February 17th, 2009 @ 9:52 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Liam Nolan, Paul Jenner
- Australia continues to be one of the friendliest countries when it comes to promotion of View Askew releases, with a few more tidbits in the news today.
First up, this flash-based game is NOT safe for work, visually and especially with the audio, but it sure is fun. It’s a stick-figure sex game based on the drawings from the U.S. poster for the film. You just gotta go give it a try.
In the press, following in the footsteps of the U.S. battle against censorship, The Age runs a nice article that summarizes the battle to get the film out intact stateside, though it didn’t face any new challenges for cuts in Australia. We believe these are quotes are from a new interview since they’re listed as chatting with AAP. The info is similar to what we’ve seen before, but it’s always nice to see a new interview and new quotes, like this one:
“…Just before filming was set to begin, Rogen was coming off worldwide promotional trips for Knocked Up and Superbad.
“Seth wrote me an email that said ‘I always wanted to work with you, I don’t want to work with you under these circumstances where I’m exhausted. I just want to sit on my couch, play video games and get high for three months’,” Smith chuckled.
“I was like ‘Can’t argue with that’.”
Read the full article, “Censors Tested with Zack & Miri Make a Porno”, at The Age website.
February 17th, 2009 @ 9:51 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Jana Robinson, Chuck K, Jamie Sanford
- Due to the reschedule, we’re hearing that there MIGHT be a handful of tickets left for Kevin’s appearance, now scheduled for February 21st, at the Bergen Performing Arts Center – The show happens THIS SATURDAY at 8 PM. Jersey based shows are always fantastic with a great crew on hand to enjoy, so if you’re in the area, it’s worth the trip. Visit the Bergen’s website and look up the event to purchase any available tickets that may be left. Don’t delay, as we have a feeling these are gonna go fast now that the open seats have been freed up.
- Kevin capped off Toronto week with an appearance in Ohio late last week, and we’ve got photos to prove it. Fans report another crazy evening, which even included a sign language translator whom Kevin enjoyed messing with a little bit. Click above for a few angles on the evening, with thanks to Jana for the snaps!
- Here’s a quick blurb from the Edmonton Sun involving a few quotes from Kevin on working with the hilarious Seth Rogen:
“He’s a good guy,” Smith tells Sun Media. “And he does amazing work. Seth is a really strong actor — period! — and not just a strong comedic actor. He really holds his own against her (Elizabeth Banks as Miri) and drama is her forte, that’s for sure. You buy that relationship. They did a fantastic job.
“So he’s the goods, man. He’s going to be around forever because he’s truly, truly talented and not a flash in the pan.”
- Traci Lords tells Monsters and Critics that she thinks “the dirtiest thing about “Zack and Miri” is the title” in this brand new interview celebrating the DVD release.
- Monsters and Critics completes their hat trick of interviews from the “Porno” DVD with a new one with Jeff Anderson, too. Here’s a couple choice passages:
“…I do not know how to skate, which is always an issue, every one of Kevin’s movies I’m like “Damn, hockey again?” I should just learn how to skate but that’s not bad because Seth is from Canada and Seth couldn’t skate.
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“…That’s always the biggest thing, it’s always amazing to me the amount of trailers and the amount of trucks and everything else, but doing this, Zach and Miri, like the actual movie and those guys making the porno has a lot of the elements that we did on the actual Clerks like the hockey stick as a boom that’s what we really did for Clerks.
So it was kind of weird being here, yes the scale was bigger, but when you’re on set it’s almost like being on set of Clerks. So even though the scale grows and you walk around and you see the trucks, you’re staying at nice hotels, when you get to set it always feels like you’re going back to the same set. So yes it feels bigger but no it doesn’t, if that’s an answer.
February 17th, 2009 @ 10:39 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris
- The new epsidoe of SModcast is a day late this week, but for a reason — This episode not only features the triumphant return of co-host Scott Mosier, but shatters all time records of a SModcast, running a massive 2 hours in length. The official liner notes:
SModcast 76: The Great One
In which a hero returns from the wild, another hero is discovered, and yet another hero can’t stop bawling.
The MP3 version of SModcast #76 is immediately available for fast, free download, exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment.
We’re off to work for the day, and will listen on the job (as we assume much of you will now do as well). Enjoy! There’s time for a few newsbites, with some still left in the inbox, so look for a second posting later on today. Read these ‘bites while you wait for your MP3 download to finish…
February 17th, 2009 @ 10:39 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Robert Ulrich, Tim Kahn, Craig Smith, Chris Kuiters, James Emery
- Kevin’s a guest columnist for a full page photo and story in the latest issue of Fade In magazine. He wrote the fun bulleted list style piece, titled “What You Don’t Know About Hollywood”. Click the pic for a look.
- The popular DVD board game “Scene It?” now has a revamped 2nd movie edition. While there are no View Askew movie clips to enjoy, one of the trivia cards bears the following question:
What 2006 movie features characters named Dante and Randall, who work in a fast food establishment called Moobys?
- Kevin is Featured in Total Film magazine’s “7 Weird Ways to Fund a Low Budget Movie”:
2. Put it all on credit cards
The Film: Clerks
The Filmmaker: Kevin Smith
The Story: “I put the $25,000 budget on my credit cards,” recalls Smith. “Everything but American Express, because they make you pay it at the end of the month.”
Smith used family loans and leveraged his income to help pay for the black & white movie, which he shot in and around the shop he already worked as a perfect free location.
The Warning: If you run up a huge debt, the closest you’ll get to “blockbuster” status is working there to pay it off.
- Via a recent e-newsletter, comedian Joshua Sankey reveals that it’s him sharing the screen in that deleted scene from “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” where Craig Robinson attempts to buy his big screen TV:
“…I made the deleted scenes on the DVD of the hilarious Kevin Smith film “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks! My scene got cut from the theatrical release but thanks to today’s technological advances you can see me in Scene 12 “Delaney’s Flatscreen” on the Deleted Scenes menu. Check it out. It’s a cool scene with the hilarious Craig Robinson from The Office, Knocked Up and Pineapple Express. Working with Kevin and Craig was definitely the highlight of my comedy career! So buy the DVD, as the movie is funny and sweet and there’s a whole bunch of extras!”
- The Clerks: TAS custom Wii case, which we believe was a gift to Kevin a few years back, is again revleaed in this Unreality Magzine article on Wii case modifications. It’s very cool to see this again, along with what some other artists have done.
- “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” opens across Australia this weekend, though early figures show a $58,570 take from just a single screening at select theaters last weekend. We’ll keep you posted on news from Australia and across the world as the international release takes place.
- More of the ‘Bites are coming your way later today! See you back here soon.
