• MTV’s Overdrive is a broadband based video channel. You may need to install a plugin for your browser to access it, and of course a high speed connection is needed to use it. Right now, at the top of their queue, you’ll find three brand new interview clips with our very own Kevin Smith. You’ll ALSO find TWO EXCLUSIVE clips of Clerks II for the web. Yes, these can be considered spoilers, the first quite minor, if you’ve watched any trailers or ads, the second, a bit less so. Still nothing major of course, plot-wise. And of course, Kevin always gives good interview.

The clip tiles and info:

Kevin Smith: “A Man With Very Little Talent?”
Kevin Smith: “A $5 An Hour Mentality”
Kevin Smith: “Jason Mewes Gives His Motel Room An Extreme Makeover”
Exclusive Clerks II Clip: “Dancing The Boredom Away”
Exclusive Clerks II Clip: “Learning the ABCs”

We had quite a bit of problems with both Internet Exploer and Mozilla Firefox with the Overdrive page, here’s hoping the bugs are fixed or you folks have better luck when you try.

• Scooper “Amy” has an outstanding summary today, in her words, of what transpired with Kevin’s Atlanta press junket today — Looks like she covered most of what was aired, and quite well at that, so we’ll let her take it away with her report:

We thank her for the excellent report! Next stop tomorrow is Toronto, Canada. Great city. We’re sure he’ll have some more fantastic press up there, and we’ll of course have the coverage right here! See you then.

• It’s always a hoot when the press thinks they can get away with turning sarcastic quotes into “big” news…especially when Kevin is involved, since he ALWAYS calls them on it. Here’s today’s blog:

Must have been a slow news day for those folks…again.

“Elements and Layers”

• Okay, so if you haven’t watched a SINGLE bit of trailers, commercials, and the like this is a spoiler — Otherwise, read on…

Yes, Clerks II does open with a fire. And this latest train wreck covers every technical aspect of how that movie magic happens. The technical wizardry and involvement that goes into a shot like this is always quite interesting for us to see. We hope you’ll enjoy it, too. As always, Zak and Joey cover all aspects of the process perfectly and in detail. Enjoy this latest edition of the epic web series, “Train Wreck”. Exclusively at Clerks2.com.

• Recent scoopers who have had the chance to talk to Brian or Jeff have heard that they’re speculating a 2007 or 2008 release for the direct-to-DVD Clerks animated movie. Sounds about right to us from what Kevin’s been speculating. We still know the film will happen, no matter what, but there remains no official date. We’ll of course track this project as it moves along.
• For more information on the Australian premiere of “My Name Is Earl” tonight, visit their TV website.
• Clerks gets another quick nod in this MTC article on the band “Supernova”, who will search for a new lead singer on TV this summer on reality show “Rock Star”. They did the tune “Chewbacca” on the Clerks soundtrack. Read a bit more and catch another Clerks ref HERE as well.
• AOL news is running a piece entitled, “You Gotta Start Somewhere,” about current stars in music videos before they became famous. Among others, the article features Jason Lee in Sonic Youth’s video “100%.” The article talks a very little bit about Lee’s past as a skateboarder in which capacity he appears in the video. They also offer the video to be watched on-demand.
• Ya gotta love the world of indie filmmaking…It’s what got View Askew to where it is today. The tradition continues, too, with guys like this whose filmmaking blog cites a recent photo and sighting of the famous Dogma church while shooting in Pittsburgh. Check it out, and we’ll see ya next time.