- Comic Book Resources reports that Kevin wants to bring Mary Jane and Spidey back together in either Black Cat/Spidey or a future Spidey project:
Joe Michael Straczynski writes on the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.
“I have a three-pronged deal: stories with established characters in the Marvel Universe, reviving dormant characters in the MU as well as creating new characters there, and creating wholly new characters in a non-MU situation allowing me to do pretty much anything I want.”
“Well, that’s not absolutely accurate…when Kevin Smith came on board, he asked to be given dibs on bringing MJ and Peter together again, if and when that decision should be made. So in terms of that aspect, all I can do is kind of play around the edges a bit, the ball is well and truly in Kevin’s court, he’s the only one who can resolve and bring them together if that is the way Marvel wants to go.”
“I was gonna bring ‘em together again shortly, because it was my intent to get them apart only for a while, but at this point it’ll be an if/when situation between Marvel and Kevin.”
Straczynski clarified this further in email, saying “What a lot of people seem not to understand, or have chosen to understand, is that I said, from the git-go, that I only wanted to clear the decks of all the supporting characters *for a while* so that I could focus solely on who Peter was, with the goal of gradually working them all back in again once I’d tidied up the place a bit. Which is why all these “JMS hates MJ and wants her gone forever” posts always puzzled me, since I’d never said that, and had, in fact, in my public posts (searchable on any of a number of databases) said exactly what I said above, that it was meant to be a temporary situation.”
So is this long-awaited get-together happening in “Black Cat?” Or Kevin Smith’s other Spider-Man plans?
- A piece from a few months back indicates why the author thinks Kevin should be involved in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film project.
- FX is playing the movie “Overnight Delivery”, for which Kevin did some pretty obvious rewrites (the funny stuff) — The flick next airs on Thursday, August 22nd, at 12 AM E/P.
- Meet Daredevil inker Jimmy Palmiotti, Garth Ennis and Amanda Conner signing the advance release of their new book “Pro” at Jim Hanley’s Universe — 4 West 33rd Street in New York City, just opposite the Empire State Building. It all takes place on Wednesday, July 24th from 4 to 7. Afterwards you’re invited to a big Comic Book Legal Defense Fund party at the Josie Woods Pub! Tell them News Askew sent ya.
- Finally today, here’s the full specs on Stolen Summer, coming on September 24th (VHS and DVD). No specs on the actual Project Greenlight piece yet:
Title: Stolen Summer
Synopsis: Set in 1976 Chicago, STOLEN SUMMER is the story of a young Catholic boy, Pete O’Malley, who goes on a quest to help a dying Jewish boy, Danny Jacobsen, get into heaven. Aidan Quinn and Kevin Pollak serve as the conflicting family’s patriarchs, each with their own keen sense of right and wrong.
MPAA Rating: PG
DVD SRP: 29.99
DVD MAP: 19.95
DVD Special Features: Audio Commentary for feature
Theatrical Trailer
2 Deleted Scenes
Pete Jones’ Project Greenlight
Scene vs. Final Film
Jump to scene feature
DVD Specs: 1.85:1 for 16 x 9
5.1 Surround
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