- “Zack & Miri” have made a porno – And their trailer’s now officially screened on televisions across the country. This is the very first television spot to air for the movie, and it aired at a very juicy spot – During the first half hour of a brand new “Saturday Night Live”. Nice job, marketing folks. Since this was unexpected, it was a great surprise to see the extended commercial, and in HIGH DEFINITION, no less! The ad, very much like the MPAA trailers we saw on the web, even added a few new shots and lines. Still, it’s very exciting when that first commercial airs. There’s something in the air, and News Askew gets even more exciting when we’ve got a flick just over the horizon.
Did ya miss it? Trailer Addict caught a capture of it and posted it for the web world to see. Enjoy. We think it’s a fantastic ad and should drum up some nice business for opening weekend and beyond. Opening weekend is key important, but good word of mouth is what makes View Askew box office records. Let’s do it.In case ya missed the GREEN band trailer, IGN has both up on their site as well.
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Audio: Kevin On “Weekly Blend” – No More “Ranger Danger”?
- Kevin once again takes to the web audio realm this week, guest starring on CinemaBlend’s “Weekly Blend”. Kevin generously chats and then sits in (via Skype voice chat) for a full hour with the gang, discussing the new movie, whats coming up, and lots more.
Of particular interest, Kevin does mention that the long in planning “Ranger Danger” may no longer be made, with the new Sci-Fi comedy sort of a replacement. This makes sense to us, as we’ve heard Kevin say many times in the past he’ll take a completed script and borrow ideas from it for other projects. We’re guessing this new idea is a totally different film, but that he may have borrowed some of those “Ranger Danger” sequences or nuances to help shape this one.
With “Red State” very close to finding all the funding needed, we’re still hopeful to see THAT as the total 180 degree follow-up to “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” — Then, it’d be way cool to see Seth Rogen and other big names return to star in this unnamed sci-fi comedy. Of course, News Askew will be there, every step of the way, as the project develops.
View Askew NewsBites
- Kevin appeared on the CBC (Canada) Radio program “Q” this past Tuesday, September 9th. If ya missed it, like we did, we’ve got good news. The complete podcast of the appearance is available at their podcast download page or by a direct right-click and save HERE. He mentions wanting to not only FILM in Vancouver but SET a film in Vancouver somewhere down the line, interestingly enough. Also, he reveals that he’s just shot another Degrassi episode! Cooool.
- Coming Soon runs a brief mention of “Porno” in their TIFF wrapup, as well as the promise of a big new interview with Kevin soon:
Those expecting raunchy sex and nudity in Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Weinstein Co. – October 31) shouldn’t be disappointed, although there’s also a touching relationship comedy at the heart of it between the two main characters, played by Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, who really elevate what might be seen as a fairly high concept premise. Fans of Smith should love it as much as his previous films, and except for one particular gross-out scene, it’s surprisingly classy despite all the usual swearing. (We have a great interview with Smith we’ll be running sometime soon.) - Nothing new here as the quote’s taken right from Kevin’s recent blog, but JoBlo did pick up on Kevin’s recent praise for actor Chris Pine playing the role of Kirk in the JJ Abrams “Star Trek” reboot. Check it out for a quick read, especially if you missed his praise for the film earlier in the month.
- Catch Marilyn Ghigliotti’s award-nominated performance in “Dig” at the Socal Film Fest this Saturday, September 13th, at 11:30 AM in Huntington Beach Central Library. If you can’t make it to that screening, stop and say hello to her at The Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show on Oct 4th & 5th. Marilyn loves meeting her fans from the “Clerks” days, so don’t be shy, stop by and ask her for a photo or autograph!
- Animated web series “The Nutshack” features main character Jack dressing up as Silent Bob in the third episode of their new second season. The Nutshack is on Wed nights, 10:00 PM PST on MYX or at the official Nutshack site.
- On a sad note, we’d also like to acknowledge the passing of “Fletch” author Gregory Mcdonald, and express our condolences. Kevin has been a vocal fan of Mcdonald’s work for many years, to the point of hoping to adapt one of his books for a big screen “Fletch” revival. The project remains stuck in development, last we heard. Our condolences to family, fans, and friends of Mr. Mcdonald.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Congrats to “Clerks” star Marilyn Ghigloitti, who has been nominated for “Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film” at the SoCal Independent Film Festival! This comes from her work in the short film “Dig”. She’s nominated among some nice company as well, including J&SBSB’s Ali Larter. Major congrats to Marilyn, and GOOD LUCK! Winners Will Be Announced at the close of the festival on Sunday, September 14th.
- Kevin and Scott had the smarts to pre-record a second SModcast last week, knowing this would be a busy week – So, SModcast #63 quietly made its way onto Quick Stop Entertainent this week. Kev and Scott are joined by their friend “Herb” in this episode — And we’ll give ya a hint, Herb is not a dude. Also, note the extended running time this week, as the guys have upgraded their recording equipment which will allow for longer running times, as needed, moving forward. The hilarious free MP3 podcast comes to you exclusively at our beloved Quick Stop Entertainment – Download and listen today.
