The 3PM Dispatch Jay & Silent Bob, The Hobbit, The Saint, Spielberg

Help Us Get Jay And Silent Bob To Come To New Zealand!
Yesterday the Flicks Tweet Desk asked director Kevin Smith if he and regular co-star Jason Mewes had any plans to bring their Jay And Silent Bob Get Old tour to New Zealand after they wrap in Australia. The tweet has since gained momentum and has now turned into a campaign to convince the two funny dudes that we here in NZ really want to see them. So if you're on twitter join the campaign! Tweet @thatkevinsmith @jaymewes and @FlicksNZ with the hashtag #KevinandJaycometoNZplease and you're own personal entreat. Jump to it, let's try and make this happen!

Why The Hell Not Reboot 'The Saint'? 
Variety bring the news that RKO Pictures have set the wheels in motion to reboot 1920s superhero/superthief The Saint. 

Evangeline Lilly Spills Deets About Her 'Elven Warrior' In 'The Hobbit'.
Evangeline Lilly has revealed some details about her character in The Hobbit. "She is a warrior. She's actually the head of the Elven gurad. She's the big shot in the army. She's lethal and deadly," Lilly said. She also let loose info that her character appears in both films and that her character's role in the second film has been expanded upon greatly. Girl power! 

Russell Brand Cast As Ghost Whisperer...
Russell Brand has signed on to star in comedy The Hauntrepreneur. The movie is about a family that moves to a new town, has trouble fitting in and hires an odd man to help them adjust. His method is to created a haunted house filled with strange characters. How this would help anyone do anything we have no idea... But then again, we're not Hauntrepreneurs.

Spielberg Almost Ready To Commit To Getting Biblical On Yo Ass...  
The dance between Warners and director Steven Spielberg over helming the Moses remake is nearing completion, Deadline reports. The film is said to bring the "gritty reality" of Saving Private Ryan to the Moses story and, according to an insider, the picture is going to be "a real warrior story".

Kate, Keener And Kaufman Kollaborating On Musical. 
The Playlist bring the news that Kate Winslet and Catherin Keener have joined the cast of eccentric writer Charlie Kaufman's satrical new musical Frank Or Francis. They join Steve Carrell, Jack Black, Nic Cage and Kevin Kline in the film that lambasts online film criticism. Should we here at Flicks be worried? 

Spock Says 'Trek 2' Still Evolving...
Zachary Quinto who plays Spock in JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot, has told E! that he only first saw the script for Star Trek 2 a month ago and that the script is still currently being worked on. "It was the middle of December and finally I had to be like, 'We need to read the script,'" he said. "It's really changing... on a regular basis."

Today In Don't You Want To See This Live?: An example of what we could be laughing along to if Kevin Smith comes to New Zealand. Get tweeting!

Today In Trivia: The Star Trek reboot was Leonard Nimoy's first live actoin screen role since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Today's Bad Movie Tagline: The tagline for Zachary Quinto's 2011 thriller Margin Call: "Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.". I couldn't help but notice that work hard and diligently, pay your dues and work your way to the top had been left off that list...

Happy Birthday!: There's no one we want to send any birthday wishes too today. Seriously, what's up with 27 January?

TODAY'S POLL
No Poll Today Due To Technical Difficulties. 

No poll results will be in Monday's edition of The 3PM Dispatch.

THURSDAY'S POLL RESULTS
Flicksters have found the Academy guilty of theft...

Should 'Tintin' Have Been Nominated For An Oscar?
75.00% - Fo sho! - Tintin woz robbed yo
21.43% - Dunno - I really just don't know what I think about this one
03.57% - Nah, bro - CGI tracing over actors ain't animating