Set of TV’s Degrassi: The Next Generation, Tomorrow

– Finally….Smith and Series producers collaborate with 3-part, guest-starring role –

“When I heard some of the storylines they’re doing, my head exploded” – Kevin Smith, Oct. 1, 2004 in Entertainment Weekly Magazine

Toronto, Ontario (October 19, 2004) – It’s official. After years of mutual admiration and attempts at collaboration, television series Degrassi: The Next Generation and writer-director Kevin Smith are finally working together. CTV announced today that Smith has signed on to guest star in the series’ final three episodes of the season. Smith, who arrived in Toronto late last week for pre-production, is currently filming his scenes this week before returning home. The episodes are slated to air across Canada on CTV in early 2005.

Smith promises to reveal the full details behind the special story arc, including announcing a key “co-guest star”, when he meets with media from the set of Toronto-based Epitome Productions tomorrow morning. With the full details revealed, fans of the series are in for a thrilling ride toward another unpredictable season finale.

To his legions of fans on both sides of the border and around the world, Kevin Smith has surpassed cult hero status with a body of work that includes titles Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma, the “Jersey Trilogy” of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy and his most recent title, Jersey Girl.

Smith recounted how he first encountered Degrassi in a November 1996 article he wrote for Details Magazine, entitled ‘Obsession Confession’. In the piece, Smith confesses: “I used to work at this convenience store, and on Sunday mornings the only thing that kept me from gutting the customers in a sleepy rage was Degrassi Junior High. <<…OLE_Obj…>> See, I had to put the papers together, and I did it while watching double episodes of Degrassi on PBS …” Shortly thereafter, Smith went on to create Clerks (1994), his first “Jersey” Trilogy title and even named one if its characters Caitlin, after his favourite Degrassi character.

Smith and series producer Linda Schuyler kept in touch ever since and the mutual admiration was obvious. Smith is renowned for making references to Degrassi in his movies Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy. In Chasing Amy, Jason Lee and Ben Affleck discuss their plans for the evening. Ben’s plans include clubbing. Jason, on the other hand opts for a pizza and watching Degrassi Junior High, an option that intrigues his co-star.

Plans for Smith to direct the Degrassi: TNG debut episode in 2001 fell through due to conflicting schedules, but four seasons later, Smith has continued to follow the success of the CTV series. He credits series producers for telling it like it really is. In this year’s October 1 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Smith discussed his admiration for the series, saying: “When I heard some of the storylines they’re doing, my head exploded. I’m known for frank subject matter and I wouldn’t touch that stuff.” Smith was referring to this year’s ongoing list of extreme subject matter on the series, including the Oct. 12 school-shooting episode that aired to the series biggest audience ever in its four-year history.

Smith’s production schedule for Degrassi will see him return to shoot the finishing scenes in mid-November. Degrassi: The Next Generation can be seen Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. on CTV.

Degrassi: The Next Generation is produced by Epitome Pictures in association with CTV. The series was co-created by Linda Schuyler, Co-Producer of the original Degrassi series, and Yan Moore. Schuyler, Stephen Stohn and Aaron Martin serve as Executive Producers. Shernold Edwards is the CTV production executive working with series. Bill Mustos is Senior Vice-President, Dramatic Programming for CTV. Susanne Boyce is President of CTV Programming and Chair of the Media Group.

CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, offers a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming. It boasts the number-one national newscast, CTV News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time viewing. CTV owns 21 conventional television stations across Canada and has interests in 14 specialty channels, including the number-one Canadian specialty channel, TSN. CTV is owned by Bell Globemedia, Canada’s premier multi-media company. More information about CTV may be found on the company Web site at www.ctv.ca.

JAM! Showbiz – “Smith to appear on ‘Degrassi’”

The Gate – “Kevin Smith Appears For ‘Degrassi’ Finale”

CBC News – “Director Kevin Smith to appear on Degrassi”

But when talking future projects, one thing was emphatically clear from the Oscar winning screenwriter: “Daredevil 2” is most definitely not on the agenda, despite his upcoming cameo in “Elektra”. “I’m definitely not going to do it. No more action films, they’re fucking boring.” said Affleck.

This comes as a surprise after a video interview the other day with the man indicated he would be interested if they did either Kevin Smith’s comic storyline or the “Born Again” subplot. In the last few days, it seems something must have changed his mind.

Video Interview With Kevin Smith

Video Interview With Ben Affleck

What’s going on with the “Green Hornet” script? Have you finished it?

Oh God. You’re one of those people like my f***ing wife (laughing), like f***ing Harvey Weinstein. Everybody’s, “Did you finish the ‘Green Hornet’ script?” I will finish the “Green Hornet” script by November 1st.

Right now it’s just f***ing vexing me. And everybody keeps asking me about it.

How far along are you?

I’m 100 pages in. And my wife was just like, “Well, great. So that means 20 pages until you are done.” I’m like, “I don’t think so. I think there’s another 100 pages left to tell the story.”

What happens if the follow-up doesn’t satisfy the fans? “Clerks” has such a cult following.

I mean for me, that’s the thing. If you kind of invest a lot in the reaction of everybody else, you go f***ing crazy. If invested a lot in the reaction of the audience, I’d probably open my wrist after “Jersey Girl.” But for me it’s like, does it satisfy me? Am I happy with it? I mean right now in the script stage, I’m totally happy with it.