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Dogma, the 1999 fantasy comedy film from Kevin Smith, will return to theaters this year for a special 25th anniversary release.

AMC Theatres and Iconic Events Releasing are teaming up for the limited release, which will tour through 25 cities in the US beginning on June 5th. Newly remastered in 4K and featuring an exclusive behind-the-scenes Q&a with Smith, the new anniversary release arrives after Smith regained the rights to Dogma from former owner and producer Harvey Weinstein. Smith will kick off the celebration with a special screening of Dogma at The Grove in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday, April 20th.

Widely released on November 12th, 1999, Dogma served as Smith’s fourth feature film and starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as fallen angels seeking to return to heaven via a loophole in the Catholic doctrine. Also starring Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, George Carlin, Janeane Garofolo, and Alanis Morissette,...

The star of the most recent installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Sarah Yarkin will lead the cast of psychological thriller The Silence Game, Deadline reports.

Nicholas Cirillo (Outer Banks) has also signed on to star.

The upcoming film from writer/director John Rosman (New Life) “follows a disillusioned young man who, after following a mysterious woman into a camp of outsiders, falls under the influence of a charismatic leader preaching virtue in The Silence Game, an unnerving game with simple but terrifying rules.

“As the ideology takes a darker turn, he must grapple with its intoxicating philosophy before it spirals into something far more sinister.”

The film is produced by T. Justin Ross (Aporia).

In addition to Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), Sarah Yarkin also appeared in Happy Death Day 2U, as well as the TV shows “Motherland: Fort Salem” and “School Spirits.”

Nicholas Cirillo, meanwhile, has appeared in “Stranger Things,...

This summer, Marvel Comics will release Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man #1, a first-of-its-kind one-shot bringing together mega talent to tell a range of stories spanning the Marvel mythos.

Perfect for fans and new readers alike, this spectacular collection of all-new tales encapsulates the heart of Marvel storytelling, all told through the vision of some of the industry’s biggest creators...including filmmaker Kevin Smith!

The writer and director, best known for Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Chasing Amy, is no stranger to comic books. He wrote the game-changing Daredevil story, "Guardian Devil," which set the stage for the Man Without Fear's dark and gritty reinvention courtesy of scribes like Brian Michael Bendis and Ed Brubaker.

Smith also wrote Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do, so he's no stranger to the web-slinger's corner of the Marvel Universe.

Smith makes his triumphant return to Marvel, teaming up with Giuseppe Camuncoli...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith’sDogma has become a cult classic since its release in 1999, and lately there’s been buzz about a sequel to the movie that starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as two angels who were banished from heaven. The Dogma writer-director further fueled the fire of the Dogma 2 rumors in a recent post on Threads that featured a picture of himself in front of the church where some of the film’s scenes were shot.

His post from Feb. 11 read: “We shot Dogma here 26 years ago, at the Saints Peter and Paul Church in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh! [Alan Rickman] and [George Carlin] (and my Dad) all stood on the steps of this cinematically sacred place back then, whilst they lived. And this year, we’re gonna honor all of ‘em… when we resurrect Dogma! More info very soon, Parishioners!”

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There were a lot of funny movies in 2024, but most of them weren't what we'd call 'comedies.' There were funny action movies, funny dramas, funny horror movies, funny thrillers, and so on, but not many straight-up comedies. One film, however, embraced the very roots of comedy, combining silent slapstick with very early animated comedy to great effect, and it's now free to watch basically everywhere. That would be the absurdist, utterly wacky delight, Hundreds of Beavers.

Hundreds of Beavers is co-written by its lead star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, who gives one of the best physical performances in years. It's a good thing he was a co-writer, because most actors wouldn't do what he's subjected to in director Mike Cheslik's film. The movie is a microbudget passion project made for $150,000 over the course of many years; actual filming took place in the subzero winters of Wisconsin and Michigan...

Kevin Smith is clearly having a good year. His latest directorial effort, The 4:30 Movie was well-received by both audiences and critics, he randomly showed up in The Simpsons’ season premiere and he regained the rights to Dogma from real-life shit demon Harvey Weinstein. Now he’s ending the year by playing Santa Claus — literally.

This past weekend, Smith took on the mantle of “Santa Bob,” posing for pictures with fans at his New Jersey comic book shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. He even had his costume designer whip up a custom Santa Bob suit.

