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| Kevin Smith fans will be very happy to hear that the writer/director is taking time off from not writing comic books and not making The Green Hornet in order to return to the original creation that made him. Passion of the Clerks, the sequel to the indie hit Clerks, will be Silent Bob’s next project and will mark Smith’s return to the films that his fans have been clamoring for. Smith strayed with Jersey Girl, a much too serious and grown-up film for his hardcore fans to appreciate. Shooting on the project will begin October 10th. Smith hopes to follow up the project with his long-in-development Fletch, which he hopes will star Jason Lee. Smith would like Lee to play the mystery-solving investigative reporter who is fond of disguises. BOP cannot confirm if Fletch will open with Fletch disguised as a pilot inspector. |
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The city of New York has placed restrictions on what kind of footage director Oliver Stone can film for his project about the 9/11 attacks. The JFK and Platoon director, who is mostly known for his subversive movies, will not be allowed to “dress the streets with dirt and debris and ash and people’s belongings and falling bodies” according to syndicated columnist Cindy Adams. In other news, someone rented a copy of Alexander. No, really. |
| For those not interested in heavy duty Toronto International Film Festival news, we will gladly sum it up for you right here and now. The big winner, from a critical perspective, was Tsotsi, a South African film directed by Gavin Hood. Film Festival attendees voted for the gritty drama as their favorite, thereby making it the winner of the People’s Choice Award. From a financial perspective, two films made huge splashes, selling their distribution rights for record amounts. The first such film was Thank You For Smoking, a film by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, starring Aaron Eckhart. The film sold for about $6.5 million, beating the previous record of $5 million. Bidding was so furious, there was some controversy when both Fox Searchlight and Paramount Classics thought they had purchased the film (Fox ended up the winner here). The other movie is Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, to which the reaction was so fanatic that it immediately sparked a bidding war. Focus Features ended up scooping the film for $6.5 million. All in all, it was the busiest and most bustling film festival in Toronto’s history. BOP cannot confirm if the money generated from this year’s festival will be used to partially fund the National Igloo of Canada. |
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