- We’re really stoked with the news that Kevin will headline his own Showtime series. The uncensored nature of Kevin on a cable network show, a fairly well-known British import at that, is exciting stuff. Entertainment Weekly reported the news this week in this slightly catty snippet (though the writer does admit with new shows like this, it’s getting tougher not to add Showtime to the cable lineup):
The premium cable network has also signed Kevin Smith to its pilot of the British import Manchild, a title I’d only heard of because it starred Buffy’s Anthony Stewart Head on the BBC. Smith will be joined in his make-believe midlife crisis by Sex and the City’s John Corbett and Rome’s James Purefoy. (This is where I second my editor’s first thoughts: “a) Can he act? There’s a reason he played a guy named Silent Bob, and b) Smith’s middle-aged enough to be facing a midlife crisis? Damn, we’re old.â€)
We’re figuring once the guy sees “Catch and Release†he’ll see Kev’s potential. Anyway, the show does play quite a bit like a male version of “Sex and the Cityâ€. In the original, Kevin’s role of “Terry†(at least that’s what it was for the UK series) was the lead on the show. The program also starred Anthony Stewart Head of Buffy fame. You can check out the entire run of the British “Manchild†on DVD if you’re curious.
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