Kevin Smith To Work On 'Clerks 2'

Because I Told You So reports that for weeks we've been hearing that filmmaker Kevin Smith has been working on a "small" project. Well today they got an advance copy of the "Clerks X" Tenth Anniversary DVD. In the mini-book inside the DVD, there was this message from Smith: "They say you can never go home again. Watch me. Clerks 2 in '05".

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Writer/director Kevin Smith (Dogma, Chasing Amy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl) announced on Friday that he has begun work on a sequel to Clerks, his independent classic from 1994.

The $27,000 movie, shot at night in a store where Smith worked, chronicled the adventures of Dante (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal (Jeff Anderson), two guys who talk about life, death, sex and movies while working at neighboring stores.

The sequel picks up 10 years later, 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?"

A new 10th anniversary DVD of Clerks debuts Sept. 7, and Smith said working on that three-disc set inspired him to write about what became of those characters. 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.