- We recently broke some big news that Kevin would be helming one of Battlestar Galactica’s final season episodes — And man, were we excited. Now comes news that a scheduling conflict could have gotten in the way of the gig. We’re still awaiting final confirmation on the go or no-go, but can say that it would be a true loss. The idea of a fan as big as Kevin taking the reins as an outsider had us stoked to see how he’d shape the episode. Sigh. Here’s what went down today, as reported by SyFy Portal and the Sci-Fi Channel Forums :
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Terry Moore, wife of showrunner Ronald D. Moore, told fans at the official SciFi Channel Web site that despite what he said during a recent interview with AOL, Smith of “Clerks” and “Dogma” fame will not take the director’s chair for “Battlestar Galactica.”
“No he’s not,” Moore said in a post. “Scheduling conflict.”
There has been no statement about the recent development on any of Smith’s Web sites, or through any interview sources, but it does appear that Smith’s dream come true was, in the end, just a dream.
Will the media be in an uproar?
“No, they probably won’t,” Moore said of SciFi Channel’s publicity team having to counter this story. “Something like that only registers on message boards.”Aw, Ron – We’re upset, darn it. We’re waiting for some more official type news on this rather than forum posts, so please watch here for a word from us or from Kevin. Regardless of what happens, we still have the Reaper pilot (quite possibly the best pilot of the new Fall season) and Kevin’s take on a new hero for the Heroes spinoff. Man, what a great year of TV we’ve got on the way.
Also big thanks to one of our favorite sites, /Film, for the shout-out, as well as the other sites who Tracked Back to us. You can see track backs as part of the News Askew comment system, which automatically lists sites that have picked up the story. Coool.
Archive for August 28th, 2007
View Askew NewsBites™
- This one’s a bit old, but new to YouTube, we believe — Take a gander at this interview held with Kevin at Sundance, where the topic of the day was “Small Town, Gay Bar”. With the film now out on a Special Edition DVD, it’s a better time than ever to hear more about it, and definitely a worthy addition to your View Askew DVD collection.
- This one came into the mailbox today:
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This might take some investigation… I was at an American Eagle clithing store with my daughter today… On those large screens on the back wall they were playing a clip promoting an upcoming show (I believe it’s on MTV) about a group of kids who all work in a amll. The lead actress was being interviewed and she described the upcoming show as “it’s like a modern day MALLRATS”.
We’ll clear this up right quick — MTV shows this “show” titled “It’s a Mall World” from time to time, usually during new “Real World” episodes. The new program is a mall-based webisode show that runs over at the American Eagle Outfitters site, exclusively. So, more of a promotional tool than a series. Other than taking place in a mall, and featuring young people, we don’t really see other similarities.
- Catch View Askew alum Carrie Fisher in the latest episode of Showtime’s brilliant “Weeds”, titled “The Brick Dance” (and what a dance it is, we gotta say). She plays a shark of a divorce lawyer. No word on her appearing in any future epsiodes this season, though we can highly recommend this program, well worth checking out and even subscribing to the service for (not to mention, “Dexter” will be back soon, another of the best shows on TV — Check out the first season on DVD if you don’t believe us). Go Showtime!