Smith invited locals to indulge their Yuletide nostalgia by sitting on his lap and poising for a picture “just like we were at JCPenney’s or Sears back in the day — or the mall!”

It may be a tad unusual to see a celebrity taking on a mall Santa-type gig, especially considering...

Kevin Smith’s latest film, The 4:30 Movie, is a brisk affair, with hefty end credits. He tells us the story of what happened.

If you look on the end credits of Kevin Smith’s career-turning film Red State, you’d find a short sentence thanking the people who never questioned why, and instead asked why not. Fast forward to his latest release, 2024’s The 4.30 Movie, and the special thanks goes on, well, quite a bit longer.

Smith pens a note in the end credits of The 4:30 Movie, a missive of thanks to the people who helped him to get to where he is, and I had the chance to question Smith as to why he’d approached things that way. Turns out there was a practical bit of thinking involved.

“I’m going to disabuse you of the notion that it was ‘he knows what he’s doing...

Exclusive: Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Power Book II: Ghost), Martha Kelly (Euphoria), and Will Price (After the Hunt) are the newest additions to Maude Apatow’s directorial debut, Poetic License.

Character details are under wraps. Written by Raffi Donatich, the film follows Liz, a former therapist and soon-to-be empty nester, as she becomes the unexpected point of tension between two inseparable best friends and college seniors, Sam and Ari. Liz is forced to reexamine her life as the boys’ friendship unravels in a fierce competition for her affection.

As previously announced, Andrew Barth Feldman, Cooper Hoffman, Leslie Mann, Nico Parker, and Maisy Stella will also star. The project is the first from Jewelbox Pictures, Apatow’s recently launched production company with Olivia Rosenbloom, which produces alongside Apatow Productions and Levantine Films.

A Grammy-winning musician and actor best known as a founding member of the hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, Smith has...

Ahead of the premiere of “The Night Agent” Season 2, Genesis Rodriguez could soon be joining Season 3.

Variety has learned from sources that Rodriguez is currently in talks for a role in Season 3, which was formally ordered at Netflix back in October. Exact character details are currently under wraps.

Reps for Netflix declined to comment.

This would be the latest spy thriller show in which Rodriguez will star. She currently appears in Season 2 of the Paramount+ series “Lioness” and recently starred in the Kevin Smith feature “The 4:30 Movie.” Her other recent credits include the shows “Neon,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Time After Time,” and “Big Hero 6: The Series,” while her film credits include “Tusk,” “Casa de mi Padre,” “Man on a Ledge,” and “Run All Night.”

She is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Season 2 of “The Night Agent” is set to debut on Netflix on Jan.

Ahead of The Night Agent Season 2’s January 23 premiere, Genesis Rodriguez (Lioness) has entered negotiations for a role in the hit conspiracy thriller’s third season, Deadline can reveal.

Reps for Netflix declined comment. While specifics as to Rodriguez’s part are under wraps, we hear that she’ll be a series regular. As Deadline previously reported, production on S3 is set to kick off in Istanbul at the end of this year, with a New York shoot to follow in 2025. Netflix announced the show’s Season 3 renewal in October.

Am adaptation of Matthew Quirk’s New York Times bestseller, the first season of which ranks #7 on Netflix’s Most Popular TV chart, The Night Agent sees the FBI’s Peter Sutherland (Basso) manning a phone in the basement of the White House that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a fast moving and dangerous...

After regaining control of the original 1999 film Dogma from Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Smith is moving ahead with plans for a sequel.

Smith shared the news during a 25th anniversary screening of Dogma at Vulture Festival over the weekend. “Some people will be like, ‘Don’t fucking touch it. You’ll ruin it,’” said Smith. “And I’m here to tell you: I will. I’m fucking tickled. I found a way in.”

The filmmaker also suggested that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who starred in the original film, would return for its sequel. After he helped the pair “save” their Academy Award-nominated film Good Will Hunting, Smith says the duo owe him. “I have been able to hold that over both their heads for 25 fucking years, which is why they keep showing up in all the movies. Expect a cameo from them — more than a fucking cameo. The only way...

Kevin Smith broke into Hollywood with his iconic indie comedy, Clerks, back in 1994. Almost thirty years later, the indie icon brought audiences back to the iconic Quick Stop Convenience Store with Clerks III, which will find a new streaming home on Nov. 21.

