Trailer: R-Rated 'Zack And Miri Make A Porno' Is Not Half Bad For A Kevin Smith Film

Nor is it half great, but hey, it's Kevin Smith, sometimes you've got to give this overrated, sort-of funnyman a break. "Zack and Miri Make A Porno," looks surprisingly a lot less than a Judd Apatow retread than we expected. According to EW (via /Film), this poster is Canadian only and not approved by the school marms that are the MPAA. And it's hard to totally hate on it when it has one of our favorite ultra wussy bubblegum songs used in it, "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies. Oh yeah, Craig Robinson, from "The Office" and the Apatow gang stars as well, which is a bit of another casting appropriation, but whatever, we love him (even if he is on drugs).

Zack (Rogen) and Miri (Banks) have been friends since youth. They live like cozy siblings in a rundown shared house. Zack's job serving coffee at the local latte palace doesn't exactly make him rich, so when both he and Miri hit their debt ceiling, they're forced to come up with a plan. Inspired first by Miri's accidental YouTube debut in her “granny panties,” then by a random conversation at a high-school reunion, Zack and Miri decide that the best way to score quick money is to make an adult film they can sell on the Internet. Together. For real.

'Zack and Miri' debuts next week at the Toronto Film Festival and comes out in theaters proper on October 31. Smith won an earlier battle against the MPAA when he finally won himself a proper R-rating after the sewing circle over their objected to his infantile approach at porn and was threatening to slap him with the dreaded NC17 rating.

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CNN: When Bush First Met Laura In Oliver Stone's "W"

CNN's got a first look at a scene from Oliver Stone's "W," where a young George Dubya Bush (Josh Brolin) first meets his wife-to-be Laura Welsh (Elizabeth Banks) and is pretty much instantly smitten. It's actually pretty much exactly how it's written in the script and basically feels how we pictured it.
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New Photos From Oliver Stone's 'W'

Fuck it, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or at least for now. We have a little bit of "W" fever these days. Yeah, we knew the Oliver Stone film would basically be an unintentional comedy from the get-go, but now we're kind of convinced it's going to be a fascinating, decent and at the very least, a vastly entertaining comedy since we've read the script.

The first shot is of cowboy younger Bush (Josh Brolin) trying to woo Laura Bush (Elizabeth Banks) and the other one is obviously one of the decider himself. PS, has anyone noted that recognizable character actor Dennis Boutsikaris (E.R.," "Law & Order") is playing former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz? This kind of makes us LOL. It's genius casting.
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Is Josh Brolin Changing His Tune On 'W'? Are The Sympathetic Sides Of The Film One Big Backhanded Compliment?

Is Josh Brolin changing his tune slightly about Oliver Stone's Dubya-biopic, "W"?

Stone once called it, a "fair, true portrait of the man," and Josh Brolin was initially against the idea and said no to the part. "When Oliver asked me, I said, 'Are you crazy? Why would I want to do this with my little moment in my career?' " Brolin told the L.A. Times earlier this year, but when read the script, he changed his mind. "It was very different than what I thought it would be, which was a far-left hammering of the president."

In fact, in the same interview Brolin went out of his way to say why both sides of the fence could relate and enjoy the film. "Republicans can look at it and say, 'This is why I like this guy' It's not a political movie. It's a biography. People will remember that this guy is human, when we are always [outside of the movie] dehumanizing him, calling him an idiot, a puppet, a failed president. We want to know in the movie: How does a guy grow up and become the person that he did?"

However, Brolin talked to New York magazine this week and was a little bit harsher with his words towards Bush.

"We don’t have [drill him for way he ran his administration], it’s all out there. We concentrate on the compelling nature of someone who has no real deep interest in or training for the presidency, but who did it twice."

Many journos and bloggers have read the script (including us) and it's not an entirely unsympathetic portrait of the President and his cronies, but it does make Bush seem like a guy who gets aggravated by any presidential duties take him away from watching sports, clowning around or playing with his dogs. But all media and bloggers should note: the script we've all read went through two rewrites after it first leaked in April and before it started shooting in late May according to EW.

And it might not be entirely different from what was originally written according to some of the suggestions Brolin makes to NY mag.

'This is an amazingly compelling story about a guy who was flailing. He was a mouse in a labyrinth, just lost, looking for that cheese and not finding it. And then he became president of the United States."

Doesn't quite sound like a totally fair portrayal does it?

