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Kevin Smith Finishes First Draft of Mallrats Sequel, Says Brodie’s Back
Kevin Smith’s first draft of his upcoming Mallrats sequel is complete, and a core character will be back in Brodie Bruce. Smith posted to Instagram to reveal that the “unnecessary” sequel to the 1995 cult classic comedy has a first draft, and that Jason Lee’s character will join including Rene (Shannen Doherty), Willam (Ethan Suplee), Gwen (Joey Lauren Adams), Brandy (Claire Forlani), T.S. (Jeremy London), Trish (Renée Humphrey), Mr. Svenning (Michael Rooker), LaFours (Sven-Ole Thorsen), and Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Smith) in returning for the film.
Smith added:
“[The film is] an Askewniverse imagining about what happens when the sidewalk sales end, and ‘happily ever after’ is easier to say than live! The #jayandsilentbob stuff is some of my favorite conceptual comedy I’ve ever written but the whole script is silly, sentimental, and sweet. And at 98 pages, the story moves like a brakeless bullet train! It’ll be months before we can actually shoot it, but if you wanna know the backstory, I recorded an entire episode about ‘Twilight of the Mallrats’ for my new podcast, ‘Silent Bob Speaks’ – available at That Kevin Smith Club (link in my bio)! And now that *this* script is done, it’s on to a new draft of #moosejaws and then the first draft of the new version of #clerks3