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StabMaster Arson · 09-05-2004, 07:05 PM

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."

Schroeder · 09-05-2004, 09:20 PM

You know, this wouldn't even be a possibility if
Smith would have gone with the origional ending he intended on.

BarryJive · 09-06-2004, 12:34 PM

it's odd because I know there was a sequal in the works for a long time but i was always under the impression that it was to be animated. i like this better but Smith is kind of going back on his word that JandSB strike backe as the last of the jay and bob movies...i mean im not complianing but...eh...what can ya do?

underwater · 09-07-2004, 02:15 PM

*looks over at "Clerks" poster on the wall in horror*

StabMaster Arson · 09-08-2004, 01:38 AM

*Kicks underwater in the face

so, this came out today...

You are looking at the most jam-packed, feature-ridden Special Edition that we've ever produced! This Special Edition 3-disc DVD is 10 years in the making and was painstaking crafted to include almost every feature and extra we could think of. Take a look:

The 93 minute "Clerks" Theatrical cut- All new HiDef transfer from 16mm IP supervised by Dave Klein with all-new 5.1 Skywalker Sound remix supervised by Scott Mosier, includes original commentary track from laser disc/initial DVD release (Disc One)
The 103 minute "Clerks" IFFM First Cut, includes all-new audio/video commentary track with Kevin, Scott, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes. (Disc Two)
The 95 minute "The Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks" Brand Spanking New Documentary that inteviews almost everybody who ever had something to do with "Clerks" (Disc Three)
The MTV Jay and Silent Bob shorts that everyone's been crying for us to put on a DVD for years now
The Arclight 10th Anniversary Q&A with Brian, Jeff, Marilyn, Scott, Dave, Mewes, and me
Lots of new video intros.
"The Flying Car" short from the Tonight Show (re-telecined in HiDef).
The Original theatrical trailer
"Can't Even Tell" Music Video
The original Jeff, Brian, and Marilyn and Ernie O'Donnell audition tapes
The brand new, seven minute animated "Lost Scene" short
Expansive Still Photo Gallery
'Clerks' Trivia track
Original 168-page original first draft screenplay
Kevin's 'Clerks' Journal
Kevin's 'Sundance' Journal
Peter Broderick's 1992 article "The ABC's of No-Budget Filmmaking" that inspired the budget for 'Clerks'
Peter Broderick's followup article "Learning from Low-Budgets" a year later that does the same treatment on 'Clerks'
Amy Taubin's Village Voice article on the 1991 IFFM and 'Slacker' that inspired Kevin to take 'Clerks' to the IFFM
Amy Taubin's Village Voice article on the 1993 IFFM about 'Clerks' being the gem of the festival.
Janet Maslin's 1994 New York Times review of 'Clerks' entitled "At a Convenience Store, Coolness To Go"
The entire John Pierson 'The Odd Couple: Sundance 1994" Chapter from 'Spike Mike Reloaded' book
The original Kevin-penned IFFM program note
The original Bob Hawk-penned 1994 Sundance Film Festival program note.
"Mae Day" - Kevin and Scott's Vancouver Film School documentary short.
Booklet.
SIGNED BY KEVIN SMITH

*Fucks Malibu

underwater · 09-09-2004, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by StabMaster Arson:
*Kicks underwater in the face
Blee blah blah blee bladdy blah
*Fucks Malibu

ew.

sparklemotion · 09-12-2004, 06:09 PM

Dammit, underwater, my fuckin poster kicks ass and you fuckin KNOW it.

So........ wanna go to Blockbuster and get Clerks X with me?

09-05-2004, 07:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	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."
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

09-06-2004, 12:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
BarryJive Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bloomington Posts: 358 Internets: 44	it's odd because I know there was a sequal in the works for a long time but i was always under the impression that it was to be animated. i like this better but Smith is kind of going back on his word that JandSB strike backe as the last of the jay and bob movies...i mean im not complianing but...eh...what can ya do?
	I don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast, but I'm intercontinental when I eat french toast.

09-07-2004, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
underwater Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: indiana Posts: 1,453 Internets: 10	looks over at "Clerks" poster on the wall in horror
	We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, because your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine.

09-08-2004, 01:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	Kicks underwater in the face so, this came out today... You are looking at the most jam-packed, feature-ridden Special Edition that we've ever produced! This Special Edition 3-disc DVD is 10 years in the making and was painstaking crafted to include almost every feature and extra we could think of. Take a look: The 93 minute "Clerks" Theatrical cut- All new HiDef transfer from 16mm IP supervised by Dave Klein with all-new 5.1 Skywalker Sound remix supervised by Scott Mosier, includes original commentary track from laser disc/initial DVD release (Disc One) The 103 minute "Clerks" IFFM First Cut, includes all-new audio/video commentary track with Kevin, Scott, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes. (Disc Two) The 95 minute "The Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks" Brand Spanking New Documentary that inteviews almost everybody who ever had something to do with "Clerks" (Disc Three) The MTV Jay and Silent Bob shorts that everyone's been crying for us to put on a DVD for years now The Arclight 10th Anniversary Q&A with Brian, Jeff, Marilyn, Scott, Dave, Mewes, and me Lots of new video intros. "The Flying Car" short from the Tonight Show (re-telecined in HiDef). The Original theatrical trailer "Can't Even Tell" Music Video The original Jeff, Brian, and Marilyn and Ernie O'Donnell audition tapes The brand new, seven minute animated "Lost Scene" short Expansive Still Photo Gallery 'Clerks' Trivia track Original 168-page original first draft screenplay Kevin's 'Clerks' Journal Kevin's 'Sundance' Journal Peter Broderick's 1992 article "The ABC's of No-Budget Filmmaking" that inspired the budget for 'Clerks' Peter Broderick's followup article "Learning from Low-Budgets" a year later that does the same treatment on 'Clerks' Amy Taubin's Village Voice article on the 1991 IFFM and 'Slacker' that inspired Kevin to take 'Clerks' to the IFFM Amy Taubin's Village Voice article on the 1993 IFFM about 'Clerks' being the gem of the festival. Janet Maslin's 1994 New York Times review of 'Clerks' entitled "At a Convenience Store, Coolness To Go" The entire John Pierson 'The Odd Couple: Sundance 1994" Chapter from 'Spike Mike Reloaded' book The original Kevin-penned IFFM program note The original Bob Hawk-penned 1994 Sundance Film Festival program note. "Mae Day" - Kevin and Scott's Vancouver Film School documentary short. Booklet. SIGNED BY KEVIN SMITH Fucks Malibu
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

09-12-2004, 06:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
sparklemotion Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: BSU Posts: 34 Internets: 76	Dammit, underwater, my fuckin poster kicks ass and you fuckin KNOW it. So........ wanna go to Blockbuster and get Clerks X with me?
	"I am Jack's severe lack of interest."

09-05-2004, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Schroeder Unwanted Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,543 Internets: -885	You know, this wouldn't even be a possibility if Smith would have gone with the origional ending he intended on.