In early interviews, Brolin seemed to have a lot of empathy for the President, but maybe now that he's done playing the role, he's done being a politician about how he truly feels. About one scene in the script/movie where the Commander-In-Chief chokes on a pretzel, Brolin isn't exactly kind. "It’s funny, but it’s pathetic and sad, too. You’re laughing but cringing. It’s like Tarantino—like watching a 'W.' version of 'Pulp Fiction.' "

'W' is supposed to be fair and balanced, but in the script (which criss-crosses between his younger days and mostly-modern day Iraq, circa 2003), it's quite heavy-handed, but as we mentioned earlier, there are some kernels thrown to Bush sympathies (he's apparently got a killer memory).

But the more and more we think of it, what we've read – old draft or no – and what all the players involved have said so far, we think we've got the essences of the story : it's one big backhanded compliment to Bush's achievements. An idiot that somehow got to the top.

The early EW cover story in the Spring with Brolin and Elizabeth Banks, basically says as much. Check what Oliver Stone said back then.

"I think history is going to be very tough on [Dubya]. But that doesn't mean he isn't a great story. It's almost Capra-esque, the story of a guy who had very limited talents in life, except for the ability to sell himself. The fact that he had to overcome the shadow of his father and the weight of his family name — you have to admire his tenacity. There's almost an Andy Griffith quality to him, from A Face in the Crowd. If Fitzgerald were alive today, he might be writing about him. He's sort of a reverse Gatsby.''

You'll recall back then that the author of Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Robert Draper wasn't feeling the script either. ''My quarrel with the script isn't that it departed from factual reality here and there, but that it just misses the guy. ''You come away with an even more hyperbolized caricature of Bush the Cowboy President than is already out there.'

Our favorite parts in the script? When Bush snaps at Cheney during a one-on-one meeting to let him know who's in charge. "'Just keep your ego in check. I'm the president. I'm the decider,'' he barks at the VP.

Another scene has Bush in a prep meeting for Iraq and he's so distracted and angry that he begins to start stealing everyone's mints. Condoleezza Rice playfully slaps him on the wrist when he gets to her candy and in a moment of frustration, BDubya snaps at Paul Wolfowitz and commands him to trim his ear hair! (we're not joking) Lastly a meeting with a Saudi ambassador yields a hilarious confession on Bush's part. He tells the guy in all earnestness that he's given up sweets since the beginning of shock and awe. ''This is my personal sacrifice to show support for our troops,'' he says. How amazing is that?

Honestly? No matter how stupid it might seem? After reading the script, we're dying to see this thing.
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David Wain's 'Role Models' Gets A Trailer

Pictures released yesterday, trailer today. Looks like this movie is moving full steam ahead, good good. David Wain’s upcoming film for Universal Pictures, "Role Models" (formerly known as “Little Big Men”) stars "Wet Hot American Summer" alumni Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks, plus Seann William Scott and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (aka McLovin). The comedy centers on two energy drink reps (Rudd and Scott) forced to enroll in a community service program where they mentor two young boys, is due later this year on November 14. Peter Salet ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") is composing the score.
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Another 'Wet Hot Summer' Coming Our Way?

Andy: "You taste like a burger. I don't like you anymore."

Will there be a sequel, nay prequel to the 2001 uber-silly, but nu-comedy classic, "Wet Hot American Summer" directed by David Wain?

There was talk of a musical version of the film in February via MTV.

But the guy's at CHUD attended an recent L.A. screening of the film with writer and director Wain in attendance as presented by screenwriter Diablo Cody. Though they couldn't strike pen to paper for quotes, they did note that Wain said he's been toying with the idea of a prequel to the film.

They write about his "idea":

"The prequel would be set earlier in that same summer, and part of the joke would be that the [original] cast who were ten years too old now be playing [the roles of young camp teenagers] would now be playing even younger versions of those same [characters], but this time be twenty years too old [for the parts]."

They note that Wain very well might be kidding (which seems likely and makes this feel like a waste of time, however!...), however, a special edition "Wet Hot American Summer" DVD is being planned and it will feature, extra footage and could come packaged with the soundtrack, which was never officially released and featured tracks by now, retroactively christened yacht-rock classics by Jefferson Starship, Foreigner, Rick Springfield, Loggins & Messina, Loverboy and more.

Wain’s upcoming film for Universal Pictures, “Little Big Men” "Role Models" stars 'American Summer' alum Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks, plus Sean William Scott and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (aka McLovin). The comedy centers on two energy drink reps (Rudd and Scott) forced to enroll in a community service program where they mentor two young boys, is due later this year on November 14.

