Lionsgate's CLERKS III moving forward (TBD) 1 1

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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Kevin Smith’s Clerks III, which is in pre-production in New Jersey and will begin production next month.

 

Smith has written the screenplay and will direct, with all major cast members set to reprise their roles: Jeff Anderson as Randal, Brian O’Halloran as Dante, Jay Mewes as Jay, Smith as Silent Bob, and Rosario Dawson as Becky. The film will be produced by Liz Destro and Jordan Monsanto.

 

In Clerks III, following a massive heart attack, Randal enlists Dante, Elias, Jay and Silent Bob to make a movie immortalizing his life at the convenience store that started it all.

Special mention in the interview.

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Eda Kowan, EVP Acquisitions and Co-Productions at Lionsgate, added, “The Clerks movies are audience favorites and many of Kevin’s films like Dogma, Red State, and the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot are a beloved part of our library that continues to delight Kevin’s devoted fans. We’re thrilled to be presenting the next chapter in the Clerks saga to moviegoers worldwide.”

Does that mean they purchased the Dogma film rights from Weinstein which is why this never was released via digital (or even new bluray/DVD)?

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Well I enjoyed 1 & 2 so will definitely watch 3. Hopefully that does mean a new version of Dogma coming out and even some Kevin Smith in 4K would be appreciated. 

[Buzzetta]

YES 

[Kevin76]

1st one was awesome, 2nd one was terrible 

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When you hear a new Kevin Smith film is coming out. When you find out it isn't Dogma  2.

 

[HotKey]

The only sequel he needs to be making is Dogma.

Clerks 2 jumped the donkey show. 

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On 7/20/2021 at 1:46 AM, HotKey said:

The only sequel he needs to be making is Dogma.

Clerks 2 jumped the donkey show. 

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This first-look image from Clerks III shows they’re still selling cigarettes, slushies, and skin mags while serving their life sentences at the Quick Stop. Nowadays the pair own the store. They’re joined by Dante’s wife, Becky (Rosario Dawson), and the formerly upbeat, formerly teenage Elias (Trevor Fehrman), who were drawn into the not-so-dynamic duo’s slacker vortex in 2006’s Clerks II. Time has taken a toll on them, as it has in real life for Smith, 51—whose decision to return to Clerks came by way of a severe heart attack three years ago. “The film is predicated on the idea that Randal survives a heart attack, a massive heart attack, quite like I did, and then winds up, you know, deciding that he’s wasted his life,” Smith tells Vanity Fair. “But before he dies he wants to memorialize himself. He wants to make a movie. So our boys essentially wind up making Clerks.”

 

Clerks III, which will be released by Lionsgate, is currently shooting in Leonardo, New Jersey, at the same locations as the original. Unlike that first movie, this one will be in color. But the home movie the pair make will be in black and white, like the classic. “That allows us to reshoot so many of the key moments from Clerks in their movie. Randal’s movie is called Inconvenience,” Smith says. Smith is eager to see the internet mash up the old versions of those shots with the new ones.