- As promised, here’s the ticket selling time — Tickets for the Woodstock, NY festival screenings of “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” go on sale at their website TOMORROW at NOON EST. Now you have the leg up on all the rest of the folks lining up for tix – Grab yours and enjoy the show.
- IMDB picked up on a quick blurb from star Elizabeth Banks regarding her thoughts on sexism playing a role in the initial NC-17 rating for “Zack and Miri”.
- The famous Quick Stop in Leonardo, NJ makes an appearance in the finale of the “Backyard Effects” series from DIY Filmmaker network called IndyMogul. See ya back here soon.
Green Band “Zack And Miri” Trailer – New Footage!
- Hot on the heels of that hilarious red band trailer, the “safe for all audiences” green-band trailer for “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” has arrived at the Yahoo Movies website. This one’s got a very similar structure to the red band, but a few extra bits of dialogue and jokes to compensate for the dirty stuff that we’re losing. It’s an interesting companion piece to the other trailer (which we assume you’ve seen by now). Take a look and let us know what ya think. You’ll catch a few more glimpses at what looks to be the actual “porno” in question, as well. Great stuff. Easily our favorite set of trailers that View Askew has ever put together to market a flick — Let’s hope audiences think so as well. Enjoy.
The R-Rated NSFW “Zack And Miri” Trailer Has Arrived!
- UPDATE (11:45 EST TUESDAY): We’ve moved the links in this story to a new, even bigger, clearer copy over at the main IGN site. Heck, now we’ve gotta go watch this thing 5 or 10 MORE times! Check it out. More news in a bit.
UPDATE: This trailer is the one and only, folks, and it’s R-rated, meaning NOT SAFE FOR WORK! At least, watch it on mute if you’re in the office today. Pay no attention to the title calling it a teaser, as this is THE trailer.
The long wait is over folks! Here it is — The official R-rated trailer for “Zack And Miri Make a Porno”! Don’t let the date on the link contained here throw ya off, just click in and enjoy this awesome exclusive.This trailer marks the first footage from the actual film seen ANYWHERE, and will hopefully whet your appetites as the march towards October 31st begins.
Click above for some stills we grabbed and watch away. We’ll be back with more commentary and info shortly after we take it all in ourselves.
UPDATE: Some screen grabs above, just a few. The trailer hits all the right notes, especially coming from our point of view as an audience who’s stayed spoiler free on this one. TV spots will obviously be a lot less graphic than this, but there’s some great gags here already. Knowing Kevin’s ability to rapid-fire the jokes, these just scratch the surface. And one line delivery from Craig Robinson about halfway through gets funnier every time we hear it. A perfect cast that we can’t wait to spend 1:40 with in theaters. Hopefully soon we’ll have access to an HD quality Quicktime of this and enjoy the jokes over and over, ’til then, watch the exclusive streaming copy courtesy of IGN.
View Askew NewsBites™
- The webcomic called “Hijinks Ensue” continued their 2 part arc covering Kevin’s ability to see Geek movies before everyone else this weekend. You can catch our previously mentioned Watchmen edition HERE, and the continuation which mentions “Star Trek” HERE.
- CORRECTION: It seems that “Fanboys” may see a theatrical release after all. In our last update, we mentioned a December 23rd arrival for the DVD, but it turns out that a September 19th release date was announced in San Diego. Certainly worth seeking out from the sound of it (and we’re sure that Kevin’s cameo remains intact).
- We’ve been known to post some tidbits or video segements from Kevin’s Q&A sessions here, and of course there’s the DVDs, but it’s rare that we’ll see a long form Q&A with another of View Askew’s vets, Jason Mewes! Mewes has been hitting the convention circuit lately, promoting some of his upcoming film efforts, taking pictures, signing autographs, and the like. This one comes to us from Monster Mania and was posted in a four-part Youtube video filmed by one of the attendees. The worst part is probably some low audio here and there, so get your headphones or turn up your audio and listen closely. Mewes seems to work the crowd and relate to the attendees really well, so watch the dude work the room and enjoy!
- Longtime fan Tony Teofilo had a chance to sit down with Toby Keith and Mallrats alum Claire Forlani to chat up their new film “Beer for my Horses”, and guess what — He asked her about “Mallrats” and working with Kevin again! It’s always neat to hear her British accent as she’s often seen playing American roles, so worth the watch just for that, and also to see that rare connection made to the Askewniverse. Nice job, Tony — And yep, for the record, she does say she’d do it again – Wouldn’t that be cool? How about Forlani for “Red State”? We’d dig that.
- If you look closely at the first paragraph of this review of “Babylon AD”, you’ll notice that the reviewer mentions the superior nature of the “Jersey Girl” director’s cut to the theatrical version that most of you have seen. We’re still hoping that somehow that wonderful director’s cut can see the light of day. If a Vulgarthon comes up in 2009, let’s hope Kevin breaks that one out again.
