After making thousands of references to Star Wars in his movies, Kevin Smith is finally putting his money where his mouth is: $50 million, to be precise. The geek-favorite director has finished the first draft of a screenplay for a science-fiction comedy film, and he's already shown it to Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who are interested in making it. The film would be Smith's most expensive to date, costing $45-50 million; that budget blows away his current film, the $25 million Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which has as its centerpiece a porno film based on... yes, you guessed it, Star Wars. Smith's sci-fi debut will also reference famous sci-fi films, but here's hoping that it's of the non-porn variety. (Think more Spaceballs and less Star Ballz.)

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