Kevin Smith's Untitled Cop Movie

Kevin Smith’s buddy cop comedy A Couple of Dicks finally has a new title. As you probably know by now, since the start, Warner Bros has been pushing to re-title the film so that they could more easily market the film in all areas. The working title for the film was A Couple of Cops, which I personally thought was horribly uncreative, and completely lacking of the double entendre that made the original title so interesting and funny.

So what is the new title? Well…

we just don’t know what it is yet. Here is the announcement from Kevin Smith:

The Movie Formerly Known as A COUPLE OF DICKS has finally settled on a (network-policy-dictated) replacement title! While we’ll always have DICKS in our hearts, the title we just now locked makes me smile on a bunch of different levels - including this 1: we can now advertise our movie properly (& ironically). And said marketing begins… on every print of SHERLOCK HOLMES, Christmas Day!

The fact that Kevin points out that the new title is ironic gives me hope that they have found something a lot more clever than “A Couple of Cops.” But you’re probably wondering, why can’t Smith announce the title of his own movie? The filmmaker responded to fans on Twitter, noting that “that kinda thing’s above my pay-grade, sir. WB will announce in a day or two” and later stating that Dicks is “Not MY movie; a movie I was hired to direct.” As Kevin said, I’m sure we’ll hear a title in a couple days.

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  • Ben E
    This shit of leading us to click on a link, only to find nothing there, has to stop.
  • A Couple of Cocks?
  • mbellerbrock
    If anything that would be less acceptable.
  • T-Mizzle
    the New Title is "COP OUT" . put that in yer pipe and smoke it, then watch the news come out tomorrow....
  • And he is right. Kinda surprised actually.
  • mbellerbrock
    Hahaha, I totally remember reading that and wondering whether he was just blowing steam out of his ass. I guess he was totally on the inside somewhere? Well done T-Mizzle, well done.
  • Kevin
    I mentioned Oral Cops to Smith at the test screening.
  • topheavy
    hired to direct?....
  • filmbuffrich
    Willis and Tracy's characters are supposed to be a bit crazy so how about A COUPLE OF NUTS?
  • shane
    oh thank god. couple of cops is terrible. I'm really excited for this movie.
  • samboni
    Good Cop, Black Cop
  • yer
    I'm tired of Smiths 2 hour dick an fart jokes aka films.
  • "A Couple of Cocks"
  • ShiftyHenry
    The title is going to be "Untitled Cop Movie"
  • Federico
    ...Cop Sandwich is a good title, no?
  • mbellerbrock
    That's good, but I think it's only good if you know the original title. Many viewers won't.
  • It is interesting that he doesn't consider it his film.
  • Dr_Handsome
    At first it does kind of come across as Kevin Smith showing a lack of faith in the movie. But when you read the whole quote...

    "@Coyote_Rose "Wait a minute, it's your movie and you can't even announce the title." Not MY movie; a movie I was hired to direct."

    ...you realize he's just saying he was only hired and it's not his place to put send out any press releases.
  • But he is distancing himself from it already. Not a good sign. You can be hired to direct and still immerse yourself in the film. An example would be Snyder and Watchmen. He was hired to direct but he totally made it his own for better or worse.

    I don't want to read to in depth to this one quote but perhaps the film has a heavy studio involvement. Smith fought much harder for the title and marketing of Zach and Miri. He seemed more involved in that project. Which is usually a good thing.
  • Dr_Handsome
    Alone the statement may come across that way but like the guest above me said, he's simply stating the fact that as a hired director he doesn't have the right to reveal the new title.
  • Guest
    I think you're missing the intent of the quote. If it were his 'own' movie, he would by this point have announced the title no doubt. As it is, Warner Bros. hired him to direct it, so he is most likely legally bound to not reveal the title. He's not distancing himself from it at all, just stating facts.
  • I think he means it in the sense that he doesn't own it

    and he definitely doesn't feel the same sort of connection to it that he would with something he wrote, that just makes sense
  • ericlarson
    I don't like that. You don't hear Spielberg saying "its not MY movie" unless he is talking about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • TheGreenMalice
    "Assault N Peppa" is the new title.
  • manuel
    lol! that's fuckin' hilarious!
  • LMAO i hope you're right sooooooooo badly. That is brilliant
  • Prickle
    I'm tired of Kevin Smith. I've outgrown him like anyone did Pokemon.
  • choop
    congratulations for outgrowing pokemon.

    title= 31 rock, 17 blocks
  • Dr_Handsome
    I never cared all that much for Kevin Smith and have yet to outgrow my love for the Pokemon games.

    Don't worry, I'm just as confused about myself as you are.
  • pierce_m
    i still like the original pokemon...
  • Hey, Gold and Silver for life. You can't outgrow anything that awesome.
  • RufusFirefly13
    Why are you tired of Smith? Now this is just a guess, since you mentioned Pokemon...you are younger than I and want more action type of movies. That's cool...nothing against your post but have an open mind. Savy?

    Kevin Smith, like Trey Parker and Matt Stone, may make movies that have toilet humor that repeats itself, but Smith has some original ideas unlike MOST of Hollywood. I can say the same for Quentin Tarantino and M. Night Shyamalan. I think Shyamalan's work has declined since the Sixth Sense and Unbreakable but the dude is trying to be original. I give him credit for that.

    Cheerio!
  • Frederik
    Which is why this movie might be good. He didn't write the script.
  • On the contrary, perhaps?
  • Edgar Navarrete
    For a moment there I thought the title was really going to be "A couple of cops" I was getting a Zack and Miri marketing vibe there.
  • this story is pretty pointless. can you please wait until you have information before posting a informationless story? thanks.
  • Justin
    To be fair, your comment didn't have much of a greater purpose, either -- can you please wait until you have something constructive to contribute before posting? Thanks.
  • We always post trailer release dates as news.
  • RufusFirefly13
    Any movie news is news...no matter how small. Thanks Peter!
  • I'm fine reading about a movie I'm looking forward to and finding out when I can see the trailer/which film the trailer will be attached to. That qualifies for news doesn't it?
  • Interesting Mr. Smith turns of phrases there.
  • harhar
    A little worrying that he won't even consider this movie one of his films, but just a "film he was hired to direct". It's not even out yet and he's distancing himself from it already...
  • Dr. KGX
    Fingers crosses for Jay and Silent Bob Become Black and Bruce Willis and Become Cops and Then Fight Crime.
  • the duke
    That video was hysterical haha
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