There has been so much news in the last few days that we just haven’t been able to get to all of it. Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!
Yahoo Movies has the first character photo featuring Eva Mendes as Sand Saref from Frank Miller’s The Spirit.
The first internet teaser trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno will hit the web on April 28th. A second teaser trailer will be released a month later. [newsaskew]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader will start shooting in October. Producer Mark [...]

The official Zack and Miri Makes a Porno website (zackandmiri.com) features some new photos and the first we’ve seen of the film’s production logo. I like it, but it should be noted that writer/director Kevin Smith warns it is only a production logo:
“It was the production logo: on all the stationary, the chair-backs, the slate. Doubt it’ll be used for the poster or anything.”

Someone on the View Askew message boards also asked Smith how much further in the Sex comedy department does Zack and Miri go compared to his previous films. Smith replied:
“Remember the donkey show [from Clerks II]? Child’s play, in comparison.”

Smith also revealed that they will be cutting [...]

Kevin Smith has updated his fans on the post-production of his latest, Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Kevin revealed that the 110-page shooting draft resulted in a first cut that was “over two and a half” hours long. 25 minutes have since hit the cutting room floor, and Smith gives us the following update:
“At one a.m. this morning, I finally got the flick down to an even two hours (there is, however, and additional four minute epilogue that runs during the credits, but that doesn’t count at the moment). Two hours is the length I was gunning for for the [internal test] screening. This is not to say the [...]

The Weinstein Co has announced that Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno will hit theaters on October 31st 2008. The film will go head to head with Guy Ritchie’s new gangster film RocknRolla starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson and Jeremy Piven.
Zack and Miri stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as two platonic friends who decide to make a porno movie to solve their financial problems, and in the process, they discover they have feelings for each other.

A couple new photos from Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno have hit me e-mail box (thanks to IronMonger). I’m not exactly sure where exactly these photo stills came from, although I did notice that the one was featured on NewsAskew. As always, click to enlarge.

 And here is the previously released photo from USA Today:

With less than two weeks left on principal photography, the first photo from Kevin Smith’s new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno has hit the interwebs. The film stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks as broke friends who decide to make a porn video to pay off their debts. “In the process, they uncover romantic feelings for each other.”
“The two leads (and entire cast) have remained brilliant. The first porno scene is spellbinding; funniest scene I’ve ever put on film,” Smith writes on his official website. “And ladies? [Jason] Mewes does full-frontal.”
Jeff Bock, an analyst with movie tracking firm Exhibitor Relations, claims that Zack and Miri Make a [...]

In Kevin Smith’s new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Elizabeth Banks has sex with Seth Rogen (or so we assume from the title. Sarah Silverman’s music video “I’m F*cking Matt Damon” resulted in Jimmy Kimmel’s response “I’m F*cking Ben Affleck“. Kevin Smith has figured out a genius way to capitalize on this recent viral craze to promote his new movie, and has released the first parody with Elizabeth Banks singing “I’m Fucking Seth Rogen”.
It doesn’t have the production values and superstar cameos, but is laugh out loud funny. The video features cameos from Zack and Miri co-stars Jason Mewes, Traci Lords, Craig Robinson, Jeff Anderson, Katie Morgan and [...]

Kevin Smith is hard at work filming and editing his latest, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which stars Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, and Jason Mewes. Our friends at NewsAskew are reporting that the current hope is to have the official movie trailer attached to Pineapple Express, the Judd Apatow-produced Seth Rogen comedy which hits theaters on August 8th 2008.
This means that Zack and Miri would probably hit theaters in October or November. Clerks and Mallrats were released in the month of October, while Smith’s highest grossing domestic release, Dogma, hit theaters in November. So I’m thinking that November is probably the smart bet. The timing could also [...]

/Film reader Mallrat sent in this first bit of behind the scenes footage from Kevin Smith’s upcoming film Zack and Miri Make a Porno (don’t worry Kevin, it’s completely spoiler free from what I can tell). What at first appears just to be a shot of Seth Rogen riding an escalator in Pittsburgh’s Monroeville Mall, actually comes with a much longer story. Smith explains on his insanely entertaining weekly podcast the story of how everything went wrong on the first day of shooting.
“It was the first day of the shoot, we were outside the Monroeville Mall, and we had this whole sequence we were supposed to do outside. We started [...]

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.

Kevin Smith has always been a self professed “rehearsal Nazi”, insisting on at least three weeks of actor/actress prep before cameras roll. But as Smith explains in his latest Blog entry, that he’s learned to “lighten up and do more on-set tweaking than anything else.” Smith explains his progress, going step by step through his filmography.
“It’s weird to work one way for so long, and slowly realize it’s not necessary anymore; that it was just something you did when you didn’t know any better. I hired pros; aside from on-set tweaking and an extra take or two, they don’t need to be broken like wild horses or worked like puppets. [...]

Writer/Director Kevin Smith has been busy prepping his upcoming film Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which beings shooting next month. Last month the big announcement was made that Knocked Up/SuperBad superstar Seth Rogen had been cast as the male lead (oh yeah, and the girl from Invincible too). But it looks like Kevin isn’t finished, and has just landed another one.
“Can’t wait to reveal rest of cast. A key piece of the puzzle just fell into place yesterday, and it’s a genius bit of casting,” Smith writes. “This is gonna be fun…”
Watch for an official announcement within the month. Any guesses?

Ever since it was announced that Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks had been cast in Kevin Smith’s new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno, everyone’s been wondering “How Did That Happen?” Smith explains everything, giving an incredibly honest account of the casting process in his latest blog entry. Here are some highlights from his blog and message board:
On Pitching the Film to Harvey:
“In late 2005, I had a breakfast meeting with Harvey Weinstein at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. Even though we were a few weeks away from shooting “Clerks II”, he was asking what I wanted to do after that. I told him I’d been thinking about [...]

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, [...]

Kevin Smith’s horror script Red State was given a pass by The Weinstein Co. The impression I have gotten so far is that Red State might be the type of horror film that Hollywood may be too afraid to make.
I remember a day when Harvey wasn’t ever afraid. But we now live in a post-Grindhouse world, where even Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez can’t guarantee an nontraditional film will make money. This is rather disappointing because it appears to be Smith’s most unique script yet (far away from his normal “dick and fart joke comedy”).
“It’s the first time Harvey and Bob have passed on anything I’ve wanted to do, but [...]