- The Jay & Silent Bob DVD is currently the #1 best seller at Tower Records nationwide, beating out the likes of A.I. and many other high profile releases. At Amazon, it’s the #1 selling comedy DVD #5 overall. Also, all other VA DVDs are in the top 25 with Clerks checking in at #6 (#16 against all DVDs) Chasing Amy at #16, Dogma at #23, and Mallrats at #25. In Yahoo DVD Comedy Sales, J&SBSB ranks at #4 in comedy, while Mallrats and Dogma are #6 and #9 respectively.
- Affleck’s got another possible franchise in the works:
Ben Affleck, who is already pegged to take over the Jack Ryan action-thriller franchise, now has snagged another potential movie series.
Variety reports Paramount and producer Alan Ladd Jr. have purchased the rights to author Dennis Lehane’s novel “Gone, Baby, Gone,” for Affleck. The 1998 novel revolves around a pair of Boston private eyes — Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. The novel is the fifth in a series, and the producers already control the rights to Lehane’s “Prayers For Rain.”
Lehane’s novel “Mystic River” was recently purchased by Warner Bros. for Clint Eastwood, who is expected to direct that adaptation late this year, the report said. Affleck’s turn as Jack Ryan in “The Sum Of All Fears” is due this summer.
Thanks to Jam! Movies at canoe.ca for the news.
- For you IM fans out there, the website badassbuddy.com has a Jay & Silent Bob icon you can use in your AOL instant messenger.
- May 27th is the date Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back hits the UK, to buy on DVD and rent on VHS. Although no features have been confirmed yet (they have to pass through their censors) it seems as though the DVD will actually be available to buy from that date, which is a bit of a shock as Beuna Vista often release DVDs as rental only for the first few months there.
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