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October 11th @ 7:05 pm | | Scooped by Albert Ortega, Richard Franklino, Joe Mieczkowski, Darren Pickles, Shawn Fisher

  • Kevin joins PRI’s (public broadcasting) “Fair Game with Faith Salie” show to chat up “Reaper” and “My Boring Ass Life”. You can click here for a direct link to the MP3 audio of the broadcast. The airdate of the show was on October 9th (Tuesday) this week. Faith runs a very personable show, so enjoy it all or just skip to around 33 minutes into the show for Kevin’s segment.
  • You don’t see Kevin in Wizard as much these days, due to his stepping back from the world of comics for a while. However, when his name showed up on the cover, claiming he will not only be writing/directing the new Heroes: Origins program…But that it will be the PILOT of that spinoff…We were curious. So, check out the scans above thanks to our scooper, and pay particular interest to what Kevin says about his new female character’s power:


      What can you tell us about the power you plan to give your character?


      It’s one that every comic book fan is very familiar with, but one that I consider to be the lamest of all the superpowers.


    Care to speculate, anyone? Kevin’s not usually the repeating type, so we can’t see flying, invisibility, mind reading, invincibility…And it’s known that it’s a girl. Super strength perhaps? Hmmm. Rumor has it that the fan favorite hero of “Origins” will become a full-fledged cast member for season 3…Let’s hope it’s this one!

  • With more thanks to Mr. Ortega, here’s a few photos of Kevin and Jen as they appeared at the “Gone Baby Gone” premiere earlier this week, to support pal Ben Affleck’s directorial debut. The film opens on October 19th, and has been getting some fantastic reviews.
  • Variety reports that Will Ferrel will headline a BIG budget theatrical version of the cult TV show we dug as kids, “Land of the Lost”. One can’t help but notice the extreme coincidence in that Ferrell’s character in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back was named Marshal Willenholly way back in 2001. We seem to recall Ratface slipping in a Sleestack refrence somewhere, too. Hey, count us in.
  • In that Radio Askew interview we ran last update, Kevin was put on the spot to name his favorite TV shows — While we certainly agreed, “Lost” was strangely absent, despite Kevin’s proclaim of love for the show at the thrilling end of last season. Now, it seems he’s got “Lost” on the brain again, with its premiere just a few months away. A brief snippet from Entertainment Weekly confirms:


      KEVIN SMITH: Let’s give props to Lost. How brilliant was this season finale? I mean, it’s cruel because they’re not coming back until like January, but hats off for taking a foolproof formula and spinning it to make it even better. You’re like, ”Oh my God, so now they’re all flash-forwards?! How genius is that?” … We [had] all settled into ”Okay, this is what they do, they flashback and we learn a lot about the characters.” But that whole episode, you’re sitting there going, like, ”Wait a second — is that Jack’s father’s body [in the coffin]? But wasn’t the body on the plane? Who was this person in the casket that he’s going to see?” And then the moment where Kate f—ing walks up from the car and you’re like, ”Wait — they knew each other before?” And then all of a sudden, it becomes f—ing clear, you’re like, ”Oh my God, that s—’s insanely brilliant!” You can only do that in TV, though. You can’t do that in a feature. You know what I’m saying? Like, you get a moment like that in a feature like The Sixth Sense, where you’re like, ”Holy s—, he’s been dead the whole time!?” But to do two seasons and then suddenly throw a massive curveball is just so dramatically satisfying, you just take your hats off to the writers in a big, bad way.


    Lost’s season three end was one of the most memorable TV finales of all time — We’re in definite agreement that February is just too far away.

  • Those interested in Superman, or specifically the story of Kevin’s experience writing a big screen Supes flick, can always check out the first “Evening With Kevin Smith” DVD where Kevin tells the famous story. Or, if you prefer text, it seems this new book on the way, lengthly-titled “Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon” will also cover the story, among other stories of the man of steel in Hollywood.

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