Look like Kev’s started the first draft of Clerks III. Over on Facebook he had this to say about what might be his best “FILM” (perhaps adding fuel to the fire that a film might still be in the works over the book project we’ve heard about recently):
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
20 years ago today, we started shooting CLERKS.
20 years later, with no plan or provocation, I jumped out of bed at 4:20 this morning and started writing CLERKS III.
It’s been like hanging out with old friends.
And after 2 hours … Read More »

Some Clerks 3 coverage from over the weekend:
Cinema Blend
Chicago Tribune
Huffington Post
Yahoo News
Entertainment Weekly
The Examiner
IGN
Nuke The Fridge

A few updates from the world of SModcast for ya today:

Watch a new video clip from JAY & SILENT BOB GET OLD, courtesy of AOL Late Night.

New episodes of PlusOne and Babble-On are now available. Free as always!

Plus One, Get Old and Red State of the Union have swapped days on the SModcast.com posting schedule. Get the latest rundown at the official site. Always free!

Red State of the Union #13, and really any episode posted after Sundance, will contain spoilers. Don’t forget. Kevin says: “I … Read More »

Obviously, with the reveal that “Hit Somebody” would be the last ever directorial effort from Kevin before retirement, many were left scratching their heads, wondering if a Clerks III/3 would ever see the light. Rather than speculate, here’s the writer/director himself on that possibility:

I’ve always said I’d leave room for a possible CLERKS III, but w/o Jay or Bob, focusing on Dante & Randal, if I felt like telling a story about how I felt to be in my 40′s (as CLERKS was me in my 20′s & CLERKS … Read More »

You gotta love when a single line in a press release or story can set off a huge cascading bunch of rumors on the web. Thank goodness, Kevin steps forward to set things straight. Variety recently ran a story titled “Miramax, Weinstein Co. pact for sequels” in which the “Clerks” franchise was named, among a group of other films, which were part of the back catalog and could potentially be leveraged for use in future projects. Naturally, this sparked speculation on the web that a “Clerks 3″ … Read More »