Jay and Silent Bob Mini-Mates Announced as Comic-Con Exclusives
A new line of Mini-Mates minifigures will kick off at San Diego Comic Con International this year based on the films of Kevin Smith and set in the “View Askewniverse” that many of his movies–as well as...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Man of Steel Podcast: Ralph Garman Really, Really Hates It
Ralph Garman, host of The Joe Schmo Show, guest-hosted on Kevin Smith’s Fat Man on Batman podcast this week, discussing the recent release of Man of Steel–and he hated the film. A lot. If you’ve been...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Film School Fridays Kicks Off Second Season This Week
Friday will see the start of Kevin Smith’s Film School Fridays podcast, entering its second season at the L.A. Film School website. The filmmaker, whose Smodcast empire has grown in recent years to be...
View ArticleKevin Smith To Film Horror Movie Tusk Before Clerks 3
Remember when Kevin Smith announced that Clerks 3 would be his last movie as a director ? Well, it will still be his last movie, but it’s just now that he’s decided to slip a horror movie in first....
View ArticleKevin Smith Predicts Superman Vs. Batman Will Make $2 Billion At Box Office
How much money will the Man Of Steel follow-up make at the box office in 2015? Fanboy and director Kevin Smith has a prediction. Smith thinks that the casting of Ben Affleck in the role of Batman was...
View ArticleKevin Smith Thinks Ben Affleck Is Playing Batman To Be Like Robert Downey Jr.
There has been a lot of speculation on the Internet as to why Ben Affleck would want to play Batman. After all, Ben Affleck has become one of the most successful directors in Hollywood, so why would he...
View ArticleWill Ben Affleck Make A Better Batman Than Christian Bale? Kevin Smith Seems...
We’ve covered quite a bit of news from Kevin Smith’s latest Hollywood Babble-On podcast, which really should be required listening for anyone who is either for or against Ben Affleck’s casting as...
View ArticleComic Book Men Season 3 To Premiere After The Walking Dead On October 13
Back in April, AMC announced that they had renewed Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men for a third season, but there was no information provided at the time as to when exactly the show would return. During...
View ArticleJustin Long To Play The Walrus In Kevin Smith’s Tusk
It looks like Kevin Smith has found his Walrus for his upcoming movie Tusk. The movie got its start from an online ad that offered free rent to a lodger who would dress up like a Walrus for two hours a...
View ArticleComic Book Men Season 3 Premiere: The Incredible Bulk Sneak Preview
The Walking Dead isn’t the only show returning to AMC this Sunday. After The Walking and Talking Dead, the premiere episode of the third season of Comic Book Men will air. Comic Book Men Season 3 will...
View ArticleKevin Smith Jokes He Was Responsible For All The Positive Ben Affleck As...
On Sunday night, the Comic Book Men Season 3 Premiere aired on AMC at Midnight ET. Comicbook.com posted a full recap of “The Incredible Bulk” episode, but one scene in particular seems to be generating...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Spoilers Returns–This Time on TV, Not Hulu
Spoilers With Kevin Smith, the SmodCo Productions TV series that mixed movie reviews, audience reaction, interviews and comedy videos, will return for a second season–but this time it will be on...
View ArticleComic Book Men Season 3 Episode 4: USS Ming
After The Walking Dead “Indifference” episode , Talking Dead, and an encore airing of The Walking Dead, a brand new episode of Comic Book Men will air at midnight on AMC. This week’s Comic Book Men...
View ArticleComic Book Men Recap: USS Ming
The “USS Ming” episode of Comic Book Men kicks off with the Secret Stash guys talking about comic book gadgets that they would like to see in real life. Walt says he thinks it won’t be long before...
View ArticleComic Book Men Recap: Pity The Fools
On the “Pity The Fools” episode of Comic Book Men, Walt asks the other guys at the Secret Stash if they could fall in love with a mutant. Ming points out it would be tough if it was Rogue and they...
View ArticleKevin Smith Makes A Producer Out Of Man Who Wrote Ad That Inspired Tusk
Director and Comic Book Men’s Kevin Smith has made no secret of the fact that his latest movie Tusk was inspired by an online ad placed by a Brighton homeowner, who offered free rent to anyone who...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Tusk Movie: First Photo Released Of Walrus Man Design
Director Kevin Smith has released the first set photo from his upcoming movie Tusk, which shows a look at the Walrus man. In releasing the photo above, Smith wrote, “”Is man, indeed, a walrus at...
