- Variety reports that Ben Affleck has joined the cast of the next film from Mike Judge (creator of “Office Space” and “Beavis & Butthead). The comedy, titled “Extract”. He’ll play a lawyer in the film:
Actor is in negotiations to play the best buddy of Jason Bateman’s character, a flower extract factory owner dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife’s affair with a gigolo.
While we didn’t love “Idiocracy”, Judge’s last flick (though the first 10 minutes or so were pretty brilliant), this one sounds like a winner. With Jason Bateman on board, who’s been on a streak of his own these days, we’ll be lining up when this hits screens. Filming begins on Monday.
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- Kevin appeared on KROQ radio’s popular “Kevin & Bean” program yesterday, and as always our good pal Will has the hookup with the audio. Listen in as Kev sits in with the guys — Runtime is around 30 minutes. We’re now listening as we continue to write the update…
- With almost a full year until the next Judd Apatow involved comedy, New York Entertainemnt publishes a list of “Five Movies to Get You Through the Coming Judd Apatow Drought”. One of them is, of course, “Zack & Miri Make a Porno”:
Release Date: October 31
Featured Apatow acolytes: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson.
Apatovian plot: Rogen and Banks star as lifelong friends down on their luck. After a fifteen-year high-school reunion underscores their lack of accomplishment, they decide to start their own amateur porn company. Then, inexplicably, they fall in love.
How Judd Apatow would’ve made it funnier: Jay Baruchel as a high-maintenance mustached porn actor with performance anxiety. - Kevin’s brief “Watchmen” comments continue to spread across the web and keep the film in the news. Entertainment Weekly was unable to get Kevin to elaborate any further, though also speculate the film will see running time cuts (sadly, the 3 hour version will likely never be seen in theaters, we’ll have to wait for DVD). G4TV also runs a similar article on the subject, and features the story in their daily video wrapup.
- And hey, while we’re on the subject, Kevin caught yet ANOTHER top secret, highly anticipated flick, the JJ Abrams reboot of “Star Trek”, in a private screening. Trekmovie.com has the story.
- We posted scans of it a few weeks back, but in case you didn’t read them, Wizard has now placed the excellent “Guardian Devil Director’s Commentary” piece on their website.
- A blogger from UK’s “The Guardian” writes of his experience meeting Kevin for a brief interview during the recent VisionFest 08.
- Via an online poll down on their left sidebar, Paste Magazine asks what your favorite Seth Rogen film (so far) is — No choice for “Zack & Miri”, which we assume is because it isn’t out yet, though there IS a spot for “Other”.
- Seth Rogen hits MSN’s list of “Summer Winners”, with a drop mention of “Zack And Miri Make a Porno”.
- A new version of “Clerks” on DVD has surfaced in Australia, basically a trimmed-down 1 disc version of the superior “Clerks X” set we have in the States. If you don’t have a region-free player tho, at least it’s something.
This goes through select sections of the comic saga and features comments from Smith, Palmiotti, and Quesada. Hardcover editions to celebrate the 10th anniversary are streeting on September 10th. Here’s a look at the main book as well as the special variant. We want!
“Zack & Miri” In Toronto – GET TIX NOW!!!
- As of 10 AM today, tickets for “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” at the Toronto Film Festival are now on sale!. According to the online order page, the screening will take place Tuesday afternoon, September 9th, at 3:00 PM, new information contrary to what we had heard before. This will be the world premiere of the film. The last time we went up to Toronto, it was to screen “Dogma”, which turned into a MAJOR EVENT with most of the cast on hand. We’re thinking we might see a lot of the same go down for this one.
Premium tickets, which get you into a gala screening such as this one, cost $37.38 and are well worth it — They can be ordered online, by phone at 416-968-FILM or toll-free at 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre right now.
We expect this screening to sell out, quite possibly even by the time some of you have read this (it pays to be a weekend News Askew reader or feed subscriber, see?). Good luck — We’re hoping a lot of News Askew fans can end up in the audience for what is sure to be a fantastic screening. Get those tix right now, don’t delay! More news coming up later today. We just wanted to get this out there ASAP.