- The Online Rocket, Slippery Rock University’s college newspaper, ran an article
written by students who took a trek to Red Bank. Alas, it’s one of those silly sites you need to register for,
though we’d like to point out using the BugMeNot website for situations like this works
quite well (once someone puts a generic login/pw out there). - Visit the front page of 97.1 FM Talk and click the “Leo And Kevin” link to view pics taken at
Kevin’s recent appearance on air. A copy of the full broadcast is on its way to the News Askew offices, so we hope to
have that for you by the end of the week.
Archive for March, 2005
Radio Alice: Listen To The Final Day!
- We went through the final two days of Kevin’s broadcasts, and haven’t found much that’s newsworthy that we didn’t already report previously. Kevin dropped the major bombs on the first day, which you can find below. A few minor things we learned…
Kevin again confirmed Clerks 2 will be VERY low on extras, thus we expect a very small scale film, similar to the first.
Vulgarthon: Kevin’s staying away from mentioning guests, however, again told us to “connect the dots”, which we still assume means that Affleck, Lee, and Adams (or at least 2 of the 3) will be in attendance for the Chasing Amy 10th Anniversary Q&A to be filmed for the DVD.
All three days of Alice feeds are available right here, in MP3 format. So listen away or toss them on your trusty iPod or player of choice.
Kevin LIVE on BBC Radio Next Week!
- On Wednesday, March 9th, Kevin will be a guest on Phill Jupitus’ radio show. It can be found on
BBC 6 Music after the filming of his Q&A show in London. Want to listen? You can do it LIVE from anywhere on the
planet by going HERE and surfing up Phill’s page.
With the time difference, we realize this may be tricky, so they’ll also have the show available to listen to ON DEMAND
for a full week following the broadcast. If this radio thing keeps up, we might think Kevin’s starting a new career
here…
First Word: Mewes In “Independent Movie”…
- A couple of months ago, we broke a scoop of a film from Chris Gore titled “My Big Fat Independent
Movie”. The film is a spoof of the indie genre. At the time, the post mimicked Clerks so we figured that there would
be some Askew type gags in the flick. Sadly, early word has this not being the case, as a screening was just held.
However, a familiar voice from VA does play a part in the fun. Here’s the report:
Hey guys, I remember reading on the newsaskiew website a while back that Mewes had been working on a non-View Askew film. What that film was at the time, me mind is a bit hazy there. But alas, here in San Jose, CA at our annual film festival, Cinequest, I saw a film last night, “My Big Fat Independent Movie.” The description is along the lines of what “Blazzing Saddles” did for westerns, and what “Scary Movie” did for horrow movies. So this flick would do the same for independent films.
Well anyways as the voice of an answering machine, is none other than Jason Mewes. A nice surprise in a pretty good film. But I was surprised there wasn’t any reference to anything else View Askew.
There was a post Q&A after the screening, and I asked about why no “Clerks” ? Basically, they couldn’t fit all they wanted to put in. One of the things left on the cutting room floor was the diner scene from “Chasing Amy.” The film was Written by Chris Gore and Directed by Philip Zlotorynski. Later.
Perhaps we’ll see form Clerks stuff in the eventual deleted scenes section of the film’s DVD. We’ll keep you posted.
View Askew NewsBites™
- A show featuring Kevin being interviewed at the west coast Stash will air in LA on KCAL TV this
Wednesday, March 9th at 6:30 p.m. The program is KCAL’s “9 on the Town.” You can find KCAL broadcasting on channel
9, or check your cable/satellite provider. We’ll likely soon have a copy of this for you to see online since it’s only
airing locally in that area. - Kevin made an appearance on 97.1 FM’s FILM FREAK show on Saturday night. The show is a movie-themed
program, much different than the stuff he’d been doing for Alice all week. We’re getting in a copy of the show as we
missed getting word to you on this, so watch News Askew for your chance to listen to the program this week. - MTV has also picked up the
story regaring that possible Fletch Won casting. Laker Jim’s Fletch Won site has also of
course picked up on this and is covering the story. - And last, but certainly not least, God Herself, Alanis Morissette, will commemorate the 10th anniversary of her debut
album “Jagged Little Pill” by releasing a newly recorded acoustic version
on June 13. Count us in! See ya next time, and thanks for coming by!
More ALICE 97.3 Press…
- Here’s a nice write-up
of Kevin’s 3-day stint on the radio this week. Also, we’ve added mp3 files of day 3 to our original news story. Just
click HERE to listen
to those files.
THE DIRECT ROUTE: Filmmaker Kevin Smith (‘Clerks,’ ‘Dogma,’ ‘Mallrats’) tries his luck as a radio show host today (3/3) — a job he knew nothing about just two days ago. While Kevin was doing an interview Tuesday with San Francisco radio station Alice 97.3 to promote his March 28 Vulgarthon 2005 film festival at Hollywood’s Arclight Cinerama Dome, one of the regular co-hosts asked Kevin to replace their other host while he is on paternity leave. Without hesitation, Kevin agreed and soon set plans to fly to S.F. yesterday to take on the fill-in job the rest of the week.
Radio ALICE Day One: THE BIG NEWS!
- Okay, you want news? We got yer news. Kevin’s been dropping some exclusive BIG info on the radio
this week, so if you’re not tuning in or downloading our archived files, this stuff is gonna blow you away! We’re through
day one of the program (Wednesday’s show), and here’s a summary of what went down that we think you’d like to know:
- The 3 Degrassi episodes will air on Noggin, stateside, on August 12th ,19th , and 26th.
