Kevin Smith to Direct an Episode of Battlestar Galactica and Write and Direct Episode of Heroes Origins

Now, if you’re a Kevin Smith fan you had better sit down, I’ve got some exciting news for you. It has been reported that Kevin (Clerks) has signed on to direct an episode of Battlestar Galactica.

Kevin seems pretty excited about it,

“I’m kind of stoked about. It’s cool, but it is scary because it is like, What the f—? I can’t bring anything to that show. That show is genius and they have a very distinctive visual style. But you are safe as a kitten. If you go in there and say, ‘I’m going to shoot everything in one big master shot,’ they’ll go, ‘No you’re not, because that is not what we do on ‘Battlestar Galactica.’’ I guess it is more about performance-oriented stuff, but at the same time that cast is top notch. How do you f—– direct Mary McDonnell?”

Smith has also revealed that not only will he be directing an episode of the Heroes spin-off, Heroes Origins, he has also been given complete creative control to write the episode and create the character.

Talking about his Heroes Origins episode Kevins says, “Yeah. Tim Kring was like, ‘You write and direct it dude. It is your world, you do what you want.’ That of course was appetizing as hell. Last week, I went in and pitched my story and every three minutes into my breakdown I was like, ‘Now mind you, you can say no at any time and put a nail in this because I realize it might not be your cup of tea,’ but they kind of went for it. It is very in keeping with what ‘Heroes’ is, but tonally it is different than what they normally do.”

It’s great that Kring has allowed Smith to write the episode, I personally think that Kevin’s strength is his amazing writing skills so I can’t wait to see what he comes up with!

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