Is Kevin Smith Developing a MALLRATS Sequel?
Kevin Smith's Mallrats was an abysmal failure at the box office. The writer/director's follow-up to Clerks nearly put him off of making movies altogether, but as soon as it hit home video, the narrative about the movie started to change. Like so many cult comedies, it just needed some time to find its audience, and then it took off. In high school, my friends and I once watched Mallrats six times in seven days (with various commentaries, etc), and to this day it's still my favorite of Smith's movies.
And now it appears that Smith is hinting at making a sequel. This is what he said on Twitter:
A "rat," eh? Sounds like a Mallrats sequel to me. It's not like Smith hasn't set a precedent for returning to his previous work: he's already made one sequel to Clerks with another coming up, he has a shared universe thing going on with Tusk and Yoga Hosers, and one could argue that Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back was sort of a quasi-sequel to all of his View Askew productions at that point.
Would you like to see Jason Lee and the rest of the gang return? Lee is almost 45 now, so it might be a little sad to see him still cruising the mall, but maybe Brodie really did become the host of The Tonight Show like the end of the first film suggested.