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Even though Kevin Smith probably has a lot of fans who would do anything for him (yes Scott, I'm talking to you) without asking for anything in return, he's Harvey and Bob Weinstein are apparently not sure those people exist in big enough numbers to promote Clerks II effectively. So, in an effort to make sure that all of MySpace loves him, Smith and and his friends at The Weinstein Company has worked out a deal with MySpace and is offering the following perk: The first 10,000 MySpacers who "friend" the Mooby's Presents: Clerks II page will get on-screen credit in the movie in return.* Um, woo hoo?

If you've got limited space in your friends list, or have stringently high standards for adding friends, keep in mind that the names aren't going to appear in a giant font, surrounded by flashing lights or anything. According to TWC, "the names will appear horizontally and begin scrolling after the credits." So, basically, you're going to need to wait for the DVD SE before you can pause the credits and actually see your name. But hey, if you love Kevin Smith, you'll be linked forever on celluloid, which I guess is something. The count begins today at 5pm, so get that friend-adding finger ready.

*I'm not a Smith fan and tend to pretty cynical about all things related to him, but he's apparently blameless here. According to his own post at the View Askew forums, it was an entirely TWC deal, and all he did was provide a quote. So blame Harvey and Bob, not Kevin.

EDIT: The consensus seems to be that the site originally linked here was fake -- we'll see what pops up after 5pm.

EDIT AGAIN: The real page is here. Thanks, Wes and Scott.

Hoping to recapture the magic that (apparently) is The Devil Wears Prada, The Weinstein Company has hired that film's writer and director -- Aline Brosh and David Frankel, respectively -- to bring Allison Pearson's debut novel I Don't Know How She Does It to the big screen. The novel, according to at least one review at Amazon, is "a rare and beautiful hybrid: A devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world." So, really, what's not to love? It tells the story of Allison Pearson, a British businesswoman and mother who struggles to balance her professional life with parenthood -- but in a totally hilarious way. In its review, Publisher's Weekly noted the book's similarities to Bridget Jones's Diary (sigh), but went on to describe Pearson as "notably brighter, wittier and capable of infinitely deeper shadings of feeling than the flighty Bridget," which makes it sounds like the movie could be about more than losing weight and finding a man. Hooray for that.

The film will be produced by Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella; there's no word yet on when TWC hopes to have it in production.

As Sandra reported a couple of weeks ago, The Weinstein Company recently created Dragon Dynasty, a new label dedicated to releasing Asian films theatrically and on DVD. Though TWC already owns a handful of Asian properties, the creation of the label means that Bob and Harvey will be seriously ramping up their acquisition of films from Asian and, hopefully, increasing the number of such films that show up in American theaters.

According to Screen Daily, the Dragon Dynasty-buying just got underway with the TWC purchase of all North American rights to The City of Violence, a Korean action flick that sounds a whole lot like District B13. Co-directed by and starring Ryoo Seung-wan, the movie tells the story of a cop (played by noted action choreographer Jung Doo-hong) who "visits his hometown for the first time in 10 years, upon hearing the news that [an] old friend ... was murdered." As part of his effort to figure out why his friend was killed, the cop is forced to team up with "hot-tempered Seok-hwan (Ryoo)." The movie just opened to big box office returns in Korea; there's no word yet on when it will be hitting American screens.