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Filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma) has had a long relationship with Miramax and The Weinstein Company Several of Smith's most notable movies were produced through TWC, and have made no small amount of money in their time. During the most recent episode of his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, Smith related his plan to donate all of his[...]

Despite being a huge fan of comic book movies, Kevin Smith has apparently never seen Man of Steel or Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice At least, that's the only logical conclusion one can come to after Smith's latest comments in an interview with ScreenRant declaring that all comic book movies are good and there[...]

I was able to have a peek into the minds of so many incredible creators: Max Landis (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency), Kevin Smith (Clerks), and Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror) Each one of them unique in their processes, but similar in their passion for making new content Most of all, I realized how much they[...]

The first season features interviews with pop culture icons such as Stan Lee, Patty Jenkins, Lynda Carter, Kevin Smith, Famke Janssen, J.K Simmons, Michelle Rodriguez, and Todd McFarlane. Here's a rundown on what we'll see this season: ●  "The Trials of Superman" looks at the legal battles over the rights to the iconic character. ●  "Misfits Who Made[...]

Now you're going to see a lot of people saying that Kevin Smith has just confirmed that they're doing Legion of Superheroes on Supergirl because of the lastest episode of Fatman on Batman Around the 1 hour 35 minute mark Smith is asked about doing special effects He uses Supergirl as the example because of[...]

Kevin Smith is returning to the director seat for the third time on Supergirl this week The man who made Clerks, Mallrats and Dogma helmed two episodes in the second season, Supergirl Lives (episode 209) and Distant Sun (episode 217) and is now on set leading the fifth episode of the third season No title[...]

Anything you can do to entertain them will also be welcomed. The London Film And Comic-Con will be at the Olympia exhibition hall near Earl's Court and Brompton Park. Joining me at the show are Marv Wolfman, Tommy Yune, Andy Diggle, Geoff Senior, Rantz Hoseley, Simon Furman, Jessica Martin, Ben Templesmith, Will Simpson, Amrit Birdi, Paul Cornell,[...]

The 45 minutes that was shown included interviews with 21 people – Mark Buckingham, Jon Schepp, Bill Sienkiewicz, Grant Morrison, Jim Mahfood, Jason Shawn Alexander, Denys Cowan, David Mack, Frank Quitely, Dave McKean, Dave Crosland, Neil Gaiman, Matt Kennedy, Kevin Smith, Megan Hutchinson, Bob Schreck, Barron Storey, Jensine Eckwall, Tara McPherson, Satine Phoenix, and Kurt[...]

And in addition to this he's one half of FATMAN ON BATMAN with Kevin Smith. Marc agreed, and we discussed doing a panel on the Sunday where Marc would interview a surprise guest It was billed as a 'FATMAN ON BATMAN — ALL BY MYSELF' panel From the moment we announced it though, people started asking[...]

Nick Kazden writes for Bleeding Cool… Kevin Smith emerged into a packed room to host the first ever Comic Book Movie Trivia Mayhem Panel (or at least the first one Kevin Smith has hosted according to Silent Bob himself). Smith wasn't alone though He was joined by Marc Bernandin, his co-host of the Fat Man on Batman[...]

We have a look inside the Yoga Hosers Sundance Super Special from filmmaker Kevin Smith and Dynamite Entertainment This is the prequel to the film written by Smith, with art by Jeff and Liam Quigley It was previously a Sundance Film Festival exclusive, but is now going to be available in shops on September 6th. The[...]

This week we learned that Lisa Spoonauer, one of the stars of Kevin Smith's Clerks, had died, aged 44. Her brother, Mike Spoonauer, is running a fundraiser for the Patient Advocate Foundation in Lisa's name He writes "Our sister Lisa, if she had gotten better, was going to devote the rest of her life to fighting for[...]

For a lot of people, Kevin Smith's first film Clerks was groundbreaking A simple film that took place mostly in a convenience store, shot in black and white and paid for with credit cards It's still celebrated to this day But a lot of the cast went on to live normal, non-acting lives Lisa Spoonauer was[...]

Sent to us by Bleeding Cool Contributor Ian Melton In the latest episode of Hollywood Babble-On (Episode #276, recorded on 4/28/2017), Director, Writer, and Geek Sage Kevin Smith shocked absolutely no one by admitting out loud that he has a lot of plates spinning The podcast, which he co-hosts with comedian, actor, and radio host Ralph Garman, segued[...]