Paul Rudd make funny clean up

Wet Hot American Summer - Opening Sequence

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Is Oliver Stone's 'W' On Track To Win A Razzie Award?

You'll remember that shortly after it was announced, a few pages from Oliver Stone's "W" script leaked to the Hollywood Reporter, and everyone had a good laugh at how silly it was and how much it actually resembled a true comedy; we particularly liked the "turdblossom," line that Bush delivers to Rove, on page one no less.

Well, AwardsDaily has gotten their hands on what is allegedly the final script and they say it's worse than you could possibly imagine and they claim, "that the groaners we saw two months ago were the good parts."

Ooof. They even suggest, "W" could sweep the Razzie Awards.

Their main message? Avoid this "embarrassing joke" at all costs, unless you love trainwrecks or have squeal in ironic delight at terrible movies.

"So if you’re really dying to see a monumental piece of doo-doo with Bush’s name on it, please take my advice. Skip the movie and go tour the sewage plant. It’s bound to be a better example of strained and filtered shit than this script."
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Is The MPAA Giving The Special Olympics Of Film Directors A Problem?

Kevin Smith - perhaps the most painfully overrated director in the history of indie geek cinema - is apparently gleefully battling over the MPAA over a potential NC-17 rating for his upcoming guffaw-fest "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" starring Seth Rogen And Elizabeth Banks (clearly aping Apatow obvs).

"They are really fucking around with us. Those dicks! A guy fucking a donkey, they ain't got no problem with. But a man and a woman having sex they seem to have real issues with, for some weird reason. It's insane. It's completely insane," Seth Rogen told MTV.
We hate to throw old co-pals under the bus, but this graph from a separate MTV article about Smith makes our skin crawl.

"Kevin Smith is the David Mamet of comedy. Both are modern-day wordsmiths who compose poetic language that elevates the voice of the common man, spoken in a stylized manner that demands devotion, balancing every philosophical comment with an F-bomb for good measure."

Yikes, we couldn't disagree more. Back to 'Porno.' Whatever, guys, that teaser trailer sucked. Concentrate on your jokes and get back to us later. [MTV]

One of our most eagerly anticipated films from Sundance 2008, "Ballast" - a film we unfortunately missed at the recent Sundance @ BAM Brooklyn screenings - has backed out of its deal with IFC Films and instead made a deal with Strand and Required Viewing. Both parties called the parting amicable. The indie drama set in the Mississippi delta, about a suicide that affects multiple people's lives won at ton of acclaim (plus a directing award for filmmaker Lance Hammer) at Sundance '08 in Utah and just sounds kind of great. [Variety]

"Sir Ben is a gentleman first and foremost. He definitely deserves that title, Sir. He's just a humble, professional individual. I don't remember having to break the ice, that's how comfortable I was around him. Sometimes when you do scenes with people, after the director calls cut, nobody really says nothing — that uncomfortable silence. But in between our cuts, everybody was just talking, you know? Kicking it." - Method Man says working with Sir Ben Kingsley on the set of "The Wackness," was chill, just like hanging out with other Wu bangers. [Entertainment Weekly]

Is 'Spider-Man 4' coming in May of 2011? And maybe with the principal actors and directors if the script is good? [L.A. Times]

Extended Play has two great stories on the music of The Jonas Brothers' upcoming film and the "Scott Pilgrim" film starring Michael Cera. We reserve the right to write a full-blown piece on the later when we finally get some sleep. We wanted to give EP some shine though [Extended Play]

Will Christian Bale play alongside Russell Crowe and Sienna Miller in Ridley Scott's new romantic, love-triangle twist on the Robin Hood story (as the good-natured thieving archer)? Seems like the director is keen on casting him if he can. Crowe plays the Sheriff of Nottingham and Miller will portray Maid Marion. [/Film]

"I'm a teleporter. ... I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere. Boom, boom, boom! My character's a black Texan. He's not a cowboy, but his gear suggests that he is. He's just a badass who'll whoop your ass." - Black Eyed Pea Will.I.Am. reveals the thrilling details about his role in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." [MTV]
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Kevin Smith Still Underwhelming While Trying To Channel Judd Apatow

Do we care about Kevin Smith? Not one iota, but we figured we'd try and enter the cultural conversation that is "Zack And Miri Make A Porno," because a) we probably should regardless of our feelings on his special-Olympics-like filmmaking and b) because the film does look like wannabe Apatow and even stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks (two Apatow mainstays). This clip is mostly uneventful: Zack and Miri comment on offscreen actors in their porn screen tests and it's full of Smith's grade school potty humor comedy which isn't that funny? Why are we posting this? Cause we already typed this all out and at least three people will be interested in this no matter how lame it is. Maybe there's no hope for Smith at all, even if he's trying to go for cock n' balls comedy.

