Editing View Askew Productions

{{Short description|American film and television production company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = View Askew Productions, Inc.
| logo = View Askew Productions.jpg
| logo_size = 
| logo_caption = Company logo
| type = [[Film]]/[[television]] production company
| genre = [[Comedy]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1994|02|03}}
| founders = [[Kevin Smith]]<br />[[Scott Mosier]]
| location_city = [[Red Bank, New Jersey]]
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| location = 10 Mechanic St. Ste. #120
| key_people = 
| industry = [[Television series]], [[motion pictures]]
}}
'''View Askew Productions, Inc.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-02-03 |title=View Askew Productions, Inc. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nj/0100577330 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref> is an American [[film]] and [[television]] [[production company]] founded by [[Kevin Smith]] and [[Scott Mosier]] in 1994. Actors [[Ben Affleck]], [[Jeff Anderson]], [[Matt Damon]], [[Chris Rock]], [[Walter Flanagan]], [[Bryan Johnson (filmmaker)|Bryan Johnson]], [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]], [[Jason Mewes]], [[Brian O'Halloran]] and [[Ethan Suplee]] are people that [[Casting in Kevin Smith films|frequently appear]] in projects under the View Askew banner.

==History==
Smith and Mosier founded the company in 1994 to produce their first film, ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'', which was the first film in what is now known as the [[View Askewniverse]].  After the film became a success View Askew obtained a larger budget and produced ''[[Mallrats]]'' in 1995, which underperformed critically and commercially but found success after being released on home video. It was followed by 1997's ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' and 1999's ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''.

In 2000, View Askew briefly produced ''[[Clerks: The Animated Series]]'', a short-lived animated series based on ''Clerks'', which only aired six episodes. They released ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', which starred Smith and [[Jason Mewes]] as their characters [[Jay and Silent Bob]]. It was followed by the first non-Askewniverse film, ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'', which featured many of Smith's frequent cast members.

Two years after ''Jersey Girl'', View Askew released ''[[Clerks II]]'', the first true sequel to a previous Smith film, which features the main characters of the film ''Clerks'' continuing ten years later.  This film was followed by the second non-Askewniverse film, ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''.

The company has released several of Smith's non-fiction works, such as his four question and answer DVDs, ''[[An Evening With Kevin Smith]]'' in 2002, ''[[An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder]]'' in 2006, ''[[Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith]]'' in 2008 and ''[[Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40]]'' in 2011. It has produced ''[[Sucks Less with Kevin Smith]]'', a show which features (at least) three UCLA students who are enrolled in a class about cinematography in which Smith is their teacher.
 
In addition to the various Smith-directed films, the company has produced movies for other directors including [[Malcolm Ingram]]'s ''[[Drawing Flies]]'' and ''[[Small Town Gay Bar]]'', [[Bryan Johnson (filmmaker)|Bryan Johnson]]'s ''[[Vulgar (film)|Vulgar]]'', [[Vincent Pereira]]'s ''[[A Better Place]]'', and [[Brian Lynch (writer)|Brian Lynch]]'s ''[[Big Helium Dog]]''.

The company's logo was originally a smiling clown with a 5 o' clock shadow dressed in women's lingerie and platform pumps, named "Vulgar" which gained controversy due to its content and was later changed to a cartoon Jay and Silent Bob with film equipment. In 2022, with the release of ''[[Clerks III]]'', the logo changed again, this time to Vulgar's face.

==Films==
*''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'' (1994; with [[Miramax|Miramax Films]])
*''[[Mallrats]]'' (1995; with [[Gramercy Pictures]])
*''[[Drawing Flies]]'' (1996)
*''[[Chasing Amy]]'' (1997; with Miramax Films)
*''[[A Better Place]]'' (1997)
*''[[Big Helium Dog]]'' (1999)
*''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (1999; with [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate]]; Miramax Films sold distribution rights)
*''[[Vulgar (film)|Vulgar]]'' (2000; with Lionsgate)
*''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'' (2001; with Miramax Films and [[Dimension Films]])
*''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'' (2004; with Miramax Films)
*''[[Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party]]'' (2004)
*''[[Clerks II]]'' (2006; with [[The Weinstein Company]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]])
* ''Back to the Well: Clerks II'' (2006)
*''[[Small Town Gay Bar]]'' (2006)
*''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]'' (2008; with The Weinstein Company)
*''[[Bear Nation]]'' (2010)
*''[[Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie!]]'' (2013; with [[SModcast Pictures]])
*''[[Jay and Silent Bob Reboot]]'' (2019; with [[Saban Films]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jay-and-silent-bob-reboot-details-2018-5|title=KEVIN SMITH REVEALS 'JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT' DETAILS AND RELEASE DATE|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
*''[[KillRoy Was Here]]'' (2022; with SModcast Pictures and Semkhor Productions)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/kevin-smith-horror-movie-killroy-was-here-florida-1202467952/|title=Kevin Smith Filming Horror Movie 'Killroy Was Here' at Florida College|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>
*''[[Clerks III]]'' (2022; with [[Lionsgate]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/clerks-3-has-officially-begun-production/ |title='Clerks 3' Has Officially Begun Production |website=[[/Film]] |first=Jeremy |last=Mathai |date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021}}</ref>
*''[[The 4:30 Movie (film)|The 4:30 Movie]]'' (2024; with [[Saban Films]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=NJ.com |first=Amy Kuperinsky {{!}} NJ Advance Media for |date=2024-04-02 |title=Kevin Smith's 'The 4:30 Movie,' filmed at N.J. movie theater he owns, gets pickup |url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2024/04/kevin-smiths-the-430-movie-filmed-at-nj-movie-theater-he-owns-gets-pickup.html |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=nj |language=en}}</ref>

==Television shows==
*''[[Clerks: The Animated Series]]'' (2000) – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]

==See also==
*[[SModcast Pictures]]
*[[View Askewniverse]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.viewaskew.com/ The View Askewniverse] - Company’s homepage
*[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0007545/ View Askew Productions] on [[Internet Movie Database]]

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