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| Seems director Kevin Smith is a mite jealous of his A-list pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, at least judging from reports that the Jersey Trilogy auteur is launching a film contest. Unlike Project Greenlight, however, Smith's contest will be for short films and the selection process won't be turned into an HBO miniseries. At least as far as we know now. The contest is being conducted through the Moviesaskew.com Web site, and the submissions will be judged by a panel led by Smith himself. The 12 semifinalists will be featured on the Web site for one month each, and then will compete at the Moviesaskew Film Festival next year, where the five finalists will be chosen by a celebrity panel of judges - always a treat - and the winner picked by the audience. The maker or makers of the winning film will be rewarded with an apprentice position on Smith's next film. That sound you just heard is hundreds of Viewaskew fans stampeding for their camcorders shouting, "I'm gonna be Kevin Smith's apprentice!" |
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In other niche universe news, industry rag Production Weekly is reporting that, according to sources, 20th Century Fox has apparently bowed to the clamoring of fans and anointed Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon to direct the upcoming third entry in the X-Men series, cleverly titled X3. The latest film in the successful comic-book series is currently scheduled to start filming in Vancouver next summer. Rumors that the mutant superheroes will be facing a formidable new foe known as the DoubleUBExecus could not be confirmed at press time. |
| Jason Bateman, currently starring in the brilliant but badly-mistreated Fox comedy series Arrested Development, is reportedly campaigning for a new love interest on the show: his real-life sister, Justine. The former Family Ties star-turned-fashion designer has been looking to return to acting, and Jason thinks it would be a way to inject another quirk into the already-edgy comedy by having the siblings play a couple. In order to avoid raising the squick factor to unbearable, the storyline would have had Justine's character believing that no physical affection of any kind could take place outside of marriage. Jason laments, however, that now that the possible plot has been leaked, it likely will not happen, as it would seem like a "horrible reach for ratings". Why Jason believes this would be different from any other example of sweeps stunt casting we're not sure, but at least this concept is more interesting than casting the current Famous-for-Being-Famous Jiggling Flavor of the Month. |
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And speaking of Paris Hilton, the hotel heiress and publicity whore recently let fly with a string of profanity during interviews to promote her new attention-seeking gambit...um, make that her jewelry line. Hilton reportedly threatened to walk out of the press conference if reporters didn't stop asking her about the infamous video that unseated Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee as the celebrity amateur porn champions when it hit the Internet earlier this year. Apparently the so-called "star" of The Simple Life is unacquainted with the meaning of irony, as she insisted reporters stop asking questions about her tabloid-fodder private life. Of course, our question would be...isn't this skank's 15 minutes long since past? |
"What is it?"
"It's this stupid movie. It's called Coffins From Hell."
"What is it about?"
"Coffins from hell."
Previous edition's quote: Scarface
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