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Kevin Smith is admittedly a fan of science fiction (io9 spied him at the William S. Paley Festival's Battlestar Galactica event in Beverly Hills), and his love for Star Wars and comic books is pretty well-documented. However, other than his Flying Car short film, he hasn't directed anything down that road. Once his film load lightens, however, he plans on making Ranger Danger and the Danger Rangers. We've just learned more about the project.
Ranger Danger is not to be confused with Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers, or the actual Danger Rangers, who teach kids about safety. According to Smith, this project as "My stab at a comic-book/sci-fi movie. It's in the vein of Flash Gordon, something I've noodled with a couple of years. Now I feel we are mature enough filmmakers to tackle it." Smith? Mature? Wha?
So far the film has only appeared as a t-shirt worn by Randall in Clerks 2 (see above for image), and it looks like a Rocketeer knock-off. If Billy Campbell is really trying to bring that property back, then he might have to go head to head with Smith, who has two movies to finish before he could even start this one. Hopefully it'll be fart-joke free, because methane cannot mix very well with a jetpack.
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Always glad to hear of Kevin Smith related news.
One could say I'm slightly obsessed with the View Askewniverse.
He's been talking about this project for years. I'm more interested to see where he goes with 'Red State'.
He's and EP of Reaper and he directed the pilot... does that count as semi-science fiction? If not, it's definitely comic-book-y.
Just tryin' to sit still and not fall out of my chair with excitement waitin' for Jersey Girl 2.
@moff: hehe, sweet, sweet sarcasm.
@livinglogic: Hey Jersey Girl IS a really good movie... you just dont realize this fact till you get older, and when you do you realize "damn Im old."
@Falconfire: Any movie that kills off Jennifer Lopez in the first 12 minutes is a masterpiece in my opinion.
Jersey Girl was really cute despite the fact that Ben Affleck should never, ever, be a lead. He's much better in an ensemble or as a sidekick (Shakespeare in Love, Good Will Hunting, Mallrats, etc). But I love Liv Tyler and will watch any movie she's in, including One Night at McCool's.
Ah, I love Randall Graves.
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