August 29th @ 12:51 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Albert Ortega
- Our special edition of San Diego Con pics continues, courtesy Albert Ortega, as photographed beautifully by his colleague Austin Gorum (thanks Austin!) – This time ’round, we’re featuring shots taken at the Battlestar Galactica panel, which may look familiar to some of you who watched the full video — Still, nice to see this stuff blown up in high resolution, of course. Click away.
August 10th @ 11:01 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Daniel Zelter, Andrew Hill, Michael Vinduska, Jeff Thomas, Justin McGill
- We’re all anxiously awaiting the arrival of the “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” webisodes from Chop Shop Entertainment, called “Money Shots”. While you’re waiting, though, we’ve got a nice little treat for you today — Chop Shop did some special Behind The Scenes webisodes for an online series that NBC is doing called “Gemini Division”, starring none other that “Clerks II”‘s Rosario Dawson. Even cooler, the DP they used was View Askew original Baby Dave Klein.
The BTS webisodes are now available for immediate streaming. Since so many C2 alums are involved, we thought you may wanna take a look. Special thanks to Zak at Chop Shop — We’ll keep waiting for the scoop on those “Money Shots”!
- The great “Clerks” shows up in Yahoo’s photo essay of the 25 Best Buddy Movies.
- A photo of two fans dressed as Jay & Silent Bob at the recent San Diego Con makes Geeklogie’s massive gallery of the best costumes of the year. Female Ghostbusters? Call us.
- Parade Magazine interviews Seth Rogen about “Pineapple Express”, though “Zack And Miri Make a Porno” also gets a drop:
Q: Next you’re going to be seen in Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make A Porno, which is having problems getting an R-rating due to explicit sexuality.
A: Looking back on filming, it was sort of romantic. But there is definitely some sex, and I know it’s gotten a reputation as a filthy movie. We live in a world where you can disembowel someone in a youth hostel in Romania but you can’t show people having sex. I think it’s weird. I honestly don’t think it deserves an NC-17 rating. Maybe we should have taken ‘porno’ out of the title. That kind of freaks people out, even though it is like the number one industry in the universe.
Yeah, but we just don’t think “Zack & Miri Make a Movie” would have the same ring, ya know?
- Actor Jason Statham (of the “Transporter” series, “Crank”, and lots more) has gone public stating he’d love to take over Ben Affleck’s role as “Daredevil” in future films.
- Finally today, a familiar View Askew icon makes an appearance in this Intructables (Billed as “The world’s biggest show and tell”) listing of Napier’s Bones.
August 7th @ 6:18 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Alex Eschbach, Josh Nix, Tricia Bird, Travis Post, Justin McGill, George Sumpter
July 30th @ 5:58 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by John Whiteaker, Andy Esche
- Once again proving their Con-web synergy superiority, SciFi (an NBC company) has followed suit with their sister network and posted an outstanding quality, full length video of one of the hottest tickets in San Diego last weekend, the one hour panel featuring stars and creators of Battlestar Galactica, all hilariously moderated by superfan Kevin Smith himself.
Wanna watch? It’s all just a very simple click away.
With the show on hiatus, if you’re not watching, now is a fantastic time to pick up DVDs and catch up on easily one of the top 3, quite possibly the BEST show on television right now.
July 24th @ 5:18 am | 4 Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris
- We can now at least let the jealousy end, as we can no longer pine for attending the “Spaced” signing which took place at Stash West inside Laser Blazer on Wednesday. Were you there? Have a blast? Meet the gang? Talk Back and let us know, especially if you’ve got some good stories or photos. The line wrapped around the block yet all who waited patiently left with signatures. We hope you all took our advice and got a nice spot in line to avoid a long wait. Everyone headed over to the Arclight theater for a post-signing screening last evening.
Along with the “Spaced” gang, Kevin hits the con in San Diego this weekend, you can hear he and Scott chat about all his upcoming panels arouns 6 minutes into SModcast #58 this week. Kevin does a panel Thursday, 2 on Friday (one being his very own, where the first live footage of “Zack & Miri Make a Porno” may be seen), and a final star-studded event on Saturday. Whew! We’ll of course have the full dish on the panels and other events at San Diego as they come in — We swear, one of these years we’ll figure out a way to snag press passes and get the heck out there! Keep your eyes open for a weekend wrapup as reports from the con hit the News Askew desk. If you’re there, or were there, don’t forget to drop your old pals Brad & Chris a line and let us know what’s up.
EXCLUSIVE – For our wonderful readers (that’s you!), Ron of Laser Blazer has done something amazing – He has an extremely limited amount of SIGNED SPACED DVDs available for immediate purchase. And we are talking WAY limited here, like a number that is less than 50. Less than 40 even. Yeah, that few. So if you want one, order RIGHT AWAY. Here’s where you can get one. Don’t delay, as these will be gone really fast. Maybe even by the time you read this.
July 21st @ 8:49 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris
- The big “Spaced” event at Laser Blazer and Stash West is just two days away, and our jealousy grows with every passing minute on having to miss it. The DVD release has been nabbing a ton of press, including an extensive article from LA Weekly along with a printed version of the ad. What’s that translate to? Even BIGGER waiting lines! We’re telling you, get there EARLY on Wednesday! There’s rumors going around that the signing may run a little longer than expected, which is good for those that line up, but we’re still going to bet on the line being cut at some point, as the group does need to make it over the Arclight for an appearance later in the day. So please, if you miss your chance, don’t complain to us — We’re warning you, reserve your spot and don’t miss your chance to meet these modern legends, some of the funniest and most creative in the biz.
July 18th @ 5:59 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Bill Minter, Greg Trawinski, Craig Sharum, Robb J
July 15th @ 6:39 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris, Devin Johnson
- With just a little over a week away until what we think is the coolest event EVER at Laser Blazer and the Secret Stash, the signing of the fantastic new “Spaced” DVD with Kevin and the show’s cast and crew, we want to remind you — GET THERE EARLY. We expect a massive turnout for this event. Not only that, for those of you looking for a Kevin Smith autograph in person, and coming in for the San Diego Con, this may be YOUR ONLY CHANCE! Last year, Kevin’s busy schedule had him at so many panels, there was not time for a formal signing. So, we strongly urge you to line up at Laser Blazer and the Stash, get that fantastic “Spaced” DVD, and meet Kevin and the crew on the 23rd next week. Then, write us to rub it in and make us even more jealous. We look forward to hearing from you — Get there early and have a fantastic day, and be sure to give yourself extra time to walk around the coolest DVD, comic, and fanboy store in the country.
Not yet been introduced to the awesomeness that is “Spaced”? We got ya covered. To celebrate the release, BBC AMERICA presents ‘Lost in Spaced Sunday,’ six back-to-back episodes picked by the hit comedy series’ creator-stars Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes and director Edgar Wright airing on Sunday, July 20, 3 pm ET/ 12 pm PT on BBC AMERICA. BBC AMERICA will also once again run the entire series with back-to-back episodes starting on Monday, July 21 at 3am ET/12am PT.
On Wednesday, following the signing at Stash/Laser Blazer, the great Arclight Hollywood theater will host a special 3-episode screening event of the show, immediately followed by a Q&A with Simon, Jessica and Edgar. The Q&A following the event will be moderated by Kevin himself. Visit the official Facebook page for details.
Check out a trailer for the dvd relase below :
July 12th @ 8:08 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Andrew Fuhrman, Paul Delgado, Bill Minter, George Sumpter, Joltman, Matt Cantu
