- Don’t forget to catch Kevin and Mewes (and many other bigtime guests) in Long Beach this weekend for Wizard World:
Wizard World, a three-day comic book and pop culture gathering, comes to the Long Beach Convention Center. The show features comic books, toys, anime, movies, magna and video games and includes scheduled appearances by Avi Arad, Chris Evans, Stan Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon, Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George and more. 2-8 p.m., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 21. Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. $25 one-day pass, $45 weekend pass and $150 VIP pass. Visit www.wizarduniverse.com for ticket information.
Catch a Q&A with Kevin on Saturday at the convention center, always one of the highlights of the weekend.
- The Incredibles arrives on DVD today and it’s on sale EVERYWHERE (Circuit City’s got nifty mini
Incredibles baseketballs FREE with their cheap copies, way way cool). Jason Lee, who plays the villain in the film,
talked to About.com recently regarding his appearance on the new short, Dogma, and more. Snippets ahead:
Syndrome Recited Dogma: “Apparently, what they do is I think they took certain audio clips from movies and they listened to them and look at the drawings and figure out what goes best. And I think, according to Brad Bird, a lot of it had come from Dogma. I guess it was that sort of evilness, that kind of energy that they liked in Dogma so they applied that to the renderings of the character and thought it was a good fit and then called me and offered me the role, which was very flattering and of course I did it.”
The Syndrome/Dogma Footage is Buried: Not even Jason Lee saw Pixar’s Dogma tests. “I didn’t get a script and I didn’t interact with any of the other actors. It was just me, Brad Bird and the dialogue. And the microphones and him telling me, ‘Okay, now in this scene you’re in your big lair and it kind of looks like this. Here are some drawings.’ Go. I had no idea what the movie was going to look like.
As always, we highly recommend reading Fred Topel’s excellent entire work, located at his About.com site! More Lee news as the week goes on.
- And finally today, see if you can spot the Kevin references in this page from the San Antonio Express News’ Monday edition. Later!
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