- VULGARTHON: “Oh, What A Lovely Teaparty” is 4.5 (yes, that’s FOUR AND A HALF) hours long!!! We’re
not sure if this final version will be what eventually hits on video, but chances are this might be your only chance
to EVER see this cut. Worth the ticket price alone. - VULGARTHON: The not so top secret 5th Movie? Kevin’s personally cut, EXTENDED VERSION of Jersey
Girl! If this is something closer to the test screening we saw a year before the film arrived, we know fans will
truly enjoy seeing this stuff. Again, worth your ticket price!!! - Kevin will be receving the Independent Spirit Award from Empire Magazine when he goes to the UK next
week.
That does it for now! More big news later…Wonder what surprises are next to come? Check below for info on how you
can listen to Friday’s show, or hear what you missed earlier in the week.
Kevin Does Radio! Listen HERE!
- As you may know, Kevin’s doing his first official co-hosting gig this week, for the morning show on Alice 97.3 in San Francisco. Kevin’s been posting about the gig HERE. We’ve also got mp3 streams captured of the show for you straight ahead, as we realize that the great majority of the site’s visitors can’t hear the show on their radio. So plug your headphones into your PC’s, click below, and listen to the shows…It’ll help get you through the workday.
They’ve got a Kevin-cam up at the site, so you can actually watch AND listen (details below) if you’re at a PC. Keep in mind, the show’s times and info below are WEST COAST (so do the math).
We’re currently going through the first 2 days of shows to gather up any interesting news hints and tidbits that have been dropped along the way (in addition to the Vulgarthon pimping and general wackiness). Check back for all that good stuff soon.
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Thanks to Ming and Silverlurker for the encodes…They did the leg work, we just brought it all together!
You can catch Kevin on his final day TOMORROW, 5:30 AM – 10:00 AM. If you’re at a PC, you can listen to the webcast via this link (but only 1500 listeners get in max, so tune in early!).
Expect lots more fun, and, of course, lots of talk about Vulgarthon (yes a few seats are still available, so if you’re been trying to get that Monday open, FREE IT UP NOW AND COME JOIN US.
View Askew NewsBites™
- The Futon Critic reports that Brian Lynch (whose “Big Helium Dog” we’ll screen at Vulgarthon later
this month) has gotten his interesting animated comedy greenlit for a pilot:
UNTITLED BRIAN LYNCH/CHUCK SWENSON PROJECT (FOX, New!) – Animation guru Chuck Swenson (”Rugrats”) and feature writer Brian Lynch have scored a pilot presentation order for a new animated comedy about a 31-year-old divorcee and father of three who moves his family back into his parents’ home in the near desert of California. Chris Bender and J.C. Spink’s Benderspink banner and alternative studio Fox 21 are behind the project, which came out of FOX’s Naked Angels alternative development showcase earlier this year.
Congrats Brian! We’re looking forward to hearing more on this one.
- Seems the Zach Braff/Fletch Won news was noticed by a few outlets: Both Contact Music and UGO ran blurbs on the rumor this week.
- That’s it for now — Stop back again soon for summaries of Kevin’s radio gigs this week, and, as it
draws closer, more reasons why you’re gonna kick yourself if you miss Vulgarthon West! Less than a month to go…
Clerks 2 To Be FUNDED & GREENLIT?
- Kevin revealed a few new things of interest today, surrounding upcoming projects.
Let’s start with the BIG news of the day. Yes, it seems CLERKS 2 will be greenlit any DAY now! This is quite exciting,
as we didn’t expect to hear this officially for quite some time, but it seems Kevin and co. have cut a special deal,
making this THE first (we believe) flick to be funded out of the new Bob/Harvey company (though we’re just guessing
here). Here’s Kevin:
– Turned in the third draft, which came down 16 pages (following the reading). It’s now a lean, funnily mean 103 pages. This will, no doubt, be the shooting draft.
– Looks like our “Clerks 2” deal is about to close, so we may be getting cash-flowed as early as next week. While all fees and back-end deals are normally pre-negotiated in our overall deal, this flick was an exception – based on the low, low budget, and the fact that Scott and I opted against receiving our contractual salaries and instead took a new back-end deal that rewards us if the movie performs well (if it doesn’t, we did the movie, essentially, for nearly-free). Same with Jeff, Brian, and Mewes – while we’re all taking home some cash up front, it’s not nearly what they could’ve commanded to do the sequel to a proven flick. So, like Scott and I, they’re all taking the risk, and sharing equally in any back-end payday.
Yes – I realize how very gay “back-end payday” sounds. That’s why I was smiling when I wrote it.
Kevin went on to confirm Clerks 2 WILL go theatrical, though this one looks to be a small, targeted release, which we
really dig the idea of:
Five hundred screens can be good if they’re the right five hundred screens (all near college campuses). I don’t think this is the kinda film that ever needs to be in more than 1000 theaters, though.
I guess we’ll find out closer to release.
This goes theatrical before anything else.
I was over-the-moon about what happened with “Diary of a Mad, Black Woman” this weekend. There’s a flick that had a quiet grass roots campaign, that didn’t rely on heavy network ads, and shocked the fuck out of everybody by doing $21million. That’s my model for “Clerks 2”: I’ll be pimping this “C2” goodness in all the right corners of film geekdom for the next eight to twelve months, so that when it’s time to market the flick, the lion’s share of our work will alredy be done.
I mean, at our budget, if we can open as well as “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” did, we’d be sitting oh-so pretty. If we could hit that thirty million dollar gross that flick had? Fucking yowza!
In other news today, Kevin confirmed that Columbia/Tristar might release the Evening 2 DVD around the same time Universal releases the “Mallrats X” DVD. Coolness. It’s just nice to see both projects are still on track.