As
he describes it, Helena Handbag is a rapture flick with a twist on
where the good people want to wind up when the world starts ending.
That's because in this version of the end of days, mankind teams up with
Hell to stop a vengeful, Rapturing giant Jesus from destroying the
world and causing the extinction of all earthly existence. Smith smartly
reasons on the podcast that the budget is probably going to be low for
this production because people are probably going to hesitate getting
their names getting attached to this script.Still, more offensive and
far-fetched ideas have made it to theaters. It would also be a
satisfying conclusion to the end of Red State that never was; Smith has
stated before that he originally wanted the film to end with an actual
bloody rapture after the trumpet heralds, rather than just a fakeout
messing with the vastly devout family.
If
anything, the premise of the film is going along with Smith's
filmmaking motto, that "from now until I drop dead, I'm only ever gonna
make a flick that only I would/could ever make." Sounds about right.As
for the film that seems to always be in production, but never quite
makes it, Clerks III is scheduled to start shooting in May 2014. Smith
had previously stated that he wanted to shoot this past fall in order to
premiere at Sundance in January, but was waiting on a greenlight from
the Weinsteins; it looks like he has the go ahead now.In an update to
this story that appeared to go under my radar, it appears that Kevin
Smith announced on his Facebook page the next day that he is actually
adapting Smodcast episode #52: The CRapture into a stage musical instead
of a film.When I reached the airport, the sheer numbers of people going
in and Superhero Costumes out
of its glittering gates with ease reassured me that transiting through
this airport was merely a routine exercise. As the verbose filmmaker
started on his first draft, he realized that "there was no way to write
'Helena Handbag'inexpensively as a feature film".
So,
as an alternative, he was inspired by 'Book of Mormon' and his love of
musicals in general to write his first musical. Many moons ago, there
was talks of 'Clerks: The Musical', but I think that only resulted in a
musical number in the sequel to his 1994 black and white cult classic.
Here's Smith's reasoning behind the change of medium in his own
words:"Everything was requiring too many effects that I could never
achieve using in-camera tricks like forced perspective.While her current
POS system easily handles the handful of customers she has daily,Reins of the Phosphorescent Stone Drake in
the salon she will have two or three stylists working along with her.
It was starting to feel like a pricier project than I know I'd ever be
able to find money to make.
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