- Here’s a first look at Jay & Silent Bob from Oni Press’s feauture, coming in January, courtesy of Joseph Meli. Click the thumbnail to see a MUCH larger version of the pic. It’s gonna be an excellent book!
View Askew NewsBites™
- Kevin mentioned casually that there would be no more Dogma casting announced until 1998. We’ll of course stay on top of any rumors, though…
- John Funk tells us that there’s a rumor going aroundthat Jon Peters contacted wrestler Hulk Hogan about playing the part of “Doomsday” in “Superman Lives”. Sounds bogus to us, but still…Yikes.
- Chasing Amy will make its long-awaited debut in the U.K. on Novemeber 14th. It will in full release, so you shouldn’t have much trouble finding it.
MovieLine Mentions…
- Regular scoopster Justin McGill sent us some excerptsfrom the Dec/Jan 98 issue of MovieLine. The article’s titled, “The 100 Smartest Moves ofHollywood This Year”. Some great stuff here…
(#75) After writing a draft of the new Superman Lives!, indie filmmakerKevin Smith called the studio executives an “anxious bunch of motherfuckers.”
(#76) Kevin Smith asked Emma Thompson to play GOD in his movie ‘Dogma’.
(#91) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote ‘Good Will Hunting’.
for curiousity, the #1 is..
(#1) Keanu Reeves turned down ‘Speed 2: Cruise Control’.
By the way, you’re not dreaming, I actually updated the site on a SATURDAY. I must be losingit. Thanks for stopping by. We’ll see ya next time…
Commentary
- Hi folks…Well, it’s a new month and I’m in a pretty good mood. We just crossed the 20,000th hit barrier a bit earlier today, so that’s always a good way to start the day. As always, thanks for stopping by and keeping the site alive…Obviously if you’re reading this, things are cool, but if you ARE having problems reaching the site on the new server or hear of anyone else doing so, please drop me a line. Let’s go…
Chalk Another One Up For Ben!
- Hey, it looks like Ben Affleck’s signing movie deals left and right here! When he’s a big, famous, well-known high paid household name, I wonder what he’ll hafta say when he looks back to the Amy days? This article comes to us courtesy of Jason Hambach and Robert Pouria:
Actor Ben Affleck, Director Bronwen Hughes Joining ‘Forces’
By Chris Petrikin
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) – Ben Affleck, who received plaudits for his role inKevin Smith’s boy-meets-lesbian pic “Chasing Amy”, is near a deal to star in the DreamWorks romantic comedy “Forces of Nature.”
Bronwen Hughes, who made her big-screen directing debut on “Harriet the Spy”,will take the helm of “Forces” from Mark Lawrence’s original screenplay — across between “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” and“Something Wild”.
“Forces” tells the story of a by-the-book Manhattanite (Affleck) who, while traveling to meet his fiance, gets sidetracked by various forces of nature, including a hurricane, plane crash and a free-spirited female traveler with whom he falls in love.
The picture is expected to begin lensing in the spring on the East Coast.
After roles in “School Ties”, “Dazed and Confused” and “Mallrats”, Affleckhas become one of town’s hottest young talents.
This year he will appear in four films, including his high-profile role in “Chasing Amy,” which he followed with “Going All the Way”.
Next up will be Miramax’s“Good Will Hunting”, which he co-wrote with the film’s star Matt Damon; and Dimension Films’ “Phantoms”, co-starring Peter O’Tooleand Rose McGowan.
He also recently was cast in Touchstone’s “Armageddon” with Bruce Willis, and he inked a deal to pen and star in “Balling the Jack” for New Line Cinema.
How’s THAT for a lineup? Busy guy, huh? Oh, and just let us say: Rose McGowan. Mmmmm…
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
Yeah, we know it’s OFFICIALLY tomorrow, but close enough. Plus I’ll probably get home from work and go out drinking and forget to update.Anyway, not too much going on today and I’m jogging between the front door and the PC giving candy to trick-or-treaters (instead of eating it myself like I usually do), so let’s just do some…
View Askew NewsBites™
- Jason Hambach saw a post on the webboard from Kev regarding a visit to The College Of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State) for an appearance. It’s gonna take place on November 15th, which is a SATURDAY of all days! If you’ve yet to see Kev speak, be sure and check this out if you can. It’s a blast!
