Kevin Smith News

Brace yourself, everyone: in Zack and Miri Make a Porno, nudity will abound.

But it won't be the kind that makes us so excited to see Jennifer's Body.

In a new interview with MTV, director Kevin Smith promises full frontal nudity... of the male variety.

MTV: When we spoke to you about Zack and Miri Make a Porno last year, both you and Rogen teased a shot of full-frontal nudity. So do we get to see the jewels on display?
Smith: Yeah! You get one definitive ba-- shot then you get a bonus ba-- shot in the movie later on. It's all of [Jason] Mewes. You get to see every inch of Mewes in this movie.

MTV: Is any sex in the movie that's actually erotic?
Smith: There's one scene in the movie that sex is played straightforward, but it's the one scene where there's the least flesh on display. And that is a very passionately charged, sweet scene, so that one they never focused on. [The actors are] fully clad during it. We play it mostly on their faces.

Kevin Smith has a great job.

Aside from writing and director popular comedies, the movie maven gets to screen upcoming films before they're released. Already, he's heaped praise upon Watchmen.

Now, it appears as though the director of Zack and Miri Make a Porno has seen a preview of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie, and has only good things to say about it.

Sounds like Kevin Smith loves Chris Pine.

Here's a snippet of Smith's interview on the Kevin and Bean radio show last week:

Smith: I saw a movie last night that I cannot talk about.
Host: Was it good?
Smith: It was phenomenal.

Host: Any stars, any break out stars, and do they trek?
Smith: The stars absolutely trek in this film. It is fantastic. Anybody who was worried doesn’t need to be worried–about this film I cannot talk about…It was in very capable hands. The director did a phenomenal job...Top notch cast and the guy that plays the lead is an instant star. That dude is going to be so famous. He is so wonderful. He picked up a role that I would say is pretty challenging for someone to step into the shoes of, because it is a role that has been played before many times by the same guy.

With Zack and Miri Make a Porno due out in theaters on October 31st, we decided to feature Kevin Smith as our first director for Reel Movie Stars.

Kevin Smith got his start as a writer and director with his critical darling, Clerks, which took the Sundance Film Festival by storm in 1994.  Since then, Smith has written and directed Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, and Clerks II.

As an actor, you probably know Smith best as Silent Bob in his various View Askewniverse movies.  However, did you know Smith has also acted in several non-Smith productions including Daredevil, Catch and Release, and Live Free or Die Hard?

Ready for some more fun Kevin Smith trivia facts you may not know?

• Cast his wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Missy in Jay and Silent Bob Stike Back and Emma in Clerks II
• Named his daughter Harley Quinn after Joker's sidekick from the Comic Book
• Cast his daughter Harley to play a baby Silent Bob in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Harley Quinn's godfather in Jason Lee
  
• Owns a comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey
• Made a cameo alongside Jason Mewes in the music video for Because I Got High by Afroman
• Has two dogs named Mulder and Scully

Now that you're all Kevin Smith experts, we'll leave you with some fun pictures of this lovable guy.

As fans of Watchmen pray the movie is actually released in March - a lawsuit is brewing between Fox and Warner Bros. - at least one director has already seen the comic book adaption.

And he loves it.

Kevin Smith - who was invited to see the film at Zach Snyder’s invitation shortly after Comic-Con last month - has posted a rave review for it on his MySpace account. The writer/director, who's next film is Zack and Miri Make a Porno, wrote:

I saw Watchmen. It’s f---ing astounding. The Non-Disclosure Agreement I signed prevents me from saying much, but I can spout the following with complete joygasmic enthusiasm: Snyder and Co. have pulled it off.

Remember that feeling of watching Sin City on the big screen and being blown away by what a faithful translation of the source material it was, in terms of both content and visuals? Triple that, and you’ll come close to watching Watchmen.

Movie critics have already raved about The Dark Knight.

Director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats) just saw the film and he raved about it on his blog.

"Courtesy of Peter Sciretta over at SlashFilm.com, I caught an early screening of "The Dark Knight" yesterday evening.Without giving anything away, this is an epic film (and trust me: based on the sheer size and scope of the visuals and storytelling, that's not an overstatement).

It might not be humanly possible to look forward to a movie more than we're looking forward to The Dark Knight.

It's the "Godfather II" of comic book films and three times more earnest than "Batman Begins" (and f-ck, was that an earnest film). Easily the most adult comic book film ever made. Heath Ledger didn't so much give a performance as he disappeared completely into the role; I know I'm not the first to suggest this, but he'll likely get at least an Oscar nod (if not the win) for Best Supporting Actor.

F-cking flick's nearly three hours long and only leaves you wanting more (in a great way). I can't imagine anyone being disappointed by it. Nolan and crew have created something close to a masterpiece."

Seth Rogen has already made on-screen love to Katherine Heigl, getting busy in some of the most awkward, amusing sex scenes in recent history.

Turns out that with those absurd antics and Knocked Up quotes, the rotund and hilarious 25-year-old actor (below) was just getting started.

In Zack and Miri Make a Porno, a new comedy directed by Kevin Smith slated for a 2008 release, Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks play Zack and Miri, two childhood friends who agree to make a porno to get out of debt.

The two pals are then forced to re-evaluate their previously platonic relationship, naturally. The Hollywood Reporter first reported Seth Rogen's involvement in the raunchy sex comedy from a director certainly experienced in the genre.

Seth Rogen: Never a dull moment on screen.

"Getting Seth in [Zack and Miri Make a Porno] is like suddenly growing an extra six inches in the crotch, so to speak," the always well-spoken Kevin Smith said. "Castwise, I'm now extremely well-hung."

So well put.