Smith even cast Craig Robinson in the film, the funny doorman who first got noticed by most people as the doorman in "Knocked Up," ("I would love to tear that ass up, but you too damn old for this club"), c'mon Kevin, do you have any original ideas? Oh right, that kid named Jason Mewes (*eye roll*). You'll have to do better than this.
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Dear God. First Look: Oliver Stone's 'Bush' Film

Wow, feast your eyes on that, huh?

JustJared has a first look of this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly which has snagged the first photos of Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic"W."

Yes, that's Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks as George and Laura Bush? Are you feeling a delirious mix of horror, repulsion and giddy, train-wreck anticipation?

Yeah, we feel dizzy too. Don't forget in the original script, which may or may not have changed by now, Dubya calls his oily advisor Karl Rove a "turd blossom" on page one.

Amazing, right? Don't forget we gave our helpful suggestions as to who should play Rove, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the unannounced cast members to portray Bush's cabal.

The EW story is up. In it, Stone denies that Robert Duvall turned down Cheney and refused to comment on reports that he's talking to Paul Giamatti about the part.

A lot of people are wondering how fast and loose Stone will play with his Bush biopic, but he doesn't really care. ''I'm tired of defending the accuracy of my movies,'' he said. ''I'm past that now. JFK was a case to be proven, Nixon was a penetrating biography of a complex and dark man. But I'm not bound by those strictures anymore."

Still, people have problems with the script. The author of "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Robert Draper is one of those people. ''My quarrel with the script isn't that it departed from factual reality here and there, but that it just misses the guy,'' he said. ''You come away with an even more hyperbolized caricature of Bush the Cowboy President than is already out there.''

Dude, it is Oliver Stone, afterall. We kinda can't wait.
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Who Else Will Star In Oliver Stone's White House Comedy Drama, "W."?

Not only has sensationalist director Oliver Stone not made a good film in about 17 years ("JFK"), but many of the pictures he has made in that time have been the most wretched, insipid pieces of laughable cinema in recent memory ("Natural Born Killers," "Alexander"; though "Any Given Sunday," did have some good unintentional comedy to it).

In keeping with this trend, you've obviously heard that Stone is planning on rush-releasing, "W.," a biopic about the Bush administration this year, and as quickly as he can before Dubya goes out of office in November to capitalize on whatever residual apathetic hatred the country has for him.

We're not the first people to think this film will likely be a comedy, or more accurately, an unintentional comedy.

As you've likely read, much of the principal players in Bush's cabal have been cast: Josh Brolin will play the bumbling president, Elizabeth Banks will portray professional flower admirer/first lady Laura Bush, Thandie Newton will up the sex-kitten factor of the sexless Condie Rice, and former 'Daily Show' correspondent Rob Corddry will bring the funny as perpetually smarmy White House press secretary Ari Fleischer. Additional cast members will include George Cromwell as the senile George Sr. and Ellen Burstyn who is far too good of an actress to waste her talents on the layabout wallflower first lady Barbara Bush. Fey and limp-wristed British lapdog Prime Minister Tony Blair will be portrayed by the effeminate-looking Ioan Gruffudd.

However, many of the principal players and advisers in Bush's Vulcan cadre cabinet have still not been cast. The film can't possibly go on without them and the announcement as to who will play who must be imminent. So as we're wont to do, The Playlist offers what we believe are our very fine casting suggestions.

Brian Cox as Dick Cheney
Cheney's contemptuous glaze and his petulant, wicked mien is Death Star-worthy. Brian Cox is a thespian who can turn into a pitbull at the drop of a dime and would be perfect to play the ill-tempered war architect. Hell, he's already played the part in various films. What's one more role as a politician who's pure pestilent evil incarnate? We suggest Brian Cox immediately begin tearing the wings off of baby doves to prepare for the role of the habitually irritable VP.

