- Kevin spoke and took questions at a dinner thrown last night in Hollywood by Buena Vista Home Entertainment to promote the release of
CLERKS X and JERSEY GIRL on DVD. (They were also plugging special editions of MULAN, ALADDIN, and the third season of ALIAS, but who cares?). We hear
that he was hilarious, kicking off his part of the evening by noting that as a New Jersey native, he wanted to take the opportunity to announce that he’s a
“gay American.†He had funny stuff to say about JERSEY GIRL (â€I really loved this movie, until it underperformed; now I hate it.â€) and Affleck and his
career and Miramax (â€which may not be around next monthâ€) and various other topics, though no real scoops were imparted. (He touched on the whole “50 pages
to go†on the HORNET script and reiterated that he’s not really interested in directing it, although Harvey Weinstein told him to finish the script before
making up his mind on that for sure.)
Moviehole reports that Kevin stole the show:
But the true highlight of last night’s presentation was Kevin Smith, swearing away without fear or favour, jokingly exclaiming to the packed media: “I’m here representing Miramax while they still existâ€, alluding to the recent Disney/Miramax squabble. Asked about what the status was with “Green Hornetâ€, Smith said he has written a script “and I might direct it, but I’m nervous about directing a bigger budgeted film again after Jersey Girl.â€
After the presentation, Smith told me that “immediately next I’m doing an ultra low budget flick and if I end up not doing Green Hornet, then I’ll finally be directing Fletch.†So it seems that Fletch lives after all. He said poor reviews were more to blame for the failure of his $35m “Jersey Girl†than “the whole Bennifer thingâ€, and he hopes to work with his pal Affleck again soon, “but never his ex.â€

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