View ArticleComic Book Men Season 3 Episode 7: Dukes Of Jersey
After The Walking Dead “Dead Weight” episode , Talking Dead, and an encore airing of The Walking Dead, a brand new episode of Comic Book Men will air at midnight on AMC entitled “Dukes of Jersey.”...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Tusk Movie: First Look At Justin Long & Michael Parks
Director Kevin Smith has revealed a new production image from his upcoming movie Tusk. Earlier today, Smith posted the picture above to Instagram, along with the text, “Been editing only podcasts for...
View ArticleComic Book Men Recap: Cryptozoic Launch
The “Cryptozoic Launch” episode of Comic Book Men kicks off with the Secret Stash guys discussing if superheroes ever have to deal with paparazzi. Walt says Batman could deal with it, but Ming thinks...
View ArticleHuge Miramax-Weinstein Company Deal: Could It Affect Kevin Smith?
Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the Miramax founders who have been among filmmaker Kevin Smith’s most ardent supporters in the now nearly twenty years since they first distributed Clerks, are partnering...
View ArticleKevin Smith Talks Tusk On The Arsenio Hall Show
On Wednesday night’s Arsenio Hall Show, director and fanboy Kevin Smith was a guest. Smith talked about the latest movie he just completed filming, which is called Tusk. “It’s kind of like The Human...
View ArticleKevin Smith Defends Video-Game Clips On YouTube
Kevin Smith has been making the talk show rounds lately. On Wednesday night, he was on the Arsenio Hall Show. On Thursday night, he was on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. During his appearance on...
View ArticleKevin Smith Planning Movie Where Giant Jesus Attacks
Remember when director Kevin Smith said that Clerks 3 would be his last movie? Then, Smith snuck Tusk in ahead of Clerks 3 to make another movie before his retirement. Now, it looks like Smith won’t be...
View ArticleKevin Smith Chastises “Misogynist” Fans After Bizarre Twitter Storm
Filmmaker Kevin Smith has apologized to a blogger who he inadvertently made the subject of Twitter abuse by his followers after a half-joking tweet responding to her criticism of one of his films–and...
View ArticleKevin Smith Names His Giant Jesus Film Helena Handbag
On Christmas Day, Comicbook.com was first to report that Kevin Smith had revealed plans to make a film featuring a giant Jesus Christ during his most recent smodcast. At the time, Smith hadn’t picked a...
View ArticleClerks III To Start Filming in May, Kevin Smith Seemingly Cancels Retirement
In a new Facebook post discussing his plans for Helena Handbag, filmmaker Kevin Smith told fans that he intends to begin shooting Clerks III in May 2014, and will shoot that film before he begins work...
View ArticleKevin Smith Reimagines Helena Handbag as a Stage Musical
Over a year after Kevin Smith toyed with the idea of staging Clerks III as a theatrical production before abandoning the idea in favor of a film that will begin photography in the spring, he’s...
View ArticleComic Book Men Finishing Season 3, But No Announcement For Season 4
AMC announced their 2014 schedule today, and there’s a little bit of good news and bad news. Talking Dead joined The Walking Dead in officially being renewed for a fifth season, which will start up in...
View ArticleExclusive! Comic Book Men First Look At Season 3 Return
Comicbook.com was sent an exclusive first look at the remainder of Season 3 of Comic Book Men, which we’ve embedded below. This preview will be airing on AMC later tonight, but we’re the first to debut...
View ArticleKevin Smith Hints Fox Swiped His Batman Idea For Gotham TV Series
When news first broke about Fox’s Gotham TV series back in September 2013, the word was that the show was going to focus on telling the origin story of Commissioner James Gordon. Batman was reportedly...
View ArticleKevin Smith Co-Directing Holiday Horror Anthology “Comes the Krampus!”
Over at his official blog, Kevin Smith announced yesterday that he has co-written and will co-direct a holiday anthology film in the vein of Creepshow but based on the story of Krampus, the monstrous...
View ArticleKevin Smith Loves Jesse Eisenberg As Lex Luthor Casting In Batman Vs. Superman
When Warner Bros. announced that Ben Affleck had been cast as Batman, one of the first celebrities to voice their support was director and fanboy Kevin Smith. In fact, Smith described the news as “the...
