Archive for August, 2008

Kevin Smith In Hartford – Tickets Now On Sale!

August 26th @ 9:55 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Jimbo Maritato

  • We’re happy to report that tickets for Kevin Smith: Live in Hartford, CT on January 24, 2009, are now officially on sale! Find a bright spot in that cold northeast winter and spend an evening with one of the funniest dudes that you’ll ever see take the stage. We promise.


    You can get your seats through the Bushnell Theater Website directly. Prices are listed as follows, and do not include an additional $6.00 processing fee per ticket: BOX ($42.50), Orchestra ($42.50), Front Mezzanine ($36.50), and Rear Mezzanine ($36.50). This is one of the more rare areas of the country that Kevin visits, so don’t miss your chance to see this show — Also, don’t delay in reserving your seats, as it’s highly likely that the show will totally sell out.


    Expect a bunch of new stories and tales from “Zack & Miri” and beyond in Hartford this January!

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August 26th @ 9:53 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Steven Kirkham, Jesse L, Jeremy Bridges, Mike Whaley

  • The amazing Crazy4Cult II gallery will remain on display through September 12th. Stop by the website to see some of the offerings for this year, (a direct link to the entire collection can be found here), but you really wanna stop and see this in person if you are in the Los Angeles area. After the 12th, this stuff goes home with the lucky buyers, so see it while ya still can. Just some of the coolest stuff you can put on your wall, for sure. Kevin was in attendance for opening night, and will likely check in soon with details on the show as well as notes on some of the works he’s purchased.
  • Scott Kurtz and PVP give a nod to Onomatopoeia (created of course by Kevin Smith in his famous run on Green Arrow) in the write-up below today’s strip (read the blog entry after you check out the strip).
  • Another photo of Mewes from Monster Mania surfaces today, this time with WWE wrestler the Blue Meanie.
  • And finally, in other Mewes news, we’ve got an inside track on the work he’s doing as the silent killer in the new flick “Silent but Deady”. Expect some exclusive shots and interviews soon. Until then, read up on what Jay had to say about the role, as The Windsor Star has the story.

“Zack & Miri” And Kevin Will Kick Off Fantastic Fest!!!

August 25th @ 8:49 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by James Emery, John Whiteaker, Noah Lee

  • Austin, Texas’ “Fantastic Fest” just got even more fantastic this year. Kevin will be there live, in person, to present the US premiere of “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” to open the show! The show takes place on opening night of the fest at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on SEPTEMBER THE 18th! Afterwards, stick around as Kevin will answer your questions live on the stage, THEN, they’ll have an air humping contest. Yes, you read that right. People will see who can have the best “air sex”. What a night of fun they’ve got set.


    Wanna go? You can get your tickets this Saturday, August 30th! Tickets go on sale for “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” at noon CST, Saturday, August 30th and will be available online at http://www.fantasticfest.com, by phone at 1-866-4GET-TIX or at the Paramount Theater Box Office in Austin, Texas. Admission to this show is included for Fantastic Fest badge holders. THIS WILL SELL OUT THIS WEEKEND! If you wanna go, we highly suggest you be near a phone or computer at NOON CST this Saturday.

    Aint It Cool News picked up the story and confirms that anyone who has a festival pass will definitely get into the screening. The theater seats 1,200 people, so this will be a HUGE audience and just incredible fun to attend. AICN also picked up Kevin’s very brief “Trek” comments for a story this week. Nothing new there, just the same cryptic quotes. So cool that Kev’s getting to see some of the most anticipated flicks, and cool, considering he’s been known to do the same type of screenings of his own for fellow directors as well.

“Zack & Miri” And Kevin Will Kick Off Fantastic Fest!!!

August 25th @ 8:42 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by James Emery, John Whiteaker, Noah Lee

  • Austin, Texas’ “Fantastic Fest” just got even more fantastic this year. Kevin will be there live, in person, to present the US premiere of “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” to open the show! The show takes place on opening night of the fest at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on SEPTEMBER THE 18th! Afterwards, stick around as Kevin will answer your questions live on the stage, THEN, they’ll have an air humping contest. Yes, you read that right. People will see who can have the best “air sex”. What a night of fun they’ve got set.

    Wanna go? You can get your tickets this Saturday, August 30th! Tickets go on sale for “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” at noon CST, Saturday, August 30th and will be available online at http://www.fantasticfest.com, by phone at 1-866-4GET-TIX or at the Paramount Theater Box Office in Austin, Texas. Admission to this show is included for Fantastic Fest badge holders. THIS WILL SELL OUT THIS WEEKEND! If you wanna go, we highly suggest you be near a phone or computer at NOON CST this Saturday.

