Smith Released? Searchlight in on Clerks 2?
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Casting, Miramax
Susanah Grant (writer of Erin Brokovich) has penned and is set to direct a romantic comedy called Catch and Release, staring Jennifer Garner and Timothy Olyphant. The movie follows a woman struggling to accept the death of her husband and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life. She's also interested in getting Kevin Smith to play a supporting role."I'd be playing Sam, who's in the flick quite a bit," reports Smith in his "My Boring-Ass Life" blog. "But I'm not an actor. I don't wanna be an actor. I've never wanted to be an actor."
Grant, who saw Kevin in his Evening With Kevin Smith DVD, thinks he's right for the role. Problem is that shooting on Clerks 2 is set to start the first week of June which would coincide with the shoot of Release.
"(Clerks 2) schedule's not set yet, and we're talking about pushing maybe a month and a half here, maybe two, to do something I've never been offered before: a big part in a big movie," writes Smith.
Later in his blog, Smith revealed he made the call to Harvey Weinstein to talk to him about the movie offer. Harvey told him "If it's gonna make you Tom Cruise, then do it." Smith doesn't believe anything in the world could make him Tom Cruise, but is still interested. Harvey told him to read the script, which he hadn't yet done, and get back to him.
Smith's producer Scott Moiser, executive Jon Gordon, and his agent are all leaning towards an okay on moving Clerks 2 back so that Smith could take the role.
In other news, it seems that Fox Searchlight might be coming in with the new Weinstein Company on Clerks 2, in order to handle the foreign side. Harvey and Searchlight previously worked together on Garden State.
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