- Clippage ahoy! With the Sundance Film Festival kicking off in just 3 short days, director and longtime View Askew associate Malcolm Ingram is eagerly awaiting his chance to showcase his new documentary feature, “Small Town, Gay Barâ€. You can surf to this website then click over to the right 6 times to see Malcolm and his bio/clip page. In this extended 4 minute clip, you can see him talk about his inspiration for the film, and provide a little background on what to expect. Congratulations again to Malc and the best of luck at Sundance!
- Some details on that “Doogal†flick trailer we ran the other day, a CGI film for which Kevin provides a voice — Seems that it’s a re-dub of a UK flick. Our scooper reports:
It looks like it’s the US release of “The Magic Roundaboutâ€, which was a French kids show in the 60’s which was then translated for UK TV by Emma Thompson’s dad in the 70’s. It was released here in the UK as a CGI movie last year with a lot of UK centric celebrity voices (Kylie Minogue (I know she’s an Aussie, but big in the UK) and Robbie Williams). I’d guess that some of the celeb voices are being redubbed for the US, there were plenty of UK thesps involved too, like Sir Ian McKellan.
There ya have it, folks!
- The Weinstein Co. is off to an excellent start, with their first animated flick “Hoodwinked†celebrating a surprising $12.2 million gross this weekend, putting it at #3. Great news!
- Alanis Morissette was on Loveline last week, the 11th of January to be exact. In the episode, a caller asked about how she got the role of God in Dogma. She talks about how she ended up as God, then talks about Kevin, and how much she liked him. You can download the episode at the Loveline Download Center.
- Comic and TV writer Mark Evanier mentions Kevin in an article on his blog titled “The Comic Book As A Selling Toolâ€:
Second point: Publishers these days are well aware of the financial benefits of selling a comic book to the movies — that’s the only reason some of them are publishing at all — so you probably won’t be able to get a deal where you totally control the movie rights. Most likely, getting your idea issued as a comic book will mean taking the publisher on as a partner, and some will not be content to be silent partners. Some, in fact, will insist on controlling those movie rights. That could wind up working for you but it doesn’t seem to be what you’re after here.
There are two possible exceptions to the above Second Point. One is if you walk into the publisher’s office with fabulous credits and contacts in Hollywood. I mean, if Kevin Smith wanted to make the kind of deal you’re talking about — and was willing to cut the publisher in on the potential bonanza in films and video games and such — he could swing it. His name would help sell the comic and his clout would help sell the movie. I’m assuming you don’t have the rep of a Kevin Smith.
- And finally today, on this morning’s Sirius Howard Stern show, during the introduction, they played the entire segment from “Clerks†where Randall orders porno videos from the distributor, thus showcasing the power of Howard’s new medium. Catch ya next time!
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