Well Father Geek here with Bombat1's report on the great Kevin Smith panel at ComiCon last week. I caught Kevin myself at some other panels and he was in fine form, he brought the house down, very funny guy, yet full of real information and sound advice...
Bombat here giving the first and probably only story ever. Enough pleasantries though, lets get to business.
So here I am at San Diego Comic-Con at the spotlight and low and behold Mr. Kevin Smith spills the beans on his upcoming film. First it wont be Clerks 2 Still Clerkin as stated at the end of Dogma. It will be however the LAST film of the Askewniverse series, putting an end to the ongoing stories, settings (New Jersey), and sadly characters, including the Legendary JAY AND SILENT BOB!!!! The mourning may begin. There is a title, though he wont disclose it, no matter how many times you ask (dammit). The film however will include a roundup of past characters including Mr. Jason Lee as Brodie (Mallrats) and his character from Chasing Amy ( i cant remember the name) at the same time. Im sure Mr. Affleck will probably show as well (for the ladies out there).
Kevin also discussed his ill fated Clerks Cartoon show (by the way F$*k you ABC!!) announcing that 6 episodes will be released on DVD in January along with a Special Edition Dogma DVD. He then proceeded to show us an unaired episode of Clerks, pretty funny stuff.
Mr. Smith then discussed the aquisition of the Fletch (maybe franchise) rights, in which it would take place when he was younger, that would be closer to the novels instead of the more slapstick ones done by the man himself Mr. Chevy Chase. He hinted that he was thinking about Jason Lee as the lead role. Lets hope he comes through.
Lastly, he gave a good 20 minute speech about his involvment in the Superman movie. Basically he wrote a script, which included a look back at Krypton when young Clark was Kal-El, and a scene where Braniac would be in the Fortress of Solitude. The producer, however fascinated with the Discovery Channel, was pretty lame and wanted some lame ass stuff in it, ie. a fight with a huge spider and/or Polar bear, (for more on the giant spider watch some movie the producer did a while ago, I think it's called Wild Wild West or something). Anyway, to make a long story short he was ousted by Tim Burton's crew and the guy who looks nothing like Clark Kent, Nicolas Coppola (Cage).
Well enjoy the info,if you want to hear more, just write me at Bombat1@aol.com . Peace and remember "Adventure, excitement, a Jedi craves not these things"
Bombat ->
