Lee’s got at least one more official interview segment on the way, plus some possible outtakes. YouTube has spotlighted the interview clips in 23 countries, and the videos continue to score record traffic. We can’t recommend this great interview enough, one of our faves of Kevin’s career.

“The fake blood is still a little sticky after all these years, and it’s rendered the fabric quite hard and stiff–it’s almost like a hard plastic plate attached to the fabric. Must have been uncomfortable to wear.”

The film: Quickstop employee Dante (Brian O’Halloran) wasn’t supposed to be at work today. Pissed off and with his girlfriend on his case, he just needs to make it through the day.

Passing time with Randal (Jeff Anderson), the clerk from the adjacent video store, they discuss movies, deal with annoying customers, and play hockey on the roof.

Why It ought to be a musical: It’s one for the college crowd, a cult hit from the word go.

No locations to worry about, and Dante and Randall’s profane, scattershot dialogue would translate perfectly to the stage.

Music & lyrics by… Bruce Springsteen and Kevin Smith. New Jersey’s finest together at last.

Hit songs: ‘I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today’, ‘Down At The Nudie Booth’, ‘I Can Do Without The People In The Video Store’, ‘Happy Scrappy Hero Pup’, ‘I Don’t Care If She’s My Cousin’, ‘Best Of Both Worlds’, ‘I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today (Reprise)’.

Producer’s notes: Stage the production in black and white for authenticity.

Heck ya — We’d go.

View each video direct from the NHL website by clicking the links below:

Segment One – Kevin visits the Pregame Show (3:48)

Segment Two – A Visit to Kevin’s Suite for Game 7 (3:10)

We’d also like to take this moment to promote the NHL and the wonderful game of ice hockey — Pass the word on and check out some playoff games, or at least the Stanley Cup finals this year. And congrats to our local hometown Hershey Bears here in PA, who are once again going to the Calder Cup finals this year. Go Bears!

Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty is set to take the lead role in British indie flick “The Beautiful Outsiders”. She will be playing Sarah Fugate,a prostitute who goes on the run from the law with ex-con Jason Starkweather (Cameron Douglas). Shannen replaces the previously attached Tara Reid who had to leave the project due to a scheduling conflict.

Shannen is famed for her work in cult films “Mallrats” and “Heathers”,as well as long running TV shows “Charmed” and the recently revamped “90210”.

Two other new cast members have also joined the project. “Clerks” star Jeff Anderson will feature in the major supporting role of Eric. Jeff is famed for his work with director Kevin Smith in films such as Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and the recent Zac and Miri Make a Porno.

Multi millionaire businessman Peter Jones,who is known to TV audiences in the UK and US for his work on Dragons Den and American Inventor, has agreed to play the cameo role of Ron in the film.

They join previously announced cast members Brad Dourif, Doug Bradley, David Hess,Giovanni Lombardo Radice,John Fallon,Claire King, Sarah Barrand, Stuart Cable and BAFTA award winning Welsh actress Stephanie James. The film is being jointly produced by Swansea based Masterplan Film Productions and LA based Thunderball Films with award winning Welsh filmmaker Andrew Jones writing and directing. Principal photography is now set to take place in South Wales during September and October this year.

It’s always a treat to see Anderson back in front of the camera. We’ll keep our eyes on this one, and hope to work with the producers to provide you some exclusive content once filming begins.

This first article focuses on “A Couple of Dicks”. Of particular interest, it reveals that Kevin was offered directing gigs on both “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and Eddie Murphy’s upcoming “Imagine That”.

Kevin Smith On Trying To ‘Breathe New Life’ Into The Buddy Cop Genre With ‘A Couple of Dicks’

“For years, I’d been like, ‘No, I only direct stuff I wrote,'” Smith said. “I would do interviews and be like, ‘If you ever see me directing a script I didn’t write, I’m clearly paying off a mortgage.’ Stuff like that, because I never thought I would.”

