Filmmaker Kevin Smith talks ‘Clerks III’ and industry changes

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In 1994 Kevin Smith wrote, produced, and directed his first feature “Clerks.” The movie became a cult classic, and Smith introduced the audience to Jay and Silent Bob, the fictional friends portrayed by Jason Mewes and Smith, respectively. Despite the film’s success, the filmmaker reveals he didn’t necessarily have a plan moving forward. “There's never been a career path,” he says. “There's never been, ‘One day I'll get to the Oscar.’ No, not at all.” Almost three decades later, Smith discusses his latest movie “Clerks III,” his work in animation, and changes in the movie industry. First, Kim Masters and Matt Balloni detail yet another setback for Warner Bros. Discovery on its quest to find a head to run DC Films. And, more about Disney+ perks.

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0:00.0	From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.
0:05.4	After more than three decades in this game, filmmaker Kevin Smith has devised his own ways of winning over audiences for his projects, including his latest film, Clerks 3.
0:15.8	You know, we can release them on Fathom screens so everybody could go see them if they're near Fathom event screening.
0:20.5	But I'm going to be on the road with my movie sitting down every night with a thousand people
0:24.6	consuming this. And every night it was like going to a church where I was both the priest and Jesus
0:30.6	at the same time.
0:32.8	Kevin Smith talks on many topics, including his recent Netflix animated Masters of the Universe series,
0:39.0	the cancellation of Bad Girl, and his belief in the future of NFTs.
0:43.7	But first, we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.
0:48.3	I am joined by my partner in banter. Matt Bellany. Hello, Matt.
0:51.9	Hi there.
0:52.7	So another setback in the Warner Brothers
0:55.8	Discovery quest for someone to run DC. That would be Dan Lynn, the prolific producer,
1:01.8	who really seemed to have gotten into quite an in-depth conversation with them. And then we
1:07.6	are told that that collapsed ostensibly because of issues of what would happen to his company and foundation that he has.
1:15.0	I'm a little skeptical about that.
1:17.4	I'm hoping to learn more because it feels to me that if you want to run D.C. and they want you to run D.C.,
1:23.3	those things are the kinds of things that get solved.
1:26.2	But, boy, this problem does not go away for Warner Brothers Discovery.
1:30.3	And we've talked about how the odds are sort of, you know, it's so difficult because they have this great Batman, Superman, all this, Wonder Woman, all this stuff.
1:39.5	And yet it's so difficult.
1:41.2	They're constantly compared with Marvel.
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