“I’m right now on Page 81 of the script. It’s big. I mean big in terms of long; it spans a life. We go from 1950 to 1980, and Seann William Scott is going to be my guy, the guy that plays the lead. It’s based on the song that Warren Zevon recorded that Mitch Albom wrote the lyrics to. (The song is on “My Ride’s Here,” Zevon’s 2002 album.) …
We’re shooting in Detroit, too. I reached Warren’s estate about the song, and they said, “You’ve got to talk to Mitch Albom because Mitch Albom controls that song.” I said, ” ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ Mitch Albom?” So I got in touch with Mitch first by e-mail, and then he came to New York while I was there shooting “Cop Out.”
So he came and we hung out for about two hours, went downstairs and ate at the Ritz-Carlton down in Battery Park. At the end of it, he goes: “I gotta tell you, man, I felt like it was important to be face to face with you if I was gonna hand over the song. It’s a big deal.” He was like: “I don’t know how else to explain it, and I know there’s business deals and stuff later on. But I just feel like I wanted to see your face and to hear you talk about it.”
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“…A lot of (the film) is going to take place in the ’70s. Detroit looks like it stopped in the ’70s, so we literally don’t have to set-decorate or set-design. We just turn on the camera and there’s an old building. It’s a great place and hopefully we’ll do it justice.
It’s almost like, for me, the closest parallel to it is “Forrest Gump” and not in terms of we’re gonna have all these amazing special effects in it. It’s just you follow one very simple person in a life that just touches everything throughout history and the sport, so it’s kinda like that. It’s ambitious, we’re not gonna be as good as “Forrest Gump,” but it’s ambitious.
It’s funny, but it’s not the comedy that I do. Like right now, honestly it’s still PG-13, there’s no cursing in it.”
“Hit Somebody” is planned to shoot following the completion of “Red State”, which goes in front of cameras in August.
Here’s a look at a few more Kevin sightings from last weekend as we wrap-up our San Diego coverage for the year:
More con wrapup as we’ve got it — If anyone’s got any stories, photos, or tales from the con with a View Askew slant, send ‘em on.
Crave Online does a nice video chat with Mr. Smith on “Cop Out” and the awesome Maximum Comedy Mode on the Bluray. Trust us, you gotta see MCM. Lots of great stuff here featuring Kevin talking about his love for extras going all the way back to laserdisc.
Want more? Reelzchannel also spent a few moments with Kev to talk about the Bluray’s MCM mode.
DirecTV is enjoying exclusive rights to on-demand “Cop Out” now, so those of you waiting for Redbox or Netflix, it’ll be a few more weeks until the flick is allowed via those services. Pick up a copy to own today.
…In “The Crucible,” O’Halloran finds himself in 1692 Salem, Mass., as the Rev. Parris. “One night he finds that his daughter and niece are nowhere to be found,” says O’Halloran. “When he goes out and finds them dancing naked, he’s none too pleased.”
O’Halloran stops to laugh. “Funny; from ‘Clerks,’ I’ve become known for male debauch comedies. I’ve been given that label of sassy and comedic. The thing is, I’m 40 now and old enough to be playing fathers who get outraged.”
If there’s one thing that O’Halloran understands, it’s parental disapproval. “My parents both came to American from Ireland, so they were conservative people,” he says. “My father died when I was a teenager, so my mother had a very cautious view of life. Imagine how she flipped out when I quit my job in the early ’90s to act. I had spent years working at ShopRite, clearing over $500 a week, which was a lot of money in those days. As she always pointed out, a grocery store will always be in business no matter what happens.”
Tickets are $20 and well worth the cost — You can catch one of the last three shows this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night.
Michael Parks isn’t the most notable name in the world, but if you know the works of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino you know his face. One of the most distinct characters of their universe, he is Texas Ranger Earl McGraw, seen in From Dusk Till Dawn, Grindhouse and Kill Bill and now he’s heading to the View Askew world.
During his annual Kevin Smith conversation at Comic Con, Smith announced that Parks has officially signed on to star in his next film, the horror film Red State. For those that are unaware, the film will be somewhat based on the Westboro Baptist Church, who, coincidentally, are picketing this year’s Comic Con. Parks’ role will be based on the role of Fred Phelps, who founded the church.
Parks is a terrific actor and certainly deserves his day. It is well documented that Smith, Tarantino and Rodriguez are all within the same circle so it’s fairly unsurprising to see them sharing an actor. It’s hard to even remember the last time that Parks had a lead role, but this could be fantastic.