Clerks III will be available to stream on Peacock starting Nov. 21. Released almost thirty years after Clerks, the third film once again centers around Randal and Dante, but this time life gets a tad more serious for the owners of the iconic Quick Stop. After suffering a heart attack, Randal and Dante finally pursue their dreams of making a film together, choosing to shoot it in black and white and setting it at the Quick Stop Convenience Store, mirroring the real-life production of the first film. Pulling from the real-life medical scare the writer-director faced back in 2018, Clerks III feels like an emotional retrospective of Smith's entire career,...

Nerdly’s interviewer extraordinaire fills a bucket list dream by sitting down and chatting with one of his all-time favourite directors Kevin Smith about his new flick The 4:30 Movie – a love letter to the glory days of the cinema.

Kevin Smith is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob, characters who also appeared in Smith’s later films Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), and Clerks III (2022) which are set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films have crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon known as the “View Askewniverse”, named after Smith’s production company View Askew Productions,...

While Kevin Smith might be known for View Askewniverse classics such as Clerks, Mallrats, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, hes also been known to dabble in horror from time to time. 2011s Red State was his first foray into the genre, and while that one was a straight-up thrill ride, Tusk and Yoga Hosers crossed the line into horror-comedy territory. From the sound of it, Smith is ready to give things another try based on comments he made on a recent episode of his Fat Man Beyond podcast.

Lasting a whopping 4 hours and 30 minutes which is apropos considering the episode is celebrating the digital release of Smith's latest flick, The 4:30 Movie the podcast touched on a number of topics, including films that Smith has been enjoying as of late. As a longtime fan of Rosemarys Baby, he mentioned the prequel which is now streaming on Paramount+, Apartment 7A,...

Kevin Smith has announced a new horror movie hes writing, and it marks the perfect return to the genre that has delivered some of his best and most underrated films. Smith recently released a new episode of his podcast Fat Man Beyond to promote the digital release of his latest film, The 4:30 Movie, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy set in the 80s. During the four-and-a-half-hour podcast, in which Smith broke the record for longest Fat Man Beyond episode to date, he teased the next screenplay hes working on.

Smiths next movie is a new Jay and Silent Bob movie, Jay and Silent Bob: Store Wars, in which Jay and Bob get into an intense business rivalry with a fellow weed dispensary. But on Fat Man Beyond, he revealed that hes already writing the next movie hell make after that; Smith describes this script as a horror movie about a Satanic...

Kevin Smith has released a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes video from his breakout film, Clerks. The 1994 comedy follows convenience store employee Dante (Brian OHalloran) and video store worker Randall (Jeff Anderson) as they deal with the minutia of day-to-day convenience store life, as well as coping with the likes of drug dealers Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith). Clerks was a hit with critics and audiences alike, launching Smith's career as a filmmaker, and creating a body of work that has lasted for three decades.

The video, posted to Smiths YouTube channel, starts with a montage of the director slating a series of shots with the clapperboard, followed by a series of outtakes, bloopers, and unused takes. The footage also includes shots of the original ending, in which the convenience store is robbed, and Dante is shot and killed. After behind-the-scenes footage is done, Smith addresses the camera, sharing how the...

Exclusive: Justin Long (Barbarian) and Michael McKean (Better Call Saul) have closed deals to join In Memoriam, the forthcoming Marc Maron comedy from Thelma producer Invention Studios.

Roles for the pair are under wraps. As previously announced, pic’s cast also includes Talia Ryder, Lily Gladstone, Sharon Stone, and Judy Greer.

Written and directed by Emmy winner Rob Burnett (The Fundamentals of Caring), In Memoriam follows a veteran Hollywood actor (Maron) who, after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, becomes obsessed with securing a spot in the Academy Awards’ “In Memoriam” montage. This leads to a heartfelt exploration of ego, humility, and legacy.

Invention Studios’ Nicholas Weinstock and Divya D’Souza will produce alongside Maron, as well as Burnett and David Martin from Avalon. Production commenced in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Recently, Long has appeared in Kevin Smith’s teen comedy The 4:30 Movie and 20th Century Studios’ hit horror film Barbarian,...

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law star Nicholas Cirillo has joined the star-studded cast for the upcoming seventh season of Black Mirror.

