Coming Soon: Clerks II - The Passion Of The Clerks

According to the Associated Press, writer/director Kevin Smith announced on Friday that he has begun work on a sequel to Clerks, the classic independent film which is celebrating it’s tenth anniversary this year.

The sequel picks up with Dante, Randall, Jay & Silent Bob in present day Red Bank, reports the Associated Press. “It’s about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s,” says Smith. “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. It’s: What happened to these dudes?”

The sequel, titled The Passion of The Clerks, is set to begin shooting in January. Miramax Films, which distributed the first film, will do the same for the follow-up.

Smith is also writing the screenplay for The Green Hornet, but no longer thinks he will direct it. The Clerks sequel has moved to the top of his to-do list. Both O’Halloran and Anderson are signed on, and Jason Mewes will return as stoner Jay.