Via @phanpso “whats the deal w/ the NHL & Hit Somebody” Set in a fictional, WHA-like league, the @NHL’s only dreamed about in our flick.

/Film does a fantastic wrap-up of the “Hit Somebody” stuff where they’ve digged out the juicy bits from the MTV piece and summarize nicely, including the reveal that he’d love to see Damon and Affleck show up on a rival team from Boston for the flick:

With Smith talking about the film, we’re getting a lot more info. He calls it a valentine or love letter to Canada and to hockey, and reiterates that it is based on a song written by Mitch Albom and performed by Warren Zevon. It is not R-rated, spans the í50s to the í80s, and is set in a league of his own devising, so don’t expect NHL licensing. (No budget for that in an indie, anyway.) Smith says the script is at 110 pages now and is only half done. (He calls it ‘chunky.’) Because it spans so much time, and will feature a number of hockey teams, he’s got room to bring back just about everyone he’s ever cast.

KS: “They’re all coming back. It’s like The Muppet Movie. you’ve got your core cast, and then a zillion cameos. It’s going to sum everything up. We’ll have a team in Boston, and who do you think I’m going to call? Both of those dudes.”

Much more interesting, however, is the idea that Hit Somebody will ‘sum everything up.’ He explicitly calls it ‘an analogous tale to my time in film,’ and is about a guy ‘who loves hockey with all his heart, but is no damn good at it. Then he gets his shot.’ That’s a pretty big deal – an explicitly reflexive narrative that will be his last as a director. He says it will be a meditation of what happens when your dreams come true. Sounds like a much more striking way to cap off a directorial career than Clerks 3 would be.

Once again, highly recommended you play back every clip of the MTV interview, our recommended must watch of the day.