We've been wondering for a while now just what Kevin Smith's cop comedy A Couple Of Dicks might end up getting called, as A) Warner Brothers can't stick with that due to wussy US TV networks refusing to advertise it and B)** A Couple Of Cops** is not a decent substitute.
And now, thanks to Smith's own predilection for tweeting, we know that there is indeed a new title. He just won't say what it is yet. Curses!
"The Movie Formerly Known as A Couple Of Dicks has finally settled on a (network-policy-dictated) replacement title!" announced his Smithness yesterday.
"While we'll always have Dicks in our hearts, the title we just now locked makes me smile on a bunch of different levels - including this 1: we can now advertise our movie properly (& ironically). And said marketing begins... on every print of Sherlock Holmes, Christmas Day!"
So why can't he say yet? "That kinda thing’s above my pay-grade, sir. WB will announce in a day or two,” he told a fan in response to a question, later adding, “ Dicks is not MY movie; a movie I was hired to direct.”
It looks like we'll be waiting for a couple of days to hear there. Unless someone leaks it early. Kevin?
Oh, and hooray - a trailer for Christmas! It was between that and a pony on our Must Get lists.