Kevin Smith is making lots of movies these days but he hasn't forgotten about his hockey opus Hit Somebody. Read the Kevin Smith Hit Somebody update here.
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1994 was a major year in American independent cinema. Quentin Tarantino released his second movie: Pulp Fiction. Steve James's documentary Hoop Dreams was hailed as an instant classic. And a tiny British film became one of the year's top grossers: Four Weddings and a Funeral. That was also the year that Kevin Smith released a little…
Read MoreIt's interesting to me that some of the biggest names from the '90s indie cinema boom in America are planning to end their directorial careers on television. Steven Soderbergh will close out his run as a director with Behind the Candelabra, on HBO. Quentin Tarantino has suggested that he's only got a limited number of…
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Earlier this year, Kevin Smith told fans he was hoping to begin production on his final film, Hit Somebody, over the summer aimed at a 2013 premiere at Sundance. That didn't happen, and the reasons for the delay are plentiful. Smith himself has been incredibly busy, working on books, TV, and a speaking tour. He…
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Today brings two minor updates on Kevin Smith's Hit Somebody. The first is from Nicholas Braun, the actor who'll eventually star in the film as a hockey enforcer who dreams of scoring just one goal. We spoke to Braun on the set of his latest movie, Dylan Kidd's Get A Job, and he said the version…
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Thursday night, Kevin Smith invaded multiplexes with a simulcast of Kevin Smith: Live from Behind. The event featured the Clerks filmmaker and his hetero life mate Jason Mewes doing their podcast, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, followed by an extended question and answer session. As usual, the Q&A featured Smith revealing all sorts of…
Read MoreAs we know from the past, every once in a while, Kevin Smith bombards Twitter with a bunch of film related updates and Thursday morning he did it again. The last we heard about Smith's upcoming hockey film Hit Somebody, the filmmaker said he was going to split it into two movies and was finishing…
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Kevin Smith took to Twitter Friday morning to update his fans on his next and final film, Hit Somebody. Smith recently announced that the hockey film would be released in two parts, ala Kill Bill, and as of today the first script is done and he's moved on to part two. He'll call part one…
Read MoreWhen Kevin Smith said Hit Somebody would be his last film before retiring, he was only telling part of the story. Smith is currently in Canada touring Red State and at the post film Q&A in Montreal he told the audience that the hockey film, which he's long said would be his directorial finale, has…
Read MoreKevin Smith is back to his old tricks again. Smith recently admitted that he loves to drop hints of news in various different places to see who picks up on them and he's done it again, two times. First up, Smith tweeted that we could have a chance to see his independent thriller Red State…
Read MoreWith Kevin Smith now talking for hours every single day on his own podcast internet station called S.I.R., things have obviously gotten pretty hectic for the soon-to-be-retired filmmaker. Hectic enough that he's taken to Twitter to do a little haphazard casting. Wednesday, a fan asked Smith about Colin Hanks and Smith threw out the notion…
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Despite the title of his personal blog, things are rarely boring in the live of Kevin Smith. He's about to finish the first leg of a very successful run of screenings for his new film Red State and on Sunday, April 10 he'll host Kevin Smith Sells Out in Pasadena, CA where they'll auction off…
Read MoreKevin Smith and hockey go together like, well, Kevin Smith and New Jersey. The filmmaker is a huge fan of the sport and works it into his films whenever he can, such as in the first Clerks and in Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Once Smith has finished promoting and showing off his latest…
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Today Kevin Smith did a one-hour live chat with MTV -- his first major bit of non-twitter promotion since Red State debuted at Sundance. Quite a few topics were covered, but a couple of the notable mentions had to do with Hit Somebody. That's the hockey film the director plans to make next -- and…
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The closing title card of Kevin Smith's upcoming horror film Red State promises that "almost this entire cast will return in Hit Somebody." We've previously told you about what roles Michael Parks, John Goodman and Melissa Leo would play if they return for Smith's Hockey movie. Now Smith confirms that he also wants Red State co-star Michael Angarano…
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Kevin Smith has unveiled the final credit card of his upcoming horror film Red State, which promises that "almost this entire cast will return in Hit Somebody." Based on the Warren Zevon song, Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song), the story is about an insanely passionate hockey player named Buddy who gets his chance play professional…
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UPDATE: Kevin Smith tweeted that the character Gallner is playing is a "Gretzky-Like character, not actually Gretzky." The original story follows below, with that addendum made. Anybody who knows anything about Kevin Smith knows that Kevin Smith is a massive hockey fan. He's also a massive Wayne Gretzky fan. So the news that Smith has…
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When Peter recently corresponded with Kevin Smith about recent quotes concerning the future of the filmmaker's career, Mr. Smith said that he was about to announce the lead of his hockey comedy Hit Somebody. Indeed, today he posted the fourteenth episode of his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, during which he announced that Nicholas Braun, who was…
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Is Kevin Smith planning to retire from filmmaking following his announced hockey film Hit Somebody and a third and final Clerks movie? A few of the blogs are reporting on a selected comment made by Smith from an interview published in this week's Boston Phoenix (found via NerdBastards). Here is what Smith told interviewer Barry…
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Recently it was announced that Seann William Scott was in line to star alongside Jay Baruchel in the hockey comedy Goon (not to be confused with the David Fincher-produced comic book adaptation The Goon), which is being developed by Baruchel alongside writing collaborator Evan Goldberg. What wasn't clear from the announcement is what sort of…
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Kevin Smith announced the opening round of casting for his film Red State while at Comic Con, and the biggest name is one that probably isn't known to a widespread audience, but will mean a lot to hardcore film fans. Michael Parks (From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill) has been cast in one of the…
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Small updates on a few films have hit the 'net over the past couple days, in part due to junket appearances by various actors. Sam Worthington, while promoting his new comics and film endeavor, talked about Clash of the Titans 2. Kevin Smith addressed Red State and the possible rating for Hit Somebody, and Angelina…
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The specter of Sin City 2 will hang over Robert Rodriguez until...well, until he finally makes the damn movie. I can conceive of a distant future in which Rodriguez has become a filmmaker akin to Ingmar Bergman (just for the sake of argument) but is still hit with questions about Sin City 2. On the…
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Here's a nice little surprise, if you've been hoping to see Kevin Smith's non-commerical, 'bleak and dark' Fred Phelps-inspired horror film Red State. According to the director's own Twitter feed, the film has a green light and will shoot before the hockey film Hit Somebody, which he has been working on parallel to Red State.…
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Kevin Smith has exclusively told NHL.com that Seann William Scott will be taking the lead role in his Ice Hockey picture, Hit Somebody. Here's an exact quote: Seann William Scott, who worked with Smith on Cop Out, will play Buddy, the title character in Hit Somebody. The script, based on a Warren Zevon song with…
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Kevin Smith has been talking up the hockey drama Hit Somebody as his next project for some time now, and it looks like he's finally begun pitching the film to studios. A few days ago Smith tweeted that he was heading to WB to pitch the film. If they don't bite, surely someone else will…
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We told you last week that writer/director Kevin Smith has announced plans to conduct a 24 hour online Q&A on Twitter for an uninterrupted 24 hours on Labor Day to promote his latest book, “Shootin’ the Sh*t With Kevin Smith" and an upcoming 15-city tour. The tweet-a-thon is almost over, and I thought I'd bring…
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