Kevin Smith making a sequel to Clerks

The Passion of the Clerks?

hmm I haven't seen Jersey Girl but hopefully neither will suck.

I wonder how many more dicks she sucked in 10 years.

Awesome...when I went to the 'Evening With' thing in London a couple months ago he said there was something in the pipeline that we would all love but he was mega protective about saying what. Guess this answers it!

I'm not even supposed to be here today

He is a talented film maker!

what a stupid fucking name.

after watching Chasing Amy, you can tell Kevin Smith was going to go to shit fast.

the guy wants to be John Hughes too bad.

talented yes, but he is losing his edge he thought he had back in the days, the money makes their movies suck.

passion of the clerk? get real.

I don't know, but it was either fellow asylum inmates or the guards.

I'm sure it'll be addressed though.

Nice.. good to see him going back to his roots. Who cares if the name is stupid?

Great news here. We need more Kevin Smith movies each year with all the bad movies out currently.

Anyone see the DVD "An Evening With Kevin Smith"?

I bet it will change

wrong character...the one that sucked 37 dicks isn't the one that ended up going nuts.


lol Clerks is my fave film..can you tell?

Better than that I went to two of them eight years apart. The most recent a few months ago in London and it was fantastic.

I was gonna flame you for that, but yes, you are correct actually. My bad

AWESOME news...

i sold my demo copy of Clerks on ebay years ago ...

it was the copy they send out with "this video not to be rented or viewed by anyone"

sold it on ebay for 100 bucks -


friend got it for me way before the vid came out on VHS let alone DVD

I loved Clerks - I'm really excited about this sequeal.

Really good news.I am big Kevin Smith fan. but I think he has lost his edge, I saw Jersey Girl on the Airplane during my flight back from Miami and it was a big disappointment. I hope he can redeem himself.

What happened to him doing Fletch 3?

i am glad he hasnt fucked this one up yet.

LIke I need to see Broadie as Fletch? Talk about insulting to McDonald.

as if my name didnt give it away i am a huge fan of gregory MacDonalds work, BOOKS, not just movies.

Kevin SMith doing Fletch is a horrible, horrible idea.

i hope he doesnt go through with it.

the kids may7 love his goofy shit but i dont want to see him ruin Gregory macDOnalds lifelong work.

http://www.gregorymcdonald.com/

one of the greatest writers ever

offically the best sig on GFY!



Olaf! Metal!

Personally I would like to see Jason Lee in the role but it isn't going to happen. Smith said at the thing I went to that the studio just won't allow it.

That would be great!! I love all of his movies. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma...I have yet to see Jersey Girl either, but I am sure that it's gonna be great. Ever see him when he is at the University talking? It's on the Movie Network, funny as hell!

LOL! I guess he didn't like getting his ass kicked by the critics for Jersey Girl.

Are you a fan of Fletch?

better yet, of Flynn and of Gregory macDonald?

probably youve seen the Chevy Chase movies, but I have read most of G MacDonalds work, and love it.

Its not easy to sit back and watch the thought of it being hacked by some new young guys who dont respect Gregory MacDonald but just want to do the remake because Chevy made the first ones rock.

making sense?

Clerks was Smith's best movie.

It has all gone down hill from there.

Comments from Kevin Smith about the movie.

This isn't gonna be a cameo-heavy affair, a'la "Strike Back." The only returning characters are Dante and Randal, and Jay and Silent Bob.

- This isn't gonna be a star-studded affair. The biggest names in the cast are gonna be Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, and Jason Mewes.

- This isn't an "I'm not even supposed to be here today... AGAIN!"-heavy, wink-wink affair. We barely refer to the first flick (though I do love Lynch's proposed tagline of "They Still Don't Like You"; considering the tone of the script, an even more appropriate tagline would be "They Like You Even Less").

- Jay and Silent Bob have about as much screen time as they had in "Clerks." This is Dante and Randal's flick all the way.

- The title makes sense. Sure, there's a bit of cheekiness in there, but it's pretty appropriate, based on the material.

- This is the funniest thing I've ever written. It's also really poignant.

- We'll still be making a "Clerks" cartoon movie, separate of this.

