huffingtonpost.com - 10/5/2009
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Today it seems every leading man in a comedy is a nerdy, awkward, social deviant trying to get laid. But it wasn't always like that. Kevin Smith's iconic films of the 90's brought the often overlooked slacker to the leading role in this decade's films, offering comic book geeks everywhere the ...
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nypost.com - 10/6/2009
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The king of stoner moviemakers, Kevin Smith ,
never really smoked much marijuana until Seth Rogen talked...
him into it last summer, he says. Now he sparks up at least three times a day and credits pot for helping him to dig his way out of a creative ...
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Pot smoking 'saved' Kevin Smith
firstshowing.net - 10/6/2009
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Back in May of this year, Kevin Smith
revealed that he wants to make a hockey drama/comedy...
based on a song called "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" by Warren Zevon ( listen here ). As time has passed since May, he's started to talk about it more ...
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Kevin Smith Wants Wil Wheaton in His New Hockey Drama?
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Kevin Smith Explains How He’s Gonna HIT SOMEBODY; Will Wil Wheaton Throw a Few Punches?
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... Katla McGylnn over at The Huffington Post did a great piece on Smith sparked by the release of his new book, Shootin’ The Sh*t With Kevin Smith: The Best Of SModcast” which Smith didn’t write but is a transcription of the best episodes of his highly successful podcast he does with his friend/long-time producer Scott Mosier. The interview covers not only the podcast but his realization of how he had to change after “Zach & Miri Make a Porno” fell well below his expectations at the box office. It’s that change ...
Kevin Smith Wants Wil Wheaton in His New Hockey Drama?
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... recently dug up two updates on Hit Somebody, the first from a Huffington Post profile on Smith, the other from a random ...
Kevin Smith Updates On Ranger Danger And Hit Somebody
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Kevin Smith Updates On Ranger Danger And Hit Somebody If youve listened to Kevin Smith's semi-weekly podcasts, you know that after the box office flatline of Zack and Miri Make a Porno the director went through a sort of mid-life crisis. Its that mid-life crisis thats driven him away from making the more personal, interesting movies we all expect from him into making A Couple Of Dicks , a standard buddy cop flick written by someone else. In an extensive interview with Huffington Post Kev talks about his change in midset (brought about in part by becoming a total stoner) ...
Kevin Smith Preps to 'Hit Somebody' Next
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... underway his latest discussion was with the folks at The Huffington Post. Peppered within scores of curse words and self-loathing Smith shared some details on his planned hockey-based feature Hit Somebody. ...
Sharon Stone Seeking 'Satisfaction'; Cast Joins New Gregg Araki Movie
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... . Talking to the Huffington Post, Smith confirmed that it's a more serious piece than we'd normally expect from him: "Some people heard of it and were like 'Oh, you're gonna do a "Slapshot" and I"m like "No." I mean, it's set in that era, but I'm going for something a little else, a little different on this one." He also hinted that he might be casting former "Star Trek" child star and geek idol Wil Wheaton, ...
Kevin Smith Finds Funding For Red State? Will Wil Wheaton Hit Somebody?
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... Smith recently told The Huffington Post that he hopes that Hit Somebody is akin to a Forrest Gump of sports movies, but not as ambitious. ...
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