Following in the footsteps of Richard Linklater, whose sequel to Before Sunrise was a hit with critics and audiences this summer, the Associated Press reports that Kevin Smith "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, [to be called The Passion of the Clerks], 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."

"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 three-disc 10th-anniversary DVD release of Clerks, titled Clerks X, will be released by the Miramax Collectors Series. It will include the original theatrical version of the film, an extended Sundance Film Festival (news - Web sites) cut and a new documentary.

# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 8/30/2004 04:51:00 PM

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