Kevin Smith Denies Writing Fake Batman Vs. Superman Script

Kevin Smith has officially denied rumors that he wrote a fake script for Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice for Warner Bros. in order to fool film sites. Smith insists he's been too busy writing real scripts to write a fake script, plus he insists that Warner Bros. wouldn't let a guy like him near an important franchise. Here's what Smith wrote about the rumor on his SilentBobSpeaks blog.

There've been a few movie websites reporting I might've been involved in a BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE misinformation campaign, at the behest of Warner Brothers, director Zack Snyder and producer Chuck Roven. The idea was that everything I've ever said about the forthcoming big screen team-up of the World's Finest is a carefully constructed web of intrigue to throw movie sites off the real track.

Since last year at this time, I've been enjoying an unexpected period of prolificacy with screenplays. It all started with CLERKS III and was followed by me finishing nearly 5 scripts in a year, including the fall release TUSK. After TUSK, I penned ANTI-CLAUS (formerly COMES THE KRAMPUS) and a sitcom pilot that's now seeing some action (both co-written with Professor Andy McElfresh from the EDUMACATION podcast). Then I wrote YOGA HOSERS and now I'm in the middle of MOOSE JAWS.

However, none of those has been a fake BATS v SUPES script. C'mon, kids… No major studio would let a guy like me near their franchises – even if it was for a dummy script meant solely to fool the news sites. (Don't know if it's true or not, but this Twitter user is claiming credit for a fugazi script that's currently being reviewed online.)

No, anything I've said about "Milo and Sage" was based on an image Zack showed me while hosting a MAN OF STEEL online event at Yahoo many months back. The little I know of the flick beyond that I learned from some cats involved (though never BatFleck himself; as I've said a few times now on the Babble-On podcast, beyond email, I haven't spoken to Ben in years). Fun story, though.

While you're here, however? That script for TUSK that I wrote? We turned into an actual movie that's coming out this fall from A24. Oddly enough, it's the best film I've ever made (or at the very least, the most interesting). Thank you all for saying #WalrusYes on Twitter last year. Can't wait to show you the movie. In the meantime, here's the poster…