CLERKS 2: PASSION OF THE CLERKS

[Mockery]

Director Kevin Smith plans 'Clerks' sequel

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, 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."

[Geggy]

uuuugh...i have a bad feeling about this.

[AChimp]

Didn't he say he wasn't going to make another J&SB movie?

[huond]

but then jersey girl flopped

i hate kevin smith

[Pub Lover]

Mock is so gonna be Kevin Smith in ten years. :x

[Anonymous]

Who's Kevin Smith?

[James]

He's the guy who played Aries on Hercules and Xena. He died doing a stunt a couple years ago.

[James]

But seriously, the "View Askewniverse" movies have been pretty hit or miss, with Smith's more studio-esque pictures taking the brunt of distaste. One has to wonder what's going to happen with this kind of movie, especially after seeing how ALL of Kevin Smith's characters were stuck in Limbo in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

I really don't think anyone wants to see Dante and Randal stuck in the same situation 10 years later in their lives, but I also don't think they want to see Dante and Randal going on an adventure or something (See the short-lived cartoon). If it'd been done earlier, or set earlier in their lives, there might be potential to continue the story as we know it.

I thought Clerks 2 was gonna be called Hardly Clerkin'. I don't like the Passion reference at all.

[N00bKill3R]

It was supposed to be Hardly Clerkin' and an animated movie if I recall

[Zbu Manowar]

"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?"

You see, this is what is going to go wrong with it. In Clerks we basically had some guys doing shit and being funny about it. Now we're going to get a coming of age bullshit story in which Smith uses to try to redefine his life through film and in the process completely toy and fuck up what made him recognizable in the first place.

The fucker should just stop for a minute to think what he's doing instead of using his good stuff to revive a career that would have been Jersey Girl All The Motherfucking Time if the damn thing had made money.

[McClain]

I hate speculative Kevin Smith experts. Think they know fuckin' everything.

[executioneer]

it better have allah in it or else habib will kill you to brun in youre hell kevnin smith!!!

[James]

It was supposed to be Hardly Clerkin' and an animated movie if I recall


I think the idea for the animated movie came along much later, and got scrapped.

[Zbu Manowar]

I hate speculative Kevin Smith experts. Think they know fuckin' everything.

Not much speculation involved, really. The man made Jersey Girl which was definitely not like anything else he's done and now he's suddenly revisiting his first movie with that quote above? Come on, where the hell would the people from the first movie be now? Sure as shit it's going to go off on that tangent, I'd bet money on it.

[Royal Tenenbaum]

He should get Vincent Gallo to direct the sequel.

[AChimp]

:lol

That movie would definitely span time.

[McClain]

I hate speculative Kevin Smith experts. Think they know fuckin' everything.

Not much speculation involved, really. The man made Jersey Girl which was definitely not like anything else he's done and now he's suddenly revisiting his first movie with that quote above? Come on, where the hell would the people from the first movie be now? Sure as shit it's going to go off on that tangent, I'd bet money on it.

Has anyone seen the movie? Read the script? No? Okay then. It's speculation. Pure and simple. What is there to argue about?
I bring this up because I get so sick and tired of Kevin Smith fans/haters analyzing every movement he makes. HE'S NOT WORTH GETTING ALL ANALYTICAL OVER, PEOPLE! The actors in Clerks, sans Jay & Silent Bob, WERE SHITTY ACTORS! THAT IS WHY THEY DID IT FOR FREE. Every other line in that fuckin' movie is trite and overdone. I'm just sick and tired of this shit. SICK AND TIRED, I TELL YOU! Who feckin' cares, anyway. If it comes out and it's good, I'll give it a thumbs up. Until then, WHO FUCKIN FUC:LKJ>F:ELKJWFJK:Lj;l kj;lkj;lk rewa;l

AAAAAAGGGGRRRHHHH!

[ziggytrix]

mcclain's last post is goddamn hilarious if you read it in a whiney Dante voice.

[ziggytrix]

cuz the board won't let me edit right now:

and replace "until then ..." with "and i'm not even supposed to be here today..."