Per Deadline, Cirillo joins a stacked cast for Black Mirror's seventh season, which already includes the likes of fellow MCU stars Awkwafina (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and Emma Corrin (Deadpool & Wolverine). Other cast members include Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Issa Rae (Barbie), and Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish). Cirillo portrayed the cousin of Jennifer Walters and Bruce Banner in the Disney+ series, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and was most recently seen in Kevin Smith's latest film, The 4:30 Movie. Cirillo's other notable credits include the Netflix series, Outer Banks, and an appearance on Poker Face, in the episode titled, "Rest in Metal."

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Excellent news has been revealed for fans of Kevin Smith's Dogma. 25 years after the film's release in 1999, Dogma will finally be made available for streaming along with making a return to theaters and physical media.

Per a recent interview with Smith for The Hashtag Show, it's been confirmed by the filmmaker that the rights to Dogma have officially been acquired. Smith has previously explained that the reason the film wasn't streaming or getting new releases on physical media was because then-owner Harvey Weinstein had been holding the rights "hostage." Smith shared how a new, unnamed company has recently taken control of the rights, and he's already making plans to take Dogma on tour for a theatrical rerelease. Unfortunately, fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer to see it, as Smith predicts that it won't happen until next year.

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Kevin Smith’s celebrated 1999 comedy, Dogma, will soon be re-released in theaters and made available on streaming for the first time, now that the director has finally secured the rights to the film after its one-time owner, Harvey Weinstein, held it “hostage” for years.

Smith confirmed the acquisition during a recent interview on The Hashtag Show, explaining that the rights had been bought off Weinstein recently, which allowed him to finally regain them. “The movie had been bought away from the guy that had it for years,” he said. “The company that bought it, we met with them a couple months ago. They were like, ‘Would you be interested in re-releasing it and touring it like you do with your movies?’ I said, ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.’”

Smith then expanded on...

Dogma, one of writer-director Kevin Smith's most beloved and successful films, has not been available to buy or stream in nearly 15 years. Last released for home consumption in 2008, the Dogma Blu-ray costs $125 on Amazon. Used copies fetch about half that, and both are far too high a price for...

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Kevin Smith has been at an interesting point in his career post-heart attack. He's been revisiting the past with films like "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" and "Clerks III" while also pressing forward into originals once again with his most recent film, "The 4:30 Movie," which has been met with decent reviews thus far. Now though, it seems Smith gets to reclaim a bright (yet controversial) part of his past in the form of 1999's "Dogma." The rights to the film have been wrangled away from Harvey Weinstein, with Smith recently revealing that he and the new owner have big plans beginning next year.

In a recent interview with That Hashtag Show, Smith was promoting "The 4:30 Movie," which is available now on VOD. However, the filmmaker was asked about the status of "Dogma," as it has been largely unavailable for years,...

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Currently, Clerks is streaming for free on Pluto TV. The film, which was the first movie directed by Kevin Smith, was originally released in 1994. Due to its low budget, the film was shot in black and white and primarily takes place in and around a real-life convenience store in New Jersey. It is also the first movie to introduced Smith as Silent Bob alongside Jason Mewes as Jay, launching what would come to be known as the View Askewniverse.

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Clerks: The Animated Series was never given a fair shake during its initial run, but it would undeniably make a perfect fit in the age of streaming.

While the film came early in Smith's career and was hindered by a low budget, it was nevertheless a hit due to its critical acclaim.

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Monster Summer; The Hounds of War; The 4:30 Movie Season 20 Episode 5 Episode Summary

In the upcoming episode of “Made in Hollywood” titled “Monster Summer; The Hounds of War; The 4:30 Movie,” viewers are in for a treat as some of the biggest names in entertainment take center stage. Airing on CBS, the episode features Rhona Mitra, Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Smith, and Paul Reiser, each discussing their latest projects and reflecting on their careers.

Fans of action-packed films will want to catch Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson as they talk about their roles in “The Hounds of War,” while Rhona Mitra shares insights into her experiences working on major film sets. Kelly Macdonald, known for her versatile performances, will provide a glimpse into her recent work, offering a unique perspective on the world of acting.

Adding to the lineup,...

How does Kevin Smith feel about receiving his best reviews in years for “The 4:30 Movie,” a film that he shot at his childhood movie theater after purchasing it in 2021?

“The lesson is never make a movie until you have the location first,” Smith said with a laugh during a recent conversation with IndieWire. “Because, in the case of ‘Clerks,’ there was a location and then the story grew from that. And with ‘The 4:30 Movie,’ it’s like I had a location and the story grew from that… I can’t fuck up those movies, I guess is what it comes down to.”

