A Couple of Dicks

Kevin Smith Explains How he Managed to COP OUT on the Name of his Next Movie

by Keith Demko    Posted: December 24th, 2009 at 8:12 am

With the trailer for his buddy cop movie starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis just having hit the Internet, director Kevin Smith railed in his signature, profanity-heavy style to Entertainment Weekly’s Hollywood Insider blog on just why he agreed to Cop Out on the flick’s original title, A Couple of Dicks.

It was already fairly well known that the big three TV networks balked at the original title because they wouldn’t be able to air commercials before 9 p.m. (yes, really), but hearing him describe the situation can still bring a smile to the face of anyone who loves their language more than a little salty. Here’s a taste of what he told EW:

Smith: Look, losing A Couple of Dicks was almost akin to losing my own dick. It was a perfect buddy-cop movie comedy title. Everyone knew it. You couldn’t say that title to somebody without a f-ing smile crossing their face. But what I had gone through with Zack and Miri Make a Porno – “porno” had become very problematic, it became tough for us to advertise [the film], blah blah blah. Warner Bros. decided, “Hey man, we’ll call the networks and see if we’re going to get any problems [with A Couple of Dicks as a title], months before the movie’s ever going to come out.” The top 3 networks – CBS, ABC, NBC – said we can’t run one of your spots before 9 o’clock.So my feeling was like, it’s an R-rated movie, so who the f- are we talking to anyway before 9 o’clock? Warner Bros’s feeling was like, “Hey man, the sports audience, dickhead. We have to advertise to the sports audience on Saturday and Sunday and all those sporting events usually take place before 9 p.m. in the evening.” At which point, I was like, “Oh wow, you guys are way smarter than me.”

Hit the jump for a lot more from Mr. Smith, on what could have been an even worse title and what could quite possibly be the perfect tagline.

Kevin Smith Explains How He’s Gonna HIT SOMEBODY; Will Wil Wheaton Throw a Few Punches?

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 5th, 2009 at 11:10 am

In a recent interview, writer/director Kevin Smith reveals some details about his next movie, the hockey flick, “Hit Somebody”.  It’s a film that grows out of Smith’s new direction following his post-Zack & Miri-epiphany and how we’ll start to see that new direction in his upcoming film, the buddy-cop comedy, “A Couple of Dicks” starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan.  Hit the jump to read what Smith had to say about “Hit Somebody” as well as a hint that Grand Geek of the Interwebs Wil Wheaton may have a role in the film.

Kevin Smith Wants Kevin Pollak To Join A COUPLE OF DICKS

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 1st, 2009 at 10:32 pm

Hot of the Twitter feeds comes word that director Kevin Smith (yes, THAT Kevin Smith) has offered Kevin Pollak a role in his upcoming buddy cop movie “A Couple of Dicks”.  So says Kevin Pollak, at any rate, and he should know:

Offer from @ThatKevinSmith to join ol’ pal B. Willis & crazy Tracy Morgan in his Couple of Dicks has me smiling huge. See ya in nyc fellas.

The movie, about two veteran police detectives who get tangled up in the seedy underworld of memorabilia dealing when they begin tracking down a stolen, mint-condition 1952 baseball card, is filming this month in New York.  Pollack’s “‘ol pal” Bruce Willis (the two starred in “Hostage” together) stars in “Dicks” along with that “crazy” Tracy Jordan.  Adam Brody, Sean William Scott and Ana de la Reguerda (“Nacho Libre”) are also attached to the project.  No word yet on which dick Pollak might play.  That info would have definitely run over 140 characters…

Sean William Scott and Adam Brody Join Willis and Morgan in Kevin Smith’s A COUPLE Of DICKS

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: May 27th, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Casting decisions are often the lynch pin of whether a movie will ultimately succeed or fail.  Warner Brothers and director Kevin Smith were off to an incredible start on that score when they landed Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan to play the titular buddy-cops of their film “A Couple of Dicks”.  See?  The movie’s about cops not penises! Although, knowing Smith, shit could still go either way…

Today two more names have been added to Kevin’s “Dicks” – which sounds way dirtier than I meant it to.  First up, Sean William Scott will play a thief called ‘The Shit Bandit’ – that name based on the calling cards he leaves at his crime scenes.  And that, my friends, sounds exactly as dirty as I meant it to.  Also on board for the Dick-side of the law is “The OC’s” Adam Brody.  He’ll play an “abrasive detective” who is not happy about working with Willis and Morgan.  Now, seriously.  Have you seen Adam Brody?  The man couldn’t be abrasive if he was covered in sand paper.  Maybe Smith is going for those ironic kind of abrasions?  Just like his ironic use of the cop slang “Dicks” in his title?  We shall see.

“A Couple of Dicks” begins shooting next Monday in NYC.

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