Wayne "Newman" Knight as Karl Rove
Rove's self-satisfied smug grin was always one you wished you had the immunity to slap off his unctuous fat face (Not to mention that whole creepy pedophile thing he's got going on). So, who better to play one of the craftiest weasels of all time then one of TV's most nefarious and weaselly vermin, Newman from "Seinfeld"? You know the extra sweaty oiliness he could bring to the role would make him that much more detestable. It'll be like his turn in "Jurassic Park," except instead of his evil bumbling leading to dinosaurs running amok, he helps create a whole new generation of battle hardened terrorists who want to kill our children's children. Hello Jerry...

Robert Wuhl as Donald Rumsfeld
Wuhl is one of our most hated actor of all time, hands down, which makes him a natural fit to play the evil and nefarious Rummy. His vile, hammy mugging and his stupid wretched face... (wait- Rummy or Wuhl? Oh yeah, both.) We've loathed Wuhl for years (he loves getting cast as a sportswriter and came up with the horrible "Arli$$" TV show premise himself). So, he might not look the part exactly, but he'll be plenty easy for us to hate! And with some Grandpa specs, some graying make-up, and a few pounds gained, he could perfectly play the one of the most crude and shifty villains that ever lived.

James Earl Jones As Colin Powell
If anyone in Bush's cabinet had a shred of dignity for most of their tenure it was probably Colin Powell, who then basically flushed all that good-will down the toilet when he was hoodwinked into presenting a bunch of horseshit 'evidence' in front of the U.N.to make the case for war. So who better to play him than the Emperor's very own hand-puppet, the voice of Lord Darth Vader? We can see it now, that part in the resigns his post and goes into hiding, a bitter and betrayed man who squandered his legacy on an unethical administration. Kinda like his role as 'Terry Mann' in the first half of "Field of Dreams." And just as in 'Dreams,' we can envision a sequel when a young man with a vision, in this case named Barack Obama convinces the crazy, bitter old kook to come out of retirement for one last shot at glory...

According to a leaked script obtained by ABC, the film "a classic American story," and shows Bush in his prime, boozing too much, living in the shadow of his esteemed father and suddenly finding a purpose in life; getting religion, giving up alcohol and attempting to not be such a jackass. But does his desire to impress daddy put the rest of the world in danger? The Hollywood Reporter got their hands on the same script (talk about White House leaks) and they sent it to four Bush biographers; one of them who said the screenplay, "Leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a fraternity." See? Talk about bringing the Lol's.

One things for sure, all of the players involved in the film, especially Stone are going to have problems with the IRS come tax time 2009.

Thanks to the invaluable help of contributor Mr. Snruff on this post.
4. 11.08, Update: Three pages of the allegedly real script are up on the Hollywood Reporter site. Get it before it goes down. Bush calls Rove a "turdblossom" on page one, ahahaha.
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George Lucas Attempts To Manage Your Already-Pitiful 'Indiana Jones 4' Expecations; More

Random Short Cuts
We apologize for not blogging yesterday, we had a massive project to get out the door. You know, paying gigs and all. But things happened yesterday you should paid attention to. Here's a greatest hits.

George Lucas took a preemptive apologist strike at those nerds who already think "Indiana Jones 4" will suck dogballs yesterday by admitting he knows you'll be disappointed. The director/producer CGI-enthusiast basically said he holds nothing precious and prepared audiences to have your sense of nostalgia destroyed. "It's just a movie. Just like the other movies. You probably have fond memories of the other movies. But if you went back and looked at them, they might not hold up the same way your memory holds up." [USA Today]

Fabulous outsider filmmaker John Waters tries to dig at R.E.M's Michael Stipe for coming out of the closet more than once? (publicity whore) [New York Magazine]

Sir Ian McKellan confirmed that if all goes as planned (i.e. if Peter Jackson and he have his way), he will return as Gandalf in the "Hobbit" film mostly likely to be directed by Guillermo del Toro. [Film Guardian]

Elizabeth Banks got cast as first lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's upcoming George W. Bush screed. Josh Brolin is already signed on to play Dubya and as for Connie Rice? We humbly suggest Halle Berry, you know she'd be perfect with her "Storm" like hairdo. James Cromwell will play George Sr. and the great Ellen Burstyn will portray Barbara. [Empire]

Steve Earle played "The Wire" theme song - "Way Down In The Hole" by Tom Waits - on David Letterman. We poured out another 40 for our beloved Bmore crew. [Stereogum] Creator David Simon actually lectured to (or at?) Columbia journalism students last night in New York and we were very tempted to try and sneak in, but the callings of birthdays and beer were more important. Anyone have a report? We're dying to hear.