Smith grew up attending movies at the Atlantic Twin Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, which was later rebranded as the Atlantic Movie House. And like many independent theaters in America, the venue was already struggling before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. But 2020 proved to be a...

Writer/director Kevin Smith recently revealed the unique condition that Carrie Fisher had to appear in his 2001 comedy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. While not exactly a sequel to Clerks, the movie is still part of the universe, focusing on the titular drug dealers played by Smith and Jason Mewes. Considering the title is a direct reference to Empire Strikes Back, Princess Leia star Carrie Fisher also had a role, portraying the Nun, who provides the characters with a car ride.

In a YouTube video for GQ to promote his new film, The 4:30 Movie, Smith broke down his most iconic films, including Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. One of the anecdotes he shared was about how Carrie Fisher agreed to appear in the film. Rather than asking for an exorbitant fee, or even the actor's salary, the Star Wars alum asked only for the amount needed to...

Kevin Smith's newest movie has arrived in theaters, courtesy of Saban Films. Called The 4:30 Movie, the film is a period piece set in the 1980s that follows a group of young friends sneaking viewings of movies at their local theater, much in the way Smith did himself at that age.

In an interview with Kevin Polowy of Cbr, Smith opened up on the development of The 4:30 Movie. He explained how the plot was partly inspired by Smith's real-life adventures of sneaking in screenings of many movies after only paying for one at the very same theater The 4:30 Movie was shot in. Beyond that personal touch, Smith also shared how the movie was reminiscent of his first feature film, Clerks, as the whole idea stemmed from first establishing a location before then coming up with the story.

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Filmmaker Kevin Smith has recently been hinting that a sequel to his 1995 movie Mallrats isnt completely out of the question. Per Entertainment Weekly, Smith said he would like Sarah Michelle Gellar to step in for the late Shannen Doherty if a movie was to be made. Within hours of the news, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress commented on social media that shes Here for this idea, of joining the cast of the movie.

Gellar and Doherty had been friends for 30 years, Gellar wrote in a tribute she posted on Instagram to the late actress, who died in July after a long battle with breast cancer. How do you possibly find the right words to sum up 30 years of friendship? I keep reminding myself it only hurts this much because there was so much love, Gellar wrote.

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Kevin Smith is back with his latest film, The 4:30 Movie. This semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story follows a group of teenagers as they spend a day at their local movie theater, with one teen's ultimate goal being every teenager's dream date: taking a girl to an R-rated movie. The film stars a group of young actors in the lead roles, with a plethora of "View Askew Regulars" in supporting cameo roles, including Jason Mewes, Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, Jason Lee, and Jeff Anderson, just to name a few.

While not set in Kevin Smith's "View Askewniverse" cinematic universe, The 4:30 Movie still has plenty to offer to fans of the indie auteur. The film owes much of its existence to Smith's Smodcast podcast and the saga of "Emo Kev" from the 1980s, and longtime fans will find plenty of inside jokes to reward their decades of fandom. That being said, The 4:30 Movie,...

Kevin Smith had an idea for intriguing stunt-casting in his new film, The 4:30 Movie — he’d hire his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, to play the Kevin-Smith-as-a-teenager character Brian David. Smith’s wife Jennifer signed off on the idea: “Harley is just a beardless, dickless version of you.” But despite the chance to play the film’s lead, Smith’s offspring turned him down flat.

“She was just like, ‘You don’t think I’ve got enough nepo baby shit to deal with online? You now want me to play you? Fuck that,’” Smith told Hollywood Reporter.

But nepo dads still gotta nepo dad. With Harley out of the picture, Smith turned to her long-term boyfriend, Austin Zajur, that veteran actor from Clerks III and Smith’s TBS reality show, Celebrity Show-Off. “Honestly, he was more Kevin Smith than Kevin Smith,” said Kevin Smith. “He was the perfect, perfect choice.

The 4:30 Movie writer-director Kevin Smith is well aware that filmmakers are in a self-reflective phase, especially after the wake-up call that was the recent global pandemic. In the past few years alone, Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) and James Gray (Armageddon Time) have made period dramas based on their childhoods, but most notably, Steven Spielberg put out The Fabelmans in 2022, detailing how his parents’ divorce intersected with his budding filmmaking prowess. Smith’s 16th feature about his four first loves — his neighborhood movie theater, his adolescent crush and his two best friends — is already being compared to Spielberg’s most recent Oscar-nominated film.

