Kevin Smith to Write/Direct HEROES:ORIGINS

Straight from Comic-Con comes the news that Kevin Smith will be writing and directing an episode of the series-within-a-series, HEROES:ORIGINS. As you can see in this clip below, the new was so fresh that the cast of HEROES had no idea until Kevin was brought out on stage.

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I happen to be a major Kevin Smith fan so this is all good news to me. Although, if we are being honest, a good guest director is at his best when he delivers a show that the fans want. So don’t expect to be seeing Affleck flying around with Peter Petrelli and Jay and Silent Bob hit on Ali Larter (they already did that – it’s called “Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back”).  But then again, Smith will be writing it, so expect the network censors to be in full effect.

Kevin Smith has also directed the pilot episode for the new CW show, REAPER. The episode was shown during Comic-Con and was hosted by Mr. Smith himself. I’ll be back at some point with all the details of the Kevin Smith/REAPER panel.