- While certainly not at all a laughing matter, one shopkeeper had some good humor in advance of Hurricane Gustav’s arrival in Lousiana with this “Clerks” tribute spray painted on his plywood window coverings. Stay safe, everyone.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Mosier and Smith reunite this week for SModcast #62, where Foreigner’s Lou Graham takes a drubbing, but then the talk soon turns to other topics, including the latest happenings in the world of View Askew (The NC-17 appeal, Kev’s awards, Watchmen, and more.) Here’s that rundown:
SModcast 62: The Human Quilt –
In which our heroes accost a rocker in the cereal aisle, get unruly on a plane, fear the wrath of a pent-up Paul Bunyan, and go to the movies.
For those looking for a few more words on “Watchmen”, Kevin does once again confirm that everything from the books is unchanged. Which we hope means everything about the ending! Listen for Mosier’s take as well — Yep, he got to watch it, too.
SModcast remains a free (thanks ThinkGeek!), fast download exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment — Go grab your copy and enjoy another hour of the best podcast in all the land.
- Via an MTV News article today, Kevin chats about the possibility for yet ANOTHER Superman film franchise reboot, though stops short of saying the films need a darker tone (as others have suggested):
“…fan-favorite writer/director Kevin Smith also had reservations on a newer, darker Man of Steel. “You always have to always keep Superman very distinct from Batman,” he related. “Batman can be brooding and bleak and dark but Superman – if you want to take a realistic approach to him that’s fine, but I don’t think you can turn him into an angry character. Superman is about the hope in people, the good in people, whereas Batman is about the more driven, hungry for justice angry side of us. [So] I don’t know if doing a dark Superman is the approach, but I’m all for a reboot.” - Kevin appears in Terry Moore’s “Runaways 3” #1 from Marvel, out today. A skrull character shape-shifts into Kevin when the team needs a celebrity. Humberto Ramos did the art. While we’re not sure of any current working relationship between Kevin and Terry, he DID write a blurb for the back of Terry’s “Strangers in Paradise” pocket book #2.
- Another mention of Kevin’s “Watchmen” watch shows up in online geek comic “Hijinks Ensue” today.
- Our congrats to new Dad Jason Lee, who along with girlfriend Ceren Alkac welcomed a daughter on August 10th. The little girl is their first child together.
View Askew NewsBites™
- Kevin appeared on KROQ radio’s popular “Kevin & Bean” program yesterday, and as always our good pal Will has the hookup with the audio. Listen in as Kev sits in with the guys — Runtime is around 30 minutes. We’re now listening as we continue to write the update…
- With almost a full year until the next Judd Apatow involved comedy, New York Entertainemnt publishes a list of “Five Movies to Get You Through the Coming Judd Apatow Drought”. One of them is, of course, “Zack & Miri Make a Porno”:
Release Date: October 31
Featured Apatow acolytes: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson.
Apatovian plot: Rogen and Banks star as lifelong friends down on their luck. After a fifteen-year high-school reunion underscores their lack of accomplishment, they decide to start their own amateur porn company. Then, inexplicably, they fall in love.
How Judd Apatow would’ve made it funnier: Jay Baruchel as a high-maintenance mustached porn actor with performance anxiety. - Kevin’s brief “Watchmen” comments continue to spread across the web and keep the film in the news. Entertainment Weekly was unable to get Kevin to elaborate any further, though also speculate the film will see running time cuts (sadly, the 3 hour version will likely never be seen in theaters, we’ll have to wait for DVD). G4TV also runs a similar article on the subject, and features the story in their daily video wrapup.
- And hey, while we’re on the subject, Kevin caught yet ANOTHER top secret, highly anticipated flick, the JJ Abrams reboot of “Star Trek”, in a private screening. Trekmovie.com has the story.
- We posted scans of it a few weeks back, but in case you didn’t read them, Wizard has now placed the excellent “Guardian Devil Director’s Commentary” piece on their website.
- A blogger from UK’s “The Guardian” writes of his experience meeting Kevin for a brief interview during the recent VisionFest 08.
- Via an online poll down on their left sidebar, Paste Magazine asks what your favorite Seth Rogen film (so far) is — No choice for “Zack & Miri”, which we assume is because it isn’t out yet, though there IS a spot for “Other”.
- Seth Rogen hits MSN’s list of “Summer Winners”, with a drop mention of “Zack And Miri Make a Porno”.
- A new version of “Clerks” on DVD has surfaced in Australia, basically a trimmed-down 1 disc version of the superior “Clerks X” set we have in the States. If you don’t have a region-free player tho, at least it’s something.
This goes through select sections of the comic saga and features comments from Smith, Palmiotti, and Quesada. Hardcover editions to celebrate the 10th anniversary are streeting on September 10th. Here’s a look at the main book as well as the special variant. We want!
“Entertainment Weekly” Ranks “Zack” As One Of “20 Fall Movies We Can’t Wait to See”…
- The widely read “Entertainment Weekly” once again shows Kevin and View Askew some love, putting “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” in their “20 Fall Movies We Can’t Wait To See” article:
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Oct. 31
Seth Rogen, Elizabeth BanksRoommates Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) are broke. If only there were something they could do to make some extra cash, something quick and easy and highly profitable that requires no real skills besides just doing what comes naturally…. Hmmm. Well, I’m stumped. Guess we’ll just have to see Kevin Smith’s movie to find out what they come up with!
You can see the mention both on-line as we linked it here, or the same write-up in this week’s print magazine.
