• Mysterio is back this week at AICN with a much shorter report and some exclusive pics from the set that we hope to have up for you here later and at Scooping The Monkey. Those involve Adam Corolla’s cameo, the first shot of Jeff Anderson in Randal garb once again, and a few more Jay & Bob shots (naturally)! He also reveals that in the film, “for the first time, you’ll get to see all of Silent Bob’s pent up aggression and rage explode on screen”. Wow. Also, this little tidbit might interest you:

• Kevin’s back with another of his week-end reports. This week, Kevin shot mostly stuff with the actresses of the flick, including a great debut performance from his wife, Jennifer. Sounds like he’s incredibly pleased with the film, which builds the anticipation even more. Anyway, here’s Kevin with that report:

• Mysterio is back with another HUGE report from the set of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. The guy’s got all access to everything around, and, while he’s still doing his best to keep the spoilers down (as are we), you can get a feel for at least what’s happening and who’s appearing in certain scenes in his latest report. Remember, you can read these things in their entirety at Scooping The Monkey or at Aint It Cool News, their original home.

• It’s confirmed that Ethan Suplee is unable to do his cameo because he (like Duchovny) is still tied up shooting ‘Evolution’ for Ivan Reitman.
• Joey Lauren Adams, as Alyssa Jones, will just appear in a cameo, like a lot of the other Askew characters, outside of the theater where The Bluntman & Chronic feature film starring Biggs & Van Der Beek is being shown.
• Kev asked Joey to play Serendipity in Dogma when her role as Bethany fell through due to Miramax’s desire for a different actress.
• Joey hopes to come back and work with Kevin again in larger roles in future films.
• Other folks listed as just doing “cameos”: O’Halloran, Anderson, Ewell, Humphries, Johnson, Flanagan. We’re not sure if this was their only scene or if these actors will show up elsewhere. Our bet is that most characters from the previous films will show up in just this one scene (referenced above as a spoiler).
• Jason Lee will be on set for other scenes, so his role or roles are obviously not just a single cameo.

As always, TONS more to be read on this stuff in the full-blown articles. They’re longer than ever though, so have at least a half hour or so to spare. Thanks to Mysterio and AICN!

• The headline pretty much says it all. While the Clerks cartoon is still on track for a release later this month (sadly, we’ve been unable to get a preview copy for the site), the Dogma SE remains in limbo. However, you can reserve a copy of both from Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash for $29.99 each right now! This is the only place to get these things SIGNED by Kevin Smith himself! That’s right, the price does include the Kev signature. Surf over to The Stash online and place those orders. The Clerks cartoon discs will arrive on schedule, and you’ll be guaranteed a copy of the signed Dogma SE as soon as it sees release. We’ll let ya know when to expect that as soon as we know, though.

• More incredibly great press from a very reputable and important publication, Comic Shop News. From this week’s issue (#712) comes the following GLOWING review of Green Arrow #1:

The review then gives the book five stars, which they define as, “You don’t find comics better than this; creme de la creme.” Wow! Sounds like one to buy a few extra copies of. These puppies might be worth something down the road! This new series can’t show up soon enough. We can’t wait.

• Here’s a few more big screen chances to catch some View Askew classics:

• Clerks will be shown Feb. 7-8 and Chasing Amy will be shown Feb 9-10 in the Ferguson Center Theatre at the University of Alabama. Admission is free.
• Clerks is being shown on Feb.9th & 10th at the Phoenix Film Festival in Phoenix, Az. The event is being held at the AMC Arizona Center Cinema. The website www.phxfilm.com states that it will be showing at midnight on both nights.
• In preparation for Kevin’s visit to SUNY Fredonia, the school’s Films chair is going to be showing two of his movies, one a week. Both flicks will be shown in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Williams Center on Fredonia’s campus. The first choice, Mallrats, will be shown at 8 on April 9. The second choice, Dogma, will be shown the next Tuesday, the 17th, at 8, same place.
• CORRECTION: The Mallrats date for the midnight movie at Madison Union is not the 10th as previously reported. It will play on the 17th of this month according to their web site.

• The deleted opening sequence of Mallrats has been placed as the 7th best deleted scene on DVD by DVD Review magazine in the UK.
• And finally today, Kevin gets a quote in the latest issue of British movie magazine Total Film:

• Rumor has it that Kevin MAY appear at a Comic Convention in Akron, Ohio on August 15th. The Green Arrow team will be in town, and it’s a big “Maybe” since that happens just five days after Jay & Bob is scheduled to open. We’ll keep you posted.
• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back got probably the first of its many television mentions yesterday on E! News Daily. They conducted an interview with Shannon Elizabeth and mentioned she’ll be in the new film, and also mentioned that they (hosts Steve and Jules) were excited to see themselves in the movie later this summer.
• The Union South in Madison, WI will be showing Mallrats as part of their Midnight Movies on Satruday, February 10th. Best of all, it’s FREE! Check it out if you’re in the area, Rats is always fun to screen in front of a big rowdy crowd of fans.
• Clerks will be shown February 7-8 and Chasing Amy will be shown February 9-10 at the Ferguson Center Theatre at the University of Alabama. Admission is free.

• Well, looks like yet another weekend is flying by us. February sweeps start up in full force on the tube tonight with the return of Fox Mulder to X-Files, new Simpsons, Futurama, and Oz, plus a BIG week of the tube ahead as well. Best to get the updates done earlier than later these days!

Caught “Shadow of the Vampire” yesterday…Malkovich and especially Dafoe‘s performances were outstanding. Lion’s Gate has a real good Oscar contender this year and we wish them the best of luck with their campaign. The flick’s very atmospheric and draws you in, well deserving of some statues. Lions Gate, as you recall, released Dogma last year and has Bryan Johnson’s “Vulgar” coming later in 2001. Good stuff.

How about those pics from Friday? Wow. Fantastic! The flick’s shaping up to be incredible, and running right on schedule from what we understand. It’s hard to believe we’ll see a finish product already this summer! Very exciting. Even though the flick’s top order as always, we’ve assembled some other cool stuff for ya today, as well as a new poll topic, so get your vote in, and check out today’s news. Let’s go:

• Kevin checked in with an update on last weeks’ proceedings on the set, with a short and cryptic look at last week’s happenings and what’s coming up this week. With this post, we’re also adding two new characters to the amazingly huge cast list! Check it out:

• Inscriptions Magazine has nominated Kevin Smith for his excellent work on the sadly now defunct Psycomic column, “Developing The Monkey”. The award, the 2000 Inscriptions Engraver Award, is voted on by the magazine’s subscribers. Here’s the full list of nominees for this category:

By the way, congrats also to Sean Jordan of Zentertainment, who not only sent in this scoop but is nominated for an award himself as best e-zine of the year. Zen’s a great read every week and Sean’s always running News Askew scoops at the top of the heap, which is always appreciated!