- What the hell is going on with Big Helium Dog? Unfortunately, we haven’t a clue. The BHD Website has disappeared, and our friend and favorite web artist Steve Rettinger noticed that Fringe Askew has also disappeared. Steve speculated that it might be vengeance from Larry King for Ralph’s on-air BHD prank, but frankly, we hope it’s something more minor than that. I talked with Keith Miller, the BHD webmaster, for a brief second last night, but he was so busy I didn’t even get a chance to ask about what’s going on with the site or the flick. We had hoped to bring you periodic set updates, but we’ve kinda lost contact here. Hope all is well and the movie has been continuing filming as planned. Drop us a line if anyone (Especially you, Vinnie, Keith, and Brian!) has any info.
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John Pierson Cinemania Tour!
- Saw this post from Jason Charnick on the WWWBoard and thought we’d share the info with you, since Pierson’s had some good relations with Kev and View Askew in the past:
John Pierson is the final tour update for the 1997 CD-ROM. His tour of American Independent Cinema is about five minutes long and it very, very interesting as well as educational. Most of the tour centers around Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee, but he does make note of Clerks and his executive producer credit on Chasing Amy. If you have the disc, download it today!
I do have the disc, and I will. By the way, if you weren’t aware, John is scheduled to appear on the Chasing Amy laserdisc commentary (He served as the film’s executive producer).
Thanks To Our Scoopers!
- Practically all of today’s news comes from scoops we received via e-mail, so thanks so much to all of you who chipped in today. Not only do you make our jobs easier, but you also allow us to get the news out to the masses much faster than digging for it ourselves. Kudos to you all. Here we go…
Pix Posters Update…
- Our pal Garett sent us an update as to what’s going on with new items (and a certain item that’s now no longer available…hehehe) from Pix Poster Cellar, the place we made practically famous over the past few weeks. In fact, why should I paraphrase? He says it all…
1. They now have available the “Mallrats” press kit for $8. It includes three glossy stills. One of Jason Lee and Jeremy London making a weird look at the camera, one with Kevin and Stan Lee together, and finally, one of Mewes and Kev together (same one as the pic at the Mallrats Jay and Silent Bob site). Also included is a press release that discusses about the production and stars.
2. They have available the Kev’s complete first draft script of “The Six Million Dollar Man”.
3. They will never be selling the Superman Lives script. Apparently, Warner Bros. found out and sent a cease and desist letter to them.
4. Coming soon: Smith’s Overnight Delivery script.
There ya have it! The Mallrats kit sounds like a really nice deal, and we’ve reported on the Six Million Dollar Man script before. Also, I had heard elsewhere that the Overnight Delivery script was already available, so that’s some mixed info there. Let us know if anyone can confirm or deny that one. As for that other little script, there, well, I guess we’ll just hafta burn our copies now so Warner Bros. doesn’t come looking for us…Psssht. Congrats to those of you that also managed to snag one in time.
Chasing Amy Goes Porno?
- Well, I thought about not posting this, but (A) it’s pretty much all we have newswise today and (B) We’ve never had morals before, why should we start now? Anyway, I got this scoop from a post by Scout on View Askew WWWBoard #13. Apparently, “Chasing Amy” got the porno treatment recently, when Asia Carrera filmed the aptly named “Chasing Asia”. Here’s a newsbite from her website:
Thursday and Friday I’m going to be busy shooting a movie with one of the most long-standing and notorious adult film directors of our time! What’s his name again….? Oh yeah! It’s Bud Lee! I think I’ve shot with him once or twice before, but I could be mistaken. It should be fun, because the movie is a take-off of the movie “Chasing Amy”, and it’s called, “Chasing Asia”! Yay! (having your name in the title of a movie is always good for the ego!) Anyway, I’ll let you know how it goes….
By the way, that entry from her was on the 20th, and shooting wrapped on the 25th. Apparently, those flicks don’t take too long to shoot. Oh, and here’s Kev’s reaction to all this…
Now I know I’ve made it.
Honestly – I’ve been waiting for a porn to snatch (no pun intended) one of my titles for a long time.
Can’t wait to see it.
Ahhh, good ol’ Kev. Always the good sport. I wonder what they’d call the porn versions of Clerks and Mallrats? Send us your suggestions.
Where Were We?
- Once again, I guess we disappointed some of you with very few updates this weekend…Well, it’s a long story but to make it short, my sister’s car broke down and I spent most of the weekend finding a tow, driving her to garages, and ultimately a 4 hour trip to take her home since the car couldn’t be fixed today. A few words of advice: If your car’s going to break down, do your best to see that it happens on a weekday. But anyway, that’s all in the past now, and it’s UPDATE TIME! Here we go, folks…
Kevin’s Schedule…
- I took a moment to ask Kev what he’s going to be up to until he starts filming Dogma in February. Here’s what he had to say:
First up, the ‘Dogma’ novel. Then, the super secret (God, that sounds gay) script. Then, there’s two non-continuity flicks I’m working on: a script for Uni (possibly), and an outline for a big project at Miramax. Between those, there’s the comic books.
And then in January, we head off to Memphis for rehearsals.
He sure knows how to keep you guessing, doesn’t he? We’ll keep trying to pry up some more information about the post-Dogma projects, but for now, I guess we have the comics (which should be outstanding) plus the Dogma novel (for those of you not afraid to ruin the flick!).
Dancing Jay Cursor Repackaged…
- I’m not sure if this is happening to everyone, but I’ve received quite a few e-mails telling me that the Dancing Jay Cursor isn’t working for them. I decided to repackage the file in a ZIP format in the hopes that this will be more compatible with everyone’s browser. The file tested fine for me, so I assume it’s a compatiblity thing. Get the Dancing Jay Animated Cursor (.ZIP format) here! And, please, let me know how it works out.
Chasing Amy Comic Parody…
- Thanks to Nolan Reese for this scoop: In the latest issue of Slacker Comics from Slave Labor Graphics, Doug Slack did a strip called “Chasing Amy The Monkey” about a monkey loose at a comic convention. I was going to post the transcript, but it’s kinda long. If I get enough interest from folks who’d like to see it, I’ll post it. Nolan posted the transcipt on View Askew WWWBoard #12, so if you do a little digging you can find it there. If you can’t and want to see it, write me.
Other Small Items…
- Nolan also tells us that Pix Poster Cellar now has the Overnight Delivery script rewrite that was done by Kevin. And did you catch that positive Chasing Amy mention by Janeane Garofalo on her HBO special last night? Pretty cool.