Kevin Smith Is Working On A 'Mallrats' Sequel Now, Too

Last year turned out to be pretty good for Kevin Smith. After a few years in the cinematic wilderness, Smith returned to his View Askew roots with Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, and while it wasn't a critical favorite his fans seemed to love it. That got Smith inspired to finally move forward on that Clerks 3 script he's been promising for years, and at the time I expressed some skepticism because of that. Well, this latest announcement he's made is exactly why.

Smith took to Instagram and announced that he's now also working on a Mallrats sequel, titled Twilight of the Mallrats. Comic book fans are probably seeing that title and guessing it's a play on Alan Moore's unpublished series, Twilight of the Superheroes, a Ragnarok-level event that would've decimated the heroes of the DC Comics universe. If so, that wouldn't bode well for forever nerds Brodie Bruce and T.S. Quint, played by Jason Lee and Jeremy London in Smith's 1995 film.

Mallrats was Smith's followup to his indie darling, Clerks, and...well, it wasn't well-received and was a massive failure. It's now seen as something of a cult classic, and I'll confess to it being my favorite Smith film for quite a long time.

Here's what Smith had to say on social media, “It’s gonna be hard for 2020 to measure up to 2019 – but I’m off to a fun start by writing stuff for Brodie Bruce & Co. to say in the new script I’m calling TWILIGHT OF THE MALLRATS! The CLERKS III script is also underway, so we’ll see which flick will be my first film of the roaring 20’s!”

So these are two projects that Smith teased fans with for a very long time, but something else always gets in the way. Now the two projects are getting in one another's way, and I can't help but feel like this is a step back for both. I hope I'm wrong.

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2019 was seriously one of the best years of my life! So many of my dreams came true this year, as well as a few big things too dazzling to even dare dream about! From the return of @jayandsilentbob, to having my career literally cemented at the legendary @chinesetheatres, to Clerks being accepted into the @librarycongress - 2019 kept giving and giving! Sooooo glad I didn’t drop dead back in 2018, because I would’ve missed all the stuff I listed with my pic. Thank you to everyone who supported the #jayandsilentbob #rebootroadshow Tour: we’ve made over 3 million bucks from our 2 @fathomevents screenings and the 37 cities we’ve visited so far (Tour resumes January 10th in Oakland for another 25 cities through Feb 26). Many thanks for powering my dopey dream of reopening the Askewniverse and making me and @jaymewes feel so welcomed in all your towns and cities! It’s gonna be hard for 2020 to measure up to 2019 - but I’m off to a fun start by writing stuff for Brodie Bruce & Co. to say in the new script I’m calling TWILIGHT OF THE MALLRATS! The CLERKS III script is also underway, so we’ll see which flick will be my first film of the roaring 20’s! But tonight, I end the year like I always do - standing on the stage at the @hollywoodimprov with @ralphgarman, making BABBLE until the Ball drops (a few tix left at the link in my bio)! It was a decade that began badly with COP OUT and the TOO FAT TO FLY incident. The decade of the Red State Tour, @tuskthemovie and @yogahosers! It was the decade in which I almost died of a massive heart attack, and the decade where I went Vegan and got down to my high school weight! Who knows what the next decade holds in store for us - but I’m ready to turn the page and find out! Happy New Year, my friends! (Jedi Kev piece by @giovanni_hollywood2008.) #KevinSmith #newyearseve #2019

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