- Want the comfort of knowing that the Amy laserdisc is safely reserved under your name, AND get the BEST price around to boot? Look no further than Ken Crane’s! We always get our lasers thru them, and the service is great. The PACKED Amy disc will run you a mere $39.95 plus $1.50 for shipping. What are you waiting for?
- Ming tells us that Ben Affleck’s “Good Will Hunting” posters will be hitting theatres shortly, if not already. All you Affleck fans may want to start begging your theatre managers for ’em if you want to add to your collection.
- Finally, there’s a spread on the Oni Double Feature featuring a picture of Jay and Silent Bob in the november previews for comics issue. We haven’t seen this, but we hear it’s cool. Ask your local comic shop about it. It’s gonna be a great issue.
Ben Affleck Speaks To Harry!
- Harry Knowles (creator of the famous Aint It Cool News website) took a visit to the Armageddon set where he spent quite a while chatting with Ben Affleck. Here’s what he had to say about the experience (so far)…Lots of cool stuff here:
I got to talk with Ben Affleck for a loooooong time, and this would have been fun to of hit him with. Ben is incredibly excited to be working on ARMAGEDDON and can’t wait to get in front of Kevin’s camera for DOGMA. Oh by the way Kevin, thanks for turning Ben on to the site, it was a trip. I’m sitting there not paying any attention to what was going on, off in my “gosh this is sooo cool” world, when all of a sudden this incredibly handsome dude in a dashingly megacool space suit comes up saying, “You’re Harry Knowles, Alright I read your site all the time.” And it was Ben. I figured he must be a schmoozer, so I ask him where he found out about it, and he said Kevin told him to check it out. Cooool. I actually haven’t received any email (in memory) from Kevin, it’s almost always via people reading View Askew, so I had no idea Kevin advocated my site to people. This is very cool. Ben and I hit it off real well, sharing a smoke and some candy. You’ll read more about Ben and me and ARMAGEDDON later on, but this is basically what he said about DOGMA. He felt like it was going to be Kevin’s big mega-hit, the one that will blow all us geeks away. Personally, I felt he did that with CHASING AMY, but if that was just foreplay, we are in for one hell of a cool cinema ride! By the way, Ben looks sooooo different with out the facial hair he had in Chasing Amy. Seriously I barely recognized him, of course that space suit really was distracting, I wanted to just gawk at this beautiful outfit, but found out that Ben is a real geek. And oh yeah, to the person that wrote the GOOD WILL HUNTING test screening review, Ben says, “Thanks”.
Ben seems like a real nice guy. Harry also mentioned the Salma Hayek casting info in this newsbite, but (ahem) you all know who had the goods first on that one…hehehe…
Serendipity Info…SPOILER WARNING!!!
- Jutsin McGill gave us a bit of insight into Salma Hayek’s character in Dogma…We don’t think it’ll ruin anything from the flick, but if you want to go into in completely cold, don’t read this!
Serendipity is a muse but WANTS to be a writer. So when she comes down.. she is here and WANTS to write but comes down with a BAD case of writers block and makes a living as a stripper. The part sounds funny as hell and she seems perfect, with a good sense of humor to play the part.
What can we say? Dogma’s gonna kick some ass! Salma as a stripper? We’ll pay any price to see that.
View Askew NewsBites™
- A guy from the board who calls himself Turk 182 (great name, huh?) dropped us a line to let us know that the alleged 260 tickets for the “Gala” will be sold over the phone, via the net (Kev’s words). We assume this means they’ll be sold right through the Stash.
- This isn’t really Askew-related, but all you South Park fans out there will want to definitely watch (or tape) tonight’s episode at 10PM eastern time on Comedy Central. It’s an all-new Halloween episode, sure to be an instant classic! The premiere (alien anal probe) episode will then air at 10:30. Enjoy!
We’ll see you next time, folks. Thanks for stopping by the new server!