Kevin Smith Talks ‘Hit Somebody’ And Reveals ‘Jay And Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie’
Thursday night,Kevin Smithinvaded multiplexes with a simulcast ofKevin Smith: Live from Behind. The event featured the Clerks filmmaker and his hetero life mateJason Mewesdoing their podcast,Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, followed by an extended question and answer session. As usual, the Q&A featured Smith revealing all sorts of information on his upcoming projects.
He dropped a few more nuggets aboutHit Somebody, such as its proposed budget and updated release schedule, and even formally announced a new movie calledJay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, which will blend live action and R-rated animation. All the details are after the jump.
We’ll start with the newer project. A few weeks ago whenSmith formally announcedthat Smodcast Pictures was teaming with Phase 4 Films, the following was buried in the release:
A division of SModCo, SModcast Pictures covers the visual spectrum of S.I.R. and SModcast.com. Their forthcoming releases include the unscripted series COMIC BOOK MEN for AMC, andJAY & SILENT BOB’S SUPER GROOVY CARTOON MOVIE, a blend of live action footage and R-rated animation. SModcast Pictures also produces the SMODCO CARTOON SHOW – a monthly series that animates audio from various SModcast.com podcasts.
That piece of information didn’t really get talked about but Smith elaborated a bit at Thursday’s event. According to /Film reader Raymond A. (@smoothevityon Twitter) Smith confirmed the blend of live action and animation and said they hope the animated film will be ready to be part of Midnight Madness at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. We’re trying to find out more.
Speaking of Toronto, that’s where Smith said he thinksHit Somebodywill eventually premiere…in 2013. He’d previously said he was hoping the filmwould be ready by next year’sSundance Film Festival, but as he’s still working on the massive script (upwards of 200 pages) the film likely won’t be done in time for the submission deadline, which is now about seven months away.
Moviebuzzers.comhas a great article with all the info including the following:
There’s more at the article so check it out. If all goes according to plan, though, Smith is going to be a very, very busy man in the coming years.
Are you excited to hear about Jay and Silent Bob returning to the big screen?