“A lot of nice people online have been saying that [The 4:30 Movie] is kind of like The Fabelmans, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s sweet.’ And then The New York Times was like, ‘Yeah, it’s kind of like The Fabelmans if the kid grows up to make terrible movies,...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with The 4:30 Movie, a coming-of-age story - set in the summer of 1986 - that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex.

When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager (Ken Jeong) and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans. Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, Jason Biggs, and more contribute outrageous characters to this poignant comic valentine to moviegoing and the youth of the '80s.

Shot in Smith's Smodcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, the movie has the same vibe as Clerks and is full of fun nostalgic Easter Eggs and pop culture references. It's also a relatable tale which features star-making performances from its four young leads: Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup,...

In a case of confusion in a galaxy far, far away, Kevin Smith recently revealed that he didn’t actually know which character he voiced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and he was telling everyone the wrong part! During a career retrospective with Entertainment Weekly, the writer-director of cult classics like Clerks and Mallrats shared this hilarious story of mistaken identity.

It all started when J.J. Abrams, the director of The Force Awakens, offered Smith the chance to voice a stormtrooper. “J.J. was kind enough to let me do a voice for a stormtrooper,” Smith recalled. “And he had a bunch of lines written, so he was like, 'I don’t know which one you’re gonna be. Just say all 10 of these.’” Sounds simple enough, right? Except Smith had no idea which stormtrooper he’d actually end up playing when he finally saw the movie.

After watching the film,...

*Warning — this article contains spoilers for The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Season 2 Episode 7*

After months of hype and build-up, the Siege of Eregion finally arrived in The Rings Of Power Season 2 this week with the release of Episode 7, ‘Doomed To Die’. And with orcs and elves heading to war, the scales falling from Celebrimbor’s eyes as the true extent of Sauron’s manipulation is finally revealed, and fire scorching the night sky as the forces of darkness converge upon Middle-earth, it’s safe to say that things are getting pretty heavy for our heroes ahead of next week’s series finale. And not just heavy, but — thanks to the arrival of a certain Hill-troll — pretty heavy metal, too.

At the height of the episode’s breathtaking action, just as it seems the tide may be turning in Gil-galad and Elrond’s battle with Adar’s monstrous children,...

Producer Jonathan Saba has acquired adaptive rights to Sean Patrick Griffin’s novel “Gaming The Game: The Story of the NBA Betting Scandal and the Gambler Who Made It Happen.” Saba will produce with a script from Marc-Edouard Leon.

According to an official logline, the sports betting exposé “explores the fascinating world of sports betting through the eyes of Jimmy ‘The Sheep’ Battista who, starting in the early ‘90s, helped run with a motley crew from blue-collar Delaware County, Pennsylvania one of the most respected betting syndicates to ever exist: The Animals.”

“The revelation that a professional referee was betting on his own games rocked professional sports. However, this story goes so much deeper and everything you think you know is just the beginning,” Saba said. “The Animals were a living paradox, unassuming yet sophisticated, crude yet shrewd, hardworking yet uninterested in ostentatious symbols of material success. These are the...

The 4:30 Movie is a 2024 American semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, and Ken Jeong. The story is loosely based on Smith’s experiences sneaking into movie theatres as a teenager and his earliest romantic endeavours.

Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story – set in the summer of 1986 – that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local Cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager (Ken Jeong) and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans. Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, Jason Biggs, and more contribute outrageous characters to this poignant comic valentine to movie-going and the youth of the ’80s.

The 4:30 Movie was released, in the US,...

On Wednesday, September 25, GMA3: What You Need to Know welcomes comedian Ken Jeong and writer-director Kevin Smith as guests. The pair discusses Smith’s latest project, “The 4:30 Movie,” a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy starring Jeong. The film draws on Smith’s teenage experiences sneaking into movie theaters and his early romantic endeavors. The show also features […]

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The 4:30 Movie, the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, received a theatrical release on September 13th, and now it has been revealed that the movie is coming to 4K and Blu-ray on November 5th! Copies of the physical media versions of the movie are available for pre-order on Amazon – including an Amazon-exclusive steelbook edition where the case is designed to look like a large VHS tape and the discs look like VHS tape spools! A fitting design for a movie that’s set in 1986. Images of the steelbook design can be seen right here:

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The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each...