- This is not a grab at the green. Saying so is kinda laughable, if you're privy to what I make per film now, vs. what I'll make for this film. Part of the idea about doing "Passion" is to strip away the trappings of success we've been enjoying for the last few years, in an effort to get to the raw and pure. None of us are making our usual salaries on this flick; we're all doing it favored-nations style, with deferments. If the flick does well, we'll get paid our full-freight on the back-end. If not, we did it for the love. But if I was "all about the green", I'd be gearing up for "Hornet" or "Fletch" instead. This one's about the passion; the passion of the "Clerks."

- Some of the key players from the "Clerks" saga who've already read the 143 page first draft: Mos, Jeff, Brian, John Pierson, Bob Hawk. Jay's reading the new, refined 119 page second draft this week. Once they were all on board, any doubt or hesitation I might've felt about monkeying with the original's legacy disappeared completely.

- This isn't about "Jersey Girl." While disappointed that we didn't do double the theatrical business we crawled to, I understand why what happened to that flick happened (considering how poorly "Gigli" did, I consider us kinda lucky that we got to 25m). If this is a reaction to anything, it's more of a reaction to "Green Hornet", and the trajectory my budgets have been taking lately. Before (and if) I direct "Hornet", I wanted to do something small and more me-like. While working on the "Clerks X" dvd, it became clear to me that "Passion" was the way to go.

- We almost did this flick three years ago, instead of "Strike Back." I'm glad we didn't, because I was able to say much more now than I would've then.

- There are gonna be lots of folks expressing disappointment or downright hostility with the idea of this movie. Let 'em vent. If it's all that bad, Xtian will just sweep it off the board. But the last thing I'm interested in is opinions on what I'm doing this early in the process, if at all. The beauty of making that first flick was being able to do it in a vacuum. Granted, I could've kept my mouth shut about it 'til we were done shooting; but with "Clerks X" coming out, it just felt right to share. Regardless - I don't want folks running here with reports of what's being said about the idea of this film at other boards. Don't waste your/my time with the braying of the jackasses. There's not even a movie to bray about yet. Once there is, if you still still feel the need to tell me what some random, knuckle-headed Talk Backer has to say about the finished product, then God bless. But until then, leave it in the locker room.

- Oh, who am I kidding? This flick makes me so happy, I'm not even bothered by the bitching (could still be even happier without it, though). I'm in love with this flick. If other folks aren't, I can't really say I'm concerned. I've read the script; they haven't. I have the benefit of insight into the flick beyond the title and the notion of it; they don't. The reaction is pretty much what I thought it'd be: a ton of positive, and minimal amount of bitching. Even if the equation was reversed, I'd still feel as good as I do now.

- At this point in my life, this flick makes absolute fucking sense.

- I can't wait to shoot it, and I can't wait 'til you all see it.

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- That storyline about Dante and Randal shooting a movie about working at the Quick Stop is the plot of the "Clerks" CARTOON movie. It's secure. The plot of "PotC" is something completely different.

- The flick does NOT employ the tone of the "Clerks" cartoon. It's OG "Clerks" all the way.

- The flick's in both black & white and color.

- Having not seen "South Park" since season two (unless you count the movie), I was unaware they did an episode called "The Passion of the Jew." I don't know how (or if) this info will effect our title.

- There will be no "reunions" or "crossovers" in the flick. Again - the only characters returning are Dante, Randal, Jay, and Bob.

More info when the questions pile up...

No, I totally understand. My husband is a fan of the Fletch and I am mereely a casual observer. I have to say that I am not a Chevy Chase fan (I like the Vacation movies but not him so much) and I wasn't a particular fan of the films. I am a Jason Lee fan but I do understand his limitations. I really do understand where yout are coming from. It is a bit like me with Hollywood buying up all the old Ealing Comedy scripts and remaking them (ladykillers the most recent)..they are something I love and I don't want them destroyed for the sake of the mass public.

In the article posted in this thread one of the comments is something about 'and now people can be paid'. To me is sounds a bit like a big thank you to Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, and Jason Mewes for helping him get where he is today. Plus, he told Mewes if he sobered up he would bring back Jay and Bob.