Leave it to director/writer/raconteurKevin Smithto drop some exciting new information about the upcomingMallrats 2very casually during an interview. Smith’s focus onMallrats 2, a sequel to 1995’sMallratsstarringJason LeeandJeremy Londonas two dudes passing time at the mall after getting unceremoniously dumped by their girlfriends, has been renewed as we enter into the new year.
Earlier this week, Smith shared onInstagramhow theMallratssequel may end up titled “Twilight of the Mallrats.” The director’s comments about theMallrats 2have left us looking back at his guest appearance on an earlierepisode ofComic Book Shoppinghosted by Collider’s ownCoy Jandreau. We managed to hold on to an outtake from that October interview, which includes comments aboutMallrats 2. Things head in that direction when the topic of how studio ownership of Smith’s previous movies is divided came up. For those who don’t know, the way Smith’s library is divided up is pretty twisty.
“My system is all screwed. We madeClerksand got picked up by Miramax, which [was] owned by Disney so that movie, I never got to truly be independent. […]Clerksis at Miramax,Mallratsis at Universal,Chasing Amyis at Miramax,Dogmais personally owned by Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Not by the Weinstein Company, just themselves.”
While his other movies are tied up at Miramax or with the Weinsteins, Smith is all aboutMallrats 2at the moment as it’s now one project which is on his plate. As far as this sequel goes, Smith dished on how it actually came about.
“Mallrats 2is now — because Universal did [Jay and Silent Bob Reboot], they were like, ‘What do you want to do next?’ because they had a great time and I was like, ‘[…] We wanted to makeMallrats 2a couple years ago [and] you guys said ‘No.’ But we have this mall, we have this whole crew…’ and they were like, ‘Alright, write a two-pager up.'”
From there, Smith teased new information about the plot wherein the movie will focus on a comics convention taking place at a mall.
“The whole thing is, there’s a big convention at the mall, so there’s plenty of places and opportunities [for things to happen]. […] It took a minute but we’re gonna make it happen.”
Since it’s still early days for theMallrats 2sequel, we don’t have any new information about which cast alums will return, whether any new faces will be showing up, or an expected release date. But honestly? It’s just awesome to knowMallrats 2is even happening after lots of false starts in recent years. We’ll wait as long as we have to for this one.
