Kevin Smith Talks CLERKS 2

By: Brad Brevet
Published: Thursday, September 2nd 2004 at 4:06 AM

Now when I say "talk" I obviously mean "writes," don't I? Either way Kevin Smith has jumped on his boards over at ViewAskew.com to give fans a look inside his creative brain at his thoughts on the recently announced Clerks sequel The Passion of the Clerks.

I have posted a snippet from his message board post below, but to get the full story click the link at the end of the article.

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 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."

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.

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.

Just as a side note my review of Clerks X will be going up soon as I am almost done with the MASSIVE amount of special features but let me just say that if you are hesitant in buying this DVD don't be it is AMAZING!!

That said click here to check out the rest of Kevin's post.