View ArticleKevin Smith Makes His Last Tonight Show Appearance
Kevin Smith made his final appearance on The Tonight Show last night in order to pick up a bit of paraphernalia he had left behind. Outgoing host Jay Leno was “cleaning out his office” when he found,...
View ArticleKevin Smith Delays Clerks 3 For Comes The Krampus
During his Reddit AMA, Kevin Smith revealed that he’s postponing work on Clerks III in order to make Comes the Krampus. Comes the Krampus is a horror anthology film that came out of one of Smith’s...
View ArticleWhat Kevin Smith Told Ben Affleck About The Batman Suit
During his “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit, a fan asked Kevin Smith how involved the filmmaker is with helping Ben Affleck figure out his Batman role for the Batman vs. Superman crossover film coming in...
View ArticleKevin Smith’s Tusk Picked Up By Sony For International Distribution
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has bought Kevin Smith’s upcoming monster movie Tusk for distribition in the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Italy, Benelux, Scandinavia,...
View ArticleA Kevin Smith Biopic Is Being Crowdfunded
A group of filmmakers are trying to crowdsource funding for a biopic about Kevin Smith. The film, called Shooting Clerks, will tell the tale of how Smith produced his first motion picture, Clerks. The...
View ArticlePhase 4 Films Acquires Rights To Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
Phase 4 Films has announced that they have acquired the North Ameircan rights to Jay & Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie from SModcast Pictures. Produced by Jason Mewes, written by Kevin...
View ArticleExclusive: Jason Mewes Talks Jay And Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie
Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in many films. They made their debut in Clerks and popped up several more times before headlining a film of their own in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Next, they’ll...
View ArticleComic Book Men Renewed For Fourth Season, Two More New Kevin Smith Projects...
Kevin Smith’s AMC reality series Comic Book Men has been renewed for a fourth season, the network announced today as part of their upfront/development presentation. Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman will...
View ArticleKevin Smith Appearing On Arsenio Hall Show
Lately, the Arsenio Hall Show has been scoring some really great guests. Last week, Don Cheadle was hilarious as the Marvel snipers targeted him as he threatened to reveal an Avengers: Age of Ultron...
View ArticleKevin Smith Performs Run-D.M.C.’s Peter Piper On Arsenio Hall Show
On last night’s episode of Arsenio, Kevin Smith revealed that he is a big fan of classic hip-hop music. “Early, early on in the ‘80s,” Smith said, “when hip-hop finally made it into the suburbs, I was...
View ArticleDirector Kevin Smith Working On Yoga-Hosers Movie Inspired By Stolen Artifact...
Even though Tusk hasn’t yet been released in theaters, Kevin Smith is hard at work on another podcast-inspired movie. Smith has just completed the first draft of a new script called Yoga-Hosers, which...
View ArticleKevin Smith Reateams With Tusk Stars Long and Osment For Anti-Claus
Kevin Smith’s horror anthology Comes the Krampus! has been retitled Anti-Claus and will follow Tusk, and reteam Smith with Justin Long and Haley Joel Osment, who appear in that film. Genesis Rodriguez...
View ArticleExclusive: Director Steve Stark Talks Jay And Silent Bob’s Super Groovy...
Jay and Silent Bob are back in a new animated feature, Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie. In the film, Jay and Bob hit the lottery and use their money to do what anyone would do: become...
View ArticleComic Book Men Season 4 Is Casting
Comic Book Men has put out a casting call for its fourth season. The show is looking for quirky comics geeks with pop culture memorabilia to sell at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. Comic Books Men...
View ArticleJay and Silent Bob Want Deadshot, Kraven and The Question on the Big Screen
In the course of a Reddit AMA interview conducted earlier today in support of the just-released Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (check out our interview with the director here), Kevin...
View ArticleBatman Vs. Superman: Kevin Smith Hints At Multiple Batsuits And Batmobiles,...
Last year, Batman Vs. Superman director Zack Snyder gave fanboy Kevin Smith an early sneak peek at Ben Affleck in the new Batman suit, which Smith raved about online. Now, that Sndyer has released the...
View ArticleKevin Smith Doesn’t Think David Goyer Reads Comic Books
When Man of Steel and Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice writer David S. Goyer made some controversial remarks about She-Hulk and Martian Manhunter on a Scriptnotes podcast, it set off a firestorm of...
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