Writer/director Kevin Smith has announced that pre-production has begun on his long awaited ‘Clerks 2’ sequel titled simply ‘Clerks III‘ which is filming primarily in Leonardo, New Jersey in the same town where the original film was made in 1993. Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights. Principal photography begins next month.
Writer/director Kevin Smith has today confirmed he has completed the first draft for his new script for ‘Clerks III‘. This is a new version of the script after a previous version from six years ago was scrapped due to a variety of casting issues. Smith announced in October 2019 that he was working on a new script as well as announcing lead actor Jeff Anderson (Randal) was back on-board.
Writer/director Kevin Smith posted today to his Facebook page about meeting up with Clerks cast member Jeff Anderson at a rare autograph signing session which was also attended by his costar Jason Mewes.
UPDATE:
In a radio interview with 102.5 The Bone radio station Smith teased a Fall 2019 release.
“I think we are out in the fall”
There have been a lot of casting announcements recently following the news that Kevin Smith would be making a sequel to his second film; Mallrats 2.
We were also told that production had been brought forward to 2015, after filming on his other major project Clerks III.
However, Smith announced today that Mallrats 2 has been pushed forward to shoot before Clerks III due to the availability of a disused mall location he wants for the film which is soon to be demolished.
