Kevin Smith Confirms Mallrats Sequel Is In the Works

A few days ago, Kevin Smith (“Clerks”) hinted that a sequel to the 1995 cult classic Mallrats was in the works, and now he has confirmed it.

Yesterday, Smith was a guest on Rock 102 Mornings with Shmonty and Carolina, and when asked about if his “I smell a rat” message on Twitter indicated that a Mallrats sequel was in the works, Smith replied, “Yeah, that’s what we’re working on.” Smith added, “It’s half a script right now and we’re pulling our loot together. We’ve got up until the beginning of 2016. By the time we get to May 2016, we’re going to be shooting.”

“Lately I’ve been doing this thing where I’m like ‘Do you want to do what’s good for your career or do you just want to have fun?’,” Smith explained. “Nobody’s clamoring for a Mallrats sequel, but I would love to make one. It’s been like 20 years.”

You can listen to Smith confirm the news in the audio clip below. Also, to get you pumped I included the original Mallrats trailer below as well.

(via Variety)

Mallrats 2 begins filming next year. The original starred Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Shannon Doherty and Joey Lauren Adams as well as Kevin Smith as Silent Bob and Jason Mewes as his not-so-silent partner Jay.