Someone thinks there's a market out there for $35 movie tickets that come with bells, whistles, questionable massages and the like. [Variety]
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The Guy Who Did The Haunting 'Requiem For A Dream' Score; Also Soundtracked The Rom-Com 'Definitely Maybe'; Film Also Featured Nirvana... Who Knew?

While we were busy drinking, perfectly timed and marketed for Valentine's Day of this year, the rom-com "Definitely Maybe"- starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fischer, Elizabeth Banks and Rachel Weisz - hit theaters on Feb 14 and did moderate $11 million dollar business with an unassuming #5 debut on the box-office ("Jumper" took the top prize that weekend).

But slow and steady wins the race for these kinds of pictures. Almost 5 weeks later and the film has grossed more than $40 million dollars. Not too shabby.

Much to the chagrin of housewives and girlfriends who dragged their bf's to the theaters to see this flick, the indie-pop heavy soundtrack was never released.

Called, "maybe the first midlife crisis movie for Generation X," by Salon, only a score disc for the film was released, and oddly enough, the romantic serenading music was composed by normally-gloomy composer Clint Mansell, the man behind the famous "Requiem For A Dream," score that's been recycled and aped the world over for various soundtracks and trailers.

But the music featured in the film - many a shower-singing inspirational show-stopper by Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, R.E.M., the Flaming Lips, Sly and the Family Stone, Badly Drawn Boy, Patrick Wolf, David Gray and Finley Quaye - became much sought after, so a U.K. version of the soundtrack with most of these songs, also retroactively available as an import on Amazon, was released.

While Courtney Love wasn't kidding when she said she's try and stick Nirvana into every film, TV show and commercial known to man, she at least had the good sense to not allow "Come As You Are" to make the soundtrack disc (what a stain that woulda been). "Definitely Maybe" music supervisor Nick Angel, evidently thought the Stereogum crowd would be attending this film in droves.

This fulfills are bi-monthly obligation to the readers who loved "PS I Love You" and its soundtrack.

Definitely Maybe OST tracklist
1. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
2. Stand - REM
3. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
4. Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
5. Safe From Harm - Massive Attack
6. In Spite Of Me - Morphine
7. Cigarettes And Coffee - Otis Redding
8. People Everyday (7'' Edit) - Arrested Development
9. Connected - The Stereo MC's
10. The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
11. Even After All - Finley Quaye
12. The Summer Wind - Madeleine Peyroux
13. The Time Of Times - Badly Drawn Boy
14. Definitely Maybe Suite - Clint Mansell
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"I'm Fucking -- FILL IN BLANK" Phenomenon Naturally Running Amok

Leave it to Kevin Smith to beat a dead horse. And or, did you know that someone out there is fucking someone else?

The viral Internet success of Sarah Silverman's mildy-amusing, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" video clip and Jimmy Kimmel's suprisingly funny response video, "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck," has prompted director Kevin Smith to make a spoofy, "I'm Fucking Seth Rogen" with Rogen and Elizabeth Banks to drum up attention for his latest film, "Zack And Mimi Make A Porno."

Problem is, it's not that funny and these clips are getting tired already. Problem is in the accelerated, internet pop culture world, one doesn't need to wait one year for a ton of say, Tarantino knock-off films, like we used to in the good old days. Now, one just has to wait a matter of days.

Put a stop to this already people, please.

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Kevin Smith Tries To Jack Judd Apatow's Steez By Casting Troupe Members Rogen and Banks?

Anyone else frightened/miffed by the fact that Kevin Smith's new porno-lovestory comedy - the imaginitively titled "Zack & Miri Make A Porno" - is jacking members of Judd Apatow's acting troupe, specifically "40 Year Old Virgin" co-stars Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks?

You'll recall even Smith "friend" Rosario Dawson even bailed on this one early on, but Variety has confirmed that Rogen and Banks are onboard to portray the titular characters. We kinda call some BS on this and think Smith is doing everything he can to borrow some of Apatow's shine, but we would say that, as we basically believe Smith should be barred from making anymore films.

Whatever, actors are adults and they'll sign on for whatever they want, but it just makes us feel a little gross.

The film which revolves broke plantonic friends that make a porno for quick cash and then slowly realize they have feelings for one another is the 7th film that Smith is making for the Weinsteins (no accounting for taste).
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