September 20th @ 10:49 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by George Efta, Rich Drees, Cole R, Peter Cammarata
- The trailer for the much anticipated Richard Kelly epic “Southland Tales” hit Yahoo today, and along with it, our first look at Mr. Kevin Smith as he appears in the film — And wow, talk about a Kevin like we’ve never seen before! It’s almost tough to see the dude behind the makeup, but as soon as you focus on the face, particularly the eyes, it’s totally Kev. Slashfilm were the first to take a screen grab and play the guessing game of just who the photo featured. Southland Tales hits theaters on November 9th, 2007 — Kevin’s weelchair-bound character of Simon Thiery will appear in the new cut of the film, though the jury’s still out on just how much screentime we’ll see (though early reports we ran had it as a cameo-sized role).
For more online commentary, you can also peep out FilmBuff Newsreel. And of course, don’t miss your chance to check out the full trailer at Yahoo Movies in all flavors of Quicktime, including that beautiful 1080p HD!
September 20th @ 10:48 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Maleah Dust
- As you may have noticed on the ‘ol event calendar, Kevin’s got a big Q&A coming this Saturday, the 22nd, up in Ithaca, NY at Cornell University’s Bailey Hall. In prep for this, The Cornell Daily Sun had a chance to sit down for an interview that is BRAND NEW and just full of great new stuff. Here’s a few snips that may be of interest:
“…I’d written Dogma before I wrote Mallrats, but even in Dogma, I was bringing Jay and Silent Bob back, just ‘cause I like Jason Mewes a lot. He’s funny, and I thought those characters would be a nice way to keep that movie from becoming too heavy-handed. So I knew I’d use them again when I got to Dogma, but actually since Mallrats was the next movie, I started thinking about whether or not I’d want to include them in Mallrats, and I decided to go for it. Since Jay and Bob were in it, at one point they were the only touchstone, the only reference point, and then we wound up re-shooting the opening to Mallrats. After the movie was done, we test screened the movie, and the opening was long. It took about half an hour to get to the mall, so we just decided to shoot a new opening for it. That referenced the Julie Dwyer in the pool thing, and that really tied those two movies together in a subtle way. I mean, Jay and Silent Bob obviously in a very overt way too puts those two movies together, but the fact that the characters in Mallrats were referencing incidents from Clerks, and a character that we never even saw in Clerks, was a subtle reference to that movie. That kicked off the domino effect of including something in each film that tied it back into that same area, the same few towns.”
“…I guess I do have regional pride in that aspect of a state. South Jersey is more like North Pennsylvania to me and north Jersey is more like the south of New York. But central Jersey is in the dead center of the state, it’s where the shore is. Predominantly, it’s where the shore is. It’s what everyone thinks of when they say “down the Shore.” But really it didn’t come from that aspect of New Jersey that makes it the best; it’s just where I was raised. Like if I was raised in north Jersey, I would probably be a bigger fan of north Jersey. Same for south Jersey. But since I was raised where I was, it’s all I knew for like 22 years, so familiarity bred that loyalty I think more than anything else.”
This is one you’ll want to check out from start to finish, so make a click over to The Cornell Sun for a look. It covers a lot of background and history, some of which you may know, some not — But we dig the way it’s not all about the latest projects (which is rehash of what we already know) and takes a more personal approach. Don’t miss the Q&A in Ithaca on Saturday, if the recent Red Bank session is any indication, Kevin’s got some fantastic new tales to tell, IF you ask the right questions, of course…
September 20th @ 10:47 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Maleah Dust, Jim Silva, Josh Collins
- Kevin on DVD alert! Season 6 of “Smallville” arrived on DVD this week. As the character was featured in quite a few of the episodes last year, one of the special features in the set is called “Green Arrow: The Legend of the Emerald Archer”. It’s your basic look back at the creation of the character in the comics and his transformation through the years, ending with his appearances on Smallville. Kevin makes a couple of appearances, along with many other creators, giving their perspective on Ollie. Worth checking out, as Kevin’s rebirth of the character brought the character into the spotlight, even earning him a place in the recent US postal collection of comic-themed stamps.
- Recent blogs had Kev discussing the “bear” community during a photo session conducted alongside “Small Town, Gay Bar” director and friend Malcolm Ingram. After Elton posts a small shout-out to the blog entry along with the photo, which will be the cover of the December issue of “A Bear’s Life”. Yup, there’s a magazine for just about everything these days!
- Kevin gets quick mention in the odd online video blog “Ask A Ninja”, as part of Question 53.
