mukooh

are you ready for this.....from cnn.com.....


Ten years after original, Kevin Smith plans 'Clerks' sequel
Monday, August 30, 2004 Posted: 9:32 AM EDT (1332 GMT)


LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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 September 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, 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 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."

moviegoer

this could be great or absolutley horrible.

i hope it's great!

UnsilentMajorty

What Kevin Smith needs to do is make sure he is making the film for HIM and not Miramax because while Miramax is known for more ground-breaking and avante guard stuff ("Pulp Fiction"; the original "Clerks"), they -- Specifically, Harvey Weinstien -- Is notorious for taking good ideas and turn them into "horse races" just to make a buck when they shouldn't be.

What I mean about this is that everyone has this notion that Miramax isn't like the other big Hollywood studios and produces so-called quality films... When in reality, they are exactly the same as the big studios, but just with a more concentrated niche market and smaller budgets.

This is why I agree with Moviegoer in that this could turn out really good, or really bad and it all depends on how much control -- both physically and mentally -- Kevin Smith has over the project and what his "true" motivations are for doing it 10 years later.

angelface211

This sounds like it could be a great movie. I loved the first one. I can't wait to see what he does in the second one.

ilmandyli

This is so awesome (I hope)!
Thanks for the info. Im a HUGE Smith fan

ROCKSTAR

Kick ass news!! Wow, I would've never thought this movie would get a sequel. But the idea is exciting.

shrrshrr

I don't know - I'm kind of in the "don't mess with a great thing" category, here.

I mean - what's the point? We've got Clerks, we've got Mallrats, we've got Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and we've even got the bonus of Drawing Flies - why do we need more?

I think Kevin Smith should take his much talented self and do something more in the line of Chasing Amy and Dogma - take on another cultural icon, or something...

ROCKSTAR

I'd feel the same way but since it's been 10 years. I'm all for it!

sevennationarmy

Oh, yay! I love the title too. Clerks is one of my all-time favorites.

The Daywalker

Interesting.

I agree with most, that is could either be great, or shht. Goes along with what Unslient Majority said about it being either a Kevin Smith movie or a Miramax movie. If it's KS, then I think it'll be great, otherwise it might put a smudge on what i've thought of as a great run of movies.

ROCKSTAR

According to an article I posted over at News thread all the original characters will be back and the film begins production on October 10th.

mukooh

ROCKSTAR

New posters:



My God, I try to be objective but Rosario Dawson is just gorgeous. I first saw her in "25th Hour" and since the first second she appeared on screen she gained a fan in me. I can't freakin wait for this movie and even more since Rosario gets to be in it (I'm a lucky fan!)



Great stuff in http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_8971.html

Enigma

Thanks for posting the posters. I'll be checking it out!

ColdLinoleum

I think I'm too scared to see it. It's been sooo long since the first one.