{"id":15758,"date":"2011-08-15T07:17:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=15758"},"modified":"2019-05-25T16:24:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T20:24:46","slug":"kevin-smiths-planned-hit-somebody-will-be-two-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/15\/kevin-smiths-planned-hit-somebody-will-be-two-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Smith’s Planned HIT SOMEBODY Will Be Two Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Kevin Smith’s departure from film directing may just the biggest story he has ever told. This past weekend, the director stated that Hit Somebody<\/strong>, the film he has been touting as his directorial swan song, has grown so big that he has decided to split it into two films.<\/p>\n

Smith was in Quebec touring his political horror film Red State<\/strong> when he made the announcement during the post-film Q & A session. The blog Hour Community<\/a> was there and had the exclusive –<\/p>\n

The filmmaker revealed that while writing his screenplay, which is based on the Mitch Albom<\/strong>-penned Warren Zevon<\/strong> song about Buddy, a Canadian kid who dreams of becoming a hockey player even though he\u2019s \u201cnot that good with a puck,\u201d he realized that it was getting way too big to fit into one movie. He thought of turning it into a HBO series, but finally settled on doing a two-part film, \u00e0 la Kill Bill<\/em>.<\/p>\n

From what he said, it seems like the split will happen when Buddy finally makes it into the NHL; the first part will mostly be about his youth in Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Smith confirmed the story when he tweeted<\/a> a link to it yesterday.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Coming from virtually anyone else, a potential two-part four-hour dramedy about hockey would sound like a\u00a0 project that would never get made. But Smith has shown in the last few years that he just doesn’t give a toss about the traditional Hollywood system. With his touring of his current film Red State ahead of its theatrical release this fall, Smith has proven that he can take a movie into the black just on the strength of his fan base alone. Granted this is based on the film having a rather low budget, but a profit is still a profit. I think that this could indeed a fascinating way for the director to wind up his rather unique career.<\/p>\n

Via SlashFilm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you ready for a four-hour two-part hockey dramedy?<\/div>\n

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