Posted on Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta
Kevin Smith has announced the supporting cast for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, kinda. Actually, he’s uploaded a bunch of photos of eye close-ups as a tease. The View Askew fans are on the case, trying to match up headshots to the teaser photos.
Who are these six actors/actresses? Find out at least four of them after the jump.
Posted on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
Kevin Smith has recently revealed a few minor new details about his upcoming comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Interestingly enough, Smith will be returning to the place where he filmed Dogma almost exactly ten years ago. As it turns out, they will be shooting the movie over 40-days in Pittsburgh instead of the planned/scripted Minnesota locale. Why?
“Cheaper to shoot in Boston, Connecticut and Pittsburgh right now. We opted for Pittsburgh.”
Smith also revealed that the forty some-odd day shoot will be done both in studio and on location. Smith has also decided to shoot the movie on 35mm instead of digital. I’m assuming that if Smith’s Red State happens, it will probably be shot on the latter (but that’s just an assumption).
And casting? Smith says the names will probably become public knowledge in the next couple weeks. Kevin has recently confirmed that Jason Mewes is in the movie, and for the first time in View Askew history, he will not be playing “Jay” of infamous duo “Jay and Silent Bob”.
Kevin Smith has finished the first draft for his upcoming horror film, Red State. Not only is it done, but it’s the shortest script Smith has ever written, and contains the least amount of dialogue.
“Not to say there’s no dialogue; just that there’s about half as much as I normally write,” Smith revealed on his website viewaskew.com. “Unlike any other script I’ve ever authored, to say the least. Very fucked up. If I’d never said anything about it in the press and put it out under a pseudonym, I doubt anyone would ever connect me with it. Can’t wait to shoot it.”
I have a hard time classifying it as a “horror flick” because, while it shares some of the genre conventions, it’s just not what most would consider a horror flick. Horrific, yes, but not a horror flick in terms of the general definition. Let’s put it this way: if “Rosemary’s Baby” can be classified as a horror flick, then “Red State” can be as well.
Smith has yet to reveal any plot details or confirm any casting (heck, he just finished the script – did we really expect casting news this early in?) but NewsAskew reports that Clerks alumni Jeff Anderson and Jay Mewes are rumored to be on board. I’m pretty sure Smith dropped mention of Mewes casting in a Smodcast from a while back.
Posted on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
Ain’t It Cool is reporting a rumor that Jason Bateman is playing the male lead (ie Zack) in Kevin Smith’s upcoming romantic comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Rosario Dawson was originally in line to play the female lead (ie Miri) but was forced to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. Batman is probably best known for his run on Arrested Development as Michael Bluth. The actor started his career in the early 80′s on Little House on the Prairie, and graduated to the horrible sequel Teen Wolf Too. Bateman has recently been featured in Starsky & Hutch, Dodgeball, The Break-Up, The Ex and Smoking Aces.
I’m sure Smith will be quick to confirm or deny this latest rumor. For some reason I always assumed that Smith was waiting on Zack Braff, who Smith met with when he was developing Fletch Won. I’ve never really been impressed with Bateman, but what do I know (for the record, I never saw Arrested Development). Smith has always been good at picking the right actors. Smith regular Jason Mewes (the Jay or Jay and Silent Bob) is also said to be involved in this new project.
Posted on Monday, June 4th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
One of the oddest things on last nights MTV Movie Awards was Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes accepting the “Dirtiest Mouth Award”. Normally Smith and crew accepting an award for foul language would be a normal thing, but it was far from normal. It was essentially an advertisement for Orbits gum. I tried to find video footage of this to demonstrate what I mean, but even on MTV.com, where they have the whole MTV Movie Awards available on demand, the orbits ad/award is absent. Why would Smith participate in such a stunt? Well turns out he didn’t know ahead of time, much like everyone who voted for the award. Let’s let Smith explain for himself:
“When it was first revealed to us that the Dirtiest Mouth Moment was, basically, a commercial spot for Orbit, I started to question the integrity of the award. Then I remembered it was the Mtv Movie Awards, and they had a category called Best Movie You Haven’t Seen Yet. And with that, I realized I didn’t need to sweat it. A joke award is a joke award,” wrote Smith. “I take small comfort in knowing I wasn’t the only whore there. Don’t know what the whole show looked like to the home viewing audience, but sitting there, in the Gibson Auditorium? Watching presenter after presenter drag ass onto the stage to suckle at the teen demo teat and dutifully hype their upcoming summer flick? It looked like a big ol’ nest of whores.”
And Smith thanked the fans for voting for him and Mewes, despite the fact that they didn’t get a gold popcorn bucket, and had ten seconds to say thank you in a acceptance speech that was pre-taped the day before. LIVE? My ass. Because MTV didn’t give Smith the forum to thank the people that voted, I present you with his heartfelt thank-filled quotable:
“Even though it’s a dopey award, I appreciate your effort and enthusiasm. Awards are nice (even this award), but it’s you folks – the audience who supports our stuff – that make me dick-sneeze in my Y-fronts, without even touching myself or rubbing my erection up against something like a mattress or the shower wall. It may be a tired cliche’ that’s lost much of its original depth and meaning based on constant overuse, but You Guys Rock.”
