- We hear that the reason for the delay of the Jay & Silent Bob figures is that demand has just been OVERWHELMING, and that the design company that’s shipping them is doing their best to keep up…Hopefully they’ll be everywhere soon!
- “Good Will Hunting” is now available for purchase on VHS through Columbia House Video Club.
- Kevin (and many others) will be appearing at the Big Apple Comic Con (At least, that’s what the flyers say), on the 13th and 14th of Novemeber (Friday and Saturday). Here’s the details:
See Kevin Smith!
Also featuring: Joe Quesada!
Jimmy Palmiotti!
Amanda Conner!
Jim Lawson!
Apollo Smile!
Bill Plympton!
And a whole lot More…DON’T MISS IT!
The Big Apple Comic Book & Toy Show:
Friday Nov. 13th 12 PM-8PM
Saturday Nov. 14th 10 AM-7PM
$6.00 each day!
Big Apple Con Hotline: 718-326-2713
- Finally today, a “Dogma” Clipping found in a Soap Opera Update/Matt Damon Mag. It contains some general plot info, so,if you want to remain TOTALLY spoilerless, don’t read it, but we figure it’s nothing too hurtful:
Swoop the hidden text here…”Dogma is shaping up to be one of the event pictures of 1999 after Miramax takes it to The Cannes Film Festival next spring. In this Kevin Smith written-and-directed film, he reteams the cast of “Chasing Amy” (Matt, Ben, and Jason Lee) and add into the mix Chris Rock (who has a nude scene), George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Alanis Morissette (in a very secretive role), Alan Rickman (walking on water), Salma Hayek and Janeane Garofalo. Matt plays a character named Loki. Dogma begin production after Matt won his Oscar, but Smith would have used him regardless. The director later told Daily Variety that he was thrilled to ahve Matt back on board — not only for his acting abilities, but also because of his box-office draw. Smith’s vision of the film has it coming in close to 3 hours, but Miramax is pressuring him to make the final cut around 2 hours, so look for a lengthy director’s cut on video in the future. Dogma is a sharply written black comedy and is full of special effects and pop references to Star Wars, Fat Albert, Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone….and even Smith’s very own Clerks. There is a religious element to the film’s core, as two angels are tossed out of Heaven and it’s up to the great niece of Christ, an unknown 13th apostle and a couple of prophets to make sure the outcasts are not allowed to return to Heaven by way of any sort of loophole. This would immediately erase all of God’s work. The film was show entirely on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Red Bank, New Jersey.”