[FartinMowler]

I agree with Mclain :) Kevin Smith movies blow.

[EverythingWillSuck]

he said he's still doing an animated movie after this

there's still hope

[Captain Goodtimes]

If I actually see this movie in theaters, I'm not buying popcorn youknowwhatimsaying.

[bartman15]

whats the big fuckin deal!!!!! kevin smiths last movie blew and he even knows it! so i think we should give the man some credit for going back to his roots:dick and fart joke filled buddy flicks! but if it does turn into anothe fuckin jersey girl i swear i will seriously fuck kevin smith with a broken beer bottle! :explode

[mubert]

BUMP YOU MOTHERFUCKER. Anyway, I agree.

[bartman15]

hey mubert thx, but you're not going to win me over in the contest by agreeing :boohoo

[mubert]

:cry

[Lambofchu]

Oh jesus fucking christ give me a fucking break!, is that all these shit comedian writers know how to do is jump on a trend and make references to whats currently happening?, lets hope kevin smith, matt stone, and tray parker get drafted.

[Lambofchu]

whats the big fuckin deal!!!!! kevin smiths last movie blew and he even knows it! so i think we should give the man some credit for going back to his roots:dick and fart joke filled buddy flicks! but if it does turn into anothe fuckin jersey girl i swear i will seriously fuck kevin smith with a broken beer bottle! :explode

all of his movies sucked, with those shitty fucking pseudo dick jokes made for kids my age, but atleast clerks was raw, and watchable.

[Captain Goodtimes]

Oh jesus fucking christ give me a fucking break!, is that all these shit comedian writers know how to do is jump on a trend and make references to whats currently happening?, lets hope kevin smith, matt stone, and tray parker get drafted.

YEAH FUCK CURRENT EVENTS D00D!

Would you like it better if he mades Dante and Randal made jokes about the Dark Ages?

Constantinople?!? more like ConstantiNOTHANKS

[Ant10708]

People who live in the present suck.

[mubert]

THANK YOU MR CAPTAIN FOR MAKING ME LAUGH :lol

[Seven Force]

Shut. UP! >:

[Lambofchu]

Oh jesus fucking christ give me a fucking break!, is that all these shit comedian writers know how to do is jump on a trend and make references to whats currently happening?, lets hope kevin smith, matt stone, and tray parker get drafted.

YEAH FUCK CURRENT EVENTS D00D!

Would you like it better if he mades Dante and Randal made jokes about the Dark Ages?

Constantinople?!? more like ConstantiNOTHANKS

no...im saying its stupid to jump on a bandwagon and make fun of something thats been made fun of to the point of no turn, mr. kevinsmithsgaysexslave.

[Seven Force]

Here's hoping you get drafted. >:

[Skulhedface]

Just knowing a bunch of you retards are shitting all over it makes me want to see it multiple times now.

In fact, even if it sucks, I think I'm going to encourage everyone I encounter to go see it just to further enrage you.

[Jixby Phillips]

:rolleyes

[Skulhedface]

Go see this movie Jixby Phillips!

[Captain Goodtimes]

Ka- BONG!

[PSYCHOMAN!]

Kev said that he wouldn't make a J&SB film until Jason Mewes kicked his bad habits. Now that Mewes is off horse and booze, that opens the door.

I haven't seen Jersey Girl yet, but, IMO, Kevin Smith has never made a bad movie. He also, in Brodie, created the coolest character in movie history without a weapon of some kind.

[bartman15]

ok so if there is anyone in this message board besides me and carnivore who likes kevin smith pm me with their fav.

[bartman15]

sorry my edit is fucked up so i couldn't include psychoman. anyways i agree with psychoman brodie fucking kicks ass!

[Captain Goodtimes]

I liked how this thread ended, chojin please delete everything before

Ka - BONG!

[Rongi]

Kevin Smith has never made a bad movie.

