:: Are you in talks to change the date for the “Jersey Girl” release?
Haven’t spoken to Harvey about it yet. But there’s plenty of time, so no rush.
:: What did Mewes say to you?
He said he doesn’t want to do this documentary anymore, for one.
:: Is it true that there well be another Jay & Bob movie?
That depends on Mewes at this point.
:: Release dates of Jersey girl?
I’m told November 7th.
:: Know where Vulgarathon’s gonna be yet?
Not sure yet.
:: Upcoming events or projects?
Finish the current flick, get cracking on the cartoon flick, and finally start “Fletch Won.”
:: Also on a different note, do you know if “Chasing Amy” figures will come out after “Mallrats” or will it go out of order?
It’s gonna go out of order. “Dogma” is after the “Mallrats” figs.
:: When will the Clerks 10 year anniversary DVD be out?
Hopefully next year.
:: How much longer will you be doing post production on JG?
A couple of months. We’re in no rush, as we’ve gotta wait for “Gigli” anyway.
:: What days will you be at Wizard Philly?
All three.

What’s up with Vulgarthon?

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Vulgarthon, it’s a film festival we’ve held in Red Bank, New Jersey for the past three years. We’ll screen DOGMA and other films of mine alongside films that have not yet been given wide distribution. It’s nice because it lets some of these smaller films get seen and fans of the older films can see those in a theater with those involved in the filmmaking process.

I’ve been thinking of moving it here, but you can only imagine the shitstorm I created with that idea. I can’t tell you how many times in my career I’ve been called a sellout, but moving anything from New Jersey for me brands me a sellout of the worst sort. My e-mail is flooded with slogans of “Jersey Represent.”

I just figured it would be nice to actually have some of the stars of the movies show up, and having it here might make that a little easier. I know it’ll be easier to get Ben to show up if I have it here. Hell, it’s tough enough to get him out of the house at all these days considering he’s, you know, fucking… I think the next one will be here though.

Now that JERSEY GIRL is almost finished, what are you thinking about next?

Every time I work on a project, people ask me what’s next. This is really one of the first times I don’t have anything specific in mind. Again if I could do the FLETCH project with Lee I’d be all about that and there is the CLERKS cartoon, but the other two projects I’ve been tossing around are each very distinct. One is sort of a sci-fi romance I’ve been toying around with for a long time. The other would be a remake of this amazingly bad movie from the seventies, starring Peter Fonda and Loretta Switt RACE WITH THE DEVIL. I’m obsessed with the title, and it’s about these two couples that go out in their Winnebago to do some camping, and stumble across a satanic ritual. When they are discovered, the cult chases them and they spend the rest of the movie, you guessed it, racing with the devil. Of course, I pitched it to Bob Weinstein because it’s this great slasher flick and I figured it would be right up his alley, and he just thought it was a terrible idea. He didn’t even like the name, pointing out that they’re not really racing with the Devil but from him. Turns out someone actually already has the rights, so I’m even less excited about it now.

… it does include a great documentary on the legacy of the Daredevil comic that is a standout. “The Men Without Fear: Creating Daredevil” runs 56-minutes and even includes its own chapter stops. Interviewed are many Marvel luminaries, including Stan Lee, John Romita and John Romita, Jr., Frank Miller, Gene Colan, Joe Quesada, David Mack, Brian Michael Bendis and longtime comic champion Kevin Smith.

AT: After viewing a rough cut of the movie, I was struck by how much the camera moves around. Kevin Smith’s films have, for the most part, been very stationary. JERSEY GIRL changes that.

VZ: It probably comes out that way, but I think this story requires a certain visual treatment. When you have a moving story like JERSEY GIRL, it gives you the opportunity to create some moving shots. I don’t move the camera just to move it. I don’t push in to a character until that’s required by the story. A dolly move should mean something. It should emphasize the storyline. I don’t think we have a lot of camera moves in this movie. I think sometimes we have some nice camera moves, and people will probably notice that, but [when we move the camera] it always relies on the story.

“Because of the bunny suit, (the victim) didn’t get hurt, but it was unusual to get hit this way,” police officer Chang Lee wrote in a report of Saturday’s incident.

The 29-year-old Easter Bunny, Travis Peterson, described the assault in an interview Monday with the Wausau Daily Herald.

“I was just sitting there in my chair, waving to the kids, and he came up and jumped in my lap and just started hitting my head,” Peterson said. “Little fragments of (paint from) the bunny’s eye got into my eye, and it’s kind of irritating right now.”