Congratulations to Kevin and all involved on a home run start to the casting of “Red State”. We can’t wait to see Parks chew the scenery in this one.
Kevin’s expected to announce at least two major roles for “Red State” this weekend, both who will be total or relative unknowns, so stick around, we should have some interesting stuff coming up over the next few days. And of course, don’t miss your chance to catch Kevin at these upcoming live events if you’ve got the means. Get outta the house, help the economy, spend some cash and have a fantastic night out on the town. And of course, if you’re lucky enough to attend any of the SDCC events this year, we look forward to your photos and reports. More news soon!
While Dick Grayson may be the Batman in the current DCU, Kevin Smith continues an untold story of Bruce Wayne as Batman. Now at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Thursday, his creative cohorts gather along with a special guest or two to chat about what is going on in Wayne’s life at this time.
12:30-1:30 Batman: The Widening Gyre— As Bat-fans know, Batman: The Widening Gyre revealed a previously untold period in Batman’s life. DC group editor Michael Marts, series artist Walt Flanagan, and inker Art Thibert reveal secrets behind the highly anticipated conclusion. Room 4
“…That’s good. I want those things to work, but I’m out of touch. I have no idea. I never saw the original Office. I never saw this Office. I never even saw Clerks. Like I never saw, what’s-his-name, Larry David’s show.”
Read the entire interview at the GQ website.
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The View Askew Message Board turns 15 this year.
Like any moody high school sophomore or junior, the board lives life on the razor’s edge of constant social embarrassment, experimentally burgeoning sexuality, and hormonally-charged uber-emo meltdowns.
And, like any teenager or internet community, It also attracts predators – boring scumbags with no power in their own lives, looking to victimize the impressionable. Until it’s legal to lobotomize internet trolls, our chosen repellant is the registration fee (sadly, we’re nearly two decades away from the controversial Internet Abuse Initiative the government will launch toward the start of the 30’s, under the universally-beloved ZOMBIFY THE HATE IN 2028! campaign – and the end of which millions of parents will find themselves with an even bigger – and this time droolier – burden in their basements). You’d be amazed how much garbage can be maintained by this inconvenient-but-miniscule toll.
So in order to staunch the flow of anonymous assholes, the World Famous View Askew Message Board charges a one-time only, non-refundable entry fee of $2.00 (that’s right – two measly fucking bucks). And lest you think this another crass grab at your wallet, all loot collected for entry fees get donated to a charity. In the first two incarnations of the board, it was RAINN. For Board v.3, I’m using the registration fees to kick-start a new View Askew charitable initiative called THE WAYNE FOUNDATION – which will aid SAAA in providing housing and rehabilitation to children who’ve fallen victim to human or domestic trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation (ewww, right?).
THAT $2 WILL NOT BE REFUNDED IF YOU GET KICKED OFF THE BOARD. That $2 is a donation that goes toward fighting child rape; if you want it back, you’re a bigger asshole than we thought when we booted you.
To stay on the board, simply behave. Your two bucks do not buy you free reign; we still reserve the right to remove posts and ban any individual we feel is acting inappropriately in our forum, just as we have since 1996. Any Chicken Little ready to cry censorship need only be reminded that the World Famous View Askew Message Board is NOT a free speech forum; it’s a place for fans and friends to gather and exchange ideas or bullshit with one another. You wanna troll, there’s an entire internet out there to do it in. Here, your license to post, quite like your license to drive, is a privilege, not a right.
We welcome grown up discourse on many subjects – from current events in world politics to economics in the shrinking corporate theater. However, the loftier chats don’t preclude discussions concerning the ever-fascinating three F’s: film, flatulence, and fellatio.
If you’re just here looking for attention, may we suggest running downstairs to your parents instead? If you’re here to abuse someone, may we remind you the benefactor of your $2 entry fee is an organization that’s FIGHTING abuse: and while message board abuse isn’t nearly the same as child rape, it IS also the act of an aggressive animal, unable to conduct itself as a human being can and should.
There are too many animals in this world; if you’re gonna hang here, all we ask is that you be a human being. If we feel you’re behaving beneath the species, you’ll get yanked. You can rejoin for another $2… and probably get yanked again. Rejoin as often as you like; maybe we’ll raise enough loot to stop human trafficking altogether on your trollish back alone (though there are more noble ways to fight predators than simply by being one).
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