So, I'm guessing you never saw JSBSB

[Captain Goodtimes]

or jersey girl

[executioneer]

or clerks badum pssh

[Rongi]

or Citizen Kane

[Captain Goodtimes]

or Russ Meyes's Corpse

[Captain Goodtimes]

or typos

[Carnivore]

ok so if there is anyone in this message board besides me and carnivore who likes kevin smith pm me with their fav.

I don't know where you got the idea that nobody else likes Kevin Smith. His early works are almost universally lauded. I can't fault you for not knowing of the existence of previous threads on Kevin Smith because the search is disabled, but try http://www.i-mockery.net/viewtopic.php?t=12960

[Miss Modular]

I TAPED THREE HOURS OF YOGI BEAR

:lol2

[Jixby Phillips]

Kevin Smith fans are m-m-m-morons :eek

I think Kevin Smith is a fantasticly funny person, and telling stories is what he does best. Just not on film.

[Rongi]

That's exactly why i like An Evening With Kevin Smith better than, well any of his films

[bartman15]

oh my fucking god! :explode i just read the best thread ever carnivore! thanks for giving that link to me. because after reading that and laughing my ass off i realized something, half the fucks on this message board can't make up their minds on anything movie wise and the other half either loves kevin smiths work or loves quentin tarentinos work. but listen to me very carefully i like these guys for 2 reasons seperatly. 1. kevin smith is nicer to his fans than most entertainers out there. 2.quentin is one of the best directors and writers in the film industry today. you can just look at one of his movies and see the effort and love that went into them. in closing i would like to say everyone is entitled to their own opinions but mine is that they cannot be matched because their movies are nothing alike and they are nothing alike so take these films for what they are in your opinion.

[executioneer]

their movies are nothing alike except for the fact that they're terribly overrated :lol

[Jixby Phillips]

bartman, you are a fucking moron.

I agree, Kevin Smith is incredibly nice to his fans, and for that I have lots of respect for him. But how in the hell does that make him a good film-maker?

And WHY THE FUCK do you seem to beleive that every person here should have the same opinion about anything?

[Captain Goodtimes]

Hey Bartman I think Dr. Pepper is ver overrated, why don't you write 3 paragraphs about why I am wrong, fucking prick.

[Skulhedface]

Dr. Pepper is a replica of Mr. Pibb, but it's a bullshit replica cuz the dude didn't even get his degree.

-Mitch Hedburg

[Carnivore]

http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/drp/radical.jpg

[bartman15]

sorry, :themoreyouknow but my opinion is always right

[Crying Baby Jesus]

sorry, :themoreyouknow but my opinion is always right like I am cool.

[bartman15]

sorry everybody i meant:sorry, but i am always right :themoreyouknow

[Jixby Phillips]

You really are a moron.

[Jixby Phillips]

sorry everybody i meant: you are really a moron.

[Rez]

even in the kevin smith movies i consider good there's always elements in his movies (the lines, plot developments, character development) that yell "amateur" at every turn. the man with little horns on his head in dogma is horribly written (and acted), most things that happened in mallrats were ill-conceived (though it was a fun flick), and JSBSB is, in the best light, mediocre. but you can tell smith gives a shit about what he writes, flippant or serious, and while sounds like an appeal to pity, it never makes any one of his films (including JSBSB) worthless. to me, there's always a funny bit, it's always at least watchable, and the more he focuses on dialogue rather than drama, the better (making clerks, chasing amy, and many parts of dogma his best stuff). but the real core of this is that he is a director among many, and despite obvious flaws, a cut above. the amount of shit given about someone like him is far too much for what he does, which is essentially being a writer who does movies.
i do love clerks and, yes, the actors who performed so stage-like on it, because it was quick, it was continuous, and it's message wasnt about bullshit or growing up. it even emphasised the inability to overcome obstacles which happens more often than not. that may not be radically different, but it's a factor among many that drew me to it. this sequel has me pretty neutral, so far, the best thing about it being that anderson and o'halloran seem to be game for it. the title is straight kevin smith though, awkward and amateurish, but nothing i've heard so far is putting me right off of it. i actually think it could be good.

and for the record, i do like the animated series.