KJC Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...m_clerks_sequel Director Kevin Smith Plans 'Clerks' Sequel Fri Aug 27, 8:10 PM ET By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES - Kevin Smith is making another convenience store run. The writer-director of "Dogma," "Chasing Amy" and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" told the Associated Press on Friday that he has begun work on a sequel to "Clerks," his homemade indie classic from 1994. That $27,000 movie, shot at night in a store where Smith worked, chronicled the adventures of Dante and Randal, two guys who talk about life, death, sex and movies while working at neighboring stores. The sequel picks up 10 years later. "It's about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s. Those dudes are kind of still mired, not in that same exact situation, but in a place where it's time to actually grow up and do something more than just sit around and dissect pop culture and talk about sex," Smith said during an interview at his Hollywood office. "It's: What happened to these dudes?" A new 10th anniversary DVD of "Clerks" debuts Sept. 7, and Smith said working on that three-disc set inspired him to write about what became of those characters. The sequel ? titled "The Passion of the Clerks" ? is set to begin shooting in January. Miramax Films, which turned the original into a cult-hit after buying it at the Sundance Film Festival (news - web sites), plans to distribute the follow-up. "It's funny, it's very raw, insanely foul-mouthed. In many ways it's the antithesis of 'Jersey Girl,'" Smith said, referring to his recent PG-13 comedy with Ben Affleck (news) as the widowed father of a little girl. Smith is also writing the screenplay for a movie version of "The Green Hornet," but no longer thinks he will direct it. The "Clerks" movie has moved to the top of his to-do list. He said he called Jeff Anderson, who played the combative video-store worker Randal, and Brian O'Halloran, who was the besieged-by-strangeness convenience store employee Dante, to run the idea by them first. "Jeff was actually very protective of 'Clerks,'" Smith said. "Jeff was like, 'Are you sure you want to do this? That movie means a lot to people and do you want to go back?' I thought about it honestly, and it would seem chicken to not give it a shot just because I'm afraid of (messing) with the first film." So far, he said he has gotten only positive responses from the people who have read the script, so he decided to move forward with it. Both O'Halloran and Anderson are signed on, and Jason Mewes, will return as stoner Jay, the "hetero life-mate" of Smith's stoic Silent Bob. "I'm sure there will be naysayers who say, 'Oh my God, it's an opportunistic grab at a buck,' but it's not. We're doing it for nothing," Smith said. "We're going to do it insanely inexpensively. The budget will be somewhere between 250 grand and $5 million." The original was shot pre-dawn, and most of the actors worked for free and then went straight to their day-jobs with little or no sleep. "This time around we'll afford ourselves the luxury of nice 12-hour days," Smith said. "And people can get paid." ___ On the Net: http://www.viewaskew.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJC Posted August 28, 2004 Author Share Posted August 28, 2004 total awesomeness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinFan10 Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Clerks was the most awesome movie of all time. :notworthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Pizimpish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossInfoMan Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 I can't wait for the 10th anniversary DVD. I already have the DVD which has some good extras, but what are they going to put on 3 discs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 The first Clerks was hilarious, what will they do next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METSrosexual Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 i love Clerks, its one of my all time favs. i hope they dont kill it with a sequel, like they do most of the time. plus, i dont think Kevin Smith's latest stuff has been all that good. enjoyable to a certain extent, but certainly not to the level of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Juanky Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I thought Dogma kicked ass personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 I thought that Kevin Smith wasn't doing anymore View Askew movies. Anyway, I"m sure it'll be entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFan21 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotcorner Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 :thumbdown this can only be a bad thing. clerks was awesome but kevin smith is starting to go downhill, and trying to make a sequel to such a good movie, it's bound to fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Smith in the credits for Dogma snuck in "to look out for Clerks 2: Clerkin it" That never panned out and it turned into it was going to be the animated movie from the short lived the series(One of my favorite dvds is The 6 episodes), then that fizzled out into maybe a special for Comedy Central but was tossed aside but if this is the case. Kick ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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