• Brad went on vacation, and the site went haywire. We’re both working on troubleshooting right now, hence the lack of updates — Got a bunch of scoops and stories on the way, though, and we’ll figure this thing out soon (just got some jet lag to get over here).

Anyway, please bear with us, and know there’s a lot of good stuff on the way. Sorry things have been so quiet, as there’s a lot going on. We’ll catch you up ASAP!

“Last Day in L.A.”

• First off today we have a brand new edition of the official Clerks II video blog “TRAINWRECK”. Check out this behind the scenes look at the last day of the Los Angeles leg of production.
• Jason Mewes and MALLRATS vet Michael Rooker are just two in the long list of actors lending their voices to the much anticipated video game version of the Brian DePalma’s 1983 classic SCARFACE. Check out the article courtesy of MTV.com.
• CLERKS II gets a mention in the summer movie preview of the current Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the film also cracks the Top 10 must see films listing from Box Office Prophets.
• And finally today, it looks like SOUTHLAND TALES writer and director Richard Kelly may not be able to attend his own screening at the upcomingCannes Film Festival. Check out the crazy article here.

• Kevin has just announced a fun new contest over on his MySpace blog! You can win an autographed pair of his classic checkered Vans sneakers. All you have to do is come up with a subtitle for the upcoming Clerks II. Take it away Kevin…

• Kevin has just announced a fun new contest over on his MySpace blog! You can win an autographed pair of his classic checkered Vans sneakers. All you have to do is come up with a subtitle for the upcoming Clerks II. Take it away Kevin…

“Last Day in L.A.”

• First off today we have a brand new edition of the official Clerks II video blog “TRAINWRECK”. Check out this behind the scenes look at the last day of the Los Angeles leg of production.
• Jason Mewes and MALLRATS vet Michael Rooker are just two in the long list of actors lending their voices to the much anticipated video game version of the Brian DePalma’s 1983 classic SCARFACE. Check out the full article courtesy of MTV.com.
• CLERKS II gets a mention in the summer movie preview of the current Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the film also cracks the Top 10 must see films listing from Box Office Prophets.
• And finally today, it looks like SOUTHLAND TALES writer and director Richard Kelly may not be able to attend his own screening at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Check out the crazy article here.

• One of our all-time favorite stupid-fun flicks has always been Road House — A guilty 80’s pleasure that has it all (if you’ve yet to watch it, by all means, scoop it up, have a drank or two and then spin it in your DVD player). Some of the more observant fans might also remember an out of control rant that Kevin and Scott went on during a Special Edition DVD intro, musing on the joy that is Road House. For no apparent reason at all. Well, things have now come full circle. Davis DVD reports that Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier will appear on a commentary track for the new Road House: Deluxe Edition, due July 11th. We truly cannot wait to hear this one. And hey, it gives us another reason to sit back and enjoy the madness that is “Road House” one more time, with a couple of pals in the room with us. Gotta love that.

• Kevin stopped by the board for a quickie Q&A session, promising to answer the first twenty questions that got posed up today. You’ll certainly want to screen the entire thread, but in the meantime, here’s a couple interesting tidbits from the batch:

• On editing Clerks II: “I wound up cutting the whole flick, from start to finish. So I wound up with the sole credit.”
• Clerks II screens for an MPAA rating (or lack thereof) on May 12th.
• On remakes: “I passed on two opportunities to be involved with remakes this year: one was a “Slap Shot” remake, and the other was the “Revenge of the Nerds” remake they just announced a director for. I’ve got nothing against anyone who wants to remake a film, but personally? I’d rather just make my own flicks.”

• Cool news for Californians! This Saturday, May 6th at Midnight the Del Mar theatre in Santa Cruz, CA will be holding their third (somewhat) annual Jay and Silent Bob-athon. All 5 View Askewniverse movies that featue Jay and Bob will be shown, in order, in their entirety. The movies are projected from original reels and are all in excellent condition. Plus, through out the night prizes are given away to ticket holders, including a grand prize which is given away early in the morning to one lucky winner that stuck through every film and got their ticket stamped after watching each flick. It’s a great time! If you don’t have Saturday plans, you really wanna be there.
• The rumors and chatter have started surrounding a mysterious new domain just registered on the web, called “Quick Stop Entertainment” and registered to, yes, View Askew Productions. Kevin says that soon we’ll know what it’s all about. Stay tuned. We’ll keep you posted.
• Whoa! “My Name Is Earl” is totally running away with a “Favorite New Show” poll at the bottom of this page at Film 411. There’s also a bunch of hot pics of Rachel Bilson on there, too — Another reason you may want to surf on over. 😉
• And finally today, Cinescape’s got a rumor going that Ben Affleck is in talks to play a role in the rumored JJ Abrams Star Trek flick. Take it with a asteriod-sized grain of salt. See ya next time, folks.

• 9 years ago on this day, our first View Askew venture, titled Drinks Askew, went online. It’s been a blur since then, and we’ve been getting bigger, stronger, and better ever since. Thanks to the endless support of the fans, the View Askew family, and of course Kevin Smith himself, we’re happy to be your continued official news source for everything that’s Askew on the web. 1 more year before we hit the big 10 – News Askew X! We’ve got a year to plan for that one, not sure what quite to do to celebrate that milestone…Until then, we’d like to say we appreciate your continued support, scoops, and most of all, just your stopping by and spending a few moments of your precious web time with us. We appreciate you all!

• Coming Soon has a mention and a few pics of Clerks II in their summer wrapup of Weinstein Company releases.
• Looks like Dave Klein, the Clerks II DP, has a steady job working for The N’s “Beyond the Break”, a new teen drama series. Congrats Dave!
• Hear Jason Lee’s voice in the trailer for the upcoming animated feature “Monster House”.
• And hey, while we’re talking trailers with “My Name Is Earl” starts, how about this one for “Art School Confidential” featuring Ethan Suplee? Haven’t seen anything about this thought i would make you guys aware – if you weren’t already. From the trailer this looks like it could be quite funny and it stars Willam himself Ethan Suplee!
• And finally today, want to see who the 37th (yes, 37th) pick of the 6th round of yesterdays’ NFL Draft was? Funny. Catch ya next time!