Kevin Smith has worked with Ben Affleck on several movie projects, but it seems that while working on 1997s Chasing Amy, the director became so annoyed by Afflecks constant ad-libbing that Smith told him to put that kind of stuff in your own f*cking script one day. Hilariously, Smith noted that Affleck did just that, leading to great acclaim and an Oscar win to boot.

Chasing Amy was Smiths third directorial effort and starred Affleck as Holden McNeil, a comic book artist who falls in love with Joey Lauren Adams Alyssa, who just happens to be a lesbian. The film, like many of Smiths movies, was a huge financial success, spinning its $250,000 budget into a $12 million box office win.

Chasing Amy RComedyDocumentaryDramaRomance Release Date April 4, 1997Director Kevin SmithCast Ethan Suplee, Ben Affleck, Scott Mosier, Jason Lee, Casey Affleck, Dwight EwellRuntime 113Main Genre ComedyWriters Kevin SmithTagline It's not who you love.

Kevin Smith picks Clerks II as his favorite movie he has ever made. The cult favorite director has been writing and directing since the 1994 indie hit, Clerks. Smith has since gone on to create his own cinematic universe, The View Askewniverse, that connects the majority of his movies. Clerks II picks up 12 years later and finds Dante and Randal getting new jobs at the fast food restaurant, Mooby's, after Randal accidentally burns down The Quick Stop. Throughout his career, Smith has directed 16 movies, including the recently released The 4:30 Movie.

Now, reflecting on his career with Entertainment Weekly, Smith chooses Clerks II as his favorite movie he wrote and directed. Smith notes that Clerks II was intended as a gift to his fans after they supported the original Clerks. He also used the movie as motivation to create his podcast network and touring business, something he is still actively doing nearly 20 years later.

Kevin Smith has shared that he received death threats over his 1999 comedy film Dogma. The fourth film in Smith's View Askewniverse series deals with religious themes and Catholicism. Singer Alanis Morissette even played Smith's version of God in the film.

While speaking with EW, Smith reminisced about his films, including Clerks (1994) and Mallrats (1995). When talking about Dogma, Smith said that the film received thousands of angry letters due to the film's religious subject matter. This included receiving three death threats. Smith's full quote about the angry reaction to the film can be found below:

"[Dogma] was my fourth motion picture, and I almost got killed over it. 400,000 pieces of hate mail and three bona fide death threats."

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Two years have passed since Kevin Smith‘s horror anthology KillRoy Was Here made its way out into the world as an Nft – and to this day, the only people who have seen the movie are those who have either bought the Nft, been given access to one of the NFTs, or attended a special screening. Which means so few people have seen KillRoy Was Here, it could almost be described as Smith’s “lost movie.” Now, while speaking to Entertainment Weekly and promoting his new film The 4:30 Movie, Smith has revealed exactly how and why the movie became an Nft release.

Directed by Smith from a script he wrote with Andy McElfresh, KillRoy Was Here was made on a minuscule budget as a project with film students at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. The movie is a throwback anthology horror film featuring a...

Kevin Smith is expecting another reasonable hit with The 4:30 Movie, but many fans have been wondering whether he will ever get to make his long-gestating sequel to Mallrats. Talk of Mallrats 2has been ongoing for a number of years now, but as well as there being little movement on the films development, the death of original star Shannen Doherty earlier this year made the impossible task seem almost even less likely than it was previously. It seems that was also how Smith originally felt too.

In a new interview with Deadline promoting The 4:30 Movie, Smith addressed the chances of Mallrats 2 ever being made, starting with how the death of Doherty seemed to be the end of the road for the sequel. He said:

"So, with Shannens passing, at that point, I was like, 'Well, I guess that kind of closes the book for us. But then a couple of weeks ago,...

There wasn’t much of a chance that any of the new movies would give Tim Burton and Michael Keaton‘s reunion for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” a run for the top spot. Read on for the weekend box office report.

Sure enough, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was the number-one movie for a second weekend in a row with $51.6 million, down 54% from its opening weekend, bringing its domestic total to $188 million in North America. Overseas, it added another $28.7 million, which helped bring its international total to $76.3 million and worldwide box office to $264.3 million. We’re definitely going to have to wait to see how well this holds up against upcoming movies like “Transformers One.”