Kevin Smith has announced the passing of actor Michael Parks at the age of 77 Smith refers to Parks as his cinematic muse Parks has played a diverse array of characters over his career that go back to the early sixties where he appeared on Gunsmoke, the Untouchables and the Detectives He appeared in the[...]

Last week I ran a story about the latest Humble Bundle featuring books by Kevin Smith and his friends It includes a lot of cool digital comics and part of the proceeds go to a charity I'm used to seeing either the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund or Hero Initiative as the charity of choice…[...]

The new bundle is with Dynamite Entertainment and focuses on the comic work of writer/director Kevin Smith and his friends The details of the deal, which includes 70 digital comics, can be found at: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/kevin-smith-comics Smith's first-ever Dynamite series, Green Hornet, introduced a modern incarnation of Britt Reid's masked alter-ego, fighting crime undercover side-by-side with a[...]

After plans to make a third Clerks movie failed due to one of the four leads opting out, and the Mallrats sequel turned into a TV show which no one picked up, Kevin Smith recently announced that he would make a sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back instead However, Smith hasn't given up[...]

This move doesn't come as a huge surprise, with our own Jude Terror having been on the case over the past few months as we watched Affleck waffle (check some of those pieces out here and here). Armchair quarterbacks have come out of the woodwork with a range of ideas as to the reasons behind the[...]

Not because of anything that was supposed to happen in it, but because it was being directed by Kevin Smith and the title, Supergirl Lives, was a tip of the hat to the infamous Superman Lives script Smith wrote a long time ago Smith talked about his time writing the Superman script in his An[...]

In an episode called Supergirl Lives directed by Kevin Smith, we see the return of season 1 villain Livewire and Mon-El chooses to be a hero like Kara James Olsen is becoming more accustomed to being Guardian and we get a look at a pair of aliens and one of them is a Dominator. Supergirl returns[...]

Following successful stops on his comic book related TV show episode direction tour at both The Flash and Supergirl, Clerks director Kevin Smith will be bringing his talents to ABC sitcom The Goldbergs Smith's stop at the 80s nostalgia-based TV show has been known since November, but what we didn't know was what the episode[...]

This episode is directed by Kevin Smith and called Supergirl Lives… I wonder if there will be a giant spider in the third act? https://youtu.be/O91JzoGp73M The first trailer for Supergirl's return this January shows us a lot of different things: Roulette returns, something happens to Winn Schott in the field, and Supergirl goes through a portal[...]

And it was going to be written by Kevin Smith and drawn by Phil Hester… and I wasn't happy. They had already killed him and now my favorite DC character was going to be in the hands of the guy who did Clerks and Dogma I wondered how many penis jokes he could get into a[...]

This also leads to the death of Oliver Queen. The fourth section of the book is Return of the Archer and starts up with works by Kevin Smith and Phil Hester and then Brad Meltzer who took over for Smith It has part of the Green Arrow: Year One series by Andy Diggle and Jock and[...]

Kevin Smith has exited the Amazon tv series project in the wake of the November 23 copyright lawsuit filing by MGM against Buckaroo Bonzai film director W.D Richter. Pity Smith is perfect for the project, now that I think about it  Ah well. If it ain't one thing, it's another, but the future still does begin tomorrow. There[...]

The film also starred Jeff Goldblum, Clancy Brown, Ellen Barkin, John Lithgow and Christopher Lloyd. The property came back into the public eye when MGM got Kevin Smith on board a television remake slated for Amazon in 2017 Smith said he was contacted by MGM after he directed an episode of The Flash last season. The conflict,[...]

Even 20 years later, the aborted Kevin Smith penned Superman Lives film continues to be the stuff of fandom legend In one of Smith's recent Facebook Q&A sessions, he was asked what he would think of the idea of bringing his script to life in an animated feature form: Oh like based on my script, based[...]

Kevin Smith was wrapping his last day on the episode of Supergirl he was directing and live-streamed the crew filming Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) flying Like with the behind the scenes footage from his directing on the Flash, we can see that Smith keeps the set light-hearted and fun. Kevin Smith was wrapping his last day[...]

Tonight (September 11th) at Midnight on AMC's Geeking Out, Kevin Smith takes a tour of DC Collectibles The episode offers a sneak peak at new action figures, statues and collectible items coming out in the next few months From action figures that were never produced, to fan favorite lines such as Batman: The Animated Series and[...]