Kevin Smith's new horror script

Kevin Smith, more commonly known from the character he played as Silent Bob with his partner Jay is a very well known writer and director. He is the one that wrote the script and filmed such memorable movies as Clerks, Clerks 2, Dogma, and others in his comical scheme of writing. However now he takes a turn into uncharted waters as he is in the works once again in writing a script for a more of a horror script as he puts it.
Smith says that it would not be in the sense of a traditional horror script most people would classify one as with blood flying everywhere, but more of one such as that of a Japanese horror flick.
The name for his new script already has a name for itself called "Red State" which he says is something completely different then the fans are use to seeing in his work. He does not want to give out to many details of the script but it has been completed and is currently looking for someone to fund the project. He is doubtful that the major studios may accept his script and may have to find another alternative route to funding the production.
He does however say that it is based on a character of a preacher whom has strong beliefs in a religion but that is as far and as much as he will say for now. However we can rest assure that from Smith's past works of art, that this will be something interesting to see as well.

Spider-man behind the scenes

Spider-man shooting began on January 8th 2001 in Culver City. Filming for the movie was in New York and California. The scene where Peter gets bit by the spider was filmed inside the National history museum in Los Angeles, California , shooting for the interior of Norman Osborn's home was at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, and shooting for the interior shots of the Daily Bugle was in Pacific Electricity Building also in California.

National History Museum Los Angeles(Where Peter gets Bitten)

The Sony soundstages 27 and 29 where used for the complex scenes in Time Square where the Green Goblin and Spider-man fight.

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Pacific Electric (Daily Bugle Scenes)

The original costumes that where created for Spiderman where stolen during productions and Sony had put up a $25,000 reward for the return however they where never returned. The webbing that came from Spider-man was a computer generated one or also called CGI effect. During the scenes of the Green Goblin and Spider-man fighting in the air was done in separately with the two characters. Spider-man was actually filmed with a green screen where the Green Goblin was shot with a blue screen and then where combined later in film editing.

Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills (Norman Osborn's Home)

I decided to put in some videos of some of the bloopers from Spider-man.

Clerks

The movie Clerks was written and directed by Keven Smith whom before making his film worked in a convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. He had started working in the store after dropping out of film school he was attending.
It wasn't until 1991 that he got the idea to write a script for a low budget movie that he thought he could do from a movie he saw called "Slacker".
The movie Clerks was said to have cost Keven Smith $27,575. To get the money he had needed he maxed out all of his credit cards and also borrowed some money from his parents to make it all happen.
The movie was filmed in the same store Smith had been working in as a convenience clerk. The owners allowed him to film during the night hours while the store was closed. Due to the yellowish green lighting in the store it was filmed in black and white. All of the blinds in the store where closed to not give off the fact it was filmed at night.


Kevin Smith

During the making of the film Smith did have to continue working as an actual clerk during the day at the store and film at night. Due to this he didn't get much sleep but of course as we all know it was well worth it in the end. Filming lasted a total of 21 days to shoot and with a few changes made to the movie it was picked up by Miramax.

The Munsters TV Show House

"The Munsters in color"

The famous tv series " The Munsters" was a 1960's family made of monsters mixed with a character that acted as a normal family. The actual house that you seen on the tv series is located on Universal Studios backlot in California.

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The actual Munster house used for exterior shots

The first pilot was about 13 minutes long and was used to pitch the idea to CBS. It was filmed in actual color but was never aired on television. The house above was used for only the exterior shots and the interior was shot on an actual soundstage. The Munster house is actually just a shell.

The originally idea for the show was made up by animator Bob Clampett and was suppose to be a cartoon. In the 1940's he sent the idea to the studios only to never get a reply back from them. It wasn't until 1964 when Universal came up with a script and started airing the show with actual actors and cartoon was ruled out. The show ran until 1966 airing 70 episodes. Below are some more pictures of the house and the actors.

Al Lewis (Grandpa) The Munsters

Yvonne de Carlo (Lily Munster) The Munsters

Beverley Owen (Marilyn Munster) The Munsters

Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) The Munsters

Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) The Munsters