    Aint It Cool News picked up the story and confirms that anyone who has a festival pass will definitely get into the screening. The theater seats 1,200 people, so this will be a HUGE audience and just incredible fun to attend. AICN also picked up Kevin’s very brief “Trek” comments for a story this week. Nothing new there, just the same cryptic quotes. So cool that Kev’s getting to see some of the most anticipated flicks, and cool, considering he’s been known to do the same type of screenings of his own for fellow directors as well.

“Zack & Miri” And Kevin Will Kick Off Fantastic Fest!!!

August 25th @ 8:34 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by James Emery, John Whiteaker, Noah Lee

  • Austin, Texas’ “Fantastic Fest” just got even more fantastic this year. Kevin will be there live, in person, to present the US premiere of “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” to open the show! The show takes place on opening night of the fest at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas on SEPTEMBER THE 18th! Afterwards, stick around as Kevin will answer your questions live on the stage, THEN, they’ll have an air humping contest. Yes, you read that right. People will see who can have the best “air sex”. What a night of fun they’ve got set.

    Wanna go? You can get your tickets this Saturday, August 30th! Tickets go on sale for “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” at noon CST, Saturday, August 30th and will be available online at http://www.fantasticfest.com, by phone at 1-866-4GET-TIX or at the Paramount Theater Box Office in Austin, Texas. Admission to this show is included for Fantastic Fest badge holders. THIS WILL SELL OUT THIS WEEKEND! If you wanna go, we highly suggest you be near a phone or computer at NOON CST this Saturday.

    Aint It Cool News picked up the story and confirms that anyone who has a festival pass will definitely get into the screening. The theater seats 1,200 people, so this will be a HUGE audience and just incredible fun to attend. AICN also picked up Kevin’s very brief “Trek” comments for a story this week. Nothing new there, just the same cryptic quotes. So cool that Kev’s getting to see some of the most anticipated flicks, and cool, considering he’s been known to do the same type of screenings of his own for fellow directors as well.

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August 25th @ 8:32 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Dack Jaxson, Jenn Camp, John Whitaker, Mike Brunner

  • The Movie Blog ranks “Clerks II” in their list of the Top 20 Sequels of All Time – The writer even admits he doesn’t always love Kev’s flicks but the praise on this one is very well expressed and we can easily agree with that:


      #13 – CLERKS 2

      To many people Kevin Smith and his films are an acquired taste. To be honest, as much of a fan that I am of Smith, I’m not actually that thrilled with many of his films. Having said that, I honestly think Clerks 2 is one of the sharpest, funniest and yes smartest comedies I’ve seen in a long long time. Smith shows he’s more than just fart and fuck jokes. Clerks 2 has so much heart to it that many people miss. Real issues struggled with by a lot of people entering their mid 30’s, issues of friendship, home, belonging, dreams, all dealt with within the context of Smith’s edgy humor. I unapologetically love this movie.

  • We’d like to send an official attaboy to Mr. Ben Affleck, who will be doing some great carity at the Democratic National Convention this week, even working his love of poker playing into the mix. Nice job, sir!
  • And finally today, Mr. Jason Mewes made a surprise unscheduled stop at Monster Mania last weekend in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and a couple fans were lucky enough to catch the legend for some photos. We’re told he was as welcoming and friendly as always. Watch for Jay coming to a town near you soon as he promotes his upcoming projects.

Affleck To Star In Mike Judge Comedy…

August 23rd @ 4:40 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Justin McGill, Chuck K, Kevin Spellman

  • 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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August 23rd @ 4:37 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Michael Vinduska, Amy Windham, Ben Nahoum, Bill Norris, Travis Post, David Di Troia, Mike Whaley, John Whiteaker, Ian Muttoo

  • 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.
  • 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!

  • 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.

“Zack & Miri” In Toronto – GET TIX NOW!!!

August 23rd @ 11:52 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Cameron Tremblay

  • 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.

More EW Love – Kevin Excels In Dual Roles…

August 20th @ 9:28 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Mark Karsteadt

  • Entertainment Weekly once again honors Kevin in a new article and photo gallery, this time citing his talent as an actor-director:


      KEVIN SMITH

      Clerks (1994)

      At first, all Smith had was his voice. Didn’t have any money, didn’t have any idea where to put the camera (still doesn’t, many critics would say), but he had that witty, profane, pop culture-soaked voice that made spending all day at a convenience store with slackers Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson) into a fun way to pass the time. Smith also gave himself the not-too-taxing role of Silent Bob, which became his signature character.

      Chasing Amy (1997)

      The unlikely romance that made stars of Ben Affleck and sidekick Jason Lee, and that gave Smith his biggest acting challenge to date: the monologue that gives the film its title.

      Clerks 2 (2006)

      Even slackers have to grow up sometime. That’s the lesson facing Dante and Randal (still in service-industry purgatory 12 years later) and Smith himself, as he closes what looks to be only the first chapter in a long career.