James McAvoy starred in the Blumhouse remake of the Danish horror film “Speak No Evil,” which Universal released into 3,375 theaters with strong reviews, currently at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite a strong premise, the latest Blumhouse only brought in $1.3 million in...

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) had an unexpectedly strong second weekend. With just under $52 million, it fell 54 percent (quite decent from a $111 million start), and a domestic total of $188 million in just 10 days.

Its take made up just over half of the U.S./Canada estimated gross of $95 million. That’s up 50 percent from last year, with year to date totals now 12 percent below last year.

The “Beetlejuice” 36 years-later sequel now looks certain to top the original film’s grosses, adjusted to current ticket prices. “Twisters” (Universal), released earlier this summer, was a similar legacy project, though with a different cast. As big as it was ($266 million domestic so far), that’s about half of the adjusted total for the 1996 original.

“Beetlejuice,” however, is faring similarly to “Twisters” overseas. With the film open around most of the world, its foreign take so far is only $76 million, a smaller gross compared to domestic.

Say, would you like another chocolate-covered pretzel? Malls may have passed their prime but the rats still roam, as Kevin Smith is still actively interested in returning to his much-discussed Mallrats sequel, Twilight of the Mallrats, if he can get the right support.

Like a schooner in a Magic Eye poster, Mallrats sequel has never fully materialized (whether as a movie or a TV series), with various postponements tied to everything from studio disinterest to the death of Shannen Doherty. But as discussions have popped up once again, Smith sees a way to navigate Universal. “I think we’re going back to have a discussion again about like, look, you guys are never gonna do anything with this. Like, but we can and would and would and would love to. So can you let us take it out? We’re not asking Universal to finance it, but it’s just like,...

The following contains spoilers for The 4:30 Movie, which is currently in a limited theatrical run.

Fans of podcaster, writer and director Kevin Smith usually know what to expect from his movies. Snappy dialogue, dirty jokes, pop culture references and what can only be described "Stoner Humor." However, this is not exactly what they'll get from his latest directorial effort The 4:30 Movie, filmed at Smith's childhood movie theater (which he now co-owns). Set in the summer of 1986, Smith's coming-of-age film centers around a group of friends as they grow up together and bond over their shared love of film.

Perhaps best known for Clerks and the characters Jay and Silent Bob, films in Smith's oeuvre all embrace a specific tone and style. His most recent efforts, Clerks III and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot can easily be identified -- lovingly or derisively, depending on one's view of the filmmaker...

Kevin Smith has been dipping back into his View Askewniverse in recent years with the sequels Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and Clerks III, and has hinted at wanting to revisit another one of his beloved films, Mallrats, for its own sequel. With his latest film, The 4:30 Movie, now playing in theaters, Smith addresses the likelihood of a Mallrats sequel and what it would take for it to finally get off the ground.

In an interview with Deadline promoting The 4:30 Movie, Smith was asked what the status of Mallrats 2 was, as the director has publicly advocated making a sequel for many years now. Smith would explain that the recent passing of Mallrats star, Shannen Doherty, understandably put a hold on meaningfully pursuing a sequel for the time being.

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From Jason Lee to Justin Long to Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith has brought back a bunch of his regular collaborators to appear in the cast of his latest film, The 4:30 Movie. Shot in Smiths own movie theater, Smodcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, The 4:30 Movie is his most personal film in years. Its a coming-of-age comedy about a group of teenagers theater-hopping across a single day in the 1980s.

Like Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese, Smith is known for working with the same actors over and over again. Part of that is because most of his films take place in an interconnected universe, the View Askewniverse, so a lot of actors play the same characters across different movies. But even his non-Askewniverse films, like The 4:30 Movie, have brought in frequent collaborators like Kate Micucci and Diedrich Bader.

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As Hollywood attempts to keep up with the ever-changing face of streaming, Kevin Smith has gotten into the movie theater business.

The director’s latest film is The 4:30 Movie, which serves as a love letter to small-town cinemas. It came at a time when he was feeling “existential” about being “one more goofy-ass tile to this never-ending wall” of film and television content on streaming platforms.

“I know it’s hard out there. It’s always been hard,” he said. “That’s the one thing I could say. But it’s worth the struggle. It’s worth the fight. Like, it’s worth making that tile, man, because that tile winds up being all the difference in some person’s life you’ll never meet.

“I meet people who tell you wonderful things about movies you’ve made years ago that other people lambast, and they’re like: ‘That’s my favorite movie.