But Robinov, who’d been a big fan of Smith’s “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” thought the director would be the perfect guy to helm “Dicks.” And based on the personal way in which the script resonated with Smith, he was only too happy to accept–even as he continued to be surprised that the directorial offer had ever been made.

“I’ve never even directed anything but a Kevin Smith movie, so why would you trust me with anything else?” he said. “That’s why this is amazing. I can’t believe that somebody would be like, ‘Here, try to breathe new life in the buddy cop franchise.’ But I guess it makes sense. All I do is buddy movies. In this one they have guns and there’s a plot. As opposed to them sitting around talking about ‘Star Wars’ and sex.”

Smith’s ultimate goal, he said with a laugh, is to make “Dicks” a TNT channel classic. “It’s a throwback to ’48 Hrs.,’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop,'” Smith said. “It’s a buddy cop flick. It’s not like, ‘He’s a by-the-rules white guy and he is a jive-talking black guy, but together they’re gonna fight crime!’ They just happen to be black and white and they’re long-time friends.”

Next up, Kevin’s daughter Harley presents her own review of the vampy chick-flick “Twilight”:

Kevin Smith’s Daughter Reviews ‘Twilight’

Writer/director/actor/all-around nice-guy Kevin Smith stopped by recently to chat with MTV’s Josh Horowitz on a variety of subjects. While the ever-busy Smith had plenty to say about his own work, he also managed to squeeze in a brief review of “Twilight.” In all honesty, Smith didn’t have much to say about the movie other than mentioning that it made him wish he was a 14 year old girl. It’s his daughter who’s the real fan, and she was brave enough to step in front of the camera so she could share her thoughts.

Finally, Kevin mentions that he currently does not have any interest in taking comics and making movies out of them:

Kevin Smith Has ‘No Interest’ In Working On Big-Screen Comic Book Adaptations

“I have no interest in making those movies,” Smith told MTV News. “They look very tedious to make. It takes a talent that I just do not have. But I love to kick back and watch them.”

He went on to cite Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”) and Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”) among the ideal candidates to direct comic book properties. And when it came to the question of writing another script, Smith questioned the very need for a “name writer.”

“When I got hired for that ‘Superman’ gig, the first thing out of my mouth was like, ‘Why are you talking to me?'” he said. “Why don’t you talk to Dan Jurgens or somebody who works on ‘Superman?’ You’ll get a great script out of a dude who’s worked on 60 issues of ‘Superman.’ I guarantee it.”

“But then it was all about, ‘Well, they’re not in movies.’ And now it’s different,” continued Smith. “Now you can cherry-pick and go into a genre and be like, ‘Let’s take these dudes. They write on ‘Lost.’ Their episodes are good. Let’s let them write a script.’ You don’t need a cat like me. And you shouldn’t get a cat like me.”

As for “Reaper”, the show’s pilot was Kevin’s first TV directing gig, so has quite a bit of historical significance. With a cancellation this late in the year, we’re betting that “Reaper”, like “Earl”, may also end with an unresolved cliffhanger.

“…The main thing that’s been going on is ironing everything out with Kevin Smith. When we first acquired The Green Hornet we had quite a few creators wanting to be involved and had creators asking us for up to four years to be involved. A few of the creators we’ll be working with . . . and Kevin Smith was the only person we reached out to and he was interested – but we had to wait to see if it was a definite yeah or nay. Kevin was able to bring incredible amounts of media attention by getting brought on to entertainmentweekly.com, which we gratefully respect, and with the support of the comics industry we plan on making this one of our biggest launches that we possibly can.”

“…Well, Kevin came into the picture when we remembered that he was a fan of The Green Hornet. He’s done a movie with Seth Rogan [Zack and Miri Make a Porno] and while just like the original script that Kevin did that has no involvement with the new movie script with Seth, Kevin as a creator has grown over the last five years and we were able to approach him about doing The Green Hornet as he would approach him today.”

Newsarama has the full story.

The new Bat-book from Smith and Flanagan will be titled “The Widening Gyre” and run a nice 12 issues. The series will be revealed in two 6-book volumes, and the first volume, with writing by Smith and art by Flanagan, is ALREADY DONE! Issue one is due in August. No word on an artist on the back 6 yet. An extra bit of coolness: Kevin once created a new villain for DC, and in this one, he’s creating a new HERO.

But nope, that’s not all. Dynamite Entertainment has also locked up the rights to Green Hornet, allowing Kevin to take his feature film script, as penned, and adapt it into a book. It’s an amazingly cool chance to see exactly what Kevin’s movie would have played like, in comic form. No number of issues or street date is given, though Kevin thinks we’ll see the book on shelves before the Gondry/Rogen feature film.

Here’s a more detailed reveal as it appeared on the Entertainment Weekly PopWatch website:

EW Exclusive: Kevin Smith takes on Batman and the Green Hornet

Comic fans have a love-hate relationship with Kevin Smith. They love it when he bends his attention to writing comics, as he knows them as well as anyone, has a genuine love for them, and turns out damned interesting reads. They hate it because, on occasion, Smith has been known to let a deadline slip…sometimes for years.

But after his recent Batman miniseries, Cacophony, shipped on time — much to the delight of both DC Comics and Bat-buffs everywhere — Smith is climbing back into the saddle for two more comics projects. One is a new Batman miniseries called The Widening Gyre, in which Smith is also creating a new hero for the DC Universe, and the other is a Green Hornet miniseries for Dynamite Entertainment- based on the screenplay he wrote back in 2004 for a scuttled GH film.

According to Smith, “The Widening Gyre is a 12-issue Batman mini-series split into two volumes, with a half year break between each. Issues one through six (Book I) will ship monthly. Then, the story goes on hold for six months. Then, issues seven through 12 (Book II) will once again ship monthly. Yes, I built in the break to insure we don’t run into my usual problems with lateness. But I’m trying to improve, folks: first six scripts and first issue’s art — by Cacophony artist Walt Flanagan — were already done before we took this public. But here’s the kicker: three weeks after the last issue of The Widening Gyre, we’ll launch a solo series featuring the new character, which I’ll be writing bi-monthly.”

And then there’s Green Hornet. “Dynamite honcho Nick Barrucci hit me with an email, saying he’d locked up the license [for masked crimefighter Brit Reid and his nimble sidekick, Kato], and asking if I wanted to write an arc,” says Smith. “But had to decline because I was in the middle of the Batman scripts. But then I thought ‘I already wrote a Hornet story once…’ It’s the Hornet movie I’d make if I was making it today. And there’s no better time to do that than before Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s version defines the character for the mainstream. We haven’t picked an interior artist yet, but we’ve got some stellar cover talent on board already: Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Jae Lee, and David Finch.”

All of this while Smith preps to shoot A Couple of Dicks — a surely-to-be-retitled NYPD detective comedy with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan — this June. “You know me: plates, plates, plates, spin, spin, spin.” The Widening Gyre hits stands in August, with Green Hornet following soon after.

Kevin himself used his blog to say a few words, reveal the plan AFTER the 12-issue mini, and present some new artwork to boot:

“…three weeks after the last issue of “The Widening Gyre”, we’ll launch a solo series featuring the new character, which I’ll be writing bi-monthly! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I wanna go back in time and tell 18 year old me about this. 18 year old me would be slack-jawed shocked, barely able to mutter “Look how fat I get…” Later, after a good lie-down, I’m sure he’d then add something like “At least we work for DC Comics – which means I might still get to kiss a girl looking like that.”

ON HORNET: “So while it’s not a straight-up adaptation of the “Green Hornet” movie script I wrote some years back, it’s definitely gonna take its cues from that script – just as that script took its cues from all the source material available (radio, TV, comics). So this is about as close as I’ll get to making that “Green Hornet” flick I walked away from directing all those years ago, when I was too chicken-shit and gay-in-love with my own characters to try something outside my comfort zone.”

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What I’m saying is this: if you buy the books, great. But please – all we ask is that you read them. And we want you to read them so badly, I make you this promise: you can come to Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank, NJ and read them for free while standing in the store, and you will not get hassled by the old fuck behind the counter who’s not paying attention to all the shoplifting going on ’cause he’s drawing some overtly homoerotic funny books.

Hit up Kev’s blog for the entire post, what you see above are just a few select words. Alex Ross is doing Green Hornet art with a FEMALE Kato!

And there ya have it, folks. Talk about a busy summer for the man — Directing a major film and TWO new comic projects, with a third featuring a NEW hero on the horizon to boot. Whew! We’re hoping for some sneak peeks and details on the new Batman book in the coming months. And of course we’ll have any breaking news on these projects for ya right here. ‘Til then, be sure to make sure your local comic shop has you on their list for these upcoming series.

For more coverage, check out G4TV’s “Daily Feed” video (about 3 minutes in), as well as a small blurb over at Comic Book Resources.

For the most part this round are actual costumes used in the production of the flicks, going all the way back to “Dogma” and up through “Clerks II”. Some gems include Jason Lee’s white Azrael suit, Mark Hamill’s screen-used “Cocknocker” costume, and Jay & Bob’s Ninja masks from J&SBSB. Prices for these one of a kind pieces of View Askew history are extremely reasonable, with expected ending ranges between $300 and $500. There’s well over 20 items in this list, so be sure to head on over and at least take a peek at this stuff – If you don’t bid, it’ll likely be the last time you ever see it!

Good luck – As always, we’d love to see some of this stuff wind up in the hands of News Askew fans.

Kevin purchased a luxury box at The Rock to run though the playoffs this year, since he’s now living in the area scouting for the new flick, which starts shooting in June. He originally was writing blogs from the NHL as a part of this initiative, but the blogs have since moved to his Twitter and his Silent Bob Speaks page to avoid any potential censorship.

Yahoo Sports recently ran a story lamenting the loss of Kev’s voice on the NHL.com website:

It’s disappointing to see the NHL play it so safe with what was rather benign content from one of the few household names in its “celebrity” blogging community. (No disrespect intended to the great Jay Baruchel and Jason Reitman.) The League’s gotten a bit more accepting of unconventional voices on its official Web site this postseason; it’s a shame to see one of them silenced because of an overly puritanical approach to editorial.

Of course, the upside is that we’ll now be able to read Silent Bob’s thoughts on Rangers fans without filters, constraints or concerns for good taste. Which could rank up there with the “Good Will Hunting 2” parody in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” for comedic genius.

GO DEVILS!!!!

“I got home, chipped for about 10 minutes, did a three song Rockband duel against Patty who dropped off Mushu for me, and then I did my workout that I was supposed to do in the morning. Tonight I’ll probably watch some TV and talk some trash with the kids in the forums. I’m really having fun with the smack talk! It reminds me of that scene in Jay and Silent Bob where they read all the bad things people say about their movies online. They freak out, and in the end of the movie, they go door to door and beat the crap out of every 14 year old who was smack talking them. Classic scene.”

Reading that’s sure got the hold’em itch going…it’s a sickness!

Comic book legends may be nerds, but it doesn’t mean they don’t get lucky in the romance department — Lee cited his “running tally” with rocker Mick Jagger while imparting some romantic advice to Brodie (Jason Lee) in Kevin Smith’s sophomore film. (Lee, apparently, was in the lead).

Probably the coolest and most unique items this week — Giant, screen-used gold “Mooby’s” corporate HQ lettering from “Dogma” — That’d be a cool rec room wall addition. And, a super rare “Jersey Girl” cast and crew jacket — Check out that Highlands logo!

Check out photos and details of these items at more at the exclusive Auctions Askew page. Bid early, bid smart, bid often — And